fishwaffle

Hydro Growers:
1. Are you growing from seed or clones? seed - Mazar
2. How old are your plants? 13 days
3. How tall are your plants? a few inches
4. What type of hydro system are you using? diy ebb and flow
5. What brand/type of nutrients are you using? technaflora, the trial pack
6. What is the Ph of your nutrient solution? ~6.5
7. What is the PPM/EC of your tap water? dont know
8. What is the PPM/EC of your nutrient solution? don't know, but its 1/4 strength. first nutes its gotten was last night except for some thrive alive and root 66 when they were smaller.
9. What is the temperature of your nutrient solution? i'd guess 75
10. Does your PPM/EC show a rise or fall when you do your daily PPM check? dont't have one of those yet
11. Does your pH show a rise or fall when you do your daily check? it rose from under 6 to about 6.5 since last night.
12. Do you foliar feed or spray your plants with anything? not in almost a week, but it was just water.
13. What kind of lights do you use and how many watts combined? (HPS, MH, fluorescent, halogen, incandescent "plant lights") right now its under a T5 96w 6500k
14. How close are your lights to the plants? a couple inches
15. What size is your grow space in square feet? about 3.5
16. What is the temperature and humidity in your grow space? 72-79* and 45-62%
17. Have you noticed any insect activity in your grow space? no
18. How much experience do you have growing? this is my 2nd grow

i thought this was a ph problem at first, then i thought it was over watering. but they are getting droopier every day. well 2 of them are droopy and kinda yellowing, the other 2 seem to be pretty happy.

has some weird leaves but seems to be doing well

pretty droopy

really droopy and yellowing


smaller than the others but doing well.


any help is greatly appreciated

stoney-trees

I cant tell if its over or under watered. Seems like one though.

A ph problem wouldnt be suprising, as 6.5 is high for soil...Its really high for hydro.

PPM meter is your most needed purchase. Growing in water without one is foolish.

bluecheese

It look like over watering to me. How often & for how long are you flooding?

A pH of 6.5 is really high for hydro. I try to keep mine between 5.6 & 6.1 but the strain I'm growing now loves 5.7.

TBH I've had babies that looked exactly like that & they outgrew the curls.

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fishwaffle

right now it waters for 5 minutes 4 times a day. it fills up pretty quick, probably within the first 2-3 minutes. i thought my problem was overwatering first, i wasn't using a digital timer so it was on for 15 minutes, and i had it run 6 times a day.

HM Digital TDS-EZ Meter/Tester, Water/ppm/Purity/Filter - eBay (item 270411724544 end time Oct-17-09 11:29:05 PDT)
i found this one on ebay for 16 dollars. i think i'll probably order that one.

fishwaffle

i adjusted the ph back to 5.5, the leaves were curled under even more than before. the ph seems to be riising every day. i'll post pictures when i get back from class. i've already lost 4 of these seeds to jiffy pods... i need to keep these alive.