well i can see this is gonna take awhile to type lol....
ok firstly hey birdie thanks for popping in!!!
now i'll make it simple and thank both no pain and mr krip now for all the advice. if i mix up who said what, it aint on purpose, you guys didn't make a response easy lol.
1: de-chlorinating. i didn't think of how easy it would be for me to set out a bucket of water for a couple days, thought it would be a pain in the butt. however, i do my res change the same time every week, within a day or two, mon or tues. so that's easy actually, no preplanning involved at all, just fillerup on saturday.
2: nute order. yep, i always put the nutes in the right order per mfg suggestion. however, good point on rinsing the measure out, something i haven't been doing in between each nute. i know about nute lockout, but hadn't considered it for the measure, dunno why, lol. definately giving it a stir after each one though, + the airstone churning.
3: PH after nutes. well up to this point that is what i have done, this week i've been pondering ph some before and finish after, but "as said above if i ph- first, my new stuff drops the ph too low. so now, i nute up, then ph it all together." is what i said yesterday, along with the thought of splitting the ph timing, some before some after, but alas, good advice, don't do that, lol.
4: ppms falling + ppm levels. yep, i understand both of your points on that. and yes, happy to report day 2 of roots in water, the nutes have dropped again, so she is using em. i won't raise em on next res change, cuz she is still teeny meeny. but i will watch and see how she does through the week obviously lol, and if she needs an adjust, i will do so, even if it means an impromptu res change, idc if i need to do that.
5: too soon in the bucket + wool vs rooters. yep, she was def in the bucket too soon, to be honest though, i thought i had that covered with the drip ring constantly pumping from the res to the top feed ring. like i said, i took the wool off cuz i distrust it period. and she was throwing roots, but the hydroton, created a barrier for her to lay the roots up on, with no fear of running out of water, cuz she was getting it constant from above, so the roots didn't go searching for the water source. it was almost like a spiders web of roots sitting on hydroton near the bottom of the pot, with none reaching through it. so that got fixed. then i had the water touching the bottom of the net too long, or maybe a hair to high? so, again, the roots weren't hungry. read something in someone's journal (might have even been here as advice lol) and something clicked in the brain....roots need to search, same as soil, if the outer ring of the pot is dry all the time, there's no reason for the roots to go there. least that's how my brain processed it once it clicked. rapid rooters will definately be coming as soon as i can get em. they just look like a better option for me.
6: ph - and nute strength. yep, i have ph- now, so vinegar is done with, never did lemons. i started her on 1/2 strength mfg nutes wk 1 veg. first res change she got full week 1 veg. second res change(last week)she got week 2 full nutes. now, a lil bit more on this, my nute line mfg has come out with new schedules, called basic and extreme. i think i will run through veg 3 basic for 2 weeks, then up it to extreme week 3 veg on the third week, we'll see what the res ppms look like when i mix it up. if its way too wonky i won't use it. but, i got some balls.so i'm willing to try as long as she has come up quite a bit by then. that and i'm willing to mix it half strength by mixing a second bucket of water if i need to.
so, that's my reply.
again, many thanks to both of you, it is very appreciated that you took the time to #1 give a rat's ass, and #2 type out the great advice.
update coming in a couple minutes, gotta change floors, lol.
have fun eh
. So I learned something new today .
she is doing juuuuuuuuuuuust fine and growing into a beauty
