[SICK] Need some advice concerning my first grow! [Hydro]

morphy83

Member
To begin, it's my first post on rollitup after long reading and learning great to all of u, marihuana growers! Thank a lot! And i apologize for my english...

So i'll begin to present my setup :
-Fluo compact Grow/Bloom 300w
-Basic hydroponic system (1m²) with some customing to make the system better overall (photo after this wall'O)
-GHE - Flora series (grow,bloom,micro hardwater) + cana rhizotonic
-Some mylar
-Fan+Extract

I have already tryed to grow some seeds that a friend gave to me by the past, and it was not a real success but the process was essentially to learn to use and custom the system for growing good seeds the next try with success!
So here we are, i buyed some Skunk #1 and Northern Light after reading that this babyes was very good strain for beginner.
I soaked them with phed water while they drop down in the glass.
After, i let them germinate into two soaked toilet paper between two plate one on another, btw i think u know all that :)

When the seed germ was about 1cm, i placed them in a small plastic greenhouse with the fluo compact on them, and regulary humidified the greenhouse. The seeds had been placed in grodan cube btw.

Really fastly they have grown through the cube, and developped day after day without trouble.

Here some photo of this (more simple for everyone x) )

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Next i placed them in larger grodan cubes when the root passed through the inital cubes... i added some rhizotonic + flora set to the mix (i used the recommanded doses divided by two)

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Here some more focus pics of the plants:

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Okay now as u can see the NL to the right were sane and healthy but the Skunk on the left had some distincitve default... the first one was more advanced but leafs was a little deformed, and little random brown marks.
And the second had little curly on the borders and overall leafs... i suppose it was the premises of the actual trouble i will eventually finish to show you x)

Next to this phase i placed them in the hydro system when i think they were ready! The root passed through the larger cubes and the plants was larger!

Here the system:

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And finally all that stuff in place with the plants in:

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Pics of plants after some days:
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NL to the left and Skunk to the right (look at the skunk, they are really not as healthy as the NLs...).

This is were i need some more advice

Problem 1:
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One of the two nerthern light has some purplish marks under the first leaves. The plant btw is very healthy and of a good green color so i don't know if this is a problem or not?

Problem 2:
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One of the Skunk had since the begin the first leaves very curly and underdevelopped, but the second stage of leaves is so much better that i don't know what to think about this?? Note that the cothyleidon are somewhat a little yellowish.

Problem 3:
Skunk I (gauche) - Taches Marron (2).jpgSkunk I (gauche) - Taches Marron.jpg
Ok here is the reason why i decided to make this post, the baby has the first leaves with brown marks, deformed and curly borders. The second stage of leaves began to show some brown marks too but not as pronounced that the firsts... so i suppose with time they will probably suffer the same problem. The cothyleidon are yellowish too, like her sista.

I thank you by advance if you can give me some hints on what my babyes are suffering!
See Ya!
 

morphy83

Member
The post is not yet finished due to a server bug yesterday... i finish this after work cause i have not the pics here, and the text is saved on an other computer... but i'll try to be the more exhaustive to help you help me x)
Thanks by advance!
Peace
 

lordjin

Well-Known Member
Did you remove those white plastic wrappers on those grodan cubes before burying in the hydroton?

Also not sure why you planted them right next to each other when you have a two site system. Do you have any idea how big they're gonna get?

Edit:
If i had a dollar for every time a noob planted a tiny seedling in a giant, dense, soaking block of rockwool, I could retire early. Those big giant cubes for a tiny seedling are a killer. Who's telling all these beginners to do this I wonder? The geniuses at the grow shops?

You're overwhelming them with too much water and too much dense medium holding the water. The root zone needs air, air, air. Are you aerating your flood fluid at least?
 
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