Hello AFN Community,
I recently discovered your forum, and I think I could really use some guidance.
First of all, apologies if I make any mistakes—this is my first post here.
I’ve had a few successful soil grows, but I decided to switch to hydroponics for this grow. My current setup includes a drip irrigation system and a Rockwool-based substrate. Watering every 4 hours.
However, something seems off with my plants. I have two Lemon Cherry Cookies (on the left) and two Gorilla Zkittlez (on the right), both from Fastbuds. We’re currently at day 20.
Here’s my setup:
There’s no clear sign of nutrient burn or deficiencies, but they seem to be growing much slower than I expected. My soil-grown plants were growing faster at this stage.
Any ideas on what could be causing the slow growth, or am I just being overly cautious? Thanks in advance for your help!
I recently discovered your forum, and I think I could really use some guidance.
First of all, apologies if I make any mistakes—this is my first post here.
I’ve had a few successful soil grows, but I decided to switch to hydroponics for this grow. My current setup includes a drip irrigation system and a Rockwool-based substrate. Watering every 4 hours.
However, something seems off with my plants. I have two Lemon Cherry Cookies (on the left) and two Gorilla Zkittlez (on the right), both from Fastbuds. We’re currently at day 20.
Here’s my setup:
- Nutrients:Terra Aquatica Dry Part with RO water
- CalMag: 1 ml/L
- Dry Part Grow: 0.8 mg/L
- pH: Adjusted to ~5.8
- EC: 1mS
- PPM: 500
- Water Temp: Consistently below 20°C
- Day Temp: 23-26°C
- Relative Humidity (RH): 50-60%
- PPFD: ~580 at the Top of the Plant.
There’s no clear sign of nutrient burn or deficiencies, but they seem to be growing much slower than I expected. My soil-grown plants were growing faster at this stage.
Any ideas on what could be causing the slow growth, or am I just being overly cautious? Thanks in advance for your help!