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First time grower with SILS on micro grow
- Thread starter Sampas92
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PCBuds
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I've got a second one that clips onto my camera.
The built-in light really helps.
I still have a hard time trying to get the right focus, especially when I'm trying to chase a soil mite around for a picture.
And I have a hard time with judging the color. The clear and white trichs kinda look the same, and sometimes the amber color is the orange pistils reflecting through a trichome. You've got to get the right angle to make sure you're not getting reflections.
It's not as cut and dry as I would like.
Using the camera with the clip-on helps so your head doesn't get in the way if you're checking the trichs right on the plant. I
don't like removing parts of the plant.
Sampas92
Just newbin
I have one like that but smaller, i found it today, its not the best thing tho
My girls seems to like the new lights, some stems are geting s bit of a slight tan, but the leafs say that they like it so im cool with it
So im in love with bottom feed
I submersed my pot in 2L of water until it covers all of the side holes, and let it be for 15 mnts
it sucked pretty fast in the first 5 mnts, slower in the second 5mnts and almost nothing in the last 5 mnts.
I take it off and let it drain
The soil is moisted until the top, i dranked 1.5l total.
Its great, i dont have the work of hand watering, 1-0 to laziness
Im gona start watering the auto lile this too, unfortanly i cant do it in the cat liter pot.
Anyone knows if i should let it be longer?lets say 30 mnts? I dont want to drown anybody
Peace
Sampas92
Just newbin
If it works for these guys i think if i do it right it can work for me, excelent thread btw, a slow reader
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=88449
She is going good..somedays i wished that i had poted her in my 15l pot, i think she would be a beauty, but then i think that i still have one auto cookies to germinate so
PCBuds
Well-known member
That's kinda what I do, but I just leave it in the tray all the time and make sure the tray doesn't run dry.
It doesn't get easier than that. Lol
PS... I just gave your thread a 5 star vote.
You're now up to a 4 star average.
Sampas92
Just newbin
That's kinda what I do, but I just leave it in the tray all the time and make sure the tray doesn't run dry.
It doesn't get easier than that. Lol
PS... I just gave your thread a 5 star vote.
You're now up to a 4 star average.
Thanks buds
i didnt even noticed i was 3 stars kkkk I know, its simillar..im thinking in experimenting something in the future. Since biobizz is pretty much a bit like teas im want to try the sip metod with their soils and feed them 1 or 2 a week like guys do in organics from time to time with teas, but i will be giving the dose a bit hoter than the usual because in theory they will be well watered by wicking. Less water more nutes, i think it will work, like gizmo said they are quite forgiving, also i gave the older girls the double the max dose in all nutes pel litre of water and they still asking for more..
Dunno, its a project for the future
PCBuds
Well-known member
The tray is dry right now, and I'm going to lightly top water until she has her two sets of leaves, then I'll fill the tray with nuted water.
I've got about two inches of clay balls at the bottom of the planter so that the soil isn't sitting in the water.
This method works great when the plant gets bigger and really starts to get thirsty. The water level drops a lot faster and I can see how much she's drinking.
Just add water when the waterline is low. No guessing.
I've got about two inches of clay balls at the bottom of the planter so that the soil isn't sitting in the water.
This method works great when the plant gets bigger and really starts to get thirsty. The water level drops a lot faster and I can see how much she's drinking.
Just add water when the waterline is low. No guessing.
PCBuds
Well-known member
The problem with my method is that I have no runoff either in my closet or my window sill, so I could get salt buildup, especially when I reuse the soil, but I do finish up with a plain water flush.
It's RO water too which should help to dissolve salts.
I haven't noticed my plants showing any ill effects.
Your organic nutes might go funky in an open tray after a day or so as well.
It's RO water too which should help to dissolve salts.
I haven't noticed my plants showing any ill effects.
Your organic nutes might go funky in an open tray after a day or so as well.
Sampas92
Just newbin
No, i will only add nutes in the top waterings that are gona be just a few..still thinking about it..
Yeah they are meant to be used in the first 24h after mixing.
If your girls are good i guess you dont need to do anything buds
PCBuds
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Yeah, except for build-up over time.
I did drain and clean my window plant tray 2-3 times with my last plant but I don't think that helps with salt build-up in the soil.
So I top water with a plain water flush at the end to help wash it through and de-nute the soil for the next plant.
Like you said, they seem fine so I'm not going to worry about it.
I think my bioherd helps to breakdown salts as well, or maybe prevent them in the first place ?
I did drain and clean my window plant tray 2-3 times with my last plant but I don't think that helps with salt build-up in the soil.
So I top water with a plain water flush at the end to help wash it through and de-nute the soil for the next plant.
Like you said, they seem fine so I'm not going to worry about it.
I think my bioherd helps to breakdown salts as well, or maybe prevent them in the first place ?
Sampas92
Just newbin
Day 39
Day 39
My auto likes the new lights all perky and praying
She is getting frosty, she releases a nice faint sweet aroma, nothing overwhelming but you notice something in the room where the grow is
Today was suppose to be watering day for them and to my older girls, but the last 3 days the weather is rainy and the rh in the grow is always between 50~60% and the pots still feel pretty heavy so no water for them but im gona keep a close eye on them, particulary on my older girls to see if they are hungry of anything
The second set of leafs still healthy
Day 39
My auto likes the new lights all perky and praying
She is getting frosty, she releases a nice faint sweet aroma, nothing overwhelming but you notice something in the room where the grow is
Today was suppose to be watering day for them and to my older girls, but the last 3 days the weather is rainy and the rh in the grow is always between 50~60% and the pots still feel pretty heavy so no water for them but im gona keep a close eye on them, particulary on my older girls to see if they are hungry of anything
The second set of leafs still healthy
Sampas92
Just newbin
Older
Older
This girls are still the same, except the girl on the left, some pistils are turning brown from the top of them to the bottom, just in the tops, dunno if is because of touching them or anythinf else
The buds seems fatter a little bit day by day wich is good
Peace
Older
This girls are still the same, except the girl on the left, some pistils are turning brown from the top of them to the bottom, just in the tops, dunno if is because of touching them or anythinf else
The buds seems fatter a little bit day by day wich is good
Peace
Sampas92
Just newbin
PCBuds
Well-known member
Maybe prevent them?really
Maybe they breakdown the salts and make the elements available to the roots?
I dunno?
Is it an aquarium lamp?
Ps my clones are finally make roots, happy me
The good old glass of water...(i give them 3days of rockwool so they can absorb the cloning gel)
Sampas92
Just newbin
Yes ot is, its right the size of the boards where i have my sils, any worth it?spectrum maybe?
My clone dont show nothing for now, the bubler is always on, i put one of the cuts without any root in a small pot with a dome to see if it does something, 1 day have passed and it not wilted wich is good.
I need to diy some rooting powder, i saw on youtube once, need to look for it.
How many days in water caio?
I remember when you use them in your grow buds. I like the colour the bulb gives just dont know if is any advantage for our girls
Im sure it work for cloning.
You can also put the clones under the plants.
They need only a very weak light, 3klux max. They need light only to feel alive, the rooting process is light independent.
3 days in rockwool 8 days in spring water, temps between 18 and 22°C.
The dome only for 2 days, 1 half open, 8 days without dome.
Only 2-3 cm of the stalk have to be in water.
With only spring water they take 20-40 days.
The clones do nothing for a lot of days but when they start to make rots they start grow like mad.
You can also put the clones under the plants.
They need only a very weak light, 3klux max. They need light only to feel alive, the rooting process is light independent.
3 days in rockwool 8 days in spring water, temps between 18 and 22°C.
The dome only for 2 days, 1 half open, 8 days without dome.
Only 2-3 cm of the stalk have to be in water.
With only spring water they take 20-40 days.
The clones do nothing for a lot of days but when they start to make rots they start grow like mad.
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