HashGirl's First Indoor Grow: Dark Devil Autos In Hempy, 2020

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Okay, one more question. When we did the initial nutrients (above), my husband said that even though the label said to add FloraBloom, he didn't think it should be added since the plants are nowhere near the flowering stage. Was that a mistake? Should I use the nutrients exactly as recommended above?
Yes, it's a 3-part system so you'll add the Micro, Grow, and Bloom for just about every feeding (last few weeks of flower, cutoff the Grow, per the chart). You just add in different ratios during different phases of growth. :Namaste:
 
Thanks, Pina and Mr. Krip!

So, what do I do until it's time to transfer the seedling to the bigger pot (up potting?)? Do I water it at all?
 
So, what do I do until it's time to transfer the seedling to the bigger pot (up potting?)?
Chill and enjoy your retirement :passitleft:

Do I water it at all?

I'm fairly sure it's difficult to over water Hempys, (having said that I managed it by using unwashed perlite :oops:).

I've got a seedling about the same age as yours, I'm watering every second day. No nutes, seems to be going well so far.

:Namaste:
 
Thanks, Pina and Mr. Krip!

So, what do I do until it's time to transfer the seedling to the bigger pot (up potting?)? Do I water it at all?
When the hempy feels light, use ph-adjusted H2O to water/feed until you have a couple/few sets of leaves, then start on the nutes.
 
Piña and Krip have your answers!

You might not up-pot for a couple weeks, and would be lucky if your solo cup didn’t dry out before 5 days.

I like to give my roots plenty of fresh air, so I water daily at the seedling stage.

Relax and enjoy, but water every 2-3 days at a minimum.
 
So, water every 2 to 3 days without nutrients? And, what should the pH be? And, how much water? Just until it comes out of the hole?
 
Thank you, Felipe.
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So, I have a question about pH. I watered the seedlings today and the water's pH was 5.8 going on but the runoff was 6.2 pH. Why did that happen? Would the perlite dust and/or the nutes I applied when I originally planted them have anything to do with the change in pH?
 
So, I have a question about pH. I watered the seedlings today and the water's pH was 5.8 going on but the runoff was 6.2 pH. Why did that happen? Would the perlite dust and/or the nutes I applied when I originally planted them have anything to do with the change in pH?
No need to worry. Perlite has a neutral PH (around 7.0) so that could account for it. You don't really need to worry about the runoff PH in hydro/hempy. ;)
 
Thank you again for answering. And, I'm sorry to keep asking so many questions. I feel like I don't know anything yet.
 
pH of your "waste" isn't anywhere near as important as a lot of people seem to think it is. Stuff changes over time. If you mixed up a batch of nutrients ahead of time, began madly aerating it with a big air pump and lots of air stones and/or by using an aquarium power head, tested its pH, then poured some into a glass and let it set out overnight, you might even find that its pH ended up being slightly different than that in the original container that was still being aerated.

As your plants grow and develop healthy root systems... they'll excrete waste products via those root systems. That is going to affect the pH of anything that happens to remain in your "reservoir area." Also, unless you become some kind of mad (plant) scientist and suddenly become able to feed the plants exactly what they'll end up consuming that day, no more, no less... then the things will end up consuming a higher percentage of certain elements than others (percentage of what started out in the nutrient solution, I mean). That will change the pH of what remains, too, just like it changes when you - for example - add more FloraBloom when mixing your solution up.

If you grow cannabis in a DWC setup, where your plant lives in a (relatively) large reservoir, such things become significant. You might even get to the point where you... instead of adding water to your reservoir each morning to replace the liquid that was used, you check the pH, make an educated guess about what was used, and replace the lost liquid with a "modified nutrient solution," thereby - to some degree - actually replacing both the consumed liquid and the consumed nutrients, and extending your time between complete reservoir (solution) changes. Plus, if you monitor the solution in a DWC reservoir on a daily basis, observe that it's 5.89 on Tuesday, return on Wednesday to check it, and find that it has suddenly dropped to 4.20, lol, then you'll probably immediately start trying to deal with the sudden "bloom" of bad microbial life that just colonized your reservoir.

However, you're growing in a "hempy" setup. You are basically replacing the liquid in your small reservoir every couple days (give or take). You're probably also, in the process, performing a "mini-flush" of that reservoir each time you do. And, with synthetic nutrients, and reasonable good hygiene practices, you shouldn't have to worry about microbial life - if so, a little H2O2 will take care of things AND give your plant a nice little oxygen boost in the process.
 
Absolutely yes! AFAIK ... Unless hempy is super different u totally don’t need the cling wrap over it. I thought @SweetSue was coaching you through this, where the hell is she!? LOL :laughtwo:

Busted! :laughtwo: We’ve been working some behind the scenes, but yeah.... I have kinda let her down. That’s why I’m so thankful I knew the guys would have my back if life took a turn I needed to tend to.

And you’ve all made me so proud watching you work your collective magic. :hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:

Piña and Krip have your answers!

You might not up-pot for a couple weeks, and would be lucky if your solo cup didn’t dry out before 5 days.

I like to give my roots plenty of fresh air, so I water daily at the seedling stage.

Relax and enjoy, but water every 2-3 days at a minimum.

These are autos. I’d transplant ASAP, probably as soon as the first set of leaves shows up.

So, I have a question about pH. I watered the seedlings today and the water's pH was 5.8 going on but the runoff was 6.2 pH. Why did that happen? Would the perlite dust and/or the nutes I applied when I originally planted them have anything to do with the change in pH?

The remnants in the reservoir may have been higher pH and that would raise the runoff pH. Don’t worry about the runoff. :cool:

What they said. :cheesygrinsmiley:


Thank you again for answering. And, I'm sorry to keep asking so many questions. I feel like I don't know anything yet.

By the time you take the first one down you’ll be surprised at how much you’ve learned, and how easy it was to get to a delicious harvest. The best way to learn is to ask, ask, ask, and you are in the midst of men who make no judgement that isn’t positive and won’t ever steer you wrong.

You are in the best of hands - a room filled with gentlemen who love nothing more than to spread the joy of growing cannabis in a simple, cost-effective, low-stress method that has potential for extraordinary yields.:circle-of-love:

Both of my seeds failed to thrive, reminding me of the reality that I’d finished growing after perfecting cloning. *sigh* It appears I’ll have to build that germination confidence up again.

They were bag seeds used for demonstration, and you learned well @HashGirl. :bravo:
 
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