My First Hydro Journal

This is my first hydro grow. I have a 5 gallon bubbler. Right now im using marbles as my medium but im waiting on my Hydroton. My plant is a week old. This is my first hydro grow so any help and advice would be greatly appricated. My plant seems to be growing very fast. It doubles in size everyday. When should I start changing my rez? Here are some pictures. Oh by the way this is a home made system.












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Why don't you give us more details about your grow?
Lights, nutes, strain, water type, pH, meters?
Keep on keepin' on.

Well I started feeding nutes 2 days ago, and the plant seems to love it. Its some really good bagseed I bought. 4 seeds out of a whole oz! My water Ph level is 7.0. Right now I have her(hopefully) under a 100 watt CfL(Soft white). The nutrients im using ar called VIGORO and FLORA BLOOM. I put a teaspoon of each in the rez. VIGORO's formula is 10-10-10 and FLORA BLOOM is 0-5-4. Any other questions or comments? Anything could help. Here are some pics of the nutes.

looking good so far man... just a comment but 7.0 is lil high for me atleast.

alot of nute lock out can happen there.. but shits looking good

Thanks man, I think its coming out pretty good too for my first hydro grow. I just need all the help I can get to guide me through this. I dont know anything about growing in water. My Ph level alwalys goes form 6.0 to 7.0, I dont know why.

LowEyeHighGuy said:

...My Ph level alwalys goes form 6.0 to 7.0, I dont know why.

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Esplain Lucy... =O

When does it do this... ??

Early in the morning its at 7.0 and in the afternoon its at 6.0

the reason your PH goes up and down is because your plant is gonna use water and the nutes.. more of one or the other.. so thats why your gonna see the high or low ph.

but as for some nutes the plant can absorb them at, lets say a 5.6 ph lvl for example for some nutes.. well at that lvl the plant cant absorb other nutes.

hes a list of some

Phosphorus gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 6.0-8.5.
Phosphorus is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 4.0- 5.8. (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Phosphorus Deficiency.

Potassium gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 4.0-4.5, 6.0-6.5.
Potassium is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 4.7-5.3, 6.7-8.5. (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a potassium deficiency.

Magnesium gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 2.0-5.7
Magnesium is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 5.8-9.1
(Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Magnesium deficiency.

Calcium gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 2.0- 5.3
Calcium is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 5.4-5.8 (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Calcium Deficiency.

Zinc gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 5.7-8.5
Zinc is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 4.0-5.5 (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Zinc Deficiency.

Iron gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 2.0-3.5
Iron is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 4.0- 6.0 (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to an iron deficiency.

Sulfur gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 2.0-5.5
Sulfur is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 6.0- 9.5 (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to an Sulfur deficiency.

Manganese gets locked out of soil growing at ph levels of 2.0-5.0
Manganese is absorbed best in soil at a ph level of 5.5-6.5 (Wouldn’t recommend having a soil ph of over 7.0 in soil) anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Manganese Deficiency.

Boron gets locked out of soil growing at ph levels of 2.0-5.0
Boron is absorbed best in soil at a ph level of 5.0-7.0 (Wouldn’t recommend having a soil ph of over 7.0 in soil) Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Boron deficiency.


Copper gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 6.5-9.0
Copper is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 2.0-6.0 (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a copper deficiency.

Molybdenum gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 2.0-5.5
Molybdenum is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 6.0-8.0 (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Molybdenum deficiency.

well, this is how my plant looks now. The plant keeps doubling in size everyday. It has some nice big leaves on it. the ph level is at 6.0 . I still havent recieved my Hydroton but it seems like the marbles are doing just fine. Do you think the marbles will eventually affect the plant in a bad way?

day 7

nah i think marbles are fine man. pretty much the same thing as the clay pellets

and your shit is starting off pretty solid.. i didnt notice or see but what strain you using?

that plants doing nice bro good luck with this grow im subscribed

Thanks man, I cant wait to see how this turns out too.Here goes my water baby at 11 days. I think shes looking good. Im changing the rez Tomorrow. Tell me what you guys think, anything I can be doing to get better results?








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I like the marbles... =]

Shiny... =]

Actually i think those flat things are called pintoes...

I use to play that game a long time ago... =]

lol. I didnt think the marbles were going to work out but they are working pretty good.

yh ive seen alot of people use them lately they seem pretty effective

They will not hold any moisture but if you have a good mist in your bubbler you should be fine...

I am doing my 1st bubbler here soon so someone else more experienced might want to chime in on the marbles...

I am quite sure that leaving the medium intact at this point would be beneficial to avoid shock of changing it out... So if no one sees any adverse affects down the road i say... If it aint broke... =]

Good luck ill be kepin an eye on this one...

As soon as my cube goes in my bubbler ill post up a journal... =]

Yea, I think I should leave the marbles because all the roots are already all through out the bottom holes and through out the marbles. I think if I try to take the marbles out I will break some roots. Should I leave them or still try to switch to hydroton pebbels?

hey, you're growin, so I don't mean to sound prude, but glass should be avoided as a grow medium. A majority of it contains lead (especially cheap glass). Basically, for those of you who don't know, lead is a major ingredient when creating a primary melt of glass. Don't use it, you don't want lead poisoning down the road. Just my $.02.

Thats good to know but I dont think Its that serious. I will probably have to smoke like 100 plants grown in those conditions, in order to get led posion. This is just a little experiment all my next water grows will be with the proper grow medium. But that was good to know anyway. Here are some pictures from today. and a couple root shots(sorry you cant hardly see them) (DAY 12)


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I think they look cool... =]

I vote for leaving them... Not sure exactly HOW much lead might be in the glass but i am sure that it is not enough to worry about for this grow...

You only have one plant right... ??