What is going on with this girl?

[SkinnieP]

Time will show you the way grasshopper, I start my coco grows trying for 11 plants, got 7 this run. Relax, 3 part GH, easy does it. Moe & the crew will help ya. I use Canna coco nutes, but over time I have learned to" soup it up"! going slowly wins the race to "Harvest" our goal. Cheers an Wake an Bake

Absolutely. Cheers buddy

 

[SkinnieP]

This revelation I feel like helped me a ton...I use distilled water and it had nothing in it...0ppm water....so on days where I don't feed but just water I started adding calmag and it helped a lot...don't get the mag deficiency nearly as bad (I'm in soil)

Tell ya what tho, our hydro growers here are some true bad asses so just be willing to ask questions, take the critique, and soak up the knowledge. Ask it 5 different ways if it isn't making sense and eventually you will be sailing the same waters.

Absolutely. You guys all seem like badasses, it’s refreshing to join a community where everyone wants to help you succeed. I’ve also got a couple autoflowers in soil, so excited to apply this info there as well. They’re only on day 8 but so far so good!

 

[moe.red]

Yes sir! Exactly right. I’ll be growing everything from seed because I don’t think I want to keep a mother plant around. But yeah man I have no idea why the roots on this one never took off. The one I kept was younger and the roots are very robust and healthy!

Just a hypothesis, but I think I could have burned this one early on with too many nutes, and it stunted growth and she just never recovered.

I know now that slow and steady wins the race

Thanks for the feedback and teachings. Might have to start calling you Mr. Miagi for dwc

For sure treating them right from day one is the goal.

I like my roots to start branching right away. Seeds produce a tap root clones do not. But the clone style root system is best for hydro.

One of the things about tap roots is they head straight down until they meet resistance. Once you hit the water there is none until the bottom of the barrel. So if you do not start branching in the netpot you get exactly what you did here.

Early branching is about resistance. You can use hormones too but not needed. I like to start my seeds in 1 inch rock will cubes. Put them in a 10x20 tray with a dome. Let the tap root come all the way out and find the tray and leave it for a couple more days. The result will be several root starts coming out of the cube.

Second I am no longer a fan of hydroton. The gaps are too big and the roots easily work around the smooth surface. Coco and perlite in the net pot works better for me.

 

[Observer]

For sure treating them right from day one is the goal.

I like my roots to start branching right away. Seeds produce a tap root clones do not. But the clone style root system is best for hydro.

One of the things about tap roots is they head straight down until they meet resistance. Once you hit the water there is none until the bottom of the barrel. So if you do not start branching in the netpot you get exactly what you did here.

Early branching is about resistance. You can use hormones too but not needed. I like to start my seeds in 1 inch rock will cubes. Put them in a 10x20 tray with a dome. Let the tap root come all the way out and find the tray and leave it for a couple more days. The result will be several root starts coming out of the cube.

Second I am no longer a fan of hydroton. The gaps are too big and the roots easily work around the smooth surface. Coco and perlite in the net pot works better for me.

Just to add, I have broken the end of tap roots off and they start spreading out from there, lol.

 

[Observer]

@Moe.Red can help best with this, sounds like you have taken all the right steps with Hydrroguard, changing res, ect. I am a coco grower so a RDWC guy will try this thread for solving. Welcome to Budbuilders

Yea moe and aqua are some of the most knowledgeable off the top of my head here, for dwc, sure anthem and dirtbag and tobh, sshz and slg and smoke know their shit too,sorry if I'm forgetting some

Bunch of very knowledgeable people here to learn from.

Thanks y'all.




Ramblings of a drink man at 3am, lol.

 

[SkinnieP]

Yoo, I've posted my progress for this grow on YouTube.
I'm not going to post the link in here because I'm not sure if it's allowed, but if anyone wants to check it out let me know.

I'm new to growing and have never done youtube before but I think this first vid turned out pretty decent. Would appreciate your feedback and constructive criticism

 

[Observer]

For sure treating them right from day one is the goal.

I like my roots to start branching right away. Seeds produce a tap root clones do not. But the clone style root system is best for hydro.

One of the things about tap roots is they head straight down until they meet resistance. Once you hit the water there is none until the bottom of the barrel. So if you do not start branching in the netpot you get exactly what you did here.

Early branching is about resistance. You can use hormones too but not needed. I like to start my seeds in 1 inch rock will cubes. Put them in a 10x20 tray with a dome. Let the tap root come all the way out and find the tray and leave it for a couple more days. The result will be several root starts coming out of the cube.

Second I am no longer a fan of hydroton. The gaps are too big and the roots easily work around the smooth surface. Coco and perlite in the net pot works better for me.

Have you tried vermiculite yet?

It makes a really nice "cake/sponge" that seems to breathe even better than coco, once it's enveloped in root zone,

I don't know though, I had one plant in a half gallon of 100% vermiculite, would have to test it again.

 

[Observer]

Yoo, I've posted my progress for this grow on YouTube.
I'm not going to post the link in here because I'm not sure if it's allowed, but if anyone wants to check it out let me know.

I'm new to growing and have never done youtube before but I think this first vid turned out pretty decent. Would appreciate your feedback and constructive criticism

I think it's allowed.

 

[steamroller]

Yoo, I've posted my progress for this grow on YouTube.
I'm not going to post the link in here because I'm not sure if it's allowed, but if anyone wants to check it out let me know.

I'm new to growing and have never done youtube before but I think this first vid turned out pretty decent. Would appreciate your feedback and constructive criticism

Throw your link up here.
We are pretty open minded and really just interested in learning or helping others.
I'll delete it if it is outrageous or something, but you are stretching the mind of a creative punisher.

 

[moe.red]

Have you tried vermiculite yet?

It makes a really nice "cake/sponge" that seems to breathe even better than coco, once it's enveloped in root zone,

I don't know though, I had one plant in a half gallon of 100% vermiculite, would have to test it again.

For me I don’t want breathing. Trying to hold o2 in. But yeah vermiculite works too.

 

[moe.red]

YouTube is great for us. We like vids but pay for disk space and bandwidth so external is

 

[Observer]

For me I don’t want breathing. Trying to hold o2 in. But yeah vermiculite works too.

Ahh right I see

 

[MDK]

Dope thing about YouTube is you can create a second account easy and just switch between the 2 so say you have one for family videos and kids as I do...I can switch over to my grow channel and upload something nobody will see but targeted audience or hidden only viewable by link type videos

You literally click on your avatar and first thing offered is switch accounts so boom just select your other channel

Keeps playlists separate tho, couldn't find my music one day was on the grow channel

 

[SkinnieP]

Sweet. Be critical. Thanks

 

[SkinnieP]

Yea moe and aqua are some of the most knowledgeable off the top of my head here, for dwc, sure anthem and dirtbag and tobh, sshz and slg and smoke know their shit too,sorry if I'm forgetting some
Bunch of very knowledgeable people here to learn from.
Thanks y'all.

Ramblings of a drink man at 3am, lol.

100%. These guys have helped me out so much getting things dialed in. Much love @moe.red & @Aqua Man ... Also every one else that's commented on here really.
I didn't think to give a shoutout to the forum on that video but you best believe it'll be there in the next

Dope thing about YouTube is you can create a second account easy and just switch between the 2 so say you have one for family videos and kids as I do...I can switch over to my grow channel and upload something nobody will see but targeted audience or hidden only viewable by link type videos
You literally click on your avatar and first thing offered is switch accounts so boom just select your other channel
Keeps playlists separate tho, couldn't find my music one day was on the grow channel

Yeah man. So short story, I had my YouTube account signed in to the family TV downstairs. As I was coming downstairs my kids were watching the intro to my video lmao.
Thankfully I came down in time to shut it off. Needless to say, my YouTube account is not connected to the family TV anymore.

Cheers guys

 

[Aqua Man]

Lol i was going to say after the first stem to pinch and roll but you got it.

Just a tip on that. Pinch hard but do not twist. Hard enough to feel some crunching and pooping once you hear that you know you have the right amount of pressure. Move fingers and repeat. Then with mild pressure between your fingers roll back and forth until the stem is soft and flops over (small rolls though the further ya go the more chance of splitting . Do this to about a 2 inch area if your internode spacing allows.

Go slow take like a min, 2 or even 3 per stem. This will become an absolute must if you ever add silica.

Here is a basic defoliation technique that explains some principles and gives some of the whys involved.

Cannabis defoliation (The Basics) by Aqua Man

So let me explain defoliation in a way that will allow you to know how and when to defoliate. This is basic and wont include crop steering methods. You need to get a good base understanding and practice first imo before going all ham on advanced techniques. This is for i door plants only...

budbuilders.org

 

[SkinnieP]

Go slow take like a min, 2 or even 3 per stem. This will become an absolute must if you ever add silica.

Yes sir! I'm impatient asf so I'm learning the hard way I've been using Silica since about wk 3.

Here is a basic defoliation technique that explains some principles and gives some of the whys involved.

Cannabis defoliation (The Basics) by Aqua Man

So let me explain defoliation in a way that will allow you to know how and when to defoliate. This is basic and wont include crop steering methods. You need to get a good base understanding and practice first imo before going all ham on advanced techniques. This is for i door plants only...

budbuilders.org

Appreciate this

 

[Habosabin]

I vote hydroguard in terms on ease of use compared to sterile.

 

[Observer]

I vote hydroguard in terms on ease of use compared to sterile.

Sterile is cheaper

Bennies cost more but may be more affective and productive.

Hear good things about hydroguard, not used it personally