Loolagigi's first grow journal, 400 hps

[DirtySouth]

The water is heavy.As the top is still moist,I guarentee the bottoms cool!Go ahead and mix it up!tonight is cool
Taproot down,woohoo.As the seed comes out the cube,what i do is get a spraybottle w/ water only.I help the plant remove the seed.Moiuster and fingernail is my technic.Then after gental removal there will b a skin holding the feeder leaves together.Once again w/ your nail gently pull up on skin freeing the feeder leaf.The feederleaf will b whitish dont trip.

 

[DirtySouth]

Over water yes.You could leave the cube in the water too long.The cube hold air very well.C when u pull the pot out,as it comes out the water the water is pulled out the bottom,as this process happens air is pulled in from the top.Get that?You could probably water 1nc a day if u wish!

 

[loolagigi]

Over water yes.You could leave the cube in the water too long.The cube hold air very well.C when u pull the pot out,as it comes out the water the water is pulled out the bottom,as this process happens air is pulled in from the top.Get that?You could probably water 1nc a day if u wish!

cool, mixing up nutes now, checking ph....ppm is 220, and ph is 5.6

 

[DirtySouth]

good deal.Is it as hard as you thought?It'll get easier as you go!Your seeds,bagseed?

 

[loolagigi]

good deal.Is it as hard as you thought?It'll get easier as you go!Your seeds,bagseed?

yeah, the 2 that are growing are supposed to be kush, but who knows. and the ones germing, are bagseed too, but good mids. happy 4th, got any plans? i think i might wait until 9 pm to dip plants. as long as i cant over water them. i only dip for 10 seconds, the 5 minutes for runoff.

 

[DirtySouth]

What do the leaves say?Nice-n-green?too green?yellow?
sounds like your on track!

 

[loolagigi]

What do the leaves say?Nice-n-green?too green?yellow?
sounds like your on track!

maybe too green, if there is such a thing, ill post pics in a little

 

[DirtySouth]

interesting.....wanna c

 

[loolagigi]

here they are, they look greener in person. in the pic it looks like the ends are lighter, but there the same green. crappy cam.

 

[loolagigi]

dirty, whe you turn your ppm meter on does it read 000, or something else? what about ph meter? i know there diff, just curiouse.

 

[DirtySouth]

:watchplant:
Lookin good!

 

[DirtySouth]

pph reads oo.1. ph differs.I now cal. 1nce a day

 

[loolagigi]

pph reads oo.1. ph differs.I now cal. 1nce a day

how do you calibrate everyday? when i baught mine it came with a small package of solution to test, and adjust with. was i supposed to save that crap? or do i have to buy it. for my ph pen, directions told me to place it in a 7.o solution, then turn 1 screw to adjust to 7.0 my tds tester had anothe rsolution with a weird number like 1230. so i dipped it and adjusted it to the 1230 number. after that, instructions said calibration was complete. so when i usually use my tds, and turn it on, it reads 000, until i place in solution. now, it starts off at like 55, oe 101. so if i have a brain, i guess i have to subtract the orogional number from solution number. and my ph pen starts at whatever it wants. sometime 5, or 7. but when i dip it , it moves, and stabilizes. damn pens.

 

[DirtySouth]

Same green.Great job.Watch the inside of new growth.Hard to explain pics tonight.As the plant grows,the leaves get bigger.As they come out the stalk watch em.Thats kinda tellin a story,so to speak.As the plants needs for nutes increase the leaf tends to get a-lil lighter.You kinda know your on target if the leaf is a nice solid green.As you tend to go overboard on the nutes the leaf will turn a multitude of green to blue shades.The sooner your able to read the leaves the more she'll love you back.Get to know her!

 

[DirtySouth]

as long as it stabilizes,imo its workin.As 4 starting w/ crazy #s sounds to me like you may not rinse/wipe/then shake before replacing cap?IDK hydro store w/ have ph caL. solution.I got bottles w/ caps-just NEVER cross contaminate!
IMO your plants look GOOD.don't subtract nothin,might burn then.Don't get overly anchous and start thinking bout bumping up the nutes on me unless we're gonna have a memorial service here soon,lol.CHILL looks good!No above cube growth meens iner cube growth.

 

[loolagigi]

as long as it stabilizes,imo its workin.As 4 starting w/ crazy #s sounds to me like you may not rinse/wipe/then shake before replacing cap?IDK hydro store w/ have ph caL. solution.I got bottles w/ caps-just NEVER cross contaminate!
IMO your plants look GOOD.don't subtract nothin,might burn then.Don't get overly anchous and start thinking bout bumping up the nutes on me unless we're gonna have a memorial service here soon,lol.CHILL looks good!No above cube growth meens iner cube growth.

i think i made a boo boo.....instead of waiting for 3 gallons of r/o water out of filter, i figured, i would use less water, in a narrower res. so, i us.ed my 5, and filled just above airstones....i calibrated ppm, and ph, i drained it into my new dipping container. damn pots wouldnt fit, so in a panich, i used half soulution for 1 plant and other hald for another, and top feed, by pourind solution over cubes, and hydroton. i should have found a container that fit the pot. duh. as i see it, it shouldnt effect it too much, as roots are not even past the rockwool yet. did i make a seriouse boo boo? i know how to fix it next, use larger container to dip in

 

[DirtySouth]

LOL,its cool.Lil drippin,plant ain't trippin

 

[loolagigi]

LOL,its cool.Lil drippin,plant ain't trippin

ill take your word

 

[DirtySouth]

Did u abandon ship?Hows ur 4th?

 

[loolagigi]

1st 2 pics are new sprouts,,,, second 2 are 6 days old/.....last pic has a problem on the leafs. started today, what is it?