Stealth Cabinets

BudBaby

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Ok mate thanks for that, im a bit confused regarding the nuites and water, are you saying you dont leave your water to stand for 24 hours you just do the lot mix in nuites and ph and ec check straight away and then into the buckets?

Or do you do the ph checks and add nuites after you have left the water for 24 hours?
 

stelthy

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Ok mate thanks for that, im a bit confused regarding the nuites and water, are you saying you dont leave your water to stand for 24 hours you just do the lot mix in nuites and ph and ec check straight away and then into the buckets?

Or do you do the ph checks and add nuites after you have left the water for 24 hours?
Its better to leave the water idol for 24 hrs to allow the chlorine in the water to evaporate, However I've never done this and it doesnt really make a difference to the growth of the plant/s :) so I just put water in the RES. then PH to 5.5, then add nuits+stir, Ph+EC test, then straight away add the water/nuits straight into the DWC containers :) and the plants stay happy :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 

stelthy

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Ok mate thanks for that, im a bit confused regarding the nuites and water, are you saying you dont leave your water to stand for 24 hours you just do the lot mix in nuites and ph and ec check straight away and then into the buckets?

Or do you do the ph checks and add nuites after you have left the water for 24 hours?
Its better to leave the water idol for 24 hrs to allow the chlorine in the water to evaporate, However I've never done this and it doesnt really make a difference to the growth of the plant/s :) so I just put water in the RES. then PH to 5.5, then add nuits+stir, Ph+EC test, then straight away add the water/nuits straight into the DWC containers :) and the plants stay happy :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 

BudBaby

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Ok mate thats great ill get them done this afternoon and the lights will start tonight:)

Here is a quick update picture, i think there is 2 now ready to add to the buckets. The first one though looks like it has stretched loads, do you think its still ok?
 

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BudBaby

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Right mate first 2 are in :)

Ive had a right game, i measured 5o ltrs of water, i started adding ph down a mil at a time and it was hardly moving it so after a few mil i though ill just pour some in lol, took it straight down to 2 so then i had to keep taking some out and adding normal water until i got 5.3, i then added the canna start and this took the ph down to 3.8. I started thinking my ph pen was no good but i calibrated it and it was fine. I added some more water to the liquid and got a final ph of 5.3 and an ec of 0.9.

Ill get some pics done in a sec i need a fag first. Syphon pump took forever so ended up using a jug and doing it like that.

Its been a big learning curve today, not sure why but the ph of my water seemed to hardly move at all then all of a sudden it plumets lol, not sure if this is normal. I think ill leave it to stand for a bit next time. I mean 1.5ml of ph down was only moving it 0.3 at a time then all of a sudden i added very slightly to much and it went really low. Same when i was adding tap water to raise the ph up, 6ltrs was only raising it 0.2-0.3 then all of a sudden it shot up to about 5.3.

When should i check ph and ec again mate? Im thinking of taking a small sample from one of the buckets and measuring like that because if i drop my ph pen in it will be fooked.
 

BudBaby

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I have had to remove the stretched one already as its collapsed. Never mind you live and learn.

I have just left the other bucket running for now as i have another one to transplant hopefully this evening.
 

stelthy

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Ok mate thats great ill get them done this afternoon and the lights will start tonight:)

Here is a quick update picture, i think there is 2 now ready to add to the buckets. The first one though looks like it has stretched loads, do you think its still ok?


Yeah man that seedling will be fine, here, I'll show you my Great White Shark seedling that really S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D !!! lol :) and she's doing great now :)



Check out my thread dude, leave me a message, tell me what you think so far :) Below is a LINK :-



https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/320402-stelthys-600w-hps-project-new-42.html

Look forward to seeing them grow :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 

BudBaby

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Ill go and take a pic of the other seedling in the propogator and see if you think its ok to transfer. It looks alot greener than the other two:).
 

BudBaby

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I cant get a good quality picture. Basically the leaves are out but its just slightly bent over still, it looks healthy and as i say its greener so not sure to transfer it?
 

BudBaby

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Yeah man that seedling will be fine, here, I'll show you my Great White Shark seedling that really S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D !!! lol :) and she's doing great now :)



Check out my thread dude, leave me a message, tell me what you think so far :) Below is a LINK :-



https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/320402-stelthys-600w-hps-project-new-42.html

Look forward to seeing them grow :) - STELTHY :leaf:


I didnt think to bury it deeper in the clay balls as i think this would have saved her from keeling over:(
 

stelthy

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Right mate first 2 are in :)

Ive had a right game, i measured 5o ltrs of water, i started adding ph down a mil at a time and it was hardly moving it so after a few mil i though ill just pour some in lol, took it straight down to 2 so then i had to keep taking some out and adding normal water until i got 5.3, i then added the canna start and this took the ph down to 3.8. I started thinking my ph pen was no good but i calibrated it and it was fine. I added some more water to the liquid and got a final ph of 5.3 and an ec of 0.9.

Ill get some pics done in a sec i need a fag first. Syphon pump took forever so ended up using a jug and doing it like that.

Its been a big learning curve today, not sure why but the ph of my water seemed to hardly move at all then all of a sudden it plumets lol, not sure if this is normal. I think ill leave it to stand for a bit next time. I mean 1.5ml of ph down was only moving it 0.3 at a time then all of a sudden i added very slightly to much and it went really low. Same when i was adding tap water to raise the ph up, 6ltrs was only raising it 0.2-0.3 then all of a sudden it shot up to about 5.3.

When should i check ph and ec again mate? Im thinking of taking a small sample from one of the buckets and measuring like that because if i drop my ph pen in it will be fooked.

2 in 2 go, sorted :) Yeah getting your PH correct is time-consuming at 1st but you'll soon get used to the amount of PH down you'll require. I was going to mention that the Syphon Pump takes a while in my 10L pots lol a jug sounds like a better idea :)

I only check the PH at the time of a water/nuit change apart from that I just leave them to grow until the next water change and so on... - STELTHY :leaf:
 

stelthy

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Right mate first 2 are in :)

Ive had a right game, i measured 5o ltrs of water, i started adding ph down a mil at a time and it was hardly moving it so after a few mil i though ill just pour some in lol, took it straight down to 2 so then i had to keep taking some out and adding normal water until i got 5.3, i then added the canna start and this took the ph down to 3.8. I started thinking my ph pen was no good but i calibrated it and it was fine. I added some more water to the liquid and got a final ph of 5.3 and an ec of 0.9.

Ill get some pics done in a sec i need a fag first. Syphon pump took forever so ended up using a jug and doing it like that.

Its been a big learning curve today, not sure why but the ph of my water seemed to hardly move at all then all of a sudden it plumets lol, not sure if this is normal. I think ill leave it to stand for a bit next time. I mean 1.5ml of ph down was only moving it 0.3 at a time then all of a sudden i added very slightly to much and it went really low. Same when i was adding tap water to raise the ph up, 6ltrs was only raising it 0.2-0.3 then all of a sudden it shot up to about 5.3.

When should i check ph and ec again mate? Im thinking of taking a small sample from one of the buckets and measuring like that because if i drop my ph pen in it will be fooked.

2 in 2 go, sorted :) Yeah getting your PH correct is time-consuming at 1st but you'll soon get used to the amount of PH down you'll require. I was going to mention that the Syphon Pump takes a while in my 10L pots lol a jug sounds like a better idea :)

I only check the PH at the time of a water/nuit change apart from that I just leave them to grow until the next water change and so on... - STELTHY :leaf:
 

stelthy

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I didnt think to bury it deeper in the clay balls as i think this would have saved her from keeling over:(
I propped my stretched seedling up with wooden kebab sticks, nevermind dude, as you say live and learn :) Its little learning curves like that that help make things interesting as well as allowing you to make notes for future attempts etc etc.. - STELTHY :leaf:
 

BudBaby

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I have just transferred the other seedling, the one that's had a few hours light looks like its perking up, still no sign of life in theother cubes but I'm about to water them now so hopefully not long.

It seems the canna start knocked my pg down 2 points so if I add that first for the other 2 it will give me a pg off approx 5.4;)
 

BudBaby

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I have kept the lights as low down as they will go, 15" from the seedlings and so far they seem to be loving it.

Lights have been on 4 hours now and they are just very very slightly warm to the toutch, its 20 degrees in there and 46% humidity.
 

stelthy

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I have kept the lights as low down as they will go, 15" from the seedlings and so far they seem to be loving it.

Lights have been on 4 hours now and they are just very very slightly warm to the toutch, its 20 degrees in there and 46% humidity.
Thats excellent :) as soon as the 1st baby root makes its way into the DWC res. tub the growth rate will excelerate 10 fold :) ...When each of the seedling has 4 or so leaves on them, you can mist the girls 2 - 3 times a day - STELTHY :leaf:
 

Griffta

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Cabs look really nice BB, I'm following with great interest. I've got 4 LA cheese in tiny pots of soil that are at the same stage as yours (little sprouted seedlings). I put them under my light last night and they've just finished their first 18 hrs.
Also been shopping today & bought my nutes :)
 

BudBaby

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Cheers Griffta. Just had a quick look and alls looking well, the one plant not has a very tiny set of true leaves:)

I have got another one to transplant this afternoon but ill wait until the lights kick in later and let them have some dark time now.
 
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