Fairly new grower looking for a lil advice

Mexicanhedies2003

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Not exactly sure where to begin so I'll explain what I have going on currently and ask questions as they come up. Im growing 3 dif strains in coco using botanicare kind nutrients along with some supplements. Currently vegging 19 femenized seedlings that have been in the coco 14 days. Right now they are under 1 600 watt MH but Im thinking of adding a led spider farmer 4000 to the veg room. Is there a such thing as too much light??? As long as I keep the temps down can any harm come from excessive light??? I like the idea of a whole different spectrum of light added and simply more light. I started my seedlings in mostly 2 liter pop bottles and am planning on transplanting to my 3 gal. fabric pots within the next couple days. The roots are running down the sides of the clear 2 liters. Can light hit them and will it cause harm? Should I be terribly concerned and transplant them right now??? Early on I fed them a full strength feeding (720) and it burned them up. Should I cut the first set of pointed leaves and round leaves that were burned??? They dont seem to be growing at all. I dropped it back down to quarter strength of week 1 shedule ( 270 ppm) ph 5.5. I've read ppl seem to find th ph "sweet spot" is 5.7. I believe I have a salt buildup/high ph buildup so I lowered slightly under the "sweet spot" in hopes to correct the buildup.
First feeding of the minor consistent flushing going in: ph 5.8 ppm 300
Run off: ph 6.6 ppm 650 ec 1.2
Second minor flushing going in: ph 5.4 ppm 260 ec .5
Run off ph 6.5 ppm 560 ec 1.1
Girls are reacting well. Should I do a flush with clearex to try to get back to inert coco or continue my "minor flushing" technique??? I added quarter strength silica blast to tonights feeding. Has anyone used silica and is 14 days old to early to start using it??? Were the tesults of using silica noticeable? Also picked up pure blend tea, hydroguard, cal-mag, and blackstrap molasses. Has anyone used thes supplements and have any recommendations on a schedule??? Do these girls look like they're in the right track for being 14 days old??? I was kinda thinking they would be a little furthur along. One last subject to complete this book.
Im running approx 6x8 to veg and 5×9 to flower. Im planning on cutting 20 clones from the best growing plants to end up with 16. The veg room will feed the flower room. 16 clones going into each side every month. Rotating the flower room so I can harvest every month. Im planning on topping the girls and doing a sog. Should I top the first 3 girls Im cutting clones from??? When should I start topping taking into consideration they will be vegging for approx 1 month??? Where is the best place on the plant to cut clones??? Can I cut more than 1 clone from a branch??? Can I cut my clones longer than 1 node and will they do well??? Is anyone familiar with supercropoing? How difficult is it and do you get much better results??? Thanks in advance for helping a rookie out!!!
 

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Jeffislovinlife

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First off welcome to Riu and you might want to cover them roots and it looks like you might be over watering as always thank you for your time and the best wishes to you and your family and friends
 

Bsmoke78

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Not exactly sure where to begin so I'll explain what I have going on currently and ask questions as they come up. Im growing 3 dif strains in coco using botanicare kind nutrients along with some supplements. Currently vegging 19 femenized seedlings that have been in the coco 14 days. Right now they are under 1 600 watt MH but Im thinking of adding a led spider farmer 4000 to the veg room. Is there a such thing as too much light??? As long as I keep the temps down can any harm come from excessive light??? I like the idea of a whole different spectrum of light added and simply more light. I started my seedlings in mostly 2 liter pop bottles and am planning on transplanting to my 3 gal. fabric pots within the next couple days. The roots are running down the sides of the clear 2 liters. Can light hit them and will it cause harm? Should I be terribly concerned and transplant them right now??? Early on I fed them a full strength feeding (720) and it burned them up. Should I cut the first set of pointed leaves and round leaves that were burned??? They dont seem to be growing at all. I dropped it back down to quarter strength of week 1 shedule ( 270 ppm) ph 5.5. I've read ppl seem to find th ph "sweet spot" is 5.7. I believe I have a salt buildup/high ph buildup so I lowered slightly under the "sweet spot" in hopes to correct the buildup.
First feeding of the minor consistent flushing going in: ph 5.8 ppm 300
Run off: ph 6.6 ppm 650 ec 1.2
Second minor flushing going in: ph 5.4 ppm 260 ec .5
Run off ph 6.5 ppm 560 ec 1.1
Girls are reacting well. Should I do a flush with clearex to try to get back to inert coco or continue my "minor flushing" technique??? I added quarter strength silica blast to tonights feeding. Has anyone used silica and is 14 days old to early to start using it??? Were the tesults of using silica noticeable? Also picked up pure blend tea, hydroguard, cal-mag, and blackstrap molasses. Has anyone used thes supplements and have any recommendations on a schedule??? Do these girls look like they're in the right track for being 14 days old??? I was kinda thinking they would be a little furthur along. One last subject to complete this book.
Im running approx 6x8 to veg and 5×9 to flower. Im planning on cutting 20 clones from the best growing plants to end up with 16. The veg room will feed the flower room. 16 clones going into each side every month. Rotating the flower room so I can harvest every month. Im planning on topping the girls and doing a sog. Should I top the first 3 girls Im cutting clones from??? When should I start topping taking into consideration they will be vegging for approx 1 month??? Where is the best place on the plant to cut clones??? Can I cut more than 1 clone from a branch??? Can I cut my clones longer than 1 node and will they do well??? Is anyone familiar with supercropoing? How difficult is it and do you get much better results??? Thanks in advance for helping a rookie out!!!
Got to get them out of that clear pot
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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Thanks guys I appreciate the help. I noticed a few brown spots on a couple of the girls today and light spots on 2 of the other girls. Im pretty sure there not lacking nutes cuz I went a lil heavy handed at first and think Im starting to get it dialed in. Could getting water/feed droplets on them cause this or any ideas? Also noticed 2 of the girls didnt grow a thord smaller leaf on some of of the bottom sets. Any idea on this or is iy cause for concern?
 

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Mexicanhedies2003

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Thanks guys I appreciate the help. I noticed a few brown spots on a couple of the girls today and light spots on 2 of the other girls. Im pretty sure there not lacking nutes cuz I went a lil heavy handed at first and think Im starting to get it dialed in. Could getting water/feed droplets on them cause this or any ideas? Also noticed 2 of the girls didnt grow a thord smaller leaf on some of of the bottom sets. Any idea on this or is iy cause for concern?
 

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Mexicanhedies2003

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You can skip the molasses. Totally unnecessary and unused in your system.
Is there anything you would reccomend for boosting yield? Also for boosting thc and terpenes? I was thiking of grabbing a thing of botanicare sweet but read a few comments about a bad taste from the plant esthers so I opted for the molasses.
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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There is such a thing as too much light even without heat, and such a thing as over thinking things. Try not to stress the plants or yourself lol
I was thinking of using 1 600 watt mh (recommended for 4×4 I believe) and a led sf2000 next to it (recommended for 3×4 for veg and 2x4flower). My veg area is 4 x6. Upgraded my flower room to 4×10. Have 2 600 watt hps. I for each end. (Recommended for 4×4 I believe). 1 sf4000(recommended for 4×5 for flower). So by reccomendations thats enough to cover
4×13 but Im squeezing them into 4×10. Planning to flower 1 plant for every square foot in a SOG (screen) topping them. 40 girls so I think the extra light will be used I believe. Any thoughts on the amount for the area? Thanks!!!!
 

hotrodharley

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Is there anything you would reccomend for boosting yield? Also for boosting thc and terpenes? I was thiking of grabbing a thing of botanicare sweet but read a few comments about a bad taste from the plant esthers so I opted for the molasses.
I’m not experienced in using straight coco. I only use it in a mix with Pro Mix and perlite and I do feed the microbes and use Recharge.
 

Mexicanhedies2003

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First off welcome to Riu and you might want to cover them roots and it looks like you might be over watering as always thank you for your time and the best wishes to you and your family and friends
I read to treat coco like hydro rather than soil and water more often. I would never be watering soil this much. These have been getting fed approx every 36 hrs. Think they could be draining better. Switching to only fabric pots. Thanks for the welcoming and glad to be here
 
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