Seed just germed......

[somefinn]

Hi all, my liberty haze just germed, i have my waterfarm and rootriot all ready to go, but am unsure about one small thing.

i place my germed seed in the root riot.

do i place the root riot cube on top of the clay pebbles of the waterfarm?

do i turn on the pump of the waterfarm?

im not sure cause im afraid that if i turn on the pump it might wash the seedling away...


any help much appreciated.

 

[Morgan]

Photos would help, you will be fine. your gonna want to place the root riot in the hydrock enough to cover the root riot. how many pots is your waterfarm? the water shouldnt be blasting enough to wash away your baby. do not feed until shes older just water.

best of luck to ya my friend.

 

[somefinn]

Photos would help, you will be fine. your gonna want to place the root riot in the hydrock enough to cover the root riot. how many pots is your waterfarm? the water shouldnt be blasting enough to wash away your baby. do not feed until shes older just water.

best of luck to ya my friend.

hi there, thanks for your reply. the seed is in the root riot and im watering it by hand. how often should it be watered?
the temp is around 20 degrees, how close should my 200 watt blub be to the root riot?

many thanks.

 

[somefinn]

hi all,ive just attached an image.

i'm growing in root it.
and i have hydroton underneath inmy water farm?

2 questions:

is it timetoturn on the water pump yet?

and how long should the pump run each day?

many thanks

 

[Morgan]

i think you should water as needed, if you have a timer set it up. seeing how you are in sprouting stages you need to keep your plug moist and warm to help with root growth. id say still water as needed then it should give you a idea of how often you water then you want to set up a timer for for example every day for 1 min. so you dont dry out.

once things get bigger you will be able to put everything on a timer and all you will have to do is talk to her and prun as needed.

best of luck!

 

[EssBeeZee]

I would turn the pump on.

I don't think you want a seedling to ever dry out. I would periodically check to make sure that the water the ring is dispersing eventually soaks the hydroton all the way to the center, where your grow plug is. If not, you'll need to either move the ring or manually soak the plug until your roots reach where the ring is wetting.


I could be wrong, but I think that you leave the pump on with those systems. If you have the pump on a timer I would try On constantly when the lights are on, then when the plants sleep, on every 2 hours for 15 mins when the lights are off. Get yourself a timer capable of 15 min on/off increments if you don't have one of those.

 

[somefinn]

thanks guys, my timer should be here tomorrow, i'll keep the grow plug damp...

 

[somefinn]

when i turn the pump on should i add nutes? or is it too early?

 

[EssBeeZee]

You could just use water for now, I imagine, and as Morgan suggests. You could start feeding a light mix when you see the first set of leaves with ridges. Increase feeding strength over time.

 

[somefinn]

hi everyone,

im about 2 weeks into grow.
should i be concerned about the browning of the smaller leaves?
what should i be looking for at this stage?

any help greatly appreciated.

 

[EssBeeZee]

Those are what's called "seed leaves" and are the plants first source of stored energy. The plant uses em Eup and they yellow.

 

[somefinn]

oh cool, thank you...

so much to learn!!!!

 

[outwest]

Those are what's called "seed leaves" and are the plants first source of stored energy. The plant uses em Eup and they yellow.

At what point should a seedling start getting nutes when using soil?

outwest

 

[caregiverken]

I think that would depend on how Hot the soil is to begin with Bro.

in Happy frog you could go a while..few weeks maybe...

Im a newb though. o_O

 

[outwest]

I think that would depend on how Hot the soil is to begin with Bro.

Bro :) - I'm in FF Light Warrior amended with some of Caps bennies.

outwest

 

[caregiverken]

Bro :) - I'm in FF Light Warrior amended with some of Caps bennies.

outwest

Yeah, It Don't sound like ya need to feed for a bit...But im new at this too so ;)
And I don't know how hot LW is..lol

 

[caregiverken]

any help much appreciated.

Ive only done soil grow...But I know it's easy to over water a seedling so be careful
...You'll get some great advice here from these peeps though.

Good luck with the grow bro! :)

 

[DieselBoy]

Light warrior is not very hot since it's light and intended for seedlings. Fox Farm's other products seem to be pretty stout for early development. I always cut my Ocean Farm with a bag of light warrrior... Depends on your strain too, of course. Anyway, I think that was a total thread-hijack. Sorry! Back to the waterfarm...

 

[EssBeeZee]

Sorry I keep editing this. I think I'm dine lol

At what point should a seedling start getting nutes when using soil?

outwest

I'm kind of self educated so can only tell you from personal experience. In my soil mix, I use composted manure (4-5 years), organic landscape mix of natural ferts (sort of equivalent to a 14/14/14) which is allowed to compost in the manure for a month or so. Perlite added before going in containers. I mention all that just to say the part about the ferts composting because they take that long to become soluble. The soil might be too hot for a seedling before then. But once I feel the nutes are broken down and the soil isn't hot, ill pop a seed right in there. Plants get plenty of compost tea, top and bottom.

If its indoor in containers with a lineup of nutes, I'd start with water for a seedling, by the third set of leaves (including seed leaves) use 1/4 strength, and start creeping up to full. Just my guess, I don't run soil indoors.

Hope that helped a little, I'm also a noob, so :)

 

[outwest]

As always the outpouring of insights are totally appreciated. Thanks, all.

outwest