I did start a journal, and some help requests, I don't get many replies..I agree 100% I've been lovin them to death,...but I'm trying hydro, bought a CAP ebb&grow..the damn brain bucket has never worked properly/leaks from the grommets, that's a whole other story, I won't send it in for repair unless they send a replacement, they want me to pay near 300 for another bucket (when the WHOLE system with 12 pots cost 390.00, I paid like 56 extra to get a 6 pot add on, my plant limit is 15, and why grow 12 if you can grow 15, right, lol))So I was having to plug it in 3x a day, let it run it's fill...then turn dial till it decides to drain, and this morning it wouldn't even drain on the drain cycle...it's a load of bs, I am fighting with the company because I have spent the money for a new unit, I beleive they se4nt me a reconditioned unit just due to wear and tear looking stuff, scuffs, scratches, etc..and I have only been using it 2 1/2 weeks...so THAT is where my 7 baby girls are...can't leave home, have to water them 3-4x a day..3 of the plants stunted and quit growing so I decided to peel away the 4" rockwool block, and the roots were wrapping in circles in the hole on top, I had loosely packed a seperate cube I chopped up to use since I didn't germ in rockwool, I germed in solo cups of perlite, thery took off pretty fast, 7/10 made it, 3 just got as far as their lil tail, I planted them, and they stopped development there, so nirvana is sending an extra 5 pak of fem seeds with my next order.
TBO..wish I knew someone like you local that just has a way with plants, i'd sign my 15 plants over to ya so at least I would have some weed instead of a huge compost pile!
My plants started out pretty great, then started to fizzle..some started to lower their leaves,almost in self defense..hmm.. instead of being stretched out to the light, so I thought maybe the 1000 watt MH either was a used bulb someone scammed me on (got it on amazon)or it does work and it was too much for babies...(I read a grower comment another newb that 1000 watts was too much for 3 wk old plants) so I put my HO T-5 4' 8 bulb unit over them last night, qand they are actually already looking better this morning..I have had a few leaves get brownish spots on them, first it was just 1...today I noticed 3 leaves on 3 diff plants have this (looks like the mag def in the pics) But I even added 3 TBSP epsom salt to my now 30 gal res (it holds 65 but that is entirely wasteful in nutes if you have to change em out every couple weeks) I started out using the Lucas ratio, with GH micro and bloom alone, then after much reading on veg growth I read in many places the ratio lacks in veg stage, so I ordered the grow, also, so this res change yest got all 3 parts, Grow, micro and bloom (I went about 20 ml less than recommended dose on all 3)
And I DO talk to them, I actually spend hours a day in the grow room, not being able to work anymore it's been a life saver, this new hobby, as far as something to take up my days..
My problem is I give up on things way too quick,and am very impatient..lol. after buying the full line of foxfarms nutes, including all the bells and whistles like kangaroots and microbe brew, spent like 5-600 just on them, gave 2x to my plants, burnt them both times at 1/4 strength, so I tossed em aside, got rid of the soil...and started new seeds for the hydro setup.Then had to buy the hydro nutes, cause they were for soil mostly, though some parts can be used in hydro..I wanted something without 12 different bottles, one or two was ideal when I first stumbled on the Lucas formula...but this is going to be expensive shit..at 25-30 a bottle I have only 3 weeks from germ and only 1 rez change and have used quite a lot of the micro and bloom already..id say 3 changes takes about 1/4 a bottle...I can see why some people do the addback...but I suck at math.
Oh and just some background, I can grow any veggie in an outdoor garden that is kick ass, but I guess because of WHAT I am growing now, I'm way too over analytical about every little thing,I wasted over 2 months vegging my first set of plants, and all but 1 are now compost, I had over watered so much the roots got ill...so I got this 20$ SMALL sachet of dark grey powder called oregonism XL(THEY SEE ME COMING A MILE AWAY AT THE 2 HYDRO STORES i FREQUENT)...all good bennies for the roots,supposedly! I used 1/2 rec dose, next day all my foliage had all drooped and was grey(like gunpowder grey, same exact color as the product I had put into 4 small holes I dug around the root ball..shit looked like it was covered with mold, so I ditched all of them but 1 clone I had rooted and only gave 1 tsp of the stuff, it lost most its foliage but is starting to get new growth now..It is a romulanxgrapefruit.
Thanks for the kind reply, and taking the time to do so...
You have yourself a wonderful, safe and happy New Year!!!
) i already get yelled at enough for the time i do spend on here heheee..
?? More pics of the ladies please?
