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Gorilla Cookies: First Auto, First RDWC and Hydro.

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Maddiq Maddiq
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Still some issues. Can't really seem to figure out what's wrong with these ladies, besides my cubes might have been too wet, and then killed em off somehow. I did transfer to the tanks a bit late, because i was waiting for a RO system to arrive. My water is incredibly hard, and in testing the hydro-system with tap-water, i had to use around 8ml/L of PH down of TA PH- to neutralize the alkalinity and keep the solution stable.. That in return caused slimy water because of the citric acids mingling with the magnesium and calcium. In the system now, I'm running 4 parts RO water, and 1 part tap water, and got PH- use down to 1.5 - 2 ml/L. I'm plan to switch to a full RO water when i change water in a week or two. This will hopefully have me using even less PH-down than i am now. Roots are down all right in the tanks, though only a single long-john going from every one of them. I've got new seeds on the way in the mail - hopefully the ladies can recover their stress. EDIT: I think the usual suspects were to blame, as someone would confirm for me in the question-section. Substrait too wet - i don't think lights are to blame, since I have them measured out at around 215 PPFD. The cubes were placed too close to the bottom of the net pot. This has caused too much water to hit the cubes from below, caused by air-bubbles bursting - i run around 15L/min air into every bucket. Two plants to the right didn't have any bottom-cover of pebbles to protect from direct water splashing. I've gently been blowing air into the Rockwool cubes with an air-compressor trying to remove excess water in the cubes. I also moved the cubes up higher in the net-pots, making sure clay-pebbles covers adequately at the bottom parts of all the net pots. Seems to have done some sort of trick. Now, giving it a few days, not throwing anything out just yet.
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Maddiq
Maddiqstarted grow question 10 months ago
Hi All, I have issues with my first hydro grow - i effed up. I think i was too slow in the transfer over in the tank. Light is 200 PPFD, EC at 0.6, and barely added any nutes. Did i manage to overwater some of these plants by having them too close to the net pot?
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Mlgfivehead
Mlgfiveheadanswered grow question 9 months ago
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Mlgfivehead
Mlgfiveheadanswered grow question 9 months ago
I don't think it's overwatering, it's because your rockwool blocks don't contain any nutrients to begin with, try next time soaking the blocks in water with fertiliser for a few hours beforehand. I had exactly the same problem.
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LSchnabel
LSchnabelanswered grow question 10 months ago
I replied to your other post, but sounds like overwater for sure. I’ve had this happen once before using the cubes and it was because they were absolutely soaked. Hope this helps.
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Maddiq
Maddiqstarted grow question 10 months ago
Hi All, I have issues with my first hydro grow - i effed up. I think i was too slow in the transfer over in the tank. Light is 200 PPFD, EC at 0.6, and barely added any nutes. Did i manage to overwater some of these plants by having them too close to the net pot?
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
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LSchnabelanswered grow question 10 months ago
Checked out your diary and it is indeed an over watered event. Typically when your leafs start to curl down and turn yellow it is because of the medium being way to saturated. I would let the medium dry up and it should rebound. Medium should be barley moist and water every other day or every third day till you get solid root formation. Hope this helps.
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NamasteDave
NamasteDavecommentedweek 69 months ago
Well done, looking lush!
Maddiq
Maddiqcommented9 months ago
@NamasteDave, Thanks man, yours too!! I really hope to get some good flower from this, though the obvious mistakes along the way.
Mlgfivehead
Mlgfiveheadcommentedweek 19 months ago
I don't think it's overwatering, it's because your rockwool blocks don't contain any nutrients to begin with, try next time soaking the blocks in water with fertiliser for a few hours beforehand. I had exactly the same problem. Nice Grow👍🏼
Maddiq
Maddiqcommented9 months ago
@Mlgfivehead, Thanks man, it’s definitely noted. Will do for my next run. I couldn’t reply to your answer in the thread I posted. 👍🏼
Lemonhazelover
Lemonhazelovercommentedweek 110 months ago
Happy growing and good luck buddy ☘️
Nutrient_gro
Nutrient_grocommentedweek 107 months ago
Nice grow. Keep updating 🔥🔥
EntOfDenmark
EntOfDenmarkcommentedweek 108 months ago
Det er nogle dejligt saftige buds du kører dig der. Held og lykke med resten af dit grow 🌱