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LoudBlunts

LoudBlunts

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and you dont have a tds meter? well shit....thas your problem right there.....how do you know how much nutes you are giving them? how do you know the ppms of your tap water as well as distilled water?

rockwool, to me, imho.....is just too picky. ph fluctuates, hard to dispose of after the grow....wont break down like that....

i'd go with coco starter plugs or rapidrooter plugs to start seedlings and clones and for medium....i use coco.
 
Skitzotic

Skitzotic

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How close are your CFL's to the plant. Sorry if someone already asked... But you can keep them an inch to 5 inches of your plant. The closer the better. The trick is keeping them cool. A fan works fine. So if u have a fan, You can keep them an inch away. With great results :P
 
catmandoob

catmandoob

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this is our first set of plants and we were planning on buying everything all at once but the first week into it we got into a car accident and my boyfriend couldn't work because of it and we are just doing our best with what we got ...we have been using DISTILLED the entire time I was just wondering if it would be ok because I didnt find much info on tap verses distilled and once again little funds since the accident but i will not change it if its not ok.
but now i have little transportation and not much money believe me we sure didnt want things to turn out like crap.
We read as much as we can but when were put on the spot with a problem we would also like personal advice..
and thank you for your help
 
catmandoob

catmandoob

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i'd go with coco starter plugs or rapidrooter plugs to start seedlings and clones and for medium....i use coco.[/quote]
is that all for hydroponics? I have heard of the coco as a medium before but not the rapidrooter, i will definitely find some and try it. thank you
 
LoudBlunts

LoudBlunts

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catmandoob said:
this is our first set of plants and we were planning on buying everything all at once but the first week into it we got into a car accident and my boyfriend couldn't work because of it and we are just doing our best with what we got ...we have been using DISTILLED the entire time I was just wondering if it would be ok because I didnt find much info on tap verses distilled and once again little funds since the accident but i will not change it if its not ok.
but now i have little transportation and not much money believe me we sure didnt want things to turn out like crap.
We read as much as we can but when were put on the spot with a problem we would also like personal advice..
and thank you for your help
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shit happens sweetheart, trust me i know all about that. it'll come....just be patient...dont rush it.

keep your head up and i hope you and your bf are okay from the accident!

good luck with the grow!
 
catmandoob

catmandoob

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ok, so... here are some pics of our plants after using only distilled water, ph 'd to 5.8...and as you can see just like before there is very bright, and healthy green, new growth on top of the them...but, the nice green fan leaves underneath which are only a few days older themselves are turning brown at the tips...????? Is there something that i need to be doing instead of giving them nutes??? Is there a lack of something that I am not picking up on???? I feel like I'm going in circles here...I use only distilled water and they look like their getting burned or something...I only add 2-3 drops of ph down per gallon , so you can see it's not a case of too much adjuster....PLEASE HELP!!!:spew:Thanks!!!
 

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greenbehemoth

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Hi catmandoob,

I know absolutely nothing about hydro growing, but from looking through all your pics I noticed that the tips of your leaves seem to be turning brown first, spreading around the edges etc with the lower leaves yellow and dying. Might be a shot in the dark, but this is a classic sign of low air humidity. No amount of watering a plant (in soil that is) or feeding / not feeding nutes can help if this is the case, you have to find a way of increasing humidity. Can you check the humidity in your room? As I said, a shot in the dark but might be worth looking at.

greenb.
 
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catmandoob

catmandoob

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greenbehemoth said:
Hi catmandoob,

I know absolutely nothing about hydro growing, but from looking through all your pics I noticed that the tips of your leaves seem to be turning brown first, spreading around the edges etc with the lower leaves yellow and dying. Might be a shot in the dark, but this is a classic sign of low air humidity. No amount of watering a plant (in soil that is) or feeding / not feeding nutes can help if this is the case, you have to find a way of increasing humidity. Can you check the humidity in your room? As I said, a shot in the dark but might be worth looking at.

greenb.
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Thanks for the advice, Green. I haven't checked the humidity and didn't know what signs of humidity probs looked like... I will def check it.

Loud Blunts...i checked the stores close to here and they didn't have it so i had to order it online...shipping is a b**ch...anyway, like ive been saying though, I have only been using distilled water with a few drops of ph raise...the ppm shouldn't be that out of whack...would they???
 
catmandoob

catmandoob

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ok so we got our ppm meter and everything seems to be doing great....our plants have turned around completely and are looking really nice.... they are growing really fast now the fish nutes helped out sooooo much now lets just see how long it takes before were back on here asking for more help..lol...thanx i will post some pics later i didn't do it before because it was just to embarrassing to look at...but now they are really green...and bigger
 
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