AK48 Feminized From Nirvana - Hydroponics Under LED & CFL

[Ferboldt]

Day 3

She is very happy. Root is snow white and already touching the water.

 

[mikequiles2]

Looks strong that baby

 

[CMJJMC2000]

That's some good looking Genovese Basil!

 

[Ferboldt]

That's some good looking Genovese Basil!

I love Genovese Basil

Here a quick update!

Later today AeroGarden will show her as 6 days old... She is looking beautiful like a princess and she is growing roots like Rapunzel

PH is around 5.6
I fed her on day 1 with the AeroGarden nutrients. I will switch to General Hydroponics Flora Series on day 14.
Temp is around 72-76
Water temp is around 74-82 (The temp is always rising because the lamp is close to the reservoir. I chill it with frozen water bottles.)

Here some pictures...

 

[Ferboldt]

Hi everyone!!!

Update from day 8. Everything looks beautiful and under control she is growing nicely.

Some pics to enjoy.

 

[CMJJMC2000]

Awesome! Those roots are taking off. Above ground is looking great.

 

[Ferboldt]

It's very interesting how fast they actually grow. Tomorrow I will pist another pic

 

[Ferboldt]

Hi everyone!!!

I'm back with some updated pics and a question about my feeding schedule.

As far for the update... Everything looks good.

- She is 10 days old.
- PH is 5.6
- Water Temp is 74-80
- She got fed on day 1 with AeroGarden nutrients. (8ml)
- I will feed her on day 14 with GH Flora Series (Base Nutrient) Below is a picture of the feeding schedule for GH Flora Series. I need to look for "Recirculating" am I right? So my reservoir is 1 US Gallon so it needs to be 10ml, 10ml and 2.5ml? Can you guys confirm this because I don't want overfeed her.

Here some pictures.

 

[Obi Wan]

I'll preface my comments by stating I've never run DWC or a recirculating system.

100% strength GH trio seems high at this age. I typically start at 50% and ramp up from there until I discover how much a strain can tolerate. Some eventually go to 100%, though with the light and heat many stay @ 50.

I'll have to read back a bit. Are you using RO water? Adding calmag?

Looking really nice! Can't wait to see these gals shift into high gear. Any day now.

/Obi

 

[Lazarus13]

I would agree with obi wan, 100% strength seems high for this early. I start at 1/4 and then go 1/2 and only go full strength when they are bigger. But if they tolerate it, go for it.
A word of caution, frozen bottles directly in the rez can cause root damage, I've been told. I use bottles too but i have my 5 gallon bucket/rez sitting inside of a wash tub that i fill with water and put the bottles in. Dunno how you could go about doing something like that with the aero garden. Maybe get some velcro and stick a piece on to keep the bottle to the side, away from the roots? That'll work until the roots get big and they will fill up that size rez quickly. My bucket is pretty full of roots at the moment.
P.S. those are beautiful, healthy looking roots, bro.

 

[Ferboldt]

I use water from the shower which is filtered from a "Aquasana" filter.

Thanks for the tip with the %50 nutrients. I will do that way.

So right now PPM is 330

According to the GH schedule PPM should be 950-1400 on week 3. Because I'm going to do 50% PPM should be around 500-700, am I right about that?

 

[Ferboldt]

Yes, I need to find a solution for that. Sometimes I'm changing the bottle like 3-4 times a day. So I think it's important.

Thanks for advice.

 

[Ferboldt]

Update Guys!!!

Day 13

PH is 5.6
Water Temp: 70-76
Tomorrow I will change the water in reservoir and continue with GH Fora Series Nutrients.

I saw some spots on some old leaves and they are curling. I think because low humidity, I put a wet sponge next to her, don't know if it's gonna work.

I also toped her off.

Here some pics before and after topping plus roots. Enjoy.

Do you guys have any other idea what might cause the spots on my leaves?

 

[mikequiles2]

I think it was too early for head cut

 

[Ferboldt]

I think it was too early for head cut

Ohhh no!!! This is the first time I topped off. I thought I was supposed to do that after 3 sets of leaves?

Will this effect the whole grow?

 

[mikequiles2]

I usually do it after the 3rd knot, not leafe

 

[mikequiles2]

 

[Obi Wan]

I think you'll be ok. That's about as early as you'd dare to top I believe.

More importantly, watch the new growth for signs of deficiency. You might have a narrow sweet spot for ph level with your strain. I try to run at 5.8 with a little drift (0.2) on either side of that. At 5.6 for too long they may be missing out on a small range of nutrients.

 

[Ferboldt]

I think you'll be ok. That's about as early as you'd dare to top I believe.

More importantly, watch the new growth for signs of deficiency. You might have a narrow sweet spot for ph level with your strain. I try to run at 5.8 with a little drift (0.2) on either side of that. At 5.6 for too long they may be missing out on a small range of nutrients.

Thank you for your messege. I feel relieved, I panicked for a moment that I messed up.

Tomorrow I will switch to GH Flora Series and will adjust my PH to 5.8.

 

[Obi Wan]

I reference that chart frequently. I'm wondering if your girl is missing out on some potassium and magnesium.