Sickly plant

[JadedMarxist]

The hydro plants you need to be top watering even if by hand untill root are submerged. If they can't read the water they are getting no nutrients. Just get a cup and water the top from the rez in bottom. That's why they look yellow​

 

[JadedMarxist]

Your other soil ones look good.. The one dwc is actually not that bad looking either. What did you start the hydro one in Rockwoll?

When you put I to net pot how close to bottom is the plant exactly?

 

[Jkool92]

The hydro plants you need to be top watering even if by hand untill root are submerged. If they can't read the water they are getting no nutrients. Just get a cup and water the top from the rez in bottom. That's why they look yellow​

I’ll put the drip line back in but I’ll try to figure out how to make it trickle I think I was drowning them before with the water line going into the net pot near the rock wool cube

 

[Jkool92]

Your other soil ones look good.. The one dwc is actually not that bad looking either. What did you start the hydro one in Rockwoll?

When you put I to net pot how close to bottom is the plant exactly?

Yeah it’s in rock wool I put a little base of hydro ton in the net pot before putting the cube in and filling around so it’s pretty deep in there I was Keeping the water level at the base of the net pot and hoping the air stones were pushing bubbles to the rock wool

 

[JadedMarxist]

They should move some of the clay pellets from the top of the Rockwoll and see if it's wet. If it is you should be ok then. That's the way I did my clones still top watered couple times a day just incase

 

[JadedMarxist]

I assume you don't live with your plants? Because it's just easier for me anyways to hand water right from the rez.

The dripper line or micro emitters ppl use Imo are just places where bad things grow.

For that 1 plant water assuming it wicking water from the air stones bubbles water 1 cup 4 times a day and just watch for the plant to tell you if it's to much not enough. Small unclean able tubbing is not what I'd use

 

[Jkool92]

They should move some of the clay pellets from the top of the Rockwoll and see if it's wet. If it is you should be ok then. That's the way I did my clones still top watered couple times a day just incase

They should move some of the clay pellets from the top of the Rockwoll and see if it's wet. If it is you should be ok then. That's the way I did my clones still top watered couple times a day just incase

Thanks man never know if I’m helping the plant or making matters worse definitely a lot more technical than I initially figured

 

[Jkool92]

I assume you don't live with your plants? Because it's just easier for me anyways to hand water right from the rez.

The dripper line or micro emitters ppl use Imo are just places where bad things grow.

For that 1 plant water assuming it wicking water from the air stones bubbles water 1 cup 4 times a day and just watch for the plant to tell you if it's to much not enough. Small unclean able tubbing is not what I'd use

I usually top off the water pouring over top of the medium but probably wasn’t often enough and the hoses could of been messing up the water too I had 5 stones in there and a water pump too much grime was forming on the tubing when I changed res water went down to three stones on two lines with no pump and it seemed to help

 

[JadedMarxist]

Once you get dialed in its so much easier then soil.

Keep a journal if possible. Once you get meters, check your ph and ec everyday. (I check 3 times a day when possible) write it down on a note pad that way if something goes wrong, you can go back to the journal and see what you did the last couple days.

I write everything down so months from now if I run into a problem I can look back and see what I did the last time or what is different in the current grow against the last grow

 

[JadedMarxist]

I don't use a water pump just 2 stones in a 5gal pail with Ro water and I'm at full strength nutes and calmag.

Dwc has just as many problems than soil or ebb and flow or any tech. They just tend to be different. So if this plant don't turn out don't det discouraged. And if things are going to shit don't look at it like a loss rather look at it as an opportunity to experiment doing things you might not take a risk doing with a healthy plant.

The farm makes it a little easier with all the knowledge floating around here.

Some good ppl here who want to help even if they are sometimes grumpy old men.