Grape Ice 2x4 ebb and flow 600 watt 1st hydroponic grow

kali love · Jan 8, 2010

stiffla said:
the only thing u should look into adjusting is the flood and drain, i'd try flooding once or twice a day 15 mins / 18 hour cycle for about two weeks then flood three times from there, and should keep the rh around 60%. its always better to keep them slightly dryer then soaking the roots so they grow more looking to find the water insted of over watering them.. they look well so far but ive noticed yellowing on the leafs! over water or nutes a little high..

ok sounds good i i think my nutes were a lil strong for the clones and earlier today i add some ph water to the rez about 6 gallons and have changed the amnt of floods from 5 to to two 15 min flood one in the morning and one toward the evening about 5 hrs before lights out

kali love · Jan 8, 2010

GypsyBush said:
Water and Light = LIFE...

One way you can "resolve" the issue for this run would be to cover the pots with plastic... keeping the light from going in.. something like this....

wow gypse thanks for the good visuals and those plants look great btw i got the solid pots today and am transplanting tonight into them and good idea on the covers too was thinking about that earlier but was not sure what to use but you solved my problem thanks gypse you have already been alot of help

stiffla · Jan 9, 2010

if your transplanting ur girls into different pots there is no need to cover the tops with plastic, aslong as the roots are under your medium so the light doesnt come in contact with light you will be fine!

kali love · Jan 9, 2010

Ok so I have transplanted all plants and adjust the floods to just two a day atm I am thinking of switching my nute from fox farm to gh flora series the fox farm seems to settle on the bottom and I think they are best with soil n I'm not sure yet If I could get some feedback on what I should do thank you so lots

MEANGREEN69 · Jan 10, 2010

for the nutes that settles on the bottom ...i use a small pump inside the rez to mix the nutes around. i also add a air pump and stone to help with the rez temp...

kali love · Jan 18, 2010

ik ao it has been two full weeks since i purchased my plants and they have been veging that whole time tomorrow will be the first day of flower i changed the res to prep for that today fist time i have changed it prior i only topped off wth phd water my ph has been staying stable as well which is nice prior i stated i was going to be using bushmaster i have changed my mind and will not be using it i will be using the purple maxx as well as gravity though i also loog to maybe use some advanced nute conisseur part a and b or maybe their bud candy as well not sure yet opions on this would be great ill have pics up in a lil as well as some ics of my mothe plant i just started :lol:

stiffla · Jan 22, 2010

how about them photos so we can see whats been happening, hope the grow is going fine.............

jestermite · Jan 23, 2010

why flower so early? if you had 6 ft. of height would you use it?

kali love · Jan 25, 2010

jestermite said:
why flower so early? if you had 6 ft. of height would you use it?

the reason why i am flowering is becuase i have a time limitation my lease on my apartment ends on the 1st of june my goal is by that timeto have completed two harvest this one and then one more so i figured thses ones would take about three months total puls or minus a few days and then within days of harvesting i will have some more plants going in to flowering they will be larger and in a dwc i will have vggged them for about a month or so i hope to finish those before i move if i have 6 feet of height id use it but it would depend on how id use it like do i wanna grow my plants taller or do i wanna think about going vertical again lots of diffent setups and methods ou can use

kali love · Jan 25, 2010

ok sote been like a week since i have updadted things on here the grow right now seems to be inproving the temps however have been low as low as 73 f due to th 5 days of rain we saw here in socal it was crazy with tornados and flash flood warnings loads and loads of fun so ne ways i mentioned prior i am going to have plants ready to go once this round is done i currently have blueberry x northernlights in a 5 gal dwc system it has been in the system since 12/28/2009 i started it from seed and has been growing under i believe a 40 w cfl im going to change that i went to the home depot and picked up some t5 lights also got some olivias cloning gel ans superthrive im going to take clones from my mother plant in about a week or so once i have the clones rooted ill veg them under the t5 until the others come down they will be in seperat 5 gal dwc systems and i hope for them to be a couple of feet tall by the time i move them into the tent to flower here are some pics of my mother plant that i took last night enjoi

as usual commets questions ne input u have is helpful

kali love · Jan 25, 2010

Ok a promised per a week ago here a some updated photos of my plants these were taken last night about 1 week of flower when i took the pictures the plants looked droppy does any one know why this is happening they dont look like that during the day when i normally chk them could it be due to the fact that the lights were about to go off in 20 mins or could it be from the grow room temps as stated prior the last couple of nights the temps have been lower idk i need some help with this one any input would be great

chief greenleaf · Jan 26, 2010

Whats good Kali the girls really dont look droopy to me man. At least in the pictures from what I can see they lookin pretty damn good bruva! But in my experience droopy plants means either over watered or under watered, so if the coco feels nice and moist they might be gettin too much water. If it feels dry you might wanna increase the watering schedule.
So did you decide ta just keep em in the net pots or have ya just not gotten around ta switchin em up yet? I honestly think that if you get yourself some a them net pot lids youll be fine. Ive seen tons of flood tables that use net pots with hydroton, lava rocks, etc. Im not convinced that youll have alge problems but if you do its not the alge that will hurt your plants, its the pests that are attracted by the alge that will cause you problems.
Oh yea is that your mother plant thats in the pics you posted yesterday morning? The one thats in the hydroton? Whatever she its fucking beautiful man! The structure of the leaves and the deep green color is really nice my dude! I love how the leaves look, thyre like picture perfect pot leaves, im really diggin it man. What strain is that, is that the Grape Ice or what?

kali love · Jan 26, 2010

chief greenleaf said:
Whats good Kali the girls really dont look droopy to me man. At least in the pictures from what I can see they lookin pretty damn good bruva! But in my experience droopy plants means either over watered or under watered, so if the coco feels nice and moist they might be gettin too much water. If it feels dry you might wanna increase the watering schedule.
So did you decide ta just keep em in the net pots or have ya just not gotten around ta switchin em up yet? I honestly think that if you get yourself some a them net pot lids youll be fine. Ive seen tons of flood tables that use net pots with hydroton, lava rocks, etc. Im not convinced that youll have alge problems but if you do its not the alge that will hurt your plants, its the pests that are attracted by the alge that will cause you problems.
Oh yea is that your mother plant thats in the pics you posted yesterday morning? The one thats in the hydroton? Whatever she its fucking beautiful man! The structure of the leaves and the deep green color is really nice my dude! I love how the leaves look, thyre like picture perfect pot leaves, im really diggin it man. What strain is that, is that the Grape Ice or what?

yea i went n got the pots i posted i transplanted them but truth be told im a lazy stoner sometimes so instead of transplanting i called the guy atthe hydro shop who recomended the net pots and told him my concerns he said that i shouldnt have any problems if i started to get any algae hed give me some hydrozyme or h2o2 for free so i decided to let it ride so far i have not had one problem with it knock on wood though so no algae problems and the pics of my mother plant is actually from a seed i got from my connect who does business with growers up north he said he wont tell him any of the lineage of what it is but it supposedly some really strong indica strain approx 9 week flower so far its doing really well very strong plant likes to eat alot and has a nice aroma to it i hope i can clone it and then flower out about 4 or 6 clones in a 5 gal dwc under my 600 afte the grape ice is done me hopes i can get all this done by the third week in may

Bublonichronic · Jan 26, 2010

im subd, just starting my first hydro grow this thread already helpd alot :leaf:

kali love · Jan 26, 2010

cool chief thanks for those positive vibes i just get worried sometimes and think im missing something i am probly overwatered thm a little in the last few days i didnt water them yeterday and they are starting to perk up even more which is nice oh and they have been in flowering for aboput 8 days now and the pistles are coming on so its starting to take form now the pics below are from yester day morning

kali love · Jan 26, 2010

Bublonichronic said:
im subd, just starting my first hydro grow this thread already helpd alot

cool man welcome aboard pull up a seat and enjoi

kali love · Jan 28, 2010

ok Question so the lower bud sites are startig to form and i was wondering if now was the time to start removeing the lower 1/3 of branches to help in flowing not to sure some input would be good on this