I have a shit-tastic time with my first plant... it's went to shit. I've started a Tangerine Dream seed, germed in a paper towel in a baggy. Then I started with soil, low nutes(the lowest I could find), but now i've transplanted into a hydro setup, hydroton medium, air stones, and clean, 6.7 pH water. There are 3-23watt CFL's in the box, with one about 2 inches from the sapling. The first two leaves have started to come off the sapling, with two little bitty more coming along. I'm running 24-0 lighting. Anything else I need to worry about?
Just started Tangerine Dream in hydro from germ in soil...
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forgetiwashere
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stick in there bud she will be in shock for a while then kabloom she will take off. heres an example
barneys farm vanilla kush. i started her in soil but neglected her completely. she is four weeks old in this pick (hard to believe i know but her conditions were less than ideal no nutes and next to no light) this is the day of transplant from soil to hydro. so she already wasnt healthy.
this is 3 days later. u can see she has started to grow but shes in shock the bottom 2 leaves are yellowing right up
another 3 days later still losing a little colour down low. its a pretty big shock getting all the dirt washed from your roots and being stuck in another medium
then another 3 days, kabloom
and now 3 weeks on starting to flower
barneys farm vanilla kush. i started her in soil but neglected her completely. she is four weeks old in this pick (hard to believe i know but her conditions were less than ideal no nutes and next to no light) this is the day of transplant from soil to hydro. so she already wasnt healthy.
this is 3 days later. u can see she has started to grow but shes in shock the bottom 2 leaves are yellowing right up
another 3 days later still losing a little colour down low. its a pretty big shock getting all the dirt washed from your roots and being stuck in another medium
then another 3 days, kabloom
and now 3 weeks on starting to flower
forgetiwashere
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oh and yes lower the ph 5.7 is pretty ideal but i reckon anywhere between 5.5 and 6.5 is fine. your ph will probably go up and down anyway just try to keep it in that range and you will be fine, you'll get a feel for it pretty quick. and i wouldnt bother raising the lights cfl's need to be close imo, i did my transplant straight under a 600w on full noise. i probably wouldnt have experienced as much shock if i used cfl's but i dont ever use cfl's so i dont have any around. but its really not going to hurt being close.
18/6 probably wouldnt hurt though, plants really do need a night cycle in my opinion. just like people u would start to struggle if you were kept awake indefinitely.
just my opinion though. everyone has varying ideas in the end its up to you to find what works for you
18/6 probably wouldnt hurt though, plants really do need a night cycle in my opinion. just like people u would start to struggle if you were kept awake indefinitely.
just my opinion though. everyone has varying ideas in the end its up to you to find what works for you