help with the grow room

ok i normally grow dirt but i am starting to see the greater good in goin hydroponic so i went out and got myself a deep water culture system. i am planing a closet grow so i also got myself a PULSAR MINI 400w TWO-WAY for veg and flowering well,( this is where the problem comes in) i also purchased advanced nutrients micro, grow, and bloom combo pack and im have a bit of trouble figuring out how i should go about it, with the grow cycles of the plants and everything, like how long do i let them stay in veg.? when is good time for flowering? and the big one "HOW MUCH NUTRIENTS DO I NEED TO USE IN THE BEGINNING"??? can anyone out there help me i really dont want to start something unless i kno the answer to these questions.

blazin88 said:

ok i normally grow dirt but i am starting to see the greater good in goin hydroponic so i went out and got myself a deep water culture system. i am planing a closet grow so i also got myself a PULSAR MINI 400w TWO-WAY for veg and flowering well,( this is where the problem comes in) i also purchased advanced nutrients micro, grow, and bloom combo pack and im have a bit of trouble figuring out how i should go about it, with the grow cycles of the plants and everything, like how long do i let them stay in veg.? when is good time for flowering? and the big one "HOW MUCH NUTRIENTS DO I NEED TO USE IN THE BEGINNING"??? can anyone out there help me i really dont want to start something unless i kno the answer to these questions.

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The nutrients you're using are a great start for the hydro setup, though you might want to go to their website since they already have a nutrient calculator which can direct you as to use.

http://www.advancednutrients.com/nutcalc3public//

But I would tweak this calculator a bit when you're using the nutes at first. You need to make sure that you're doing maybe 25% less on the feedings. This will help to protect you from nute burn, while also giving your plants what they need.

There's also an awesome link on growing hydro here:

http://www.hydroponicmedicalgrower.com

though it is mainly for medical growers.

The veg state can last anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks, then you need to switch to more dark than light to induce flowering which can then take between 8 to 12 weeks. You can shorten things too, but that's for expert growers and not something I would recommend to you if you're not comfortable with the growing situation.

You might want to check out some MJ books on growing too:

"Marijuana Horticulture"
"Hydroponics"

This should get you off to a good start - good luck!

it tells you on the nutrient bottle how much to use

newcastle420 said:

it tells you on the nutrient bottle how much to use

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This is bad advice do not follow!!!!!

You need to start weak with nutes to begin with as stated in the first response as with hydro you are constantly feeding rather than water water feed,
If you start with the recommended dosage on the bottles then you will for sure end up with nute burn, nute lock out or death.

Start weak and build up.

Look at how your plants are reacting to the strength you give them any yellowing tips or browning edges then you are feeding them too strong and need to run pure water through through them until they are ok again.

Hope this has helped some.


J

jondamon said:

This is bad advice do not follow!!!!!

You need to start weak with nutes to begin with as stated in the first response as with hydro you are constantly feeding rather than water water feed,
If you start with the recommended dosage on the bottles then you will for sure end up with nute burn, nute lock out or death.

Start weak and build up.

Look at how your plants are reacting to the strength you give them any yellowing tips or browning edges then you are feeding them too strong and need to run pure water through through them until they are ok again.

Hope this has helped some.


J

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your right on that. but I've never had any problems with following the directions for the nutes. I use it as directed and my plants are fine... if i was to start noticing a problem thats when i would lower the amount of nutes i put in

ok thts great info guys,but through thr veg. stage what am i lookin for to tell me when it is time to switch over to the flowering? is there any signs i should be looking for??

blazin88 said:

ok thts great info guys,but through thr veg. stage what am i lookin for to tell me when it is time to switch over to the flowering? is there any signs i should be looking for??

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You can start flowering them whenever you want. when they get as tall as you want them switch the lights over to 12/12 and they will start flowering.

what you gotta look for is the seed sacks that may form after they flower. any plant with seed sacks is a either a male or a hermaphrodite.