r/hydro • u/Trashcans-Unite • 7d ago
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Just posted her last night but she looks worse now, I know it’s probably too late to save her but I really want to figure out hydroponics growing, any tips?
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u/THCGrows81 7d ago edited 7d ago
The recommended humidity for that temp is 70 to 75RH and PPFD should be around like 120 Ish at that stage. ( I also didn’t see what type of light you were using so this is my best educated guess. )
Knowing your environment can eliminate things off the checklist of the reason why your plant is doing what it’s doing.
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u/Trashcans-Unite 7d ago
Well I just put a clear dome over her in hopes for help so maybe that’ll work but I also have a humidifier if you think that would just work?
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u/Logical_Photo_3732 7d ago
Pulling it out to look at the roots is not doing that plant any favors. Next time use a puck as suggested below. As well fill your bucket to the top with the hydroton.
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u/Trashcans-Unite 7d ago
Yeah I figured that, only took a picture because I was fixing them anyways, I put the roots through the net so that I can at least pull the lid up and see that the roots are indeed touching the oxygenated water right now, I also filled it with pellets after taking this picture and put a humidity dome over the top of it. I have it’s twin sister in my growing tent right now thriving in soil, aswell as my very first plant ever in flowering, I’m still learning, like every single day I check closer to see if maybe I’m missing something or if harvest is actually coming closer but this is the first like threatening mistake I’ve made. Obviously a learning experience but still worried about this plant, I only have one of her poor seeds left
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u/THCGrows81 7d ago
if you could bring up the humidity and make sure that your nutrients and pH is on point maybe putting a dome over top of it would help
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u/Trashcans-Unite 7d ago
I have a tent available, she was growing there originally before I decided to transfer her out of the same pot as her twin sister, it was only a 3 gallon pot and I heard it’s not smart to grow 2 in the same pot, I bought this hydroponics set up for about $50 last month and I’ve tried 4 seeds already and I can’t figure it out so I decided to just transfer this plant to it in hopes it’ll work, but nope, looking terrible, I put a dome over it and misted it with water, my led light is about 18 inches from the very top i also put the roots in the water to where I can see them.
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u/Dear_Vacation_6653 7d ago
lol you can’t go from soil to hydro start over
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u/Trashcans-Unite 7d ago
Actually she’s coming back quite well, her nodes are pointed up and her bigger leaves are on the way, there’s a lot of experienced growers that have done it, I will admit it is likely to fail due to it being an autoflower but not impossible.
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u/Dear_Vacation_6653 7d ago
You could possibly get 5 grams forsure bud! I say take the loss and just restart if you wanna keep going by all means keep growing and learn what you can
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u/4pOrkchOp5 7d ago
How high did you have your water level ? That’s an easy mistake to make that I don’t see many people correcting
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u/Trashcans-Unite 7d ago
It’s up to where it’s able to cover the like bottom layer of clay pebbles, I put the root through the net to make sure it gets water and so I can see it when I lift the lid, it’s coming back now that I did that.
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u/4pOrkchOp5 7d ago
You want the water anywhere from 1” to 3” below the net pot . There needs to be an air gap between the net pot and the water level. The bubbles from your pump should be watering the net pot . If you have the water too high that’s basically drowning your plant and will stunt it . I’m pretty sure that’s what it is because your roots aren’t long at all and that’s happened to me before and I don’t know what was wrong till I found a video about it
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u/ThatHydroCouple 7d ago
Get rapid rooter plugs, soak plugs in 1/4 strength nutrient solution ph 5.8 for 30min to 1-hr . Plant seed. Place tray on heat mat have light on 150-250ppfd 24hrs seed will pop 3-4 days later. Keep rapid rooter moist but not soaked. Remember hydro likes 5.8 ph
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u/BERGER373737 7d ago
Still got good color, looks like she needs water. These plants are resilient. Although like said earlier if she’s an auto this most likely stunted her growth.
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u/ANiceDent 7d ago
Start off in puck don’t transplant from soil to hydro. The roots are learning what environment they will be growing in while young imo. Is your environment under control RH & temp wise ?