Merlowe111
Well-Known Member
I could really use some help guys, been dealing with this for a while and there just havent been any significant improvement. About to cull the whole batch and start over. But wanted to really solve this first so next batch doesnt have these issues. this is my first hydroponic grow.
It's been 5 weeks 3 days since the seeds popped. Incredibly slow growth, root development has been absolutely minimal. and I'm currently chasing around some type of excess/deficiency issue. I wasnt getting many roots from the sides of my rapid rooter, only from the roots that extended from the bottom. So I assumed there were too many air/light gaps from the hydroton. Filled it in with pearlite to see if it would aid in my issue.. leaves seem to be browning from the bottom sets first.from the tips, but only progressing about halfway up the leaf before it stops and goes to the next set up.
My setup:
-3x3 ft space
-Mars hydro ts1000 LED light
18" from tops, moved down to 20" until plant shows signs of recovering.
-5 gallon DWC buckets.
-vivosun 950 GPH air pump
- General hydroponics flora series nutrient.
Mixed half strength.
-Reverse Osmosis water supplemented with CAL-MAG
-ph between 5.5-6.0
-air temp typically 76-80 f
-Water temp 70-73f
-humidity +/- 40% during the day, 50% at night.
-Ppm of single plant bucket +/- 400ppm
-Ppm of multi-plant bucket +/- 220 ppm.
-co2 controller set to 800ppm. Recently turned it off completely as I was considering toxicity as a possible issue. .
It's been 5 weeks 3 days since the seeds popped. Incredibly slow growth, root development has been absolutely minimal. and I'm currently chasing around some type of excess/deficiency issue. I wasnt getting many roots from the sides of my rapid rooter, only from the roots that extended from the bottom. So I assumed there were too many air/light gaps from the hydroton. Filled it in with pearlite to see if it would aid in my issue.. leaves seem to be browning from the bottom sets first.from the tips, but only progressing about halfway up the leaf before it stops and goes to the next set up.
My setup:
-3x3 ft space
-Mars hydro ts1000 LED light
18" from tops, moved down to 20" until plant shows signs of recovering.
-5 gallon DWC buckets.
-vivosun 950 GPH air pump
- General hydroponics flora series nutrient.
Mixed half strength.
-Reverse Osmosis water supplemented with CAL-MAG
-ph between 5.5-6.0
-air temp typically 76-80 f
-Water temp 70-73f
-humidity +/- 40% during the day, 50% at night.
-Ppm of single plant bucket +/- 400ppm
-Ppm of multi-plant bucket +/- 220 ppm.
-co2 controller set to 800ppm. Recently turned it off completely as I was considering toxicity as a possible issue. .