My first hydro w.pics

Hey guys, wanted to share my first hydro experiance, well my fiest grow experiance for that matter, but I am a vet when it comes to smokin

First of made a poor choise of seeds for my first grow AH1, but we'll see how it goes . Should have stuck to an indica for my first but hey if it goes well I won't be regreting it

Started from seed 5 weeks ago, but them (4) in to the waterfarms 3.5 weeks ago due to light damage on some of the roots that had grown out of the rook woll (bad idea, should have shielded the roots and left them under the fluro for another week) You can see what happened in the week 2 pics.

After that I went into damage control, flushed (nute burn) and started them on 300ppm combined sensi a/b forom 600 each a and b (don't go by the bottle on sensi, little tip)

They have been improoving ever since, 2 days ago I topped the biggest one in 7 places (hope I didn't fuck it up, we'll see) You can see that there are 3 different growth rates, with the smallest one still struggeling (he may never catch up) advice would be appreciated!!!

Room specs:
3x3x7
600HPS
3x waterfarm (one seedling is R.I.P.)
6"fresh air through light
2x4" extraction 250cfm
1x6"CF
temps: 71-79
Hum: 40%-55%

Food:
ro water
Week5
900ppm sensi a/b
15ml n.u.t.s.
5.0 cal-mag
2.5 pro-tect
2.5ml multi-encym

Ok, thats my story so far, please let me know what you think! I'll post the pics in the next post!

Thanks, and have a great x-mass

Week 1 pics

Week1 pics

week 2 pics

week 2 pics

week3 pics

1st day of week 5

how close is the light to the plant? and how many times a day you water it

you are overwatering them. what is AH1?

It's Arjan's Haze#1 Femmed

You know, I think so too, but when I water them only once a day they looked the same and slowed down growing. I wonder since the leaves are so huge that it's just the weight thats keeping them drooping?! Right now they are on 18/6 watering. Roots are in the reservoir and I added 5" airstones in to res.
What do you think?

Light is 13" with fan over canopy and temps are never more then 79 at canopy

Lamafia ck said:

how close is the light to the plant? and how many times a day you water it

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18/6 watering
13" fan over canopy temp never more then 79

What do you think?

what do you mean by 18/6 watering? you should raise the ambient temperature to about 85F.

My drip is on 18 hours during lights on and 6 hours off during lights off

You don't think it would be too hot at 85 abient?

My biggest issue is that the bigger one is growing at an alarming rate, but I would like at least 2 of the three to remain, what would you do?

thanks

stop dripping 18 hours a day. maybe just 15 minutes every two hours is enough. you have to pay attention to your plants. when they sag like that they need you to cut back the water until they perk up and reach for the light.

sativas like it hot.

3 different plants will grow at 3 different rates. you need to worry about finding the best female, not keeping 2 out of 3.

Thanks Stoner, I'll switch back to 15 min. every 2 hours
I got femenized seeds and hope that 2 of them will be females (not sure though)
You say sativas like it hot, what do you think are the temp ranges for a sativa?
And should i change my light cycle to avoid temps dropping to much during lights of?
Also part of my reason for drips on was that my roots are in the res. anyhow, and I can control my humidity better with drips on (socal climate).
Your help is greatly appreciated!!!

15 minutes every 2 hours isn't set in stone; it's just better than 18 hours straight. i think you should hold of on the drip all together until the leaves perk up... a lot. 80-85F is good. you have an 11 week sativa; think EQUATOR. do what you have to do to keep them warm.

strains like AH1 deserve a grow diary. it would be easier to get help if you can show your setup.

I never did a diary, I'll see what it takes, maybe I could do it
I've turned my drip of, what you said made perfect sense. What do you think my lights out temps should be? Humidity? Light cycle?

Thanks,
Unity

do it every 3 hours for 15 min
6am9am.....
i think temp should b around 7478 day 7269night
hum. around 46 44 day 42 40 night
do the hand test with the light if it burns ur hand it burns the plant try getting as close as u can test it out for a couple of days
ph level shoud b around 5.6 5.7

check the ph of water also...

Unity, I have two Waterfarms, and they work great.

Here is what you need to do. You need to water 10-15 minutes every hour. BUT!!!!!!!!!!!! Your Roots are hanging in your REZ tank below as you said. You need to put two air stones down there. ALSO!!!!!! You leafs are being splashed when the water drips from the Halo. Do something to protect your plants from the splashing of the water when it drips from your Halo.

These photos are of my Mother plant I sent into flowering with this crop. She is about 9 months old now. I took a lot of clones from here. She stands at about 5' tall in the waterfarm.

Waterfarms get very hard to regulate the PPM in the last 3 weeks of flowering. I do not like them for flowering plants anymore. The bigger systems that circulate the system every hour work much better, but more costly. I will stick with my good old flood and drain.

Good luck,
LDB