NYLUVBUDDY
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Today I will be posting pics a few are like a week/ week and a half old. Everything is going so well! Ooooo also she will be taking some up-to-date pics today too!
Bubbleponics fail 6x now trying soil......
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I am glad to hear you are making progress with growing your own meds.
NYLUVBUDDY
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this is her photo shoot from a week agoNYLUVBUDDY
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In those photos, nothing but water ever other day or if she looks thristy.....
NYLUVBUDDY
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this were just taken, I thank she pretty!!!! She will be 4 weeks old tomorrow and she is on FloraNova every Saturday I give her 1/4 tsp per Gal instead of the print on bottle 1 tsp per Gal. I bottom feed the nutes. Every other day I give her water and every other watering water with a few drops on peroxide 3%. She really likes the H2O2 spritzer!! Again feel free to leave a comment!!! 
NYLUVBUDDY
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Thinking about topping her and making it a clone, any input on that???
Jack Harer
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Too early yet. Wait until at least the 5th or 6th node before you top.
st0wandgrow
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Lookin good BUDDY!!
NYLUVBUDDY
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Woke up dis morning and her leaves were hanging and a little on the dry/crunchy side!?!? Wtf!!! Posting pics in a few, PLZ HELP!!!!
st0wandgrow
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Is the soil dried out? The plants leaves will droop/hang when she's thirsty. I'd run some plain water through them and see if they perk back up in a couple hours.
NYLUVBUDDY
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Give her a little, I thought it was the temp because I didn't put the temps but right after cleaning and maybe to much water( afte I watered her I found out it could be to much via another thread)!! I corrected the temps back to 80 in day and 75 at night and see how she does thru the night, keep ur fingers crossed!!!!
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updated photos
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NYLUVBUDDY
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I'm using tap water that comes thru a Brita Water filter, whata the best water and whats r/o?
Stoner Smurf
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Well it's unlikely you're having the same problem I did. I live on a well, and although it's good for human consumption I have pyrithium in my well. My plants would always get sick, regardless of media. In hydro I would always get root rot. In soil my plants would always start getting sick, I misdiagnosed that as a nutrient lock out but looking back with hindsight it was probably root rot. City water gets shock treated before it comes to your house, so there should be no pyrithium. I fixed my problem with a UV light on my R/O unit.
R/O stands for Reverse Osmosis. It is a type of water filter that will take almost all particles out (but not all bacteria, which is what an inline UV filter is for). Water from a good R/O machine comes out with a PPM of zero.
Some cities have better tap water than others. I am not too sure how effective a brita water filter is as well. Do you have a PPM tester? Test your water's PPM after you put it in the filter. Maybe your city has bad water.
If you've tried multiple type of media (hydroton, soil, coco, etc) and been having the same problem with all of them, you must find a common denominator.
R/O stands for Reverse Osmosis. It is a type of water filter that will take almost all particles out (but not all bacteria, which is what an inline UV filter is for). Water from a good R/O machine comes out with a PPM of zero.
Some cities have better tap water than others. I am not too sure how effective a brita water filter is as well. Do you have a PPM tester? Test your water's PPM after you put it in the filter. Maybe your city has bad water.
If you've tried multiple type of media (hydroton, soil, coco, etc) and been having the same problem with all of them, you must find a common denominator.
NYLUVBUDDY
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Ok I use to use r/o water and was thinking bout returning to it.
NYLUVBUDDY
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Thanx, have a few purple stems I believe I have a N def.
Pimpernickel
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I haven't followed the thread but I caught the last few posts. Keep your RO, there's no reason not to use it. Piss on that Brita, it's like using only the particulate filter of the RO. Use a PPM meter to make sure it's working right.
For those that want to attempt it DWC is all about keeping your pH/temp/PPMs right, keeping light out of your buckets can be helpful as well but isn't absolutely necessary. Use a res holding next weeks nutes(use a circ pump in the res) to keep your buckets full using a float valve, saves time and makes adjustments slowly. Check PPM/PH everyday. The pH should be stable between 5.8-6.3, it can float in between but it shouldn't float fast. Be wary of PPMs spiking or dropping due to high/low PPM res until you get your strain figured out. Be prepared for a large drop in nute uptake around week 6ish.
For those that want to attempt it DWC is all about keeping your pH/temp/PPMs right, keeping light out of your buckets can be helpful as well but isn't absolutely necessary. Use a res holding next weeks nutes(use a circ pump in the res) to keep your buckets full using a float valve, saves time and makes adjustments slowly. Check PPM/PH everyday. The pH should be stable between 5.8-6.3, it can float in between but it shouldn't float fast. Be wary of PPMs spiking or dropping due to high/low PPM res until you get your strain figured out. Be prepared for a large drop in nute uptake around week 6ish.