First Stealth Bubbleponics Grow

This is the first time my roommates and I are growing. We bought the Stealth Bubbleponics system with most of the upgrades. So far we just picked out some seeds that we already had, and put them in the rock wool and are on day 7 of them growing. So far only two have spouted out the top and are about 2 inches tall about to sprout the leaves.

Our setup is just in the laundry room that has it's own door and ceiling vent. I'll have some pictures up soon. We don't really expect to yield too much from this first grow as it's a learning experience for all of us. Any feed back would be great.

Highwind said:

This is the first time my roommates and I are growing. We bought the Stealth Bubbleponics system with most of the upgrades. So far we just picked out some seeds that we already had, and put them in the rock wool and are on day 7 of them growing. So far only two have spouted out the top and are about 2 inches tall about to sprout the leaves.

Our setup is just in the laundry room that has it's own door and ceiling vent. I'll have some pictures up soon. We don't really expect to yield too much from this first grow as it's a learning experience for all of us. Any feed back would be great.

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Here are some pictures of the current setup:

So our plants look like they are sick, the two that actually sprouted. So we are trying to take two rock wool cubes with seeds in nutrient mix on a plate for a couple days. Should they just sit in the dark? We have a bowl over them in a dark room as well. Any feedback would be great. We are the noobiest of all noobs over here.

Here are some pictures of what we are doing with the seedlings. I have them in front of my window to get heated up during the day a bit as I don't want to heat the house. I have a bowl covering them and they are sitting in the rock wool in a puddle of the nutrient water.

Take them out of the nutrient water!
They need just plain water for at least a couple weeks.
Also keep them in the light. Put the rockwool cubes into the setup and water them when the rock wool is dryish. One the roots start coming out of the rock wool just water the rock stuff around it and then once the roots are in the water you don't have to water them anymore.
Do you have any pics of the "sick" ones?

I was just referring to the first picture of the two plants in the second post. They are a bit yellower than the pictures I've seen around here. I keep reading all these kinda walkthroughs on growing with the hydroponics but I keep getting pretty different ways to do things.

Highwind said:

I was just referring to the first picture of the two plants in the second post. They are a bit yellower than the pictures I've seen around here. I keep reading all these kinda walkthroughs on growing with the hydroponics but I keep getting pretty different ways to do things.

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I was having the same problem with a cfl grow I had it was in soil and it was an over nutrient problem. What are the temperature and humidity you have in there right now?

JohnnyDaManiac said:

I was having the same problem with a cfl grow I had it was in soil and it was an over nutrient problem. What are the temperature and humidity you have in there right now?

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First off, I just wanted to say I appreciate you taking the time to help out a bit.

The two plants that actually sprouted up are starting to look a bit better. Yesterday we started it on a 18-on/6-off lighting schedule, and this morning I flushed out the nutrient water with regular water for a bit to see how that goes.

Temp: 75 Degrees F; Near 80 under lights
Humidity: A little below 50%

Here's a picture of what the plants look like today.

I replaced the nutrient water in the reservoir with regular water and now there is a weird smell, that I can't quite put my finger on what it smells like, in the room. I lifted the lid to the water and it was coming from that. Any ideas? I did check the pH level and it was near 7 so I did put a small amount of pH-Down in it, I'm not sure if that is what could be causing it.

Any feedback or comments from anyone who has had this problem would be great!

Are you using tap water? If so it is probably just chlorine. What does the smell, smell like?

Yeah it's just tap water. It does smell a tad like that but I'm not sure it smells JUST like chlorine.

You're doing fine and just a nervous first time mother. The little ones always look kind of weird when then start. Did you pop the seeds before you put them in the system or did you just put the seed in as is? It can take a week for all the seeds to start growing. Did you put the seeds in just barely covered or did you use the premade hole in the rockwool? No nutes until they have two sets of real leaves (not the little one the plant used to crack the seed - they don't count and will soon turn yellow and die. Patience is all that is required.

I agree w/ MC...No nutrients yet


Just double check your ph again as well....Sometimes the water can have a funny smell if you put too much ph down in it....

You can always depend on good advice from The bubbleheads Gang.

here are some very helpful links:


Starting Nutes Post # 10395

Start Nutes Post # 7479


- Drain and Replinish # 10395

8 Step Recovery Post # 9838

Temps, Humidity Post # 8491

pH post # 7906

Thanks for all the help. Checked the water this morning and it was at a pH of 7.4 so I put some pH-Down in it to fix that. They are looking pretty good today.

7.4 is kind of high. Very high in fact. Any reason you can think of for it being that high? Does the ph bounce alot?

MostlyCrazy said:

7.4 is kind of high. Very high in fact. Any reason you can think of for it being that high? Does the ph bounce alot?

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Not other than this time. I got it back down to 6.5 so I will see how it goes from here. Will update in a couple hours.

if you ph bounces..then take a sample in a cup from the rez. and test that.Keep the ph in ranges 5.5-6.5

Okay sorry it's been a bit since an update. We added two new seedlings to it before the other ones got too big. So now we have 4 plants growing all with 4 actual leaves. The two newer ones are a lot darker that the original two. Can you determine indigca or sativa this early on? If you look at the pictures the one on the top far right had some spots on it's initial leaves, does that mean anything? Also some of the larger leaves have began to kinda fold? We got the pH hovering back around 6 now and have put in nutrient water. We put 1/4 of Grow and 1/4 of Micro and plan to do this in 4 consecutive days. Any advice, if you see anything out of the ordinary, would be appreciated.

Look pretty normal to me. Do you have a fan blowing air between the top of the plant and the lights. It will strenghten the stems of the plant. Can really tell sativa or indica for sure yet but from the looks of those wide leaves I'd day indica or an indica dominated cross. Spots mean close to nothing on the first little leaves. They will die off soon. Their job is done.