surreptitious
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hey guys first off, i wanted to express how much i've enjoyed this site. sometimes it takes a few refreshes to get pages to load, but it's a small price to pay for the great information found here.
anyways, i was hoping that you guys could help me figure out what was
wrong with my plants. i have attached a few pictures to this post.
ok here's the skinny.
1. plants are in the vegatative stage started from seeds. they will be 3 weeks old on saturday, August 1st, 2009.
2. using a drip hydroponic system. i'm watering them 5 times during the day and 2 times at night for 15 minutes each time.
3. i have a light proof (well almost, damn close) tent made with panda
liner and PVC pipes that is 5' x 5' x 6 1/2' high. On the inside of the tent on the lower half i have a reflective material I got at the hydro store that has a bunch of little pyramids on it. seems to work well.
4. I also have a carbon filter that connects to to the light and then a
fan via duct (see pic) that helps keep the tent cooler and provides circulation. it is on when the lights are on.
5. I also have an occilating fan that sits level with the girls set on low
speed (see pic)
6. average temp is around 80 degrees farenheit...highs being around 85
during the "day" and lows being around 75 during the "night." i've read that they like to be around high 70s, but not sure how that is accomplished without an AC unit. i'm open to suggestions. also, the humidity is around 50%
7. i have a 400 watt MH bulb with a digital ballast that sits about 16 inches over the tops of the plants that sit in a 3' x 3' drip tray. light is on for 18 hours and off for 6 hours. on at 4AM off at 10PM.
8. I have a resevior that sits under the tray that is i think 30
gallons...maybe less, not sure. i usually only put 5 gallons of distilled water/nutes in at a time. I also have an airating (spelling?) stone in the resevior with the water pump.
9. i'm using GH Flora Nova nutes, right now only using the grow, not
bloom.
10. currently, my PPM is 347 and PH is 6.0. i'm using a sunleaves PPM meter and a Hanna PH checker
11. I switched to just water that was PH 6.0 without any nutes for 2
days to help flush the girls but am back at number 10 right now and have
for been 3 days.
12. grow media is hydroton if you couldnt tell from the pics
13. all the plants are white widow (at least thats what the seed bank
was supposed to send me)
my goal here is to take the best females of this crop and make them
mother plants.
can you guys please check out the pics and let me know what i should do to fix?
also, once i fix the problems at what point should i up the nutes?
also, should i trim some of the dead leaves that are at the bottoms of the
plants?
any help would be greatly appreciated. please let me know if you need any other information.
also, let me know if you need more/better pictures and what i
should be focusing on.
thanks!
anyways, i was hoping that you guys could help me figure out what was
wrong with my plants. i have attached a few pictures to this post.
ok here's the skinny.
1. plants are in the vegatative stage started from seeds. they will be 3 weeks old on saturday, August 1st, 2009.
2. using a drip hydroponic system. i'm watering them 5 times during the day and 2 times at night for 15 minutes each time.
3. i have a light proof (well almost, damn close) tent made with panda
liner and PVC pipes that is 5' x 5' x 6 1/2' high. On the inside of the tent on the lower half i have a reflective material I got at the hydro store that has a bunch of little pyramids on it. seems to work well.
4. I also have a carbon filter that connects to to the light and then a
fan via duct (see pic) that helps keep the tent cooler and provides circulation. it is on when the lights are on.
5. I also have an occilating fan that sits level with the girls set on low
speed (see pic)
6. average temp is around 80 degrees farenheit...highs being around 85
during the "day" and lows being around 75 during the "night." i've read that they like to be around high 70s, but not sure how that is accomplished without an AC unit. i'm open to suggestions. also, the humidity is around 50%
7. i have a 400 watt MH bulb with a digital ballast that sits about 16 inches over the tops of the plants that sit in a 3' x 3' drip tray. light is on for 18 hours and off for 6 hours. on at 4AM off at 10PM.
8. I have a resevior that sits under the tray that is i think 30
gallons...maybe less, not sure. i usually only put 5 gallons of distilled water/nutes in at a time. I also have an airating (spelling?) stone in the resevior with the water pump.
9. i'm using GH Flora Nova nutes, right now only using the grow, not
bloom.
10. currently, my PPM is 347 and PH is 6.0. i'm using a sunleaves PPM meter and a Hanna PH checker
11. I switched to just water that was PH 6.0 without any nutes for 2
days to help flush the girls but am back at number 10 right now and have
for been 3 days.
12. grow media is hydroton if you couldnt tell from the pics
13. all the plants are white widow (at least thats what the seed bank
was supposed to send me)
my goal here is to take the best females of this crop and make them
mother plants.
can you guys please check out the pics and let me know what i should do to fix?
also, once i fix the problems at what point should i up the nutes?
also, should i trim some of the dead leaves that are at the bottoms of the
plants?
any help would be greatly appreciated. please let me know if you need any other information.
also, let me know if you need more/better pictures and what i
should be focusing on.
thanks!