New Grower Questions and Answer time!

[bgrt]

seems interesting but like you could cause more problems or dry to much very easily if you cant even check etc.

 

[stone blue]

I don't know if anybody gave you a guideline but i'm on 3rd. AF using this formula. I do 4wks. in my DWC then into dirt.
I'd do the complete grow in DWC but it's too hot in my grow rm in the summer. I've read most of the answers to keep it cool but don't want to pay the ele. comp. any more than I have to. ( I built up my ele. bill last sept.-Aug. slowly. I ave. about 100-125KWs extra with my grow.) I went from CFLs to LED. I have the Xtrem LED 130. I do small grows 2-3 plants. I keep my LED about 18"-20" above the tops. I posted my other equipment in my 1st. 2 posts and I'm doing lowryders.
Hope this will help.




I have a 100% germ. rate with the AFs doing this...
I germinate seeds like most people do; my cable box in a covered baggie. Temps are 80-90 degs. When rts. are 1/4" they go into Rapid Rooter Plugs.( I like these better than RW.) I put them in a vented Tupeware container on a heating pad covered with a towel. Vent 3-4Xs a day. When they grow above the tops of the plugs I put them under a 125CFL about 6" above til 1st. the searated leaf is complete and real leaf is starting. Keep Rooters moist at all times. I put the Rooters in my plastic hydro baskets w/clay hydroton. When I go to dirt I plant plastic basket and all. @

I'm using Gen Hydro products. I have a GenHydro DWC.
I use the Flora nutes and camag+, nector and Cannazym in water; Flora Nova Grow/Bloom gums up my pump filter.

These MLs. are per Gal.
Here's my feeding schedule. Time periods are for reference; don't hold me to exact wks. but there are really close.

After the searated leaf is complete and 1st. "real" leaf is starting, I put them in the hydro. under LED. 1st wk. I do 1ml. of micro, bloom and camg+. 2mls. nectar.
2nd.wk. the same.

I R&R H2o and start my 3wk. with 2mls. micro, bloom, nectar and canna. . I start using Spray and Grow 3Xs wk. (Spray and Grow is a micro-nute)
I R&R H2o 10days this time. If everything is good to go I do 5 mls. of all: micro,blm,canna,camg, and nectar. And Spay and Grow every day; that really helps growth BUT stop using it when they go into the flower mode.
I R&R H2o 10days again.
By 6th-7th. wk. they'll be 9-10" tall and roots are about 9" long. I can sex them now. (note...this is a guide for my L.R.s All plants will be different) right ????

Flush with dist. H2o for 5 days and put them in Frog dirt. When I go to dirt I plant plastic basket and all.
No nutes the 1st. 2 wks. just H2o. to make sure transplant is doing good. I haven't lost any plants so far.
9th. wk. or so, is when I switch to FloraNova nutes. I start small with the NovaGrow.. 1ml.per gal. camg+, and nectar in my tea. 12th.wk. 2mls. of each.
This is my 3rd. AF I've done this way so I'm not even close to being a "pro". My 1st. was experimental and I put them into flower mode too early. They never grew taller than 11" with very small buds.
This time I held off on the FloraNova Bloom til the 13th. wk. or so.. My ladies are 16" tall and couldn't get any more flowers on them. The main colas are 8" and about 2" rnd. I'm watching the trichs as I type.
Next time I'm going to LST and SOG them.
I hope this helps and if anybody wants to tell me more, I'm all ears.
Sorry no pics.



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