This is my first grow and went for 3X 20ltr D/W/C buckets + 400 watt Hps
nuts
cana flora A+B
cana veg A+B
cana pk 13/14
i keep closet temp at 80 light on 77 off
i live in a hard water area and the ppm of my tap water is 800 + ph of 7.1
i have 5 white russian + 4 unknown

ph of all buckets is 5.9
ppm all buckets 1000
these were started from seed on 20/08/09
here are some pics as i think i have a pb with the unkown seeds
1. ive thought of reducing nuts but any input would be great



the white russians are loving it buy the looks of things but need all the help i can get to keep them that way lol




also when would be the best time to flower
any help would be great as i dont want to lose them cheers


ill update pics every few days just to be sure there ok

nice setup. looks good man.

Just a side note, my friend who grows started using the little foam inserts over his pots, and his resovoir temp dropped a few degrees. As far as nutes, I see no burn, I say keep feeding them as you are. Wait til you get preflowers forming to switch to 12/12 if you are taking those directly to flower with no topping or anything.

i was going to let them get to about 13in then start to flower 12/12 but is it better to let the pre flowers to show first ?
cheers for all the help

Congrats Bifta

Looking good there so far ... One bit of advise don't kill your plants by being an over bearing parent. One of the things i have seen and have actually done myself is over analyze your plants.

Your plants look great and there is no need to panic if you see a little spot on a leaf . Do the research on what it is and fix the problem.

If you have done your research and continue to do it learning everything you can about your next phaze of growth you will be fine.

Keep us posted

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cheers sparkafire i no wot you are saying lol im doing my best not to keep looking at them it was just all the unkown plants are the same strain and seem to wilting a bit even new growth any ideas or should i stop being a fool lol
cheers m8

you said your PPM is 1000 your water is 800 you did account for the the 800 right?

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well yes i split water ppm in half so my base was 400 then added 1000 ppm canna veg A+B
the white russians are loving it but the unkown might be getting a bit to much

If you started at 400 and your PPM in your tank is 1000 your true ppm is 600?

If your water is 800ppm to start with your ppm should be 1800 for a true 1000 ppm reading.

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ah ok m8 just dipped my ppm meter in all buckets and getting 1400 ppm so my true reading is 600 ppm as 800 is tap water