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01-12-2010, 04:35 AM #1OPJunior Member
ITTY BITTY PLANT NEED HELP!
:wtf: Ok so this is my first grow and ive studied the science of hydorponics and bubbleponics so I fairly know what im talking about. The problem im having is my setup just isnt working and i was sure id gotten a good setup goin with the money i had. I went to a hydro store and bought a 5 gal tub with a mesh basket top and filled it with hydroton and bought a 125 lph pump with an aquarium air pump with an 8 inch airstone. I also went to home depot and bought a 2ft t5 flo light and fitted air duct metal sleeves as reflectors. I put the pump in the bottom and cut the air hose in half and fitted it to the water pump so i could put it through the mesh straight to the roots. Ive changed many things since the start but my current setup is as follows: I have the mesh bucket half filled with hydroton (just enough to cover all the holes) and have the stone pumping lots of bubbles, the water pump hose has been run up to the top to spray directly on the bottom of the stem. The light is putting out around 700 lumens and is positioned about 5 inches from the plant. The nutes are botanicare pro grow and liquid karma (3 tsp/gal of lq, and 1.5 tsp/gal of pg) I am also spraying super foliage spray on it once a day to promote branching. Its running on 18 hours of light. The water level is about an inch below the bucket.
NOW THE BAD PART
It has been damn near 3.5 weeks and the plant is only 2.8 inches tall....wtf....its really green and healthy looking with 6 branches already, but the leaves are only and inch or so long, is this normal? Am i using too much nutes? Under/overlighting? PLEASE HELP, this happened with my last plant and i gave up and started over....IT JUST WONT GROW. Ive seen plants at about 6 or 7 inches tall at this time....bubblecam91 Reviewed by bubblecam91 on . ITTY BITTY PLANT NEED HELP! :wtf: Ok so this is my first grow and ive studied the science of hydorponics and bubbleponics so I fairly know what im talking about. The problem im having is my setup just isnt working and i was sure id gotten a good setup goin with the money i had. I went to a hydro store and bought a 5 gal tub with a mesh basket top and filled it with hydroton and bought a 125 lph pump with an aquarium air pump with an 8 inch airstone. I also went to home depot and bought a 2ft t5 flo light and fitted air Rating: 5
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