24 days and still no roots

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Rebel71

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kevdogerino said:
I first started this white widow autoflower off 24 days ago. it sprouted fast and was on track the first week. At the first sign of a root coming out the bottom of the rockwool I transferred it to the netpot with about an inch of pebbles under it. Ever since it has been growing very slowly with even after 24 days no rots popping out the bottom of the netpot. I have been occasionally watering over the top with just water at first and now with nutrient-mixed water. It has been continuously growing each day and to my untrained eye appears healthy. From every other thing I see online it should be huge by now. What may I be doing wrong? What can I do to speed up this process? Humidity is around 60%, temp 76F currently. View attachment 4913372View attachment 4913373View attachment 4913380
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I had the same issue when I got the drip lost three clones Sour Tangie and 2 Super lemon Macs. But in my case it wasn’t the light issue that you’ve got going on. I would get a different light for starters and maybe try to put it about 18 inches away from the top of the plant for starters
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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kevdogerino said:
Yeah :) now I just have to figure out how in the world I'm gonna install the thing in my space.
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It’s all part of the fun, enjoy!

You'll want to get the best from your light, imo a ph test kit or meter and a ec truncheon are two must have items for hydro, you don’t need to rush out and buy them but it's something you'll need.
Like lighting you need to pay a bit more for quality but it's worth the money if you intend to keep at it.

Best of luck and enjoy the learning.
 
kevdogerino

kevdogerino

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Star Dog said:
It’s all part of the fun, enjoy!

You'll want to get the best from your light, imo a ph test kit or meter and a ec truncheon are two must have items for hydro, you don’t need to rush out and buy them but it's something you'll need.
Like lighting you need to pay a bit more for quality but it's worth the money if you intend to keep at it.

Best of luck and enjoy the learning.
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rn I just have the ph and ppm meters, hopefully it's enough.
 
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AriusCultivator

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Lordhooha said:
Compost teas in hydro is a recipe for disaster. I’ve ran it before not worth it. Have you ran compost tea in a bubble bucket or any hydro application? Compost tea is best suited for soil period.
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I never got the opportunity to, the air pumps were way too loud and I switched to soil.

I'd love to try though. My compost tea ingredients would include: Dechrlorinated 4 gallons, 3-4 tbs of terp tea (veg or flower depending on stage), 4tbs unsulphured molasses, 1 tbs kelp meal, 1tbs alfalfa meal, 1tsp mycorhizzal, 1tsp silica, 5ml cal mag, 2ml hydroguard, 2ml regalia, aerated for 24-36 hours and pH corrected before application. I'd hope the hydroguard and regalia take care any slides, molds, mildew and bad bacterias.
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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AriusCultivator said:
I never got the opportunity to, the air pumps were way too loud and I switched to soil.

I'd love to try though. My compost tea ingredients would include: Dechrlorinated 4 gallons, 3-4 tbs of terp tea (veg or flower depending on stage), 4tbs unsulphured molasses, 1 tbs kelp meal, 1tbs alfalfa meal, 1tsp mycorhizzal, 1tsp silica, 5ml cal mag, 2ml hydroguard, 2ml regalia, aerated for 24-36 hours and pH corrected before application. I'd hope the hydroguard and regalia take care any slides, molds, mildew and bad bacterias.
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One terp tea isn’t a real compost tea. Two too much junk compost teas are supposed to be simple. Mine is dairy compost, kelp, fish and worm castings. Nothing else needed. Three you don’t ph compost tea. Hydroguard basically killed anything worth having in the tea making it sterile. Regalia I wouldn’t use until a few days to a week after.
 
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AriusCultivator

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PJ Diaz said:
PPMs are for synthetic nutes, not for compost teas.
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Lordhooha said:
One terp tea isn’t a real compost tea. Two too much junk compost teas are supposed to be simple. Mine is dairy compost, kelp, fish and worm castings. Nothing else needed. Three you don’t ph compost tea. Hydroguard basically killed anything worth having in the tea making it sterile. Regalia I wouldn’t use until a few days to a week after.
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Terp tea is simply one of my organic ingrients and may also be used for liquid applications. Of course you pH correct compost teas before application, if you don't you get nutrient lock. You don't need hydroguard or regalia, but I like to play it safe.
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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AriusCultivator said:
EC measurements confuse t

Terp tea is simply one of my organic ingrients and may also be used for liquid applications. Of course you pH correct compost teas before application, if you don't you get nutrient lock. You don't need hydroguard or regalia, but I like to play it safe.
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You don’t understand how tea works At all. You're destroying the tea you’re trying to make.
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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Hydroguard kills off the micros in the tea theyre what creates the relationship with the roots to help the plants. Also if you don’t feel comfortable adding shit then you should stop the terp tea it’s full of chicken shit, bat shit, seagull shit.
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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All the good bacteria your want is killed once one you ph to a degree but the killer is the hydroguard the micro herd is killed once it hits water.
 
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AriusCultivator

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Lordhooha said:
Hydroguard kills off the micros in the tea theyre what creates the relationship with the roots to help the plants. Also if you don’t feel comfortable adding shit then you should stop the terp tea it’s full of chicken shit, bat shit, seagull shit.
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Apparently 'root organic: terp tea bloom' does have crab, fish and bat shit. I will be looking into alternatives, thank you.
If I do not pH correct it to 6.0 before application, my soil pH will shoot to 7.5+. Sure some microbial life will perish, but not all. At least the water isn't useless and stagnant with nutrient lock. I've been using hydroguard with every watering since germination and 0 issues. You must've done something wrong if everything died once you added it.

Do you have any pics from your grow? Show me what your compost teas can do.
 
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