CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH MY PLANT!!!!!!iiiii!!!!NOOBIE HYDROPONICS

Hey I would like someone to look at my pic and tell me if my plant looks healthy and try to point me in the right direction for a good feeding schedule. I have 2 t8 fixtures and 4 airstones in a 18 gallon tote. I clean my system every ten days I have read a lot before this attempt but I see a lot of different opinions someone put me on the right track.

depends how old it is doesn't it.. looks good to me though

Its just a month old now. A couple of weeks ago I almost killed her but she bounced back. How often do I feed her

I'm not a hydro guy but from my understanding, soil holds nutes and buffers ph so you don't have to feed every watering or worry about ph as long as the ph is good to begin with. Hydro doesn't hold nutes or buffer ph so you gotta feed every day at every watering and keep your ph in the 5.8 area. You seem to have got a good hold of it so far. Only thing she looks a little small for a month in hydro, but maybe you just need to up your feeding. I think you wanna keep your ppms about 700 for veg.

I don't have a ppm meter and haven't really read much about it until I got on this site. I think I need to order one soon

for real dude, you need a ppm and a ph meter for hydro. I don't even know how you have grown a plant this far without knowing your ppms lol

Im growing in hydro but just in pots... i have a ppm meter but never use it.. and still am doing great... Z

definitely need to check ph though.. As far as a feeding schedule Id feed 1/4 strength once a week for now

Ok and as far as me cleaning my tank every 10 days. Will it cause any problems. I have a ph meter and my ph is at 5.7 now

Do you mean you're growing in a net pot? or a solid pot with some holes punched in? You're going to need to punch A LOT of holes in it. Take a look at a picture of a net pot and make sure yours looks like that.

I grow hydro in a bubble bucket. The net pot is very open, so the roots can EASILY grow through and reach down into the water. The water ALWAYS contains a nutrient solution. This way your plant is always feeding. You top off the water/nute solution as the plant drinks it. You want to keep the ph around 5.6-5.8, it will always fluctuate a bit so bump it in the other direction with PH UP or PH DOWN. You will definitely need a ppm meter to ensure you're not overfeeding the plants. Because the plants have direct access to nutes 24/7, when a problem sets in it sets in quickly!

I keep my ppms at 100 per week of age, skipping the first 2.5 weeks. This is total ppm, including my tap water. So at 3 weeks old, total ppm is 300. At 4 weeks old, total ppm is 400, etc, up to 800 ppm at 8 weeks, and I keep it there until the last few weeks when I back off to 600. My tap water ppm is 140, which is a little low and means I need to add a little cal/mag to the nute solution. When I measure what 800 meant in terms of ppms, it was about 1/3 what was recommended on the nute label.

I've never had a problem with slime (I keep those bubblers bubbling!), so I change my res once every 2 weeks until flowering, and then maybe once more. Once the plants start stretching it's really hard for me to manage changing the res, so I don't unless there's a problem. And there usually isn't.

Good luck!

I got a net pot I sure appreciate you thanks

Once again, the issue is a noob attemtping hydro. This is what happens when noobs see the advanced setups. Transplant her into soil and your problems are solved.

everybody has 2 learn somewhere and they come here for advice go easy on ppl we all learn at one point

ChronIIc KusH said:

everybody has 2 learn somewhere and they come here for advice go easy on ppl we all learn at one point

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Agreed. I started with some autoflowering blue pyramids in soil, and half way through I started some Nirvana Bubblicious. I went for the passive hydro route in a cat litter box, growing in rockwool cubes. I should probably get a ppm meter. I'm 18 days in, check my signature I've got pics for everyday of the progression.

Looks like for one thing you don't have enough light. With T8s they need to be 2 inches from the plants.
Is there a sprayer in there? It looks dry.
The plant will not get water until the roots reach all the way down to the water level.
Lift that lid up and take a pic and post it.

BBbubblegum said:

Once again, the issue is a noob attemtping hydro. This is what happens when noobs see the advanced setups. Transplant her into soil and your problems are solved.

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Honestly who asked u what is the best way for me to grow my seeds with my electricity. Mind your business if you can't help because as sho as shit stank you were a beginner before too so find someone else to criticise