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VictorVIcious · May 25, 2009

PhenRir said:
so do you have to change what type of light your using during the different times of the grow? if so what should be used during the veg?, the flowering?

No phen, you do not have to, most of us want to. We know that lights around the 6500k range work best for vegging plants and that lights around 3000k work best for flowering plants. And since we expect to have plants in both stages all of the time, we change the 'room' the plants are in and just use the same lights in the 'room'. VV :twisted:

yourrob · May 28, 2009

Thanks A lot that helped a novice like me! I have so many more questions but that answered probably 90% so thank you!!!! R

Pitt · Jun 1, 2009

I have a question about flowering time that I didnt see in the already asked question list. I would really appreciate if I could get an answer from someone.

I purchased some Brainstorm seeds a couple months ago. They are listed at 7-9weeks of flowering time. When do you start counting the number of weeks its been: the day you switch the light cycle to 12/12, 2 weeks after you switch the lights, when you see the first female flowers or ....... ?? I'm just trying to get a ballpark timeframe in my head. I've had so many people tell me different things. Thank you kindly.

VictorVIcious · Jun 2, 2009

Pitt said:
I have a question about flowering time that I didnt see in the already asked question list. I would really appreciate if I could get an answer from someone.

I purchased some Brainstorm seeds a couple months ago. They are listed at 7-9weeks of flowering time. When do you start counting the number of weeks its been: the day you switch the light cycle to 12/12, 2 weeks after you switch the lights, when you see the first female flowers or ....... ?? I'm just trying to get a ballpark timeframe in my head. I've had so many people tell me different things. Thank you kindly.

... You would start counting from the time you change the light schedule for planning purposes. You still will want to check your trich's before deciding they are ready to harvest so that is all it is, a ballpark figure. VV :twisted:

Airforce1z57 · Jun 5, 2009

i got one question for all of you... would a indoor grow go bad if a flushed my plants in rain water b.c its been rainin alloooot ad would it be almost the same thing as regular flushin just god is doin it for me =0?

tuffles · Jun 9, 2009

hey. this site has been fantastic, but i cannot find the help i need on this.

uk based, this is our first grow, using a NFT system, like this

http://www.growell.co.uk/p/1538/Hobby-Kit-NFT-250.html

in a grow tent, about 2ft x 2ft. everything seems to be going well enough with the two plants - feminised (i hope) seeds from amsterdam. they are reacting well to light, are bushy enough but getting to about 17inches tall. about to go onto 12/12/ to flower.

one of the plants, an A.M.S Variety, looked a bit odd. from more info on here, looked like it might be nutrient build up.

flushed the sytem and ran it in just ph5.5-6 water for a couple of days.

when removing the tray from the tank, i noticed that the roots have grown so much they have grown off the side of the tray and are now hanging down into the tank, so i assume this is causing the over feeding to this plant.

question - what do i do about it? i assume cutting the roots is a very very bad idea.

help, oh wise ones - i am new and need help!

thanks,

tuff-les.

VictorVIcious · Jun 10, 2009

tuffles said:
hey. this site has been fantastic, but i cannot find the help i need on this.

uk based, this is our first grow, using a NFT system, like this

http://www.growell.co.uk/p/1538/Hobby-Kit-NFT-250.html

in a grow tent, about 2ft x 2ft. everything seems to be going well enough with the two plants - feminised (i hope) seeds from amsterdam. they are reacting well to light, are bushy enough but getting to about 17inches tall. about to go onto 12/12/ to flower.

one of the plants, an A.M.S Variety, looked a bit odd. from more info on here, looked like it might be nutrient build up.

flushed the sytem and ran it in just ph5.5-6 water for a couple of days.

when removing the tray from the tank, i noticed that the roots have grown so much they have grown off the side of the tray and are now hanging down into the tank, so i assume this is causing the over feeding to this plant.

question - what do i do about it? i assume cutting the roots is a very very bad idea.

help, oh wise ones - i am new and need help!

thanks,

tuff-les.

What is the temperature of your water? If in fact your plant is over fertilized, what is the ppm in your tank? Whatever is was, drop it a little and see if that has any effect?
What you do about those roots is just make sure they don't block the flow of water.
You are going to have issues space issues if you are just starting to flower 17" tall plants in your tent. Your plants will double and possibly triple their size after you start 12/12 light cycle.
If you don't have a journal please start one a send us a link. VV :blsmoke:

tuffles · Jun 10, 2009

wow - lots of questions! haven't been paying attention to things like the water temp. not sure about the ppm either. this all seems very technical to me - i was more of a just go with some general guidlines. i know that after speaking to the guy where we bought the hydro kit from, we put in nutes under the recommended amount.

i will have to check into some of these things and get back to you.

one plant looks fine, lemon skunk, while the other A.M.S variety has odd leaves.

this is all growing at a friend of mines (not a pretend 'friend' actually at a friends) so i will chat with him and try and see the things properly tonight.

is it worth starting a journal now? don't seem to have much of the technical knowlegde that most of you have - more of an easy-go-lucky attitude!

anyway, thanks for replying, and i will get back to you.

:-)

tuffles · Jun 10, 2009

spoken to my mate.

we have added 1ml of nutrients to every litre of water, about half what the guide said to do. the nute resevoir is about 12litres, there is no risk of the roots blocking the flow of water at the moment.

ppm i assume is parts per million?

i will try and start a journal and post some pics. bit worried about space now, but maybe it won't be a big problem! fingers crossed.

UPDATE - having shown my friend some of the pages on here, we now think it might be light burn. that could be why it is happening to one plant and not the other? anyway - pics etc to follow.

thanks,

VictorVIcious · Jun 10, 2009

Yes tuffles, I do think you should start a journal. One of the reasons is somewhat selfish, I am an old man and I can't remember all of the details of my own grow. By having all of the details in one place, I can check through it and try to find out what is happening when someone says they have a problem.
You and your friend have gotten this far with out a ppm meter using NFT, yep, you need to post a journal. It sounds like if anything it may be nutrient deficiency not nute burn, a picture of the problem might get you an intelligent response, and those would belong in your journal.
Read some NFT journals, I have not used that system, I did see Earl's space shuttle in operation, his plant was over 5' tall.
Welcome to our forum, send me a link to your journal. Please VV

tuffles · Jun 11, 2009

hey there VV.

journal up and running. hope you will find it useful - although i am sure it will be mundane enough to be lost amongst the disasters and mega-yields. :-)

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/202671-first-grow-nft-hydro-m.html

i am sure you will laugh at our amateurish ways.

any help on our leaf problem is much appreciated. i don't know enough about this stuff, but with the other plant looking so healthy, and it is bigger, it couldn't be that it needs more nutes could it? i assume that i am wrong because different plants need different levels of nutes.

also, we are on a budget - which we have already over spent! - so expensive stuff like gadgets and equipment to meausre water temp accurately or ph levels accurately are probably not going to happen.

sorry.

thanks for your help already.

(i have attached the pics from the grow journal here for you as well. because i am nice like that.)

VictorVIcious · Jun 11, 2009

tuffles said:
hey there VV.

journal up and running. hope you will find it useful - although i am sure it will be mundane enough to be lost amongst the disasters and mega-yields.

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/202671-first-grow-nft-hydro-m.html

i am sure you will laugh at our amateurish ways.

any help on our leaf problem is much appreciated. i don't know enough about this stuff, but with the other plant looking so healthy, and it is bigger, it couldn't be that it needs more nutes could it? i assume that i am wrong because different plants need different levels of nutes.

also, we are on a budget - which we have already over spent! - so expensive stuff like gadgets and equipment to meausre water temp accurately or ph levels accurately are probably not going to happen.

sorry.

thanks for your help already.

(i have attached the pics from the grow journal here for you as well. because i am nice like that.)

My first five plants spent a month in a field across the street!! I took them all to harvest, 4 of them ended up sativas, it was a joke.
Everyone is on some kind of budget and all of us have overspent, I have a garage full of overspent.
You and your friend are doing a good job without meters using NFT, that is not easy.
Your plant is telling you it no longer needs those leaves, cut them off. It will allow more light to reach those light green leaves that are below them and you will get a better yield. Again, good job. Thank for the picture, we like pictures. VV :blsmoke:

tuffles · Jun 11, 2009

cut the leaves? really? that goes against my natural instincts.....there is still a lot of green on them.....

i know you know your stuff, but that makes me nervous....

if it is nute burn of any kind, hopefully moving the roots will have helped.

is there no other way?

VictorVIcious · Jun 12, 2009

Sure, leave them on until the leaves below get just like those leaves. By then they will fall off on their own and soon the ones below will too. In nature the wind would knock them off, hello wind. VV

tuffles · Jun 13, 2009

my mate agreed with you, so we got rid of them. there was only a couple anyway.

i will get pics and post them in the grow journal.

cheers.

tuffles · Jun 16, 2009

new details in the journal - no pics, as i havent seen them in a few days, so i am only reporting what i have been told.

but, how long does it take for them to actually start budding? we have had them on 12/12 for about 9 days now, and still no actual buds from either plant.

i am a bit worried.

Skoad · Jun 16, 2009

Here is a completely stupid question, prob should have waited until I wasnt so stoned to ask, buttttt

An intake fan is simply a fan placed in a whole that is blowing air into the box/area from outside, and vise-versa for exhaust?

weedchamp420 · Jun 16, 2009

southfloridasean said:
Yes you will have to flood the bed (tray table) so that the roots get nutrient solution in order to propel the growth of the plants. Make sure that you include air stones in your res to oxygenate the water. This will also improve growth as well. You may also want to add 35% hydrogen peroxide to the water before adding your nutrients & ph.

Yes you will only flood every 3 hours during the light cycle. Some growers flood 1 time during the night cycle as well. In Veg you can keep the same schedule or flood every 4 hours. Keep in mind that every plant is different as well. If you see the plants are getting over watered then lower the schedule.

With lighting for a 4 x 8 table I would do 2 600s, 3 600s or 2 1000 watt hps lamps. Do not attempt this grow with 1. Youll be wasting your time. To tell you the truth if your attempting sog then go straight from clone right into flower. You can veg for 7-10 days if need be but any longer youll have a jungle.

Take a look at the pic below. This grower has 161 pots in a 4 x 8 in 5x5 square pots. He uses 2 600 watt hps lamps on a light mover. The yield is 3lbs 10oz dry weight every harvest. There are some commercial strains that will average more. Imagine putting two 1000s on the 4x8 or having 2400 watts with two 4x8 tables. 1200 to each table. thats 7lbs per harvest.

adding hydrogen peroxide does what to help growth im asking because with the nuets im using it says do not use with hydrogen peroxide im just interested in what hydrogen peroxide does to help

VictorVIcious · Jun 16, 2009

weedchamp420 said:
adding hydrogen peroxide does what to help growth im asking because with the nuets im using it says do not use with hydrogen peroxide im just interested in what hydrogen peroxide does to help

Hydrogen Peroxide will kill algae etc. that may be in your tank along with any other living thing and as a side benefit it adds oxygen to the tank. Problem is if your using organic nutes, it kill a them too. VV

Skoad Here is a completely stupid question, prob should have waited until I wasnt so stoned to ask, buttttt

An intake fan is simply a fan placed in a whole that is blowing air into the box/area from outside, and vise-versa for exhaust?

Sorry mate, the only stupid question is the one you didn't ask, that one will never get answered. You are right except we usually put them through holes not wholes.lol VV :bigjoint:

Skoad · Jun 17, 2009

Haha. Thanks a lot, and dont know where the hell whole came from. Damn correct spelling of other words! Cant use my spellcheck!

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