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Willie2017

Willie2017

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My girl is about to close out week 3 in the bucket. I'm calling it 2 weeks in the vegetative state based on when I saw the baby leaves start to yellow.

RO Water 50ppm
CalMag
UC Roots
UC VEG A&B
PH DOWN

PH 5.8-6.0
Bucket Temp stable at 68f
Humidity 47-51%
Room Temp 79-81f
Ppm (x700) 260
Kind Led 30/60/60 36" height
2 airstones and re circ pump for water

I'm getting brown rust blotches on lower leaves also crispy. New growth is clawing down on tips. Roots are going well and very white. I've done alot of searching but haven't came across anything that seems to fit in my mind. Maybe I am as dumb as I look. Thanks for any help. 1st time trying this setup so I'm spinning my wheels and don't want to make any rash moves until I get a better feel for what's wrong.
 

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Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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I'd probably up the nutes honestly.
Plants will slowly have leaves that are bigger and older die off as well. Could be natural.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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280 is very low. Raise her to 350. Wait a few days. Measure your PPM daily at least. It will likely stay fairly high for a while and then it will drop. This is the sign the plant is using the nutrients. Once your PPM drops about 200 PPM it's time to swap your solution out. Rinse the bucket if possible. Make sure it's possible.

New solution 450-475. Repeat the above. Now if the plant shows deficiency before dropping 200 by all means address it.

Watch your pH . It must remain stable. If it starts to fluctuate suspect root issues. Pull it out and look.

Keep your res temps cold. You probably can't make them too cold without a chiller.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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In fact do a new res solution. At 350. On your meter. Clean the container, check the roots you have and set her back up.

Raise your light about 6" when you do for a day.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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Willie2017 said:
Yep. I really wanted all the "essential" hardware so If I was having problems I was to blame. Buying the stuff and setting it up was the easy part. Raising the seedling in a bucket seems to be my issue.
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It will happen. Are roots showing from the net basket?
 
Airwalker16

Airwalker16

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Seedlings aren't good for DWC. You should really raise it in a netpot like you would a normal potted plant, then once it shows roots through the sides, put it into the setup.
 
Willie2017

Willie2017

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Airwalker16 said:
Seedlings aren't good for DWC. You should really raise it in a netpot like you would a normal potted plant, then once it shows roots through the sides, put it into the setup.
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I saw alot of debate on the subject. I popped it and let it go a few days out of the bucket. Then moved it into the net pot to start. I'm deff open to try anyway next run.
 
Willie2017

Willie2017

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dbkick said:
I like to start like this myself. Happy growing!
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That's awesome. I'll deff try and get it to a later stage in life before I toss it in the bucket from now on. How do you make sure it stays watered in the net pots before they go into the buckets?? Frequent waterings or drippers? Thanks.
 
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