First time growing and need a lot of help

[cmay]

Good day Mates.... Im doing my first grow and im starting out with AK-47 and Sour Diesel. I have a Secret Jadrin L90 and a mars hydro 300w true 150w light with bloom and veg option running 18/6 which is 19'' from plant. I have it in a self made hydro set up. I germinated the seeds in wet paper towel and they where put in rapid rooter plug soon after the first sign of roots came out the bottom of the plug i put them in the net pots with clay pepples and drip line to each pot. I was not able to get to the whole system for 2 weeks dont ask, but the drip lines where clogged but the water level in the reserve dropped some and the roots where already about 1-2 feet long. I noticed that both the plants had a yellow dead leave at the first set of leafs. I removed them but most of the other leaves arent so green. they look Like a light green almost bleeched maybe? I did a water change and bought some nutts and added them id say about 36 hours ago. My reserve hold 3 gallons but that doesnt leave much "air" space for the roots before hitting the reserve. So was i right in dropping the water level to 1.5gallons giving the roots more air room before hitting the water? Here are my super newbie questions. I have done my research but would like to actually talk with someone who knows. I used regular tap water from the start but 36 hrs ago switched to distilled water that i made ph at 5.8 after nutts added. The ppm is low around 400-475. Oh i keep temp during day between 72-81 and humiudty around 30-50%. Night time temp doesnt go below 60-65.

1. how much distance should i keep the LED 300w true 150w Mars Light from the plants. I see mixed heights that people are stating.

2. how often do i change my reserve water. Is 7-10 days a good time which is what i have seen.

3. Does anyone have the nutt profile for each of these plants sour diesel and Ak-47? I cant find them for hydro only soil.

4. The plants look pretty small but honestly 30 days ago they where a seed. But for the first 3 weeks they didnt get any nuts to 36 hrs ago. Im using the flora-veg/bloom/micro nuts from genereal hydroponics. i added the correct dose the bottle stated per gallon

5. do i need a drip line after the plants roots hit the water reserve?

6. So if they where seeds started say mid/end jan what time frame should i let them veg for? Is it til they reach a certain height? the sour is short and bushier then the longer less flowers AK at this time.

7. How can i raise my PPM when using distilled water, my tap water is only 40ppm and the distilled is zero so i added half natural spring water and after adding nutts ppmis 450-ish.

8. Should i start with a home made CO2 booster now or wait til bloom stage, if i get there lol!

Guys thank you for all the help with this.


ps im trying to get pics of these little ladies up
3 weeks old
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Seed to weeks 3

 

[Stinky Snid]

You should start a journal for this grow, there's some dwc and hydro guys that would love to help out in exchange for a consistent budporn supply. Lol. Start a thread here in Journals in Progress . You'll have guys subscribing to watch your ladies bloom, it's the best thing you can do.
As far as your questions go. I'll need to reread and answer what I can after dinner.

Edit: back... Unfortunately the only answer I can give is on the LEDs. For younger plants I'd start at 36",and if no sign of light burn or stress then lower it gradually. Optimally once you hit flower they can be closer, anywhere from 12"-24" keeping an eye on the pistils for burning.

Cheers man

 

[cmay]

thank you it has now been moved to the journal section.

 

[Papageno]

You are asking the wrong questions. If you started a journal and reposted these there I will answer and explain there eventually tonight but if you haven't I will get back to this.