Hello this is my first hydro grow and I would like to have any support from you guys as much as possible. Any tips/critiques will help me. Currently I have a bug problem that just appeared today. Yesterday there were nothing on the hydroton bucket but suddenly today there were a bunch of these tiny roach-like bugs that are just moving in and out of the hydrotons. Here are all the info I have along with pictures.
-400 watt metal halide/high pressure sodium light
-Deep Water Culture 5 gallon bucket with 10 inch net bucket using hydrotons as medium.
-Confidential Cheese clone currently at DAY 10
-Full Fox Farm Nutrients, these organic microbes samples that my hydroponic dealer give me (in the pictures), Great White microbes.
-Roots are light brown on the end but are growing at a very very fast pace (about 3 inches a day since 2 days ago) and look extremely healthy. I have read that the light browning is because of the fox farm big bloom.
-The clone were pretty sick looking when I got them but they are now really healthy looking as you can see the differences of the old/new leaves in the pictures.
-Temperature at around 80 (a little warm but plant doesn’t seem to mind), PH at 6.0, ppm/ec unknown but I am feeding at 1/3 nutrients and ½ microbes at 3 gallons and the plant seems to like it.
Problems and Concern: tiny cockroaches looking bug appeared today in the 20/30 and just keep moving around the hydrotons. The plant seems to be growing slowly at the top (only 2 new set of leaves in 9 days) while the root is extremely strong.
Again any advices you guys give will help. Thanks!
I have no idea why they are all upside down. Sorry
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-400 watt metal halide/high pressure sodium light
-Deep Water Culture 5 gallon bucket with 10 inch net bucket using hydrotons as medium.
-Confidential Cheese clone currently at DAY 10
-Full Fox Farm Nutrients, these organic microbes samples that my hydroponic dealer give me (in the pictures), Great White microbes.
-Roots are light brown on the end but are growing at a very very fast pace (about 3 inches a day since 2 days ago) and look extremely healthy. I have read that the light browning is because of the fox farm big bloom.
-The clone were pretty sick looking when I got them but they are now really healthy looking as you can see the differences of the old/new leaves in the pictures.
-Temperature at around 80 (a little warm but plant doesn’t seem to mind), PH at 6.0, ppm/ec unknown but I am feeding at 1/3 nutrients and ½ microbes at 3 gallons and the plant seems to like it.
Problems and Concern: tiny cockroaches looking bug appeared today in the 20/30 and just keep moving around the hydrotons. The plant seems to be growing slowly at the top (only 2 new set of leaves in 9 days) while the root is extremely strong.
Again any advices you guys give will help. Thanks!
I have no idea why they are all upside down. Sorry
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