Little Help? Advice or words of wisdom from experinced growers.

[HeisenburgIII]

Alright guys this is my first grow ever. I have done a tremendous amount of journal/ blog reading for the past few months. Don't want to get caught in small details to start my first journal so I suppose ill get right into it.

Set-Up: 2x4x7 Grow Tent. 600w HPS Light with a wing reflector. As well as a 1.5ft UV Tube light. Deep water culture drip system in 3 20 gallon reservoirs. 3 inch net pots Rapid rooters and Hydroton rock. Each reservoir has 1 air pump with 3 air stones per as well as 1 water pump. Temps stay between 77-82 at all times. Humidity is kept at 30% to produce resin.

My seeds are Autflower Jock Horrors 4/5 sprouted. 1 fell over looked like dampining to me but the stem was perfectly healthy above and below so I buried with stem with rock.

 

[HeisenburgIII]

These look healthy? Tips curling down slightly, weak looking stems as well.

 

[HeisenburgIII]

80 views not 1 opinion c'mon people its my first grow any opinion is welcome.

 

[Alienpus]

They look fine, stems are often tall weak at first, if they are stretching too much lower your light a little, seedling like a lot of light. At this delicate stage, try to not keep your RR cubes so soggy

 

[HeisenburgIII]

They look fine, stems are often tall weak at first, if they are stretching too much lower your light a little, seedling like a lot of light. At this delicate stage, try to not keep your RR cubes so soggy

Sweet I appreciate it Alienpus and ill turn my water pumps on every 4 hours for 15 mins from on will this be too dry for the RR cube?

 

[Alienpus]

Look at the surface of cubes if they look soggy they don't need to be watered, just for a week or so to prevent stem rot

 

[HeisenburgIII]

yea ive already lost 2 seedlings to what looked like dampening off. I will update in a week or so with pictures.

 

[Stealthboat]

Wait, you have 3 20 gallon rez's in a 2x4 area? Pics? Sounds very cramped in there. Yeah with a few more pics I could say more. Don't see anything wrong currently

 

[HeisenburgIII]

Wait, you have 3 20 gallon rez's in a 2x4 area? Pics? Sounds very cramped in there. Yeah with a few more pics I could say more. Don't see anything wrong currently

It is a bit tight but ill upload pics shortly not too bad. The Leaves seem to be showing signs of nute burn and all seem to be curling down.

 

[HeisenburgIII]

Plant 1

Plant 2

Plant 3 Had a hard time getting her shell off kinda deformed and the tip of her leaf has looked like that since birth.

planted 2 more seeds that showed their roots under plastic plates. Just bag seeds Lets pray for females.

 

[HeisenburgIII]

Wait, you have 3 20 gallon rez's in a 2x4 area? Pics? Sounds very cramped in there. Yeah with a few more pics I could say more. Don't see anything wrong currently

Sorry Ive been taking horrible pics thus far but do u have a better idea of what Im working with now? I definitely didn't plant #3 deep enough but she has rebounded quickly and stands up on her own. im really not what plants 1 and 2 are asking for. 1 seems to have really droopy leaves though.

 

[Stealthboat]

Is it a ph issue? I'd make sure that is stable first off. Not sure what else it would be this early on

 

[HeisenburgIII]

No I check the p.H 3 times a day and it is always between 5.5-6.3 usually in the 6.0-6.1 range. It may be the super thrive giving them too much nitrogen. But I used 1/8 the strength so I don't think that's it. They seem to be very very small for autoflowers coming on week 2.

 

[Alienpus]

Yeah they really don't look so hot today. They are small for two weeks, you sure they are not over watered? What do the lower stems, tops of cubes and roots look like?

 

[HeisenburgIII]

well before they were getting water 24/7. cubes were constantly sooaked. The bottom of stems are still without pigment but visible growth. Cubes don't look mushy but kinds shine with the water they have retained. Also the healthiest looking plant #2 doesn't have roots sticking out the bottom yet

 

[HeisenburgIII]

A look at plant 2 and its RR. Still really wet this may just be simple over watering... I hope

 

[rillos]

Drop your water level. The air bubbles popping will give keep the cube moist. If is too wet the stem will rot. About a 1/2 inch below the net pots then loer it more as the roots grow into it maybe another 1-2 inches.

 

[HeisenburgIII]

The Net pots are already about 3/4 an inch above water level. So I don't really need a top feed then?

 

[Alienpus]

From what I gather you put them in the system right after germination and the cubes ended up being over watered at first by being continuously irrigated, surface evaporation from the cube can quickly build up conditions in the cube hostile to such young seedlings also.

They don't look that bad, FWIW if they were mine, I would rinse out the cubes with 1/4 strength nutrient solution, shake em out a little and put them under fluorescent until they pickup.

 

[HeisenburgIII]

I have been told that the HPS may be a bit too much right now. But i will give a rinse and start adding more hydroguard. Will 1 150w be okay with the UV for a few days until i can pick up more CFL`s.