3rd attempt at Hydro. Going MUCH better this time. Currently on week 4 for the bigger plant and week 3 for the smaller one.
Was going well until the smaller plant is starting to get some spots on leaves. Also noticed black stuff on the roots.
I'm using Monkey Juice by Cronk Nutrients, which is...
Is this white/brown slime an algae/bacteria issue or a nutrient mixing order issue?
System was running for a few weeks. I have a Growee nutrient and PH doser which doses the system automatically. It was set to keep PH between 5.6 - 5.9 with an EC of .4 - .6
Using General Hydroponics PH Up and...
Thanks for the tips. I can't use a larger netpot. These rdwc buckets from Hydra Unlimited are unique and use what they call a Root Halo. They eliminate the need for a netpot and have a little shelf for a rockwool cube to sit on. They also come with neoprene collars. I have Rapid Rooters and they...
Since the roots aren't fully in the water, I assume the rapid rooter is staying too wet, therefore starving them of oxygen. I took the neoprene collars off for now to hopefully allow the plugs to evaporate a bit.
I wanted to get them into the main system because the roots were growing slowly in...
Or maybe it's lack of oxygen from the root area being a lot more wet than the propogation tray? Roots are growing atleast. I took a gallon out of the reservoir to lower the water level a bit to keep the roots growing down and to hopefully dry up the root zone in the rapid rooter if it's lack of...
This is my second attempt at rdwc growing autoflowers. First attempt, I kept the rapid rooters in the prop tray too long, too wet and they got stunted to hell. Tossed one and one is currently budding and I might get 1 gram if I'm lucky.
Now for the second attempt. Planted the seeds in the rapid...
Had it sitting too long in the propogation tray with humidity dome while I finished building out my system, put it in an aeroponics afterwards since my hydroponics setup wasnt ready yet and the roots were barely getting water, touched it too much, rapid rooter remained wet for too long, trying...
First hydro grow and f***ed up. I'm cool with it because it's a learning process and I know some more Do's and Don'ts for next time.
However, my Starkiller Auto is almost 4 weeks and tiny. It's showing pre-flower pistils today.
Should I call it and start over or let it keep going?
And just so everyone knows upfront. This is my first test grow. Seeing what works and what doesn't. They're autos. Probably stunted. Touched the shit out of them in the beginning. Stayed in the humidity dome/germination tray too long. Over waterered them in the beginning. (Like I said, learning...
I went ahead and lowered the reservoir water a bit.
It's the weirdest thing. One rapid rooter dries out and the other doesn't and it still wet to the touch. The one that's wet to the touch is the plant that's healthier and doing better.
Still looking for info if it's ok to have the plug wet...
I've got 3 week old plants in rapid rooters, in 5" baskets, in my DWC. The roots are starting to come out of the basket and going into the water (a few of them). Water level is about a half inch or so below the basket. My baskets have a raised center, so the rapid rooter itself is probably about...