My first grow and feeling unsure after 10th day

[SunnySunny]

Doesn't that root mass look small to you I think you need to drop water down more I am gonna snap a pic of one of my buckets it tells you water line fir seedlings and then water for after roots touch down

now that's on a 5 gallon bucket and uses a 8" net pot so they are extremely Good dwc buckets

So the level for mature is almost like a half bucket ?

 

[bignugz420]

I really think your suffocating your roots , roots LOVE O2 so it's good to have a Gap between water and roots starting

 

[bignugz420]

2'' cylindrical stones

I use a 4" SND sometimes double up but I think it's either just a shitty genetics or that your water line is to high Bc I am stumped if that happened to me i would have had it fixed with what I told you, but I am not a pro I just know my dwc ladies get BIG root masses once they smack down on water

 

[bignugz420]

So the level for mature is almost like a half bucket ?

Yes and your roots will get bigger also you def need to watch that air prune video

 

[bignugz420]

so I really think your just not letting them breath

 

[SunnySunny]

I really think your suffocating your roots , roots LOVE O2 so it's good to have a Gap between water and roots starting

Will maintain that
Thank you so much .

 

[SunnySunny]

so I really think your just not letting them breath

Yeah you are right
I have way more to much water in my system
Would fix that ASAP also

 

[bignugz420]

Yeah you are right
I have way more to much water in my system
Would fix that ASAP also

I bet you see a ton of improvement

 

[SunnySunny]

Everybody, thanks for that much help and advices . But that was my fuckup with this pH pen it was a piece of shit with same calibration solutions . So I got a new one and the old one way showing 1 more step then it's originally is . So all this time my ph was way to high. Dropped the water , balanced the ph to 5.5 and started a flush. Damn that's a stupid mistake

 

[Pennywise]

Hey Sunny, what I'm seeing is a classic phosphorus deficiency. If you're consistently ph'ing down to 5.5 that may be your issue. P is best absorbed closer to 6.2 ph. I think Nugz is right when he said Lower your water lvl some. I personally use 6" air stones in my 5 gallon buckets. I would run some bloom nutes for a short period to give them some P &K.

 

[SunnySunny]

Hey Sunny, what I'm seeing is a classic phosphorus deficiency. If you're consistently ph'ing down to 5.5 that may be your issue. P is best absorbed closer to 6.2 ph. I think Nugz is right when he said Lower your water lvl some. I personally use 6" air stones in my 5 gallon buckets. I would run some bloom nutes for a short period to give them some P &K.

Here what I'm having right now after I've changed water in res with a new with 5.5pH and lowered the level as been told earlier. It looks like they got even worse, and with not even damaged but dry leaves.
What would you suggest to do from this point?
Thanks .

 

[Pennywise]

Raise your ph to 6.0-6.2 and make sure the roots are getting plenty of oxygen. If you can't add bigger air stones you could lower the water so some of the roots are above water.

 

[SunnySunny]

Raise your ph to 6.0-6.2 and make sure the roots are getting plenty of oxygen. If you can't add bigger air stones you could lower the water so some of the roots are above water.

I have some peroxide, would that help with oxygen till I change the stones ? Now I'm having about 3" between the net and the water. Tips of roots are in water but big part of them are having access to o2 I guess

 

[Pennywise]

Peroxide wouldn't help a lot, just make sure some of the roots are exposed and get some bloom nutes or boosters in there. The deficiency will spread quickly.

 

[SunnySunny]

Peroxide wouldn't help a lot, just make sure some of the roots are exposed and get some bloom nutes or boosters in there. The deficiency will spread quickly.

How much of bloom should I put there ? They are 3gal buckets with about 1 gal of water inside

 

[Pennywise]

And raise ph level .

 

[Pennywise]

2-3 ml should be a start

 

[SunnySunny]

2-3 ml should be a start

Did the bloom nutes and ph to 6.1
Hope we would save them . thanks

 

[Pennywise]

Ok let's see what the newer growth looks like and watch to see if the progression stops creeping up. The bottom leaves that are splotchy are toast and won't come back.

 

[SunnySunny]

Ok let's see what the newer growth looks like and watch to see if the progression stops creeping up. The bottom leaves that are splotchy are toast and won't come back.

Should I chop them after the new grow shows ? And also I did notice roots turned a bit brownish , but looks like from nutes not rot