WisBUDman

this is my first time growing my own!!i started from seed,just some from the good stuff that i've smoked over the last few months.Anyway,things seem okay ,except that
my biggest plants have little yellow spots near the edges and some of the bigger leaves are curling!!I'm using a "emily's garden"
from HYDRO-GRO!!it is a wick system with
six plants!! also there is a white residue
on top of all the "geo-light"I'm using the nutrient solution that was provided but i threw the bottle out so i dont know what its called!! help!!

growingreen

I sounds to me like the white residue is from your nutrients and it also sounds like to that you did not dilute the solution enough when introducing the plants to the system. If you can drain the res (save the solution) flush really well with plain ph adjusted water and wait for them to recover. Dilute the salvaged solution and try again. This is what I would do in this situation, it is up to you to do the right thing.

WisBUDman

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by growingreen:
I sounds to me like the white residue is from your nutrients and it also sounds like to that you did not dilute the solution eugh when introducing the plants to the system. If you can drain the res (save the solution) flush really well with plain ph adjusted water and wait for them to recover. Dilute the salvaged solution and try again. This is what I would do in this situation, it is up to you to do the right thing.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
hey!thanks for your advice!as i stated before
this is my first attempt at growing anything
from a seed!!my babies look pretty scarey right now! they are about two weeks old and are about 9' high!! but now the leaves are turning in and droopy they look like they are dying!any other advice??

growingreen

If you drained the res and flushed the plants and refilled with nute free water your plant would show signs of recovery in a few hours if not within 10 to 15 minutes. Are you using net pots or not? If your pot bottoms are sitting on the water then you have a problem with an overwatering situation. You will see the plant turn yellow from the bottom up in this case. I hope this helped.

Epicurus

I've said it in the past, and I'm saying it again: if you don't have experience growing plants in general, don't try hydroponics. hydro isn't all that difficult, but if you don't know what you're doing, it can be almost impossible to keep even the simplest plants alive...for your first time, go w/ soil, it's SOOOO much more forgiving...

WisBUDman

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by growingreen:
If you drained the res and flushed the plants and refilled with nute free water your plant would show signs of recovery in a few hours if not within 10 to 15 minutes. Are you using net pots or not? If your pot bottoms are sitting on the water then you have a problem with an overwatering situation. You will see the plant turn yellow from the bottom up in this case. I hope this helped.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
how do i fix the problem if im over watering
in a hydo system?i thought the idea was that it was supposed to be in water??

growingreen

The idea of the wick system is that the wick once wetted, will bring the water to the roots when they want it. This does not mean that the pot bottoms should be on the water at all. The wick is what makes this system work. Some roots may make their way to the res at some point and this is ok, but the pot should not touch the water or the plants will suffer.

WisBUDman

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by growingreen:
The idea of the wick system is that the wick once wetted, will bring the water to the roots when they want it. This does not mean that the pot bottoms should be on the water at all. The wick is what makes this system work. Some roots may make their way to the res at some point and this is ok, but the pot should not touch the water or the plants will suffer.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

hey,thanks for the help!!i decided to grow organiclly!! transplanted to soil mix,no problems yet!!

WisBUDman

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Epicurus:
I've said it in the past, and I'm saying it again: if you don't have experience growing plants in general, don't try hydroponics. hydro isn't all that difficult, but if you don't know what you're doing, it can be almost impossible to keep even the simplest plants alive...for your first time, go w/ soil, it's SOOOO much more forgiving...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
took your wise advice,switched to soil a few days ago!! no troubles yet!!

growingreen

Way to be wise budman. I hope things work out for you and maybe on your next grow you can bust out emilys garden for another try.