First ever grow, decided to go hydro

Damn I rhymed, well yeah I just started growing some of my stash seeds with some white widow on the way. Here are some pics of my plants.

Day 2







Day 5
My setup






And my one soil plant.

Goddamn that soil plant looks so much weaker than the other ones, it's only one day younger.

Well I just got a 400 watt MH/hps dual spectrum light, each lamp emits 50,000 lumens.

day 7
Plant 1


Plant 2


Plant 3


Plant 4

what's up with some better pics of the setup? You know maybe from numerous angles showing exactly what's going on there?

Peace
K-town

k-town like from the Chi, ? twista style? lol anyway good luck and i promise the process will be fun as hell!!! there is nothing better than homegrown i promise.

Here are a few pics of what I have going, the tub underneath is the reservoir with a pump and nutes.



Here's the light arrangement, each one is a 42 watt cfl

here's how it looks normally, the cardboard around it has mylar on the other side to reflect the light

that looks pretty cool, so how exactly does that water the plants? is there holes in the bottom of the pots or what's the deal there ( never really looked at hydro grows )

Thanks for posting the pics. man

Peace
K-town

There are holes and parts of the sides removed to let water in on every [ot, and if it's dry up top I have a spray bottle for it. it waters every 4 hours at night and then at 11AM during the day.m It has Root stimulator in it along with some organic nutes.

There are holes big enough for the roots to escape and pool at the bottom in the nutrient water.

so basically your growing the roots through the soil and into the water that you put the nutes in?

Will you have to transplant to a bigger pot or will it be ok since the roots are escaping through the bottom?

How much did that hydro setup cost ya?

Sorry if I'm asking stupid questions, like I said before this is pretty much the first time I look into hydro setups.

Peace
K-town

well part of the medium is soil(15%) and the rest is gravel and no I won't need to transplant, I should be able to let the roots grow down into a pad of rockwool when I get it. the entire system without the hps/metal halide lights I bought was around 60$ USD

alright thanks for replying man

Peae
K-town

but hey a better medium would definitely be rockwool with some gravel around it to grow in, especially with a hydroponics setup.

alrighty then, thanks a million!

Peace
K-town

hey guys what does it mean when the leaves curl downward but aren't limp and lifeless?

nvm about that the plant recovered and is looking nice and healthy. getting pics later tonight of day 9

The tube on the side is CO2 I give ti to it 15 minutes twice a day.

Looking good man!

Peace
K-town