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  1. rockabelly

    Nitrogen problem

    My older leaves are getting pail and are slowly dying off and spreading to the younger leaves :\ I've flushed out the solution and have given it just water to try to turn it back green and release any nutrient clog-gage. However, I can't seem to keep the plants healthy.. this has happened...
  2. rockabelly

    when do i start using my MH lights??

    my plants are about 3weeks old... and i'm thinking of starting to use my MH 250watt cool light now. Do you think it's too early? should a wait till the plants are 6weeks old..(i heard this once)? thanks
  3. rockabelly

    week 1 what more important air or humidity?

    I've taken the dome off and the plants seem to have to life coming back to them :) I'm not sure what the humdity is ...i still gotta by a reader, but it is warm I have a heater near by blowing warm air, and kind of trying to make do with the space I have at the moment. should I leave the...
  4. rockabelly

    week 1 what more important air or humidity?

    k so i think i over watered my plants...i've let them dry out for a day or so now but i'm wondering if i should put my seedlings back under it's dome that i originally started it in, to give it humidity and moisture? does anyone know if this is a good idea/? bassically what happened is that...
  5. rockabelly

    should i remove my light?

    Put my flurescent light on my little seedlings today...they are only about a week old...but this morning it seemed as though an hr after I started giving it some light that the plants started to wilt??? does anyone know if this is because of the light....? should I place it back...
  6. rockabelly

    need some help please

    thank you joedoe69 :) I think i've been doing just a bit too much watering....but i believe they can still bounce back... it's actually only one the went down...but it is still pointing up... it's been a bit tricky to get this right.. i've been slowly getting closer to solving this...
  7. rockabelly

    need some help please

    thanks ablazed blunt.. I will try that and post an update in a couple days.. you've been a great help I at first thought it was the light...but then i was reading up on how too much water and moisture can be bad as well and read something about a smelly room can also cause wilting.....:( I...
  8. rockabelly

    need some help please

    avlazed blunt... thanks for the input.. i took the dome off..do you think i should put it back on and just open the vents for a couple hrs a day...or all day?
  9. rockabelly

    need some help please

    do you think....I should try to dry out the medium a bit... it kind of has a smell to it. I drained all extra water and have taken the dome off the germination station...while still using the light. I think it's an over watering problem
  10. rockabelly

    need some help please

    my seedling is about 7days old...it has just started to show it's first set of true leaves and I decided to add the flourecent light adn had one of my seedlings wilt near the base.....does anyone know if that is due to light being exposed too early? I also opened the vent for several hrs today...
  11. rockabelly

    does anyone know about air control?

    does anyone know when and how much air a day I should add, by opening up the vents at the top of an 1foot domed germination station? I've just added a light and was wondering if i should open the vents for about an hr a day, or longer? my seedlings are about 5days in heat and water are...
  12. rockabelly

    I'm having a problem after week 1

    How important is it to use a low wattage flurecent tub light during the begining stages of adding light to the seedlings? I have been having problems after the first week when adding a 60w plant light...which i'm starting to think isn't flurecent :-? and it has been burning the first set of...
  13. rockabelly

    I really need some help

    THanks very much Dankciti that's great information...it will help but what do you mean by ppm 300 and then to kick it up to 500 between waterings?
  14. rockabelly

    I really need some help

    Well I'm about to start all over again.... I flushed out the rockwool cube for more then 24hrs with ph levels at like 6.0 and am not gonna feed it any nutrients until I see it's 3rd set of leaves. What I wanna know is if i when I should change ph levels for 6.5 or 7.0? and maybe how often...
  15. rockabelly

    I really need some help

    i believe it got too wet....and was prob drowing in nutrients. so it's okay to just give it water for the first bit with Ph levels at 6? and maybe wait to add the nutrients after the first week or so
  16. rockabelly

    I really need some help

    To: babygro hey thanks for being a great pal :-D with patients the growing medium is rockwool, and I am growin super sk hydro. DNF is an organic nutrient additive total N 8% 4% ammoniacal nitrogen 1.6% nitrate nitrigen 2.4% water boluble nitrogen Phophate (P2 05) 2% soluble potash (K20) 3%...
  17. rockabelly

    I really need some help

    To: 7xstall hey thanks... I'm starting to think i might of been giving it too much nutrients....and too little watter in the mix. it might also be getting over watered, i'm using rockwool cubs
  18. rockabelly

    I really need some help

    hey thanks for getting back to me soOo fast :) DNF is Dutch Nutrient Formula 8-2-3 are the levels of NPK the 60 watt plant light bulb, is something I bought from a hardware store that had plant written right on the bulb, it's like a standard 60w bulb.....but is supposed to be for plants.....i...
  19. rockabelly

    I really need some help

    First off i'm really new to this, so any help is much appreciated and many thanks. But I seem to have a little problem.... after germination...which I dont seem to have a problem with, my plants are dying..? I have a germination heated station and am using DNF organic bassed gro 8-2-3 but...
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