Hello everyone!! I am using a DWC bucket system in a 2X4X6 tent with GG#4 from seed... I using a 600 watt LED light at 40" from the plant... I have made a few mistakes, wasted several seeds, but now at day 16, I believe things are under control...
I started the seeds using the paper towel method and put the sprouts into rockwool in a humidity dome... I left the dome dark, but warm until the sprouts appeared... Then I put the rockwool in 1.5" netpots with hydroten and turned the lights on... My 1st mistake was putting tap water with weak nutrients in the tray up to almost the bottom of the rockwool and adding a air stone to the water... My thought was that it would quickly get oxygenated water to the roots... All I did was saturate the rockwool for a couple of days and slow the growth by a few days (during this time there was little growth)...
I realized the mistake and removed the water and let the rockwool dry a bit... I continued to top water until the 2nd set of true leaves appeared... Then I transplanted them to a 3.5 gallon bucket with 6" netpot... I have gone back and forth on water level and top watering schedule because there's so much conflicting information... I landed on keeping the level just below the net pots and top watering as needed... the bubbles are keeping the hydroten moist and it appears to be wicking into the rockwool just fine...
I am using GH Flora trio nutrients... It seems like my growth is extremely slow, but maybe I am just having 1st grow anxiousness... It also looks like a few of the early true leaves are misshapen... Is this from overwatering?? too much nutrients too early?? too much 1st grow stress?? Any information or other notes is appreciated...
Plant #1 - seems to be the strongest from day 1...
Plant #2 - has some misshapen early leaves but otherwise appears to be growing..
I started the seeds using the paper towel method and put the sprouts into rockwool in a humidity dome... I left the dome dark, but warm until the sprouts appeared... Then I put the rockwool in 1.5" netpots with hydroten and turned the lights on... My 1st mistake was putting tap water with weak nutrients in the tray up to almost the bottom of the rockwool and adding a air stone to the water... My thought was that it would quickly get oxygenated water to the roots... All I did was saturate the rockwool for a couple of days and slow the growth by a few days (during this time there was little growth)...
I realized the mistake and removed the water and let the rockwool dry a bit... I continued to top water until the 2nd set of true leaves appeared... Then I transplanted them to a 3.5 gallon bucket with 6" netpot... I have gone back and forth on water level and top watering schedule because there's so much conflicting information... I landed on keeping the level just below the net pots and top watering as needed... the bubbles are keeping the hydroten moist and it appears to be wicking into the rockwool just fine...
I am using GH Flora trio nutrients... It seems like my growth is extremely slow, but maybe I am just having 1st grow anxiousness... It also looks like a few of the early true leaves are misshapen... Is this from overwatering?? too much nutrients too early?? too much 1st grow stress?? Any information or other notes is appreciated...
Plant #1 - seems to be the strongest from day 1...
Plant #2 - has some misshapen early leaves but otherwise appears to be growing..