Problem!!

Hi everyone

Friday I just started on friday my clones into my system, and I was keeping the water touching the bottom of the net pots, but the plants are looking like this



Temps are nice and PH is 5.8 I was thinking about overwater, so I just reduced the water level
someone knows exactly my problem?

thanks

some times clones can take a week or more before they root, where these cones already rooted?

they just look stressed from transplanting. give em a few days. try to keep water about an inch below net pot and have good aeration.

superstoner1 said:

they just look stressed from transplanting. give em a few days. try to keep water about an inch below net pot and have good aeration.

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I was thinking about that, This is the first time they are taking nutes, lights are different many different stuff heheheeh
But I remove a lit bit water and now have about 1 inch for have space for aeration
let's see thanks man

mikmike said:

some times clones can take a week or more before they root, where these cones already rooted?

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They rooted in a DWC system with a 25w T5 man

It's overwatering. If this is a DWC or aero system, there's no need for the water level to touch the pellets, the airstone/bubble curtain will make the rootzone humid enough.

Do yourself a big favour & replace the LEDs with a suitably sized HPS for your growing area.

Al B. Fuct said:

It's overwatering. If this is a DWC or aero system, there's no need for the water level to touch the pellets, the airstone/bubble curtain will make the rootzone humid enough.

Do yourself a big favour & replace the LEDs with a suitably sized HPS for your growing area.

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It's Aero system and each bucket has a airstone, man at least should I keep the water touching the roots correct?

Yeah man I am planning that but the problem now I spend a lot of money in this panels but if someone wants to change for a HPS+reflector+ballast I would love to give both of my panels I tried to sell on ebay but without sucess

No need for the water level to touch the roots. The mist from the bubbles breaking the surface is plenty of water for the roots- that's the whole point of aero. However, you may later find your roots will grow down into the water. That's OK as long as the aeration is continuous. You get DWC instead of aero but it should still work OK.

Roots only need to be in a damp environment, wet isn't necessary- and submerging roots isn't possible without a continuous air supply.

When introducing clones in rockwool cubes to a pellet-based aero system, you may need to hand water the pellets a couple times a day for the first week, while avoiding wetting the cube. However, you should use care not to set it up in a manner where the rockwool cube may be saturated by the watering system. Pretty good way to stunt, slow or even kill a plant. Rockwool saturates easily if you're not careful. Droopy leaves are a great big hint that the roots are too wet.

Good luck selling the LEDs...

lol from my reading u can drown a plant if the rockwool gets too wet and stays that way. for my grow i watered cudes and clay once every otehr day til i seen roots spitting ou tthe bottom. i'm guessing ur water is a bit too high. but it could be stress of a new enviornemnt.. looks liek ur using led.. maybe they were grown under different lightng and are adjusting but i wud def dro p the water level between 1 and 2 inches below ur pot bottom. then give it a couple days.... if no improvement try water change and dimminish teh nutes alot.. easy to over nute young pups. i had isses when that when i first grew out doors.. as the nutes i added and soil had nutes my plants all sagged.. wow that was along time ago. i dmit i'm new to hydro but i have done much reading and saggy leaves universally means too much water or not enough. but i'm guessing u got rock wool cubes and they are dripping wet.. they shud only be damp.


but it sounds liek its improving let us know show us a pic. with my learning my issues are heat.. but i figured best to learn hydro when its hottest. the most issues and lets u know what needs improved by next year. part of t is learning and i enjoy that

Al B. Fuct said:

It's overwatering. If this is a DWC or aero system, there's no need for the water level to touch the pellets, the airstone/bubble curtain will make the rootzone humid enough.

Do yourself a big favour & replace the LEDs with a suitably sized HPS for your growing area.

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wow, this guy said exactly what i wanted to say...

get rid of the LED. get a 250-400 mh for cloning and veg.
and have the water an inch below the net pot.

done you will be fine

ive never heard of over watering in a system designed for the roots to sit in water. transplant stress.