Is this plant ok!

Mr. Bob

Member
Ok so I am new to hydroponics and learning as I go I have two general hydroponic drip buckets. Im using their flora series. For the first week I did 2.5 of all three chemicals into each system but 2.5 is for one gallon and I did not read correctly. I emptied buckets and cleaned them yesterday and added new nutes. I added 5.0 of each chemical this time since they hold a tiny bit more than 2 gallons of water. Look at this pic and tell me if I need to add more nutes. Also just to make this a more accurate answer i am only using a 250 watt and I have the mh bulb in for the vegging its close to the plants. Any advice would be much appreciated.
 

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Mr. Bob

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Is this a sick joke or something. Don't tell me that they are fine because they never stretched like this in soil. COME ON
 

Thedillestpickle

Well-Known Member
I dont know anything about sprouting in hydro, but your second and third posts gave me quite a chuckle...

It looks a bit stretched, how close is the light? Is the res temp high? that can cause stretching. otherwise it looks like a normal seedling to me.
 

Mr. Bob

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Yeah thats what im saying it looks stretched i moved the 250 right on top of those bitches and im going to get a meter for my temp tonight where should the temp be in my res.
 

bkbbudz

New Member
I am strictly a soil guy so I cannot advise on your nutes and such. But, as far as I can see she looks just fine. You can put 250w about 18-24" above her and not have any issues with stretching but check the temp at the plants level. I would'nt want you to burn her based on my suggestion. Good Luck!
 

Thedillestpickle

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its not all that stretched but it could keep going I guess is the worry.. better to be proactive. 75 is a good tempurature, not too hot not too cold. but thats not specific to hydro, maybe there is a different number with hydro? if it gets too warm it stirs up the growth enzymes and itll stretch, so I would think its the same tempurature either way.
at least your runnng a real light not CFL so it shouldnt be stretching much. I think its good, unless you find your res temp is higher than that
 

Mr. Bob

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ight pickle im going to get a meter in a few min I dont see how it could be 75 degrees it has to be less. Thanks for the advice
 
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