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bigman4270
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What type of flourescent you using and how much?
dank2 kevin
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hope u can help, i am running an aeroponics system and i have an algea problem i just cleaned everything 2 days ago and its back. No light gets in the res and my tubing is all covered. not sure where its getting life from unless its filtering through the hydroton in the baskets the plants are in. Is there any way to combat this. And do you need to keep the res cool the water is on the warm side not sure if this is causing the grow or not. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
bigman4270
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I am soil guy but from owning fish tanks. Not only light but warmth will promote algea. I have read on here were they will put frozen water bottles in the res to cool it down. Hope this helped some?
Peace
dieselhound
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Rez Chiller. That's what you need. Water should be no higher than 73 degrees. Water bottles won't last long in rez. What size is your rez?
EmeraldCraic
Member
Had to happen sooner or later 
need some help/clarification.
My plant is 3 weeks old from start of germinating today, growing in soil. She's started developing small rust coloured spots on the bottom most leaves and she also has reddish stems (thought this may be a strain thing since she had it from the start). Most of my reading has led me to believe this is a pH problem causing deficiencies. Got the kit today and tested, water is 7, ran it thru a Brita filter and it's gone down to 6.5. I'm following riddleme's 'make it rain' technique, got her first 'rain' 6 days ago (yes I missed the bit to hold off till they're older
) and her first 1/4 strength nutes with molasses 2 days ago (reason: slight yellowing in the bottom leaves and cots turning yellow, the rust spots are forming in these yellowish patches between and on the vein), she was almost dry yesterday but the bottom of the pot still felt heavyish so didn't 'make it rain' decided to wait till after she wakes up later tonight. All water given till now has been from the tap (pH7).
My solution to this is to 'make it rain' with 1tsp of garden lime (calcium carbonate) and 1/8 tsp molasses in a litre of filtered water as well as spray some of this onto her leaves. Would rather wait to see if this helps before I give more nutes but I'm undecided on this. Is this the correct thing to do? If not please tell me why so I can learn from it.
The pics were taken yesterday, can see the yellowish patches but the rust spots are forming on her first leaves only at the moment, can also see the reddish stem but its only on the uppermost part and not the whole stem (strain thing??). The crusty bit on her cot is from the seed casing, she's always had it.
Thanks.
Em
need some help/clarification.My plant is 3 weeks old from start of germinating today, growing in soil. She's started developing small rust coloured spots on the bottom most leaves and she also has reddish stems (thought this may be a strain thing since she had it from the start). Most of my reading has led me to believe this is a pH problem causing deficiencies. Got the kit today and tested, water is 7, ran it thru a Brita filter and it's gone down to 6.5. I'm following riddleme's 'make it rain' technique, got her first 'rain' 6 days ago (yes I missed the bit to hold off till they're older
) and her first 1/4 strength nutes with molasses 2 days ago (reason: slight yellowing in the bottom leaves and cots turning yellow, the rust spots are forming in these yellowish patches between and on the vein), she was almost dry yesterday but the bottom of the pot still felt heavyish so didn't 'make it rain' decided to wait till after she wakes up later tonight. All water given till now has been from the tap (pH7).My solution to this is to 'make it rain' with 1tsp of garden lime (calcium carbonate) and 1/8 tsp molasses in a litre of filtered water as well as spray some of this onto her leaves. Would rather wait to see if this helps before I give more nutes but I'm undecided on this. Is this the correct thing to do? If not please tell me why so I can learn from it.
The pics were taken yesterday, can see the yellowish patches but the rust spots are forming on her first leaves only at the moment, can also see the reddish stem but its only on the uppermost part and not the whole stem (strain thing??). The crusty bit on her cot is from the seed casing, she's always had it.
Thanks.
Em
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riddleme
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would just use water for the next 2 weeks, soil prolly has nutes in it, does not look serious nor does it look like a ph lockoutHad to happen sooner or later
My plant is 3 weeks old from start of germinating today, growing in soil. She's started developing small rust coloured spots on the bottom most leaves and she also has reddish stems (thought this may be a strain thing since she had it from the start). Most of my reading has led me to believe this is a pH problem causing deficiencies. Got the kit today and tested, water is 7, ran it thru a Brita filter and it's gone down to 6.5. I'm following riddleme's 'make it rain' technique, got her first 'rain' 6 days ago (yes I missed the bit to hold off till they're older
My solution to this is to 'make it rain' with 1tsp of garden lime (calcium carbonate) and 1/8 tsp molasses in a litre of filtered water as well as spray some of this onto her leaves. Would rather wait to see if this helps before I give more nutes but I'm undecided on this. Is this the correct thing to do? If not please tell me why so I can learn from it.
The pics were taken yesterday, can see the yellowish patches but the rust spots are forming on her first leaves only at the moment, can also see the reddish stem but its only on the uppermost part and not the whole stem (strain thing??). The crusty bit on her cot is from the seed casing, she's always had it.
Thanks.
Em
Countryfarmer
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Hey there folks. Would appreciate any help on this question as I am trying to relate my first outdoor pot grow with plants that I already know how to successfully grow. How does the optimum water level / moisture of the soil for a pot plant compare to the same for a tomato plant in vegetative growth and also in bloom?
I know for a tomato plant in veg growth I should just keep the soil moist (not wet) and allow it to dry out before the sun goes down each night. For a tomato plant in blossom, you want to keep the soil a little wetter in the day and it is even more important that it be dry at night.
How does a marijuana plant compare to a tomato in its veg and blossom stage in regards to watering?
Thanks!
I know for a tomato plant in veg growth I should just keep the soil moist (not wet) and allow it to dry out before the sun goes down each night. For a tomato plant in blossom, you want to keep the soil a little wetter in the day and it is even more important that it be dry at night.
How does a marijuana plant compare to a tomato in its veg and blossom stage in regards to watering?
Thanks!
favre4life
Member
OK i got a question for you.
This is my 3rd grow
my HYDRO setup consists of
10x6x7 mostly enclosed room split into two 5x4x7 sides (veg and flower)
one 4x2 ebb and flow tray used for veg side, to veg clones and whatnot
General Hydroponics Water Farm 8 bucket drip system, broken down into a 4 bucket system. for flower side
one 1000 watt HPS on the flower side
one 4 bulb 4ft T5 6500k light system, used for veg side
one 20lb Co2 tank and co2 injectionsystem
using Humboldt base grow, micro, bloom. along with some other advanced nutrients adds...
i currently hace 4 20 inch or so White Rhino going in the bucket system and am mothering 2 more rhinos in my ebb and flow tray on the veg side to take clones from etc...
I recently purchased some seeds online from various seed banks around the UK, Amsterdam etc.... The strains are Chocolate Chunk, Maui Wowie, Kali Mist, Sharksbreathe, chemical dx 99... ANYWAY. i cracked all the seeds and put them into rapid root plugs, over a heat mat where they all sprouted to about 3-4 inches tall. At this point some of them started to fall over, this concerned me so i figured they were outgrowing the plugs and were ready to transplant. so i went ahead with my original idea which was transplanting the plugs into 4 inch rockwool cubes and just plop them on my 4x2 ebb and flow table. under 4 T5 6500k bulbs. but it failed. i put the plugs into the rockwool cube, flooded with PH treated water at 5.6-5.7 4 times a day or so for a bout 30 mins at a time, and the little fellas just got worse by the hour. the drooping got worse, some of the little leaves got browned on the outside edges, NO BUENO. so not sure what was going wrong but knowing they werent happy, lead me to trasplanting the plugs again into foxfarm soil, each i there own solo cup. I figured this was the best thing to do since they needed something asap. so its the next morning and they are growing again. small new leaves are showingin between the main two leaves that first sprouted. What did i do wrong? i need to know because i plan on using the ebb and flow tray to veg the seedlings once they get healthy again but im deciding wether or not rockwool cubes are the way to go or not......
thanks for any input. ill attach some pictures of the little fellars and my setup in the next post
This is my 3rd grow
my HYDRO setup consists of
10x6x7 mostly enclosed room split into two 5x4x7 sides (veg and flower)
one 4x2 ebb and flow tray used for veg side, to veg clones and whatnot
General Hydroponics Water Farm 8 bucket drip system, broken down into a 4 bucket system. for flower side
one 1000 watt HPS on the flower side
one 4 bulb 4ft T5 6500k light system, used for veg side
one 20lb Co2 tank and co2 injectionsystem
using Humboldt base grow, micro, bloom. along with some other advanced nutrients adds...
i currently hace 4 20 inch or so White Rhino going in the bucket system and am mothering 2 more rhinos in my ebb and flow tray on the veg side to take clones from etc...
I recently purchased some seeds online from various seed banks around the UK, Amsterdam etc.... The strains are Chocolate Chunk, Maui Wowie, Kali Mist, Sharksbreathe, chemical dx 99... ANYWAY. i cracked all the seeds and put them into rapid root plugs, over a heat mat where they all sprouted to about 3-4 inches tall. At this point some of them started to fall over, this concerned me so i figured they were outgrowing the plugs and were ready to transplant. so i went ahead with my original idea which was transplanting the plugs into 4 inch rockwool cubes and just plop them on my 4x2 ebb and flow table. under 4 T5 6500k bulbs. but it failed. i put the plugs into the rockwool cube, flooded with PH treated water at 5.6-5.7 4 times a day or so for a bout 30 mins at a time, and the little fellas just got worse by the hour. the drooping got worse, some of the little leaves got browned on the outside edges, NO BUENO. so not sure what was going wrong but knowing they werent happy, lead me to trasplanting the plugs again into foxfarm soil, each i there own solo cup. I figured this was the best thing to do since they needed something asap. so its the next morning and they are growing again. small new leaves are showingin between the main two leaves that first sprouted. What did i do wrong? i need to know because i plan on using the ebb and flow tray to veg the seedlings once they get healthy again but im deciding wether or not rockwool cubes are the way to go or not......
thanks for any input. ill attach some pictures of the little fellars and my setup in the next post
need help with dwc.I opened the lid and there is alot of slime floating around.What should I do?I just started it last week,it's just a clone.It's doing fine but i think i need to change the water.If you can help please do.I don't no what causes the slime, maybe you can help.thanks
EmeraldCraic
Member
Thank you, the spots are worse
. Gave her plain filtered water and will leave her be for a few days.
dank2 kevin
Member
i have a 50 gal res, but only put 30 in it, and yeah it is higher than 73 degrees. So i am going to get the res cooler asap. What should i do about the roots they dont look great. I cleaned them an they had no hairs growing off of the and could be possibly root rot. Should i chop off the questionable roots and force it to grow more and shock the shit out of them or let the roots there be and hope they recover??? please help
KaleoXxX
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ill admit im mostly hydro-illiterate, ive only read about the concepts of it and how it works. i decided it was too complex for me.
but do you know what your ppm is? id have no idea what was too hig or low it should be; but other RIUers would.
theres plenty of great things you can do with organice. if your interested i say start a compost heap LIKE today. just throw all sorts of decomposeables in a bit where they can do their thing. great recorces for organics, soils and compost can be found with a quick google check
yea, Feed,water,water,feed, right. you may have too much mixed there your right, so if you use all of that make it in micro doses, know what i mean.? dont go overboar with nutrients, give the plant what it wants when it wants it
oh and ill probly not be the first person to tell you MG is not the greatest. i use it sparingly in my veggie garden whent they r veggin but not when i have fruits growing
flowerin usually causes the signsof a N def, its ok, depending onthe strain (indica, sativa)your plants should be ready for harvest relitavely soon.
my advice; chill
oh also IMO its okay to use a little veg nutes durring flower to combat this common issue of N Def durring flower that everybody freaks about
let those beaties flower for a few more weeks, maybe a month, dont stress youl have fat monsterbuds when the plant is ready for harvest
you could try transplanting into a hemp bag of soil. i woult top and LST those plants(i mean top relativly soon and LST before the outdoor plants would start to flower)
im tellin you man if you bring monsters like that they woill blow up(if you can transplant them well, those roots bust be fucking huge, you want the biggest hempy bag you can get)
dieselhound
Well-Known Member
You may be filtering out magnesium. Pot plants love mag. Add epsom salt at the rate of 1T per gallon of plain water. Dissolve salt in water completley prior to giving to plant. I would transplant into bigger pot as well. Plant looks big for pot it's in. Plus you'll add regulated nutes from soil while dealing w/ mag def.Thank you, the spots are worse
Good Luck,
Sticky
dieselhound
Well-Known Member
Who are you talking to. Soil or hydro?