going to try DWC this time

snowolf41

snowolf41

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hey guys im thinking about trying hydro after a couple of my plants outside got cut down by some nosy asshole neighbors down the road. With that being said i have done some research on a DWC and it sounds like the best way to start off in hydro. I have a HPS but its only a 150watt but i will be only growing one plant to start off with. as for the strain itself i have no clue its a bag seed i found. I do have the little sprout in rockwool over a t5 light right now. so my real question is do i just put the rockwool cube into a net pot with some clay balls? also if you guys have any guides for noobs at DWC those would be more than helpfull
 
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Glaucoma

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The answer to your question is yes, just put the cube into a net pot with clay balls.

Be sure that the water level is high enough to touch the clay pellets until the roots drop out, then lower the water level to a couple inches below the pot. Try not to keep the rockwool too wet while growing out the roots.. it leads to stem rot pretty quick. Just let the clay pellets wick water up to it.

There are a lot of DWC specific how-to's around.
 
Hydroburn

Hydroburn

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yea that's about it... with air bubbles. make sure the bucket is 100% light proof and keep temps below 70 if you can (insulation, ice bottles, etc) to prevent slime. You can use Aquashield to prevent slime and should probably use a little tap water conditioner with it (pet store fish section), because chloramine could make it less effective. Allow ph to drift 5.6 - 6.2 in flower... a little lower in veg. Be careful not to use any nutes or additives containing organics. If you haven't bought anything yet, botanicare kind, dyna-gro, general hydro flora give good results and don't have organics (my favorite is Kind). For additives, I would just run pro-tekt, aquashield, and tap water conditioner for your first couple runs... you might also need cal/mag later depending on your setup. Keep PPM lower than you would think... for 150w hps you probably would never need to go above 600ppm (United States). The more water you can use the more stable it will be (ph, ppm, temp drift).
 
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Marlo95

Marlo95

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Hydroburn said:
yea that's about it... with air bubbles. make sure the bucket is 100% light proof and keep temps below 70 if you can (insulation, ice bottles, etc) to prevent slime. You can use Aquashield to prevent slime and should probably use a little tap water conditioner with it (pet store fish section), because chloramine could make it less effective. Allow ph to drift 5.6 - 6.2 in flower... a little lower in veg. Be careful not to use any nutes or additives containing organics. If you haven't bought anything yet, botanicare kind, dyna-gro, general hydro flora give good results and don't have organics (my favorite is Kind). For additives, I would just run pro-tekt, aquashield, and tap water conditioner for your first couple runs... you might also need cal/mag later depending on your setup. Keep PPM lower than you would think... for 150w hps you probably would never need to go above 600ppm (United States). The more water you can use the more stable it will be (ph, ppm, temp drift).
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Why can't you use organics?
 
kmog33

kmog33

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Dwc is awesome but also the easiest method for things to go wrong. Make sure you get and enzyme for your roots it will help avoid root issues.

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Golderado

Golderado

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^^ Good advice.

My advice would be to read, read and then read some more. Multiple forums with multiple HOW TO's on DWC, RDWC, NFT all great info for any hydro situation.

Good luck, this stuffs addicting!!

:)
 
joespit

joespit

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make sure to keep the water temp in your reservoir 60-78F any higher and you could get pithyum and root rot. Keep an eye on your root color. White is right
 
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