Alright this is finally it, my first grow. I'm using the SuperCloset Deluxe LED 3.0. I dropped 4 different strains which are Dark Angel, White Widow, Hash Plant, and Early Vixen. I ended up with one of each kind making it.
Let me say now that until a month ago I knew next to nothing about growing and have never grown anything in my life. I do however have an electrical engineering degree so in my bold confidence I figured this should be easy. Well it would be if I wasn't a stoner with no experience..lol. O and I travel for work as well and have to rely on my buddy to come check on them while I'm gone and I'm pretty sure he knows less than I do.
My first round of seeds I germinated and put in rock wool, put them in the germination station and made the mistake of not turning on the damn light. I'll post a pic of how ugly that gets to kill my ego and show the consequences. I turned the light on for a 24 hr cycle as soon as I found my error but they had started to sprout on Monday and I didn't get the light on til Friday. I ended up saving one out of this round, that's currently struggling, and dropped my last 7 seeds. Out of the 7 only 4 popped and then only 3 of those spouted. So now I have my 4 babies. This put my to last Sunday 1/18/15. I left for work for a few days on Monday.
When I got home I noticed that they really hadn't grown any and the leaves were turning up on a couple of them. I thought maybe they were too close to the light or they were getting too much light. I had them on the 24 hr cycle all week. But then I believe I found the real problem, the PH. I made the fatal error of not PH adjusting the distilled water I used for the rock wool and the water in the germination station. When I checked it, it was 8.2. I checked the jug I was using and the water was at 7.7 in it. At this point you can imagine how great I'm feeling about my capability in all this...
I was reading another grow journal and saw where someone else had plants as small as mine already in a DWC system, so I decided that I would put them in the big tub. I filled the tub with distilled water then adjusted the PH to 5.8. Put down a single layer of grow rock, set the cubes on top, then covered completely with rocks. I left water run through the top feed for about a half hour to flush out the cubes. Covered the extra holes with aluminum foil over the top of the tub. Added 1/4 strength of Root 66 and Sugar Daddy. Checked and adjusted PH to 5.8.
Spoke with someone who works at SuperCloset and they suggested that I bring the nutes to 1/2 stength so I did so and adjusted PH to 5.8. My PPM is super low though. Right now its only at 140. Not sure what I can do to bring it up some without adding any nutes. I don't want to burn these things they are already fragile enough. Just gonna leave them alone for a couple days and just monitor the PH. I have seen some slight improvement since the transplant but not much. Hoping to see some positive signs, like growth, in the next couple days.
If anyone has any suggestions or advice I have no issue with feedback. Totally new to the site and growing in general so all is much appreciated.
Let me say now that until a month ago I knew next to nothing about growing and have never grown anything in my life. I do however have an electrical engineering degree so in my bold confidence I figured this should be easy. Well it would be if I wasn't a stoner with no experience..lol. O and I travel for work as well and have to rely on my buddy to come check on them while I'm gone and I'm pretty sure he knows less than I do.
My first round of seeds I germinated and put in rock wool, put them in the germination station and made the mistake of not turning on the damn light. I'll post a pic of how ugly that gets to kill my ego and show the consequences. I turned the light on for a 24 hr cycle as soon as I found my error but they had started to sprout on Monday and I didn't get the light on til Friday. I ended up saving one out of this round, that's currently struggling, and dropped my last 7 seeds. Out of the 7 only 4 popped and then only 3 of those spouted. So now I have my 4 babies. This put my to last Sunday 1/18/15. I left for work for a few days on Monday.
When I got home I noticed that they really hadn't grown any and the leaves were turning up on a couple of them. I thought maybe they were too close to the light or they were getting too much light. I had them on the 24 hr cycle all week. But then I believe I found the real problem, the PH. I made the fatal error of not PH adjusting the distilled water I used for the rock wool and the water in the germination station. When I checked it, it was 8.2. I checked the jug I was using and the water was at 7.7 in it. At this point you can imagine how great I'm feeling about my capability in all this...
I was reading another grow journal and saw where someone else had plants as small as mine already in a DWC system, so I decided that I would put them in the big tub. I filled the tub with distilled water then adjusted the PH to 5.8. Put down a single layer of grow rock, set the cubes on top, then covered completely with rocks. I left water run through the top feed for about a half hour to flush out the cubes. Covered the extra holes with aluminum foil over the top of the tub. Added 1/4 strength of Root 66 and Sugar Daddy. Checked and adjusted PH to 5.8.
Spoke with someone who works at SuperCloset and they suggested that I bring the nutes to 1/2 stength so I did so and adjusted PH to 5.8. My PPM is super low though. Right now its only at 140. Not sure what I can do to bring it up some without adding any nutes. I don't want to burn these things they are already fragile enough. Just gonna leave them alone for a couple days and just monitor the PH. I have seen some slight improvement since the transplant but not much. Hoping to see some positive signs, like growth, in the next couple days.
If anyone has any suggestions or advice I have no issue with feedback. Totally new to the site and growing in general so all is much appreciated.