White Widow Waterfarm. 1st Journal on the forums.

jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

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Well so far the Ph just keeps rising, I just have to keep monitoring/adjusting it.

All tips and suggestions are welcome as stated above this is my first time with hydro.
 
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reefcouple

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so you still having PH problems? What water ya using? RO? Tap? And what are you using to balance it? I used to grow WW often and I kept my PH at 6.0 on the button and the girls loved it..
When I mixed my tap water thats been sitting in 5 gallon buckets with my RO water 50/50 it balanced out nicely and held there for the week.. just an idea for ya.. RO I find goes off kilter alot quicker.. But my mixing the tap and RO i never needed to add cal/mag..
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

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reefcouple said:
so you still having PH problems? What water ya using? RO? Tap? And what are you using to balance it? I used to grow WW often and I kept my PH at 6.0 on the button and the girls loved it..
When I mixed my tap water thats been sitting in 5 gallon buckets with my RO water 50/50 it balanced out nicely and held there for the week.. just an idea for ya.. RO I find goes off kilter alot quicker.. But my mixing the tap and RO i never needed to add cal/mag..
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I am using RO water I bought from the store, but I just got a Brita water filter and will be using that, it is all I can afford. I am having less and less problems with Ph I never actually soaked the Hydroten so I think that was the issues.
 
SCOTTYBALLS

SCOTTYBALLS

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Hey man!

Glad to see your getting off to a good start... dont worry about the PH right now. PH main concern is nute lockout.. adjusting the PH up and down and up and down will do more damage then good, the roots will accumulate to the ph.. you dont need any nutes for 2 weeks, when you start adding the Flora Nova bloom it has PH buffers and will self adjust the PH for you.. you may need some cal-mag later during flower since you using RO water...

BTW you dont need the root plugs.. introducing orgainics to hydro is probly why your smelling somthing funny in your water.. when the tap root is 1/2 inch long I insert it in the hydroton so it automaticly adjust to the grow media..
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

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SCOTTYBALLS said:
Hey man!

Glad to see your getting off to a good start... dont worry about the PH right now. PH main concern is nute lockout.. adjusting the PH up and down and up and down will do more damage then good, the roots will accumulate to the ph.. you dont need any nutes for 2 weeks, when you start adding the Flora Nova bloom it has PH buffers and will self adjust the PH for you.. you may need some cal-mag later during flower since you using RO water...

BTW you dont need the root plugs.. introducing orgainics to hydro is probly why your smelling somthing funny in your water.. when the tap root is 1/2 inch long I insert it in the hydroton so it automaticly adjust to the grow media..
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Ok, I will take the plug apart and get that root out. I just took everything apart and I am soaking the hydroton, I never did that just washed it. I noticed bubbles and it smelled like a dirty fish tank so I got them soaking in Ph 5.1 water and a little florakleen in it. Tomorrow I will set the system back up it just smelt so dirty right at the start.
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

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I am going to keep my seedling in the root plug becasue I have all the hydroten soaking overnight. I plan on taking it out of the plug tomorrow and putting it directly in the hydroten, good idea or bad?
 
remi11

remi11

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helll yaaaa this is sooooo awesome i too started a white widow seed dropped it in 6 days ago. i was inspired by SCOTTYBALLS journal and also have the water farm. sucks i think my bulb was going out so i had to switch to an emergency dual 4ft flourescent shoplight lol atleast till i get a bulb. cant wait to see how your goes
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

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remi11 said:
helll yaaaa this is sooooo awesome i too started a white widow seed dropped it in 6 days ago. i was inspired by SCOTTYBALLS journal and also have the water farm. sucks i think my bulb was going out so i had to switch to an emergency dual 4ft flourescent shoplight lol atleast till i get a bulb. cant wait to see how your goes
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Yes ScottyBalls is awsome he has inspired so many. But I am rewashing my hyrdroten my whitewidow seedling looks weird, it is popping out of the plug but the two leaves are just white, it has been in the light all day hoperfully tomorrow it will be green and open if not I will post pics.
 
venacular

venacular

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great job! I love to see Waterfarm grows as that was my first hydro system also. That's gonna be one monster plant! Keep it up.
 
SCOTTYBALLS

SCOTTYBALLS

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jimbizzzale67123 said:
Yes ScottyBalls is awsome he has inspired so many. But I am rewashing my hyrdroten my whitewidow seedling looks weird, it is popping out of the plug but the two leaves are just white, it has been in the light all day hoperfully tomorrow it will be green and open if not I will post pics.
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Dont worry about the first to leaves they will always be white till they start to produce chlorophil.. and be really carfull if when you take the seedling out of the plug rinse in water till the plug falls apart.. then move the hyrdroton out from the center so you can get the seedling down below a few layers as it gets taller start to move in hydroton for suport and extra root formation...
 
jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

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SCOTTYBALLS said:
Dont worry about the first to leaves they will always be white till they start to produce chlorophil.. and be really carfull if when you take the seedling out of the plug rinse in water till the plug falls apart.. then move the hyrdroton out from the center so you can get the seedling down below a few layers as it gets taller start to move in hydroton for suport and extra root formation...
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Ok, I got pics its still white, might be a little stress from all of this nonsense I put it through. I should have tested my methods out on bag seed first to make sure I had a fluid plan but no worries I have a female cole train seed as backup, and I will be ordering seeds in a few weeks.

I am seeting up my unit as I type this so I will be gently putting her in their whish me luck.

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jimbizzzale67123

jimbizzzale67123

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The stem just below the cotyledon is a little green which is good I guess, but the leaves themselves aren't green and still haven't separated it doesn't look happy. I am use to soil usualy all my sprouts usually pop up green and ready too go. Do you think I should start to germ my cole train or give it another day.
 
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