new to d.w.c grow, any input appreciated!

[rotor7ven]

Cool thanx a lot for the info guys.

rotor7ven Reviewed by rotor7ven on 03-06-2010. new to d.w.c grow, any input appreciated! sup guys and gals. well after reading a lot off this site, i decided to do a hydroponic grow! i once started growing in soil but my niece plucked them out. i read a lot of information on here but im overwhelmed with all the info. hopefully ya'll can help me out with a couple of questions i have. i didn't want to spend a lot of money just in case things go wrong, i want to make sure i got it down packed before i do it big like a few of you in here. so lets start off with what i have. Rating: 5

[drudown11]

[quote=rotor7ven]so here are my question's.

1. i germinated my seed on feb 26, its been a week almost and i think something is going wrong. is this correct? seems small for a hydro grow. i was thinking it would be a lot faster than soil.

2. can i use liquid karma now? it says on the back it helps growth for seedlings.

3. how often do i change the water in the bucket? every week?

4. when putting in the nutes, do i only use one dose a week? the back of the bottles say how much to put but not how often.


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1. Your seedling is still very young. Hydroponics does grow faster and bigger than soil, you just have to let your plants grow a nice root system in order for that to happen. Nothing is wrong you just have to give it time. Are the roots even poking out yet?

2. Yes you could use the liquid karma now, but i would give it a very diluted dose. maybe like 1/4 strength. You can bump the strength of the solution up as the plant gets bigger.


3. I change my water every week and a half. Ive heard of some people gooing a couple of weeks without changing it, but i like to give my plants new nutrients more than that.

4. This is where the PPM meter is needed. The only way to really know how many PPM there is in your water is too test it. Otherwise its all guess work.