A little help

OK i this is my first time attempting to grow some herb in bubbleponics and i think i have most of the basics down but i am starting to get a little worried with my plant. The roots have just barely started to show, but my plant has some white spots on the leafs. I think its because i accidently spilled some nutrient solution onto it but not sure. Also I am using nutrients that have micro in them but not sure if they are the right ones. I couldnt find a hydro store anywhere near where i live, and I cant just go to home depot and ask to point me in the direction of weed nutes for bubbleponics XD but anyways all the advice is appreciated. I will post more pics if it will help anyone give me all the advice i need. I will post recent pic as soon as i get home. (visiting family)

*Using 400 watt cfl, (105watt)
*Have air stone in bucket (5gal)
*Using some soil nutes i think (lol) but so far plant is getting greener and growing (Its ment to use in watering can for house plants) miracle grow house plant food
*Air pump is AIR-3000 (40gal)

I think its ok, bring the light closer and be more patient.

Definitely get your nutes in order when doing hydro...and get PH and EC meters...alot of people say hydro is a no brainer once you figure it out and are using the right materials, I am leaning towards using it for my next grow

In a nutshell here are the rules of hydro i've learned:

Keep your PH around 5.8
Solution changes at a minimum every 2 weeks
Use the correct ratio of NPK for the period you are in and don't forget the micro/macro nutes or you'll get deficiencies and adjust for correct EC
Keep the water level about 1" above bottom of netpot to start (to splash water/nutrients up into your medium)
Once roots have started reaching the water bring it down to 1-2" below the netpot.

If anyone else has anything to add to this list please do, as I would like to know myself what I'm forgetting

keep res. temps in check try to stay at 68 deg. or a little lower, higher than 75 and you will have problems,I use coolers for my res along with frozen water jugs when needed,just another tip try to keep your res, or buckets elevated I use milk crates this will make draining your res easyer than if there on the floor as long as you have installed a level indicator tube,(just a 90 deg. 1/2 barbed fitting a rubber gromet a piece of 1/2 tubeing)this will let you see how much the plants are takeing in and also double as a drain.

massah said:

Definitely get your nutes in order when doing hydro...and get PH and EC meters...alot of people say hydro is a no brainer once you figure it out and are using the right materials, I am leaning towards using it for my next grow

In a nutshell here are the rules of hydro i've learned:

Keep your PH around 5.8
Solution changes at a minimum every 2 weeks
Use the correct ratio of NPK for the period you are in and don't forget the micro/macro nutes or you'll get deficiencies and adjust for correct EC
Keep the water level about 1" above bottom of netpot to start (to splash water/nutrients up into your medium)
Once roots have started reaching the water bring it down to 1-2" below the netpot.

If anyone else has anything to add to this list please do, as I would like to know myself what I'm forgetting

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Bang on dude. (that's "bang on" you're correct, not "bang on" you won't shut up)
Ph around 5.5-6.0. Move between the two to get all the nutes.
Once she's has her rhythm in my 5 gal buckets the nutrients need topping up about twice a week, and changing every two.
I couldn't of managed without an Ec meter, but PH drops did for a while at first.
And yeh, once you have it sussed you get into a nice rhythm yourself...I'm nearly there.

In this type of situation ph is critical...soil can be more forgiving. I've seen hydro plants get destroyed in a matter of days because of a ph imbalance. Like the above posters stated, pay close attention to your ph ranges.

i just change the water every week. I got the right nutes finally today lol and added some fresh water. I change the water every week and also keep an eye on it eveery day. if i see it starting to change i change the water and two days later its back to normal. Oh yah and heres the update pic of how its looking. Just changed water today so we will see it will take off a little more than before. Left it in for two weeks.

Some allow the chlorine to evaporate for 24 hours before using, which I do, but some really look after their ladies with spring water. I've never used water straight from the tap so I can't say if the chlorine thing is too much to worry about or not...Anyone?

i have no idea about the chlorine in the water. here where i live water grows naturally lol literally. I dont think its a big deal but I cant do anything for now just have to wait until my ph meter gets here then i go from there. I think its been working good so far cause i havent seen any major problems in my plant, but good question man... didnt think of that