Help... Stunted growth

chrisStarr20

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Alright I have had a few plants in a aerogarden using rock wool as medium i started them from seeds and they get to about two to three inches tall then they just seem to not grow no more then eventually slowly die... I changed my medium from rock wool to back to what originally came with the aerogarden the ph is right and everything any idea on why this is occurring?
 

racer3456

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It's cuz aerogardens weren't designed to grow cannabis.
Um, neither was hydro, but it works. Anyways, are you using RO water or distilled water? If you are using tap water, that could be the problem as well. Are you feeding it nutrients? Your ppm shouldn't be above 200 at this point.
 

bobbyboy34

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at three inches tall im assuming they have their first set of true leaves, what you want to do is add nutes (NPK and MICRO <--- make sure you add micro if using two part nutes). Add nutes at 1/4 the stregth of the recommend dosage of week one

so whatever nutes you are using look on the feeding schedule and whatever it says for week one use 1/4th of that, then in two weeks use 1/2, another one to two weeks later start week one feeding schedule as noted by your nute bottle.

and please add some h202, believe it or not, this stuff works miracles, it CAN help turn weak plants into champs...remember, i said CAN...buy that brown bottle h202 from any drug store, just make sure on the back it doesn't state that there are any additives to the solution.

I added some h202 to my babes who just went through a nute deficiency and they perked up after the day after adding h202, day 2 was even more surprising, i can't wait to go home and see how they are today
 

chrisStarr20

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Alright I added the h202 the plants seemed to do a little better but when I woke up just morning they are starting to get droopy, I changed out the water and still have no idea whats going wrong... The PH is right everything is to how its suppose to be this isn't my first grow and never encountered this problem before i'm just curious if anyone has any other ideas why they plants are stunted they still haven't seem to grow at all there sitting at like three inches still...
 

bobbyboy34

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if plants are droopy it is because of a lack of oxygen or incorrect temperature of the water (most of the time during this time of year too cold)

if they are stunded pretty bad, throw them out and start again, a weak early life will result in shabby yeilds unless you are a pro and know all the things to do in order to bring the plants vigor back, me myself, i don't

i'd start over

are you using air stones? i hope so, you can't just leave roots sitting in water....what i've found out is that it is better to have the air stone 2-3 inches from water level, this way the o2 cannot dissapate throught the solution as well. The roots will be closer to the oxygen and be more happy
 

chrisStarr20

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Thanks for that advice what I think is keeping my plants from growing is i changed my medium to this white foam i bought at walmart and its allowing to much light to the roots thats really the only reasonable thing cause I have grown with this setup and never had a problem I just wondering what is a good medium cause I really could careless for rockwool through my experience...
 

chrisStarr20

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the roots are just starting to touch the water the plant is all only two weeks old it just hasn't grown any since like the fourth day...
 
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