Hello im new to the growing community I have read a lot of books over the past 2-3 months along with doing a lot of reading and watching videos. I decided to grow with a dirt less grow. The strain I was using was white widow I bought the seeds off the internet I was able to hatch/sprout 5 of the seeds in the 1st 2 4 hrs.
I made my 1st grow using a hydroponic , used a plastic Rubbermaid container placed 4 three inch mesh pots and placed them in the hydroton rock. Placed the drippers did the whole watering thing as I was informed (20 min 3 times a day) while my 4 ft white /cool bulbs( 4 * 40watt) I watched them grow almost for 4 weeks and they grew almost 3 in over the period of the 4 weeks. I them came to the conclusion that areoponics system would better fit me because everyone says its the easiest and fastest way to grow nice plants
I then went to the 30 gal Rubbermaid placed 2 in mesh pots had 6 of them had all about 4 in tall. ( Approx 5 weeks old) I changed from 40 watt florescent bulbs to a 600 mh. Bought an A/C which brought the room down to 82F and placed fan(8 oscillating ) I then noticed the plants grow to approx 6 (now approx 6-7 weeks) I have kept the ph at 5.3-6.1 the entire process of everything. I changed the lighting cycle to 12/12 to sex the plants. I noticed that I had 4 female and 2 male I threw the 2 m out and kept the 4 females. I was able to clone the females and took 12 cuttings from them. The cuttings were all approx 1-2. I didnt use any clone gel. Now I have changed my sprinkler head s to misting heads and placed a bubbler in side the reservoir. Now I have noticed that the root system has grown almost 1/2 in -1 in a night but the top of the plant hasnt grown its now to almost 12
The questions i wanted to ask are:
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]Will my mom plants now that I have sexed them with the 12/12 for 7-10 days be able to grow bud or not because I changed the light cycle back to 18/6 from 12/12 once I found my females and males?
2.[FONT="] [/FONT]My root system on all of my plants are the best they have been now that I have changed from a normal sprinkler head to a misting head. But it seems like the plant itself hasnt got an bigger. Is there something that im doing wrong?
3.[FONT="] [/FONT]My 600 mh light is only maybe 6-7 in from the top of the plants. The temp at the plants dont get above 83 F
4.[FONT="] [/FONT]How often should increase the ppms for the plants. Currently they are at approx 1000 ppm. (Which is half of what general hydro recommends) I am using tap water which out of the tap is approx 400ppms . I am under the impression I have to deduct the 400 from the 1000 which will be a true reading of 600 ppms can some one elrabate on this if this is correct or incorrect
thanks alot smoke 212
I made my 1st grow using a hydroponic , used a plastic Rubbermaid container placed 4 three inch mesh pots and placed them in the hydroton rock. Placed the drippers did the whole watering thing as I was informed (20 min 3 times a day) while my 4 ft white /cool bulbs( 4 * 40watt) I watched them grow almost for 4 weeks and they grew almost 3 in over the period of the 4 weeks. I them came to the conclusion that areoponics system would better fit me because everyone says its the easiest and fastest way to grow nice plants
I then went to the 30 gal Rubbermaid placed 2 in mesh pots had 6 of them had all about 4 in tall. ( Approx 5 weeks old) I changed from 40 watt florescent bulbs to a 600 mh. Bought an A/C which brought the room down to 82F and placed fan(8 oscillating ) I then noticed the plants grow to approx 6 (now approx 6-7 weeks) I have kept the ph at 5.3-6.1 the entire process of everything. I changed the lighting cycle to 12/12 to sex the plants. I noticed that I had 4 female and 2 male I threw the 2 m out and kept the 4 females. I was able to clone the females and took 12 cuttings from them. The cuttings were all approx 1-2. I didnt use any clone gel. Now I have changed my sprinkler head s to misting heads and placed a bubbler in side the reservoir. Now I have noticed that the root system has grown almost 1/2 in -1 in a night but the top of the plant hasnt grown its now to almost 12
The questions i wanted to ask are:
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]Will my mom plants now that I have sexed them with the 12/12 for 7-10 days be able to grow bud or not because I changed the light cycle back to 18/6 from 12/12 once I found my females and males?
2.[FONT="] [/FONT]My root system on all of my plants are the best they have been now that I have changed from a normal sprinkler head to a misting head. But it seems like the plant itself hasnt got an bigger. Is there something that im doing wrong?
3.[FONT="] [/FONT]My 600 mh light is only maybe 6-7 in from the top of the plants. The temp at the plants dont get above 83 F
4.[FONT="] [/FONT]How often should increase the ppms for the plants. Currently they are at approx 1000 ppm. (Which is half of what general hydro recommends) I am using tap water which out of the tap is approx 400ppms . I am under the impression I have to deduct the 400 from the 1000 which will be a true reading of 600 ppms can some one elrabate on this if this is correct or incorrect
thanks alot smoke 212
but one of my plants is stunted with more buds and not as leggey i dont know well see
