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Day 7

Only four of the Brainstorm germinated, and only two were healthy. Unfortunately, I had to go out of town for two days and both Brainstorm dried up and are on the brink of death. However, I have eight very healthy Northern Lights sprouts, and another one that I'm so-so about (got a little too dry). I'll be here from now on to tend to these guys, so I won't have any more of these issues.



I began my feeding schedule at half strength. I am using the Advanced Nutrients line of nutes. Here is what I am feeding these guys from my 9 gallon reservoir...

Sensi-Grow A: 7ml
Sensi-Grow B: 7ml
B-52: 72ml
Sensizym: 90ml
Voodoo Juice: 21ml

Here are some pictures. Feel free to comment if you're following. I took a profile shot of one of the sprouts with a penny so you can tell me if you see any stretching issues.

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looking good. Just keep an eye out for nute burn in case those seedlings are to small for nutes

Smokedup and others,

Here is one of my seedlings. This has looked splotchy for several days now compared to the others, but seems to be perky and green. What could be going on here? The picture below is of another seedling for comparison.






One more thing... My 125 Watt daylight CFL is nearly 2 feet away from the tops of these seedlings. Will this cause stretching? Should I find a way to lift the reservoir and plants closer to the light?

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Perky and green is always a good thing, Keep an eye on it and if you see any more a problem post pic asap. If growth continues on top your fine.
1. Only power with the CFL
2. Fill up hydro tube with only water every few days if u see it getting lower. Good idea is to make some kind of marking on the tub to know where water level should be at all times.(yes only water, water will be absorbed faster then nutes making ppm go up. Getting in the habit now will keep you from having problem in the future.)

3. Whenever you get chance cover entire top of rock wool and holder with tin foil or poly so the Rockwool doesn’t start growing algae

1. Thanks. I'll keep an eye on this sprout.

2. Is topping off water necessary if I plan on changing out the reservoir weekly? I'm going to be introducing different nutes and strengths with each progressing week of veg and flower.

3. I was thinking of doing this, but do you think it will cause any reflective hot spots on the young seedlings if I do it now?

Tried it on one. Is this what you are wanting me to do?

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under sides of leave dont absorb light so i dont the reasoning in doing tinfoil on your plants....

see this all the time and always see it as pointless, your box is already made White to reflect also...

hotspots are highly doubtful... just a wasted idea imo

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Topping water may not be necessary at this early stage but when your ppm is at a max of 1200ppm and water is being absorbed faster than the nutes you will see a gradual increase and by the time you change your rez it will be at 1700pm possibly killing all of your plants. By adding water daily you keep the balance and your ppm should decrease throughout the week rather than raising.

Tin foil example and poly example,
for ploy you lay down and cut X's for each plant slot

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common problem in these boxes are the rockwell when exposed to constant light will begin growing algae, covering them up prevents this, it has nothing to do with light reflection.

And no will not cause hot spots or reflections. I perfer poly because i have sun blaster attachments for bottom.