dirt to hydro help

bruntyman

bruntyman

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:bigjoint:Whats up all this is my first thread. name is brunty man. just looking for some advise. just started first grow. plants are two week old or so. got a t5 full spectrum and 150w hps running 20 and 4. nuts are flora grow by general hydro.. using 2.5ml per gal for all 3. I have ph up and down and a 5 drop test method. Im using 2 big fat mirrors and some shinney stuff. plants watter leaves are turning yellow. and by watter leaves i mean the first two leaves that pop.. and then the first set above them as well have a yellow tint to them.. i have ph everything before nuts and after. so i will post some pics of the plants and set up and please let me know what you think... :?:
 
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and im trying to up load pics but it is not letting me. it says im missing sime bull shit... grrrrr:fire:
bruntyman said:
:bigjoint:Whats up all this is my first thread. name is brunty man. just looking for some advise. just started first grow. plants are two week old or so. got a t5 full spectrum and 150w hps running 20 and 4. nuts are flora grow by general hydro.. using 2.5ml per gal for all 3. I have ph up and down and a 5 drop test method. Im using 2 big fat mirrors and some shinney stuff. plants watter leaves are turning yellow. and by watter leaves i mean the first two leaves that pop.. and then the first set above them as well have a yellow tint to them.. i have ph everything before nuts and after. so i will post some pics of the plants and set up and please let me know what you think... :?:
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RL420

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bruntyman said:
:bigjoint:Whats up all this is my first thread. name is brunty man. just looking for some advise. just started first grow. plants are two week old or so. got a t5 full spectrum and 150w hps running 20 and 4. nuts are flora grow by general hydro.. using 2.5ml per gal for all 3. I have ph up and down and a 5 drop test method. Im using 2 big fat mirrors and some shinney stuff. plants watter leaves are turning yellow. and by watter leaves i mean the first two leaves that pop.. and then the first set above them as well have a yellow tint to them.. i have ph everything before nuts and after. so i will post some pics of the plants and set up and please let me know what you think... :?:
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Mirrors may seem to reflect light but at least 90% of the light is absorbed into the mirror. Do not use tin foil if you are, it concentrates light into a single spot causing burns. My best advice is to invest in mylar or polyshield. I paid 24 bucks for 8 feet of it and have been using it for a couple grows now, relatively easy to clean and reuse. The yellowing is most likely caused by the stress of you putting the roots from soil to hydro( assuming thats what you did by the title of the thread). The plant will pull through the stress and then thrive, feed 1/3'd strength until the plant asks for more. Hope i helped.:bigjoint:
 
bruntyman

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yea i aggree. But the 2 plants that are in soil went a little yellow also.. so maby it was the nuts... i gave it very little though.. they seem to be ok though...
RL420 said:
Mirrors may seem to reflect light but at least 90% of the light is absorbed into the mirror. Do not use tin foil if you are, it concentrates light into a single spot causing burns. My best advice is to invest in mylar or polyshield. I paid 24 bucks for 8 feet of it and have been using it for a couple grows now, relatively easy to clean and reuse. The yellowing is most likely caused by the stress of you putting the roots from soil to hydro( assuming thats what you did by the title of the thread). The plant will pull through the stress and then thrive, feed 1/3'd strength until the plant asks for more. Hope i helped.:bigjoint:
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got pics up tell me what u think.... thanks for the input...
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You shouldnt be using any nutes right now i dont think, even more so if the plants are telling you something is wrong, hold back on the nutes until at least 2 weeks in.
 
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even in the hydro.. on the biggest one the leaves are like drying up. it seems as the leave is not getting any watter.. but the roots are doing great.. the top of the plant looks good but the bottem looks shittie... it makes me feel like the hps is too much for them right now... i might just swich to only floresent and run just stright watter
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You shouldnt be using any nutes right now i dont think, even more so if the plants are telling you something is wrong, hold back on the nutes until at least 2 weeks in.
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bruntyman

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so I can run just watter on the new plants that i just moved from soil to hydro...
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even in the hydro.. on the biggest one the leaves are like drying up. it seems as the leave is not getting any watter.. but the roots are doing great.. the top of the plant looks good but the bottem looks shittie... it makes me feel like the hps is too much for them right now... i might just swich to only floresent and run just stright watter
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super2200

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Being new you are going the wrong direction as soil is much much much much much much much much easier to grow than hydro. With the dro you can lose everything in few hours after a fucked water change where the soil is much more forgiving and can allow you to flush easier
 
super2200

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you probably starting them off too strong on the nutes and the water is being sucked out of the leaves its not that they arent getting water. This is exactly why I went from the hydro to the soil until I decide to plunge into the soil free again
 
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:wall:I just dont under stand... i used half of what the directions said to use... i have studied and studied... i think the big thing is the ph.. i need to figure out how to keep it the same.. i was told that the everapion of the watter changes the ph... so i am using small contaners with a fire place... lots of evap.... so maby im going to go into my 15 gallon toat and run just watter for a few days... wach watter level and ph levels.. The biggest Question i have is should i run stright watter for now to see if that helps...
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Being new you are going the wrong direction as soil is much much much much much much much much easier to grow than hydro. With the dro you can lose everything in few hours after a fucked water change where the soil is much more forgiving and can allow you to flush easier
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super2200 said:
Being new you are going the wrong direction as soil is much much much much much much much much easier to grow than hydro. With the dro you can lose everything in few hours after a fucked water change where the soil is much more forgiving and can allow you to flush easier
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just looking at ur post and no dont use any nutes yet and if ur new to growing stay with soil its better for bigginers i tried hydro and just could,nt get my head around it so my advice is stay with soil and just distiled water no nutes yet..Hope it helps
 
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sweet... well will change to just watter for now... i flushed the two soil... see this pisses me off i read and read about over feeding.... so i did half like everyone says... then im some how over feeding... so i gess just watter for the first month of the plants life... maby 3 weeks.... grr just so upsetting... i want this to work so bad.... should i keep the hps on or is that over kill for now..
 
bruntyman

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so i decited to trim the watter leaves and the first set off. it was dead and cracked..... what UUU think.
 
MoN3yb4Gs

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Most importantly maintain your PH value.
As far as nutes go for your young ones, I wouldn't do anything more than 1/5th of what is recommended. 1/2 is simply too much, as you found out.
 
bruntyman

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sweet well this morning all is turning around and looking better... way better. thanks for the advise.
 
bruntyman

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and its too l8te to go back to dirt... im good.... i got this.... its nothing that me and my bong cant work out... i kinda want to do hydro and soil.. but i herd your not supposed to have them in same room because of the bugs in the soil..... NEED ADVISE
 
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