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What do you guys think? First time growing, and first attempt at main-line. Using dwc hydro.

When do you guys think I should main-line?

What kind of yields do you guys take off say a 3ft V8 mainlined plant?

Things seem to be back on track today. Seemed to grow a lot over night. I buried the stems deeper. Saw lots of roots. New leaves already growing beside second set of leaves. Good?

Ok cool thanks much for the assistance.

Also been keeping the res cool with frozen water bottles twice daily.

I have 8 lights three 23w 2700k cfls, one 60w 6500k cfl, and four 23w 6500k cfls in my grow light reflector evenly distributed. I'm using general hydroponics flora series with 200ppms right now. I did have 3 days where I had pH issues (pH kept rising to 7.0 changed water to distilled and...

Plopped my beans in 17 days ago. Does this seem on schedule? Seem healthy and happy.

That is kind of what I was thinking. More simple and cheaper.

Ill tell you why. Because every grower has a different idea on how to go about growing and it is difficult to filter through the bs, who's right, who's wrong, what is best for the system I have, and can I afford all this advice. Equal to your question,I wonder why everyone has such widely...

I just had a similar issue with pH rising. After upping ppms and changing my water it seems to have leveled out. Water naturally wants to maintain original pH so you need to have enough buffer to change short term memory. Least that's how I look at it.

Is calmag essential to growing? As this is my first grow I'm trying to keep it simple and keep it as cheap as possible. I already have over $400 into this project. I am growing for a friend who is going through chemo. I know the hobby can get expensive and I'm willing to put more money into it...

Much obliged DT.

How many weeks from seed should they be to go into my buckets. I mean this is only 13 days from seed going into RW to germinate. I am at 275 ppms right now and 5.7 pH. They seem to be very happy and growing at a reasonable rate.

Thank you for not answering the question. Because that was exactly what I was looking for.