can anyone point me in the right direction?

So you started a plant in soil but want to transplant to dwc? Or you're just learning to grow in soil, and want to eventually learn dwc?

Either way, ditch the fluoros and go LED or HID. The fluorescents will still be good for cloning lights, but you'll want at least 30 actual watts of high quality LED lighting for each square foot of your grow area, more if you go HID.

Also, soil with only 10% aeration will be prone to overwatering, I'd be careful about that.

 

overwatered.

i do that sometimes, just less hassle for me.

fluoro is good for veg. plenty good actually.




no harm done.

 

i just posted this in the other thread, it helps for overwatered plants
The Fast and Furious Flush'o'matic

 

Drowned looks like. Go hydro, roots set in water but you have to have plenty of air. A lot more easier.

 

you can add a little bit of hydrogen peroxide to the water to kick up the oxygen levels; they like that.

 

If you dilute say
90mL RO water + 10mL 32% H2O2
then you now have 3.2% H2O2 which is fine to use, but maybe better to aim for ~1%

The formula to determine this kind of stuff is C1V1 = C2V2. Where C1 is the initial concentration, V1 is the initial volume, C2 final concentration, V2 is final volume.

ex. You have three known terms, V2=1000mL (ie. 1L) of desired C2=1% solution starting with C1=32% peroxide; what is V1 (the needed volume of 32% peroxide).
It would be V1 = C2V2/C1 = {1% * 1000ml} / 32% = 1000/32 = 31.25 mL
therefore add 31.25 mL of 32% H2O@ to (1000-31.25) = 968.75 mL of RO water.

I hope that makes sense. I linked a page for you to get a better picture.

 

I don't think your plant needs more light, cuz plants stretch when they need more light and that's not the symptom I see.

 

I found a c1v1=c2v2 calculator for you.

 

I don't advise asking my daughter...