New Grower First Grow - Any advice would be awesome.

[residoo]

Im a total beginner when it comes to growing and I am second and third guessing myself so I thought I would start a log/convo and try and get some help.

I am doing low ryder 2 and pineapple express in a hydro (nft-like) setup. Started germ on 4/14 in rockwool cubes and put into my growbox on 4/25. Im growing in hydroton, using technafloras recipe for success starter kit (at 1/3 strength) under 2 600w hps vertically mounted on 18/6 cycle. Temp low 80s rh upper 30s/low 40s Right now I am feeding 15 minutes every 3 hours and my ppm is at about 580 ph 5.9.

Questions.

1. I feel like I am possibly feeding them too often. Im concerned because ive been told rockwool holds alot of moisture and there were only root tips popping out of the cubes when i transplanted.
2. My plants are in trays and there are 3 trays connected and it seems the farther from the where the water pumps in, the weaker the plant. Should I increase the nutrients concentration?

Again I am a complete novice and any advice would be great. Dont be afraid to call me out. Thanks guys much love.

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

YOu will be fine just hold on a minute till somebody else gets here but I can tell you this to help ... You need more info! Pictures would be great ! size of room and idk what you mean by feeding 15 minutes every 3 hours? I guess what I am saying is pictures...and my humidity is the same but you might want to try to raise that if you can...I am not an expert but they will be here soon!

 

[McAlmada2]

Hey mi friend,

Welcome to this forum.
I would like that you put some photos of your hidroponic sistem, i grow in hidroponic too, so i can give you some advice, but i dont know how your system work, i have a ideia but i need some photos.
I will give you my adivice base on my experience that is almost none, but i allready grow 4 plant in hidro, and im getting better results whit time, so i guess im learning
I grow whit cfl and small place but i have good wields about 40 50 g per plant, so i must doit right,

let me give you some advice, my friend.

1 - dont give nuts on the early stage of groing, i only start give them nuts ,starting the 2 week in the hidro system, until then i give only water whit regulated PH and 1ml of bio roots in 10l of water, the ghe catalog says 2ml but i guess its to much, cannabis dont like excess, the more you give the less you will get, the less you give the more you will get, of course you need to allways keep the right amount of nuts. What nuts are you using ?

2 - Are you gona start whit 600w hps on the vege state ? i advice some cfl , 125 ou 250 White 6400k so you can put close and avoid streatching, unless you have cool tube and you can put the plant near the light.
Its very important you dont let her stretch, you have a very nice lamp , and whit hidro you will get a very nice grow, but remember you have to train her or keep the light real close whit cool tube, if not you will have one bud here and one bud there, if you train her or keep the ligh cloose you will have a very nice dense wield, but im no pro on hps, its just my opinion.

3- I only give nuts once a week, change rezulution of water whit nuttrients.

4- the reason the far plant is the weakest its not the nutrients afect, you have to know that cannabis is a very sensible plant, something is wrong whit the ligth or ventilation but i dont think its the nuts, you will give more nuts and fuck up the others plants.

Once again im not expert, i will try to help, but you did good to go to hidro and 600w hps - YOu gona have a real nice wield, try to watch videos, read foruns and books, but only the experience will make you a good grower.

Good luck

 

[dex]

Dont do NFT so cant advise but a big welcome to the forum mate and enjoy your stay, good luck with your new grow

 

[residoo]

Heres some pics

Hopefully you guys can get an idea..

2 rows(not using the top row) and i pump vertically from my reservoir..im flooding for 15 minutes every 3 hours? is that too much for seedlings?

2nd picture from left shows the stronger plants near the pump entry points and the 3rd pic from left shows the weaker plants towards the back of the trays. not sure if you can see in the pic but theres some white stuff on the hydroton on the back row(looks dried out maybe?)

maybe need some blue light??

ppm 610 ph 6.1

 

[residoo]

and as far as nutrients im using this first week is:
per gallon
5 ml bc boost
2.5 ml bc grow
1 ml thrive alive b-1 red
1 ml magical
3 ml sugar daddy
1 ml root 66
technaflora products

 

[smith4924]

hey man, I don't grow hydro but I would recommend getting those things propped up with some air movement to thicken the stock so there not laying over......Like said above next time you might want to start them under some t5's or something until you get some stronger stocks that will support them selves because those are stretching a lot. Hope all goes well for you will be watching this one Good luck

 

[bud head]

they sure are!

 

[smith4924]

do you have access to some single bulb 4 foot flouro's that you could mount over your seedling?.. If so I would highly recommend doing so...

 

[residoo]

i propped em up with toothpicks and turned up my fans to full speed. i think ill buy some flouros tomorrow, do you think 4100k is good.. would you run them on the same cycle as the hps or would i want to leave them on 24 for a few days? and would you keep them after veg or just use to catch up. i realize now that germinating under a 100w incandescent was really dumb