Rockwool Auto Help.

Discussion in 'Hydroponic Growing' started by azzaj13402, May 26, 2014.

  1. Hey guys I am in need of some help,
     
    I want to grow autos and have heard transplanting them is bad so how much rockwool should I get and put the seeds straight into because I really wanna grow autos.
     
    Thanks

     
  2. I can't speak about the rockwol but I went with rapid rooters. So far they have been great. Have heard a lot of good things about rapid rooters over rockwol. I use them in net pots surrounded by hydroton in a DWC bubbleponic setup


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  3. Hey azza
    Yea I have autos and a c99 in a dwc had same thoughts as you. I started my seed in rockwool as to not have to transplant any just soak rockwool in phd water over night and make a hole 1/2 in deep place seed and lightly cover with the rockwool. I immediately placed mine in my net pots on 1 in of the hydroton pebbles. Cover with paper plate and should see results in a day or 2 I had mine pop overnight.

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  4. I would get the 1.5" cubes or w.e u want really

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  5. Thanks guys I really need to do my reasearch
     
  6. What hydro system are you using? 
     
  7. @[member="GoldGrower"] none but am thinking of making a bucket then get a large cup put holes in it then cut the lid down and let the plastic cup support the lid and fill bucket with soil and refill bottom every now and then?
     
  8. #8 GoldGrower, May 30, 2014
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    I don't mean any offence but I literally have no idea what you mean by this lol.
     
    Whatever your plan is, if you are growing in soil there's no point using rockwool. Just drop your seeds 2" deep in the soil and wait a couple of days 
     
    Transplanting is not stressful as long as you don't do it too early and the root ball falls apart and you damage roots. 
     
  9. #9 azzaj13402, May 30, 2014
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    @[member="GoldGrower"] oh I want to grow autoflowers and what I mean is it basically uses a capillary system but...I wonder if a taproot still does it? will a taproot after germination still succk up water hrough the capillary affect? the bucket will be quite big sooo? will it work?
     
  10. When you say "fill the bucket with soil" do you mean with water? It almost sounds like you want to do a DWC with soil. Or maybe use a wick system. I am just throwing guesses out now, I have no idea what you are trying to explain lol 
     
  11. Here the bucket gets split into two halves and is seperated by a cup and a large lid the circumference of the bucket the bottom is filled with water and the to including the inside of the cup with small holes to let water through gets filled with soil and just refill the bottom @[member="GoldGrower"]

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  12. I'm sorry mate, this is the third time you have tried to explain and I have no idea what you mean. Each time you try to explain it sounds completely different. Ill have to pass this over to someone else
     
  13. @[member="GoldGrower"] here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dk1H-3YtD0
     
  14. I don't really see the point in that if I'm honest. What's the advantage over just simply watering the soil instead? Roots won't grow down in to the water unless you have an air pump. Marijuana plants need a lot of oxygen to the roots. That net pot would eventually crush flat, he would have been better off just dropping a brick in there between the two bucket bottoms I reckon
     
  15. Ahh yeah but the only.problem is I can only visit my crops on the weekend!

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  16. If they are indoors I would set up a hydro system. With a large reservoir you can easily leave them for a week if needed. Soil gives you a specific day that you have to water. Water too early and you risk suffocating the roots, water too late and you risk drying out your roots. With hydro they always have water, you just top up the reservoir every now and then. Ideally you would want to check EC and PH every day, but as long as you're somewhere near the plants will survive
     
  17. @[member="GoldGrower"]  thankyou man I guess I will just have to grow hydro thanks for the tips have you got aby hydro systemsc with a large res?
     
  18. I use a 70 litre DWC reservoir for 1 plant, but also have a 145 litre version, but it takes up unnecessary height. If I wanted to leave it for a week at a time I would use it though
     
    You could use smaller containers and have them topped off automatically using a float valve
     
  19. @[member="GoldGrower"] ahh yeah ill look  into the float valve thingy
     

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