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Greetings!

I currently have a standard 6 plant Bubbleponics system. I have two strains, White Dwarf and Lemon Skunk, which were germinated, placed into their cubes, and have came up. The last strain was a backup since one of the seeds never came up properly, and this strain is Power Kush.

I started the sprouts under 2 two foot fluorescent fixtures with some CFL light and an additional fishtank black 1" fluorescent as well to keep from overheating.

I am concerned about one of my babys, and I need to know, bu these pictures, what is wrong with my Autoflowering White Dwarf? The leaves on top are very dark green, which looks good, but the beginning pedals are turning a yellowish color, whereas the Lemon Skunk seems to be shooting up quickly. I figured this had something to do with the plants not getting nutes yet.

Should I add 1/4 Micro/Grow into the tank? The pH strips (which is what I use until I can afford a digital one w/ temp and PPM), says the pH is between 5.25-6. This is fresh water, no nutes. Also, the pumps were not delivering as much water via the irrigation system due to an error, so they are flowing very well now.

Please get back to me with info as to adding a mild amount of Nutes to the tank. The plants are all about 10 days old, except for the one with the Power Kush. Also, I use a 600w MH lamp and a server fan to circulate the room. Mylar is on the wals, and the closet door stays open with the fan in the room on for even more air. I have a wireless thermometer in the room that says it is between 78-82.

Help the indoor hydro newbie!

when they are this young, i never suggest using more than 1/4 strength nutes. It seems as though it's like you said....The roots are not in the nutrient solution yet. You could consider foliar feeding with a very low strength of nute solution until the roots reach the water... Your pH sounds like it's close enough for now, but you will definitely need a GOOD digital meter. Don't go cheap on this, trust me. Cheap ones suck. they are inaccurate, and break fast. The only other suggestion I have is hand watering them until the roots make it to your water (nutrient solution). Good luck bro.

snutter said:

when they are this young, i never suggest using more than 1/4 strength nutes. It seems as though it's like you said....The roots are not in the nutrient solution yet. You could consider foliar feeding with a very low strength of nute solution until the roots reach the water... Your pH sounds like it's close enough for now, but you will definitely need a GOOD digital meter. Don't go cheap on this, trust me. Cheap ones suck. they are inaccurate, and break fast. The only other suggestion I have is hand watering them until the roots make it to your water (nutrient solution). Good luck bro.

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I appreciate the input. I got a mild amount of the nutes in and I water them with bottle of pH balanced bottled water all the time. The irrigation has been on full for 24 hrs now, so hopefully the slow ones will catch up!

Any recommendations for under $100 on a good digital pH/PPM meter? Give me some good deals guys! )

Here's a link to the one that I use. It's around 33 dollars, which is pretty good considering I paid $58 for mine at my hydro store. But that was a while back, so prices have went down. Anyways, it has worked really well for me. As long as you take good care of it I'm sure it will work well for you too.. If you're willing to spend a little more money, look up the hanna products. They have great testers. The one in the link below is a hanna. Remember, once you've use the pH meter, you have to keep the tip of it submerged in water. If it dries out, it's dead.

http://www.google.com/products?q=hanna+ph+meter+98103&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=gaQxS_OGM47-sQPm8P1w&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=3&ved=0CCgQzAMwAg

Good luck.

snutter said:

Here's a link to the one that I use. It's around 33 dollars, which is pretty good considering I paid $58 for mine at my hydro store. But that was a while back, so prices have went down. Anyways, it has worked really well for me. As long as you take good care of it I'm sure it will work well for you too.. If you're willing to spend a little more money, look up the hanna products. They have great testers. The one in the link below is a hanna. Remember, once you've use the pH meter, you have to keep the tip of it submerged in water. If it dries out, it's dead.

http://www.google.com/products?q=hanna+ph+meter+98103&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=gaQxS_OGM47-sQPm8P1w&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=3&ved=0CCgQzAMwAg

Good luck.

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I actually got a system like this from a local hydro shop. It is apparantly a great tool. With this, do you think that my White Dwarf, who is the one in the picture with a yellowing pedal and not as fast at growth as the Lemon Skunk? The Power Kush appears to be doing well too. Does this Autoflowering strain develop at different rates than the other strains in the tank.

What will help the various strains to live? Will this meter that I was given help?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Control-Wizard-Digital-pH-Meter-PPM-Meter-Hydroponics_W0QQitemZ250416084014QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a4df6342e

I would suggest putting the feeder tubes back on a slow drip, do not top feed, and go ahead and add 1/4 strength nutes. Don't worry about the bottom two leaves falling off they are not true leaves. They look good, so stop worrying...but you will need a PH/PPM meter.

Look for all of Roseman's threads on here, almost everything you need to know about Bubbleponics systems are on there.

snutter said:

Here's a link to the one that I use. It's around 33 dollars, which is pretty good considering I paid $58 for mine at my hydro store. But that was a while back, so prices have went down. Anyways, it has worked really well for me. As long as you take good care of it I'm sure it will work well for you too.. If you're willing to spend a little more money, look up the hanna products. They have great testers. The one in the link below is a hanna. Remember, once you've use the pH meter, you have to keep the tip of it submerged in water. If it dries out, it's dead.

http://www.google.com/products?q=hanna+ph+meter+98103&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=gaQxS_OGM47-sQPm8P1w&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=3&ved=0CCgQzAMwAg

Good luck.

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Word, Hanna rocks. I have the champ and it's nice for the price for sure. I make my own buffer 7.1 to store it in.