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Experimemt Time! Kratky to Coco/Perlite

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Room Type
LST
weeks 7
Rapid rooter
Grow medium
Coco Coir
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
19 L
Pot Size
1.89 L
Watering
Grow Conditions
Week 3
Vegetation
10
cm
inch
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
7+ conditions after
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Manijuana Manijuana
3 years ago
Week 3 is here for the girls! One already has a great root system going already! The other has roots slowly seeking the water! I find this is very hands off and I dont know how to feel lol! It is very fascinating to watch though! I wonder how long before we can switch to flower on these girls!
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LittleJohn
LittleJohncommentedweek 03 years ago
Good luck and happy growing๐Ÿ˜’๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ˜‹
homerjgangia
homerjgangiacommentedweek 03 years ago
Good luck with your grow mate!๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช
Streinze_Monadire
Streinze_Monadirecommentedweek 33 years ago
Wish u all the best๐Ÿ˜
Godesskat
Godesskatcommentedweek 33 years ago
Everything is better with a beg of weed๐Ÿ‘ป Good luck happy growing๐Ÿ˜
GroloCup
GroloCupcommentedweek 23 years ago
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
Spirit4i20commentedweek 63 years ago
Good luck with cultivation! that it grows beautiful ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Œ
MalumProhibitum
MalumProhibitumcommentedweek 73 years ago
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
MalumProhibitumcommented3 years ago
@GYOweed, ๐Ÿ˜‚
GYOweed
GYOweedcommented3 years ago
@MalumProhibitum, that's why i call it cackpot method.
Y0ink
Y0inkcommentedweek 63 years ago
Good Luck! Wish you the best! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’š
Sour_D
Sour_Dcommentedweek 43 years ago
Looks like you're off to a great start! Best of luck with the grow ๐Ÿ˜Ž
GYOweed
GYOweedcommentedweek 73 years ago
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.