FIRST TIME HYDRO GROWER - all advice welcome. Started germination last week

[citygrower18]

hydroguard arrived today- recommendations for usage... 1ml pg or 1 ml per 3.5 gal?

Also dehumidifier arrived, setting around 50%

lights been dark now for about 20 hours now

 

[citygrower18]

Hit the first 12-12 cycle last night even though I forgot to cover the lights on my dehumidifier which seemingly isn’t doing to much, I’ll try to cover vents more on my tent and hopefully the dehumid it will bring it down

Going to mix 1ml pg of hydroguard on res change today... unless anyone has a different recommendation?

Ph seems more stable but now ppm/ecc rising while water going down, will see what happens in a the next few days after intro of HG and bucket change

 

[citygrower18]

also komplete enzyme expensive here do not going with that for now unless strongly suggested

 

[Aqua Man]

also komplete enzyme expensive here do not going with that for now unless strongly suggested

I use hygrozyme but imo enzymes really help.

 

[citygrower18]

Trying to ID genders, 2 different plants
Been in bloom only a few days

 

[JadedMarxist]

Too soon to tell

 

[citygrower18]

I use hygrozyme but imo enzymes really help.

Its okay to use hygrozyme with hydroguard?

ph seeming more stable with 3.5 ml of hydroguard in last res change

 

[Aqua Man]

Its okay to use hygrozyme with hydroguard?

ph seeming more stable with 3.5 ml of hydroguard in last res change

Absolutely can and would use together

 

[citygrower18]

Females!!!!!

 

[JadedMarxist]

Right on good for you!!

How's the hydroguard working for ya? From what I can see there looking better.

 

[citygrower18]

hydroguard working great, no more Ph issues. 1 plant has been seeing a steady ppm/ec rise... going to try to lower the ppm and ec

how do I know if my plants are going to be too big for my tent? 64 inch tent and plants are really taking off

 

[citygrower18]

also thinking I should increase florabloom again

 

[JadedMarxist]

Rule of thumb 2size at start of flower. Dwc can get away from ya quick too

 

[citygrower18]

so I am worried I will have less than a foot between my plants and lights in my tent by the end of the flowering, My guess is around 6 inches... Is that too close for the flowers to be to the light

 

[Aqua Man]

so I am worried I will have less than a foot between my plants and lights in my tent by the end of the flowering, My guess is around 6 inches... Is that too close for the flowers to be to the light

May have to do some bending

 

[JadedMarxist]

Yup bending time or figure out a way to cool the heat from the light maybe get a cool tube. Personally I'm with aquaman and gently room the stems to soften them up and bend them over

 

[Nate_in_AK]

hydroguard working great, no more Ph issues. 1 plant has been seeing a steady ppm/ec rise... going to try to lower the ppm and ec

This just means they are drinking more than eating. You've passed the optimal PPM concentration threshold. Drop your target PPM a bit. Best I can tell, the plants consumption rate will keep changing, so don't lose your mind about keeping it perfect. See chart below in case you haven't before.

 

[citygrower18]

 

[citygrower18]

I am changing the res, and have been using ratio 3-3-4 with florabloom now needing to increase again. I am curious what thoughts are on reducing floragrow? ive been at 3-3-4 for about 3-4 weeks, think of cutting out floragrow all together or making ratio 1-2-3 like floraseries recommends on the bottle.... any thoughts out there?? @Aquaman you recommended I increase florabloom again after about 3 weeks

 

[citygrower18]

If the seeds are photoperiod as I assume they are they will need to be moved and given thier own light source. All your parameters look good and so do the plants so I wouldn't change anything. 600ppm should be all that's needed through flower. The simple way is run grow nutes until the end of week 3 from flip and then switch to bloom nutrients. This being the first grow keep it simple.

take out the flora grow completely?