My FIRST grow GO HYDRO (PICTURES)

after germination and all that good stuff, heres what i got:

1.) Dec 6th - seeds sprouted and were transplanted into net pots with clay pellets

.::. 24/7 lighting with T5 New Wave ( 4 bulb, full spectrum )

.::. pH somewhere round the 5.5-5.9 scale

.::. gave it 1/2 tblspn nutes yesterday (Dec 7th) and an additional 1/4 nutes today

.::. Water Temp - 70.4 (currently)

.::. Air Temp - 66.0 (current, usually higher ranging betweeen 66-7


This is my first time growing so i need ALLLLL the help/advice you guys can lay on me, so what can i adjust to better my project?



*UPDATE*
put some more aluminum foil around the pots on the lid and placed about 5 oz's of distilled water in open tupperware in center of lid to increase humidity.

Once again ill take all the helpful advice i can get

does anybody out their know how i can tweak my system?? or anything!?

looks good bro. cant tell how close the light are but I got my pretty close and had good results. probably was like 5 to 6 inches using flouresents like you.

get rid of the foil. will cause burns.

just my two cents. rock on.

judging by pigment color, should i be aiming torwards a dark lush forest green color? or a brighter neon color? these are bagseeds mind you.... what would you guys do with what im working with??

put a small fan on them and get mylar and the light looks a little up it should be close enough to the plant that if you put your hand between the two it should be warm and not hot

Sorry I'm not trying to jack your thread, but I just set up my first Hydro set-up in my closet, and wanted some feedback also, I have a 10G tank that I covered in cardboard to block the light, and a particle board with a hole cut for the pot that has riverbed gravel in it. The lighting is just temporary, going to go and get some fluorescents tomorrow, and the nutes are on their way. Right now there is just water and an aerator in the tank, no nuts yet. Is there anything that I should look out for? Along with this being my first Hydro system, it is my first time growing also, any help is much appreciated

Thanks
-Longbow

*UPDATE*

-moved closer to lights, 2" away (close enough if not closer)

-placed fan on medium setting blowing directly on sprouts giving them a lil swang (this ok? Lol)

....ill follow up with pics tomorrow and let you know how it turns out over night

riverbed gravel eh? nice i wanna smoke some bud grown on that shit..

motif said:

judging by pigment color, should i be aiming torwards a dark lush forest green color? or a brighter neon color? these are bagseeds mind you.... what would you guys do with what im working with??

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good call moving the lights closer. i would say make sure you have the proper veg and micro nutes. other than that, the strain will determine the pigment color indica=darker sativa=brighter

you should just make sure the leaves look healthy and that the babies arent stretching for light.

also put a fan in there to strenghten the stems :]]

lookin good man, i have a similar set up, you can check it out in my sig

Yes I also heard moving the lights closer to the plant is best about 2-3 inches away.

sprouts have been in the hydro for 2 days now, im using Expert Gardener All Purpose water soluble plant food, something from local flower place. New hydro nutes ship out tomorrow, should be here in a few days. How do you guys suggest i do the transfer of nutes? flush it then refill with hydro nutes?

i lowered the water level so it is touching the bottom of the nets pot.

air temp - 78

water temp - 67 (are these ok?)

whats an ez home remedy of maintaining warm water? besides just adding hot water cuz i dont wanna have to pH it then rebalance my water over and over ya know?

also i saw somewhere someone using cd's to increase lumens which looked like a good idea, wadya you guys think?

p.s.

sorry for shitty pic quality, its my phone cam and the only one i got >.<

oh and i removed the bowl of water i placed in there to throw some humidity around, but i think it was too much + with the holes in my lid showing light to the water i think it may have started a bit of algae or similar symptoms? smells kinda funky but not bad, should the water be clear? its a lil foggy but i think its cuz of the nutes..

does anybody know a way i can construct like a metal conductor or something to heat the tub water??

use an aquarium heater

i think i fish tank heater would b an easier way to go

same thing, but i dont think you need one. anything over 70 in the res and your inviting pathogens and root rot

what so what is the desired air/water temperature??

also i have to go home (from college) soon and what should i be worried about my plants taking care of themselves while im not there?

im gonna get a light timer, and i was gonna flush and add new dose of nutes before i left so i could be gone for like 2 weeks.. any ideas or wisdom regarding to to keep your plants healthy unattended?

motif said:

also i have to go home (from college) soon and what should i be worried about my plants taking care of themselves while im not there?

im gonna get a light timer, and i was gonna flush and add new dose of nutes before i left so i could be gone for like 2 weeks.. any ideas or wisdom regarding to to keep your plants healthy unattended?

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boy two weeks is a chunk of time to leave them alone. How fast is your water level going down? if they run out or very low on water, its gonna be bad new for them.

My advice is to fill the res all the way to the net pots and add a little more nutes than you would on a normal res change since they will no doubt use nearly all the nutes in two weeks.
And pray nothing drastic happens while your gone.

oh and leave more than enough space for them to grow into the light without hitting it.

i just flushed my res, washed everything with hydrogen peroxide mixed in water and sealed up the holes in the lid with black tape
air & water temp = 74
added 1/3 tspn nutes
and added 1/3 tspn of some concentrated plant food, 10-15-10
pH is about 5.5-5.8
water 1/2" below net pots
week old sprouts 2" away from fluros

i got two questions here, if my nutes are 24-8-16, and this concentrate is 10-15-10, if you combine them, is that mean it boosts it to 34-23-26? was this a bad idea to combine them?

also should i put clear plastic cups or something similar over these sprouts till they get over,,, ummm,, say 6 inches?