I know that you need to pre soak the rockwool to get the ph right before you use it

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oh yeah I read that lol, I can't wait to try the rockwool out and see if it grows better than the clay pebbles and coco they aren't growing at all in that setup it really sux, I really want these suckers to take off so I can but I also want them to grow so we can get new seeds and grow them and have the knoledge to grow them...

I get the feeling that if you used rockwool with the clay pellets you will be unto a winner.. the rockwool will help them build up a good root ball and you can sit the rockwool in the pellets and they will grow well.... Good Luck with that :^)

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I'm so excited, I think the main reason I'm failing right now is because we don't have any medium in with them, its just the roots in the clay pebbles and I don't think any water is spraying on the roots... maybe someone can give me some hints as to how to check in clay if the roots are getting enough water?

so I got some more pix, I put some seeds in the open containers and I got some sprouts so I must be doing something correctly lol, heres the 2 new babies, 1 old one which I want to know what I should do with it? its getting new growth and is still looking really good, the roots haven't came out the bottom yet, when does veg start, should I start it on 16/8? and when should I pinch it I know everyone has different ideas on when to pinch but do I pinch anytime after veg? or ??? and the 1 that looks like crap is getting some green in the middle and that just started, but its kinda stunted now, so what should I do with it, kill it or try to make it thrive?

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so week 4, had to pull 1 plant *the one that looked like it wasn't going to make it* but the other 3 are striving so well, there's 2 with totally huge leaves, hopefully I can start vegging soon and then a few weeks to bud

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Hey Stoned Diva.......they are looking Gr8..... I see you have got the hang of it...... :^D

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fineally, it feels like it has taken forever to get them at this point lol, I'm fineally getting a handle on the nutes too, its not as hard as people claim it to be, I'm already slowly adding more of the bud nute so it will go into the veg cycle then I'm going to back off of the grow nute and have it go into the bud cycle

OK.......but ,,,just from my experience ,if you follow that plan,,you might have problems with nit diff as the plant progresses in bud and around the 4th or 5th week you could start losing your fan leaves..... I have tried feeding the vegg nutrients for the 1st week or so of the flower cycle,,then I start to add the bloom food.... its working well for me at the minute.... :^)

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thats what I'm doing too, I'm not just zapping it into the veg cycle I'm slowly backing off one and adding more of the other so it will slowly go from seedling to veg to bud, they have already jumped up again and are thriving so well, all threes leaves are pointing up to the light, and talking about it, its just about time to plug the light in after the 8 hours of darkness, I'm so excited my first grow is going so well, even the one I transplanted from dirt is thriving extremely well, I can't wait to smoke it