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Experimemt Time! Kratky to Coco/Perlite

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weeks 7
Rapid rooter
Grow medium
Coco Coir
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
18.927 l
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Week 2
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Manijuana Manijuana
3 years ago
Alright! So I actually germinated 2 of the Big Bubble Fem seeds and they both germinated. I placed them in glass mason jars with hydroton. I want to be able to watch the grow happen so I'm pretty excited!
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LittleJohn
LittleJohnweek 0
Good luck and happy growing๐Ÿ˜’๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ˜‹
homerjgangia
homerjgangiaweek 0
Good luck with your grow mate!๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช
Streinze_Monadire
Streinze_Monadireweek 3
Wish u all the best๐Ÿ˜
Godesskat
Godesskatweek 3
Everything is better with a beg of weed๐Ÿ‘ป Good luck happy growing๐Ÿ˜
GroloCup
GroloCupweek 2
Once the root is out of the starter sponge, lower the water level to encourage the root to chase downward. I've been dabbling with Kratky lately and found it does encourage speedier root development... Great start on the seed! Happy Growing!
Spirit4i20
Spirit4i20week 6
Good luck with cultivation! that it grows beautiful ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Œ
MalumProhibitum
MalumProhibitumweek 7
Nice to see some experimenting going on! ๐Ÿ˜ I've also plaid around with the kratky method & found it entertaining yet at the same time I felt I had to be a heisenberg scientist in order to keep the grow going at the same rate as the side by side soil comparison. It was easy to damage the roots and halt development of the plants compared to growing in soil and it was less forgiving compared to DWC when it comes to gas exchange in the root-zone. Not to mention what will happen if you --god forbid have light reaching the water, causing algae bonanza and again -- stunted root growth and crippled plant. Being on point with pH, while not burning the roots with too much nutrients is key or the plants look like they are in week 2 after a month heh. Like @GroloCup mentioned -- create an air gap to encourage roots to chase downwards is key. Not enough air in between the plant and the water, and they will be waterlogged, droopy and again -stunted growth. But then again, results wont even be on par with growing in soil. I tend to prefer to burn 10 extra watt and get those air-stones running. DWC side by side with kratky, DWC has always won for me at least, soil being 2:nd and kratky 3:rd, far behind. Note: it's also nice to use hybrid soil-kratky method if you have a smaller pot and want to extend the weeks in veg w/o transplanting. Just put the pot on top of the kratky, and let the roots work their way into the kratky vessel under the original pot and make sure there is a decent air gap in between, decent fitting between the two vessels to keep humidity up in the air, but still lose enough to encourage some gas exchange. Then it's just focus on adjusting pH in the water to ~5,6 - 5,8 in the kratky and roughly 6,5 in the soil. But then again, why go kratky when u can turn it into DWC by just adding an air stone? :) Edit: Your switch of grow-medium was a good choice --If I had a seedling and was out of soil I'd rather grow it in an old cotton-sock and treat it like a coco/perlite grow over growing it in a kratky vessel haha
MalumProhibitum
MalumProhibitum
@GYOweed, ๐Ÿ˜‚
GYOweed
GYOweed
@MalumProhibitum, that's why i call it cackpot method.
Y0ink
Y0inkweek 6
Good Luck! Wish you the best! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’š
Sour_D
Sour_Dweek 4
Looks like you're off to a great start! Best of luck with the grow ๐Ÿ˜Ž
GYOweed
GYOweedweek 7
The crackpot method may work for seedlings in good vpd environment but then it will just rot or stunt. Coco really is the best non liquid medium. You can use semi organic, synthetic or whatever. I had to adjust by making my feed more acidic (5.5-6), alternate with just RO wate and adding calmag for coco blend especially under leds. I do let it dry out a bit more towards later cooler flower weeks.