1st Grow - Hubbabubbasmelloscope in DWC & Water Farm

[Homie Da Clown]

Appologies appreciated but not necessary!!

Maybe clean all my airstones with an H2O2 solution?

idk, I use air diffusors by UC, and then i just use the wands in the farms. BUT I DO AGREE, that extra stones in the farms will help!

I fill up a tub with water and bleach and scrub or soak all of my systems between each run.

 

[Homie Da Clown]

What kind and size of air pump you using?

 

[Wisher2]

Appologies appreciated but not necessary!!

Maybe clean all my airstones with an H2O2 solution?

should work well

I agree with Homie
I believe getting you some bennies is a +
+life by hydroponic research is by far the best I have found so far out of all brands and mixes

replicating the enviroment will work
and as for the seedling
I am sure it is not to late to just pull it up and out of the hydroton
I would do this and hand feed it once you get the bucket stable
that will allow you to clean the hydroton better and maybe run some h2O2 through it

then when you get the bennies or some sort of bennie you inoculate your roots with it and place the seedling back into the fresh bucket

here is a seedling about a month old


its roots are pretty solid


this is what it has been growing in because I am to lazy to transplant


these plants get 1.5 ec and a dash of +life beneficials

this has allowed my plants to be successful

I think it best when starting seeds that will go to dwc and the like
to grow the seedlings in a cut tray like this until the seedlings get some hight and root girth before transplanting to final home
this is just my Personal Opinion

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

its all good cjsbaby, my apologies on side tracking the thread. And your welcome!

And hey, im proud that a GIRL had big enough kahunnas, to tackle dwc. I know a lot of guys barely make it out of Fox Farms soil.. It will be frustrating at times.. Every emotion you would have for a newborn you will experience with these, although not quite as dramatic...
But its very gratifying journey!
I actually get too bask in your glory when you succeed too.
And that is my pay, what I get out of it...
I like building winners!
And a tough brave girl for a new Padawan, that I believe in...
That is enuf appreciation for me....

Aww you’re so kind! (Hubby says we are all a buch of potheads lol*). And yeah - I tend to like trying things that are a challenge; and since I had such good success with my container gardens last year and the herbs and all in my AeroGardens, it was just natural for me to take the next step

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

What kind and size of air pump you using?

960gph from Vivosun

 

[Wisher2]

960gph from Vivosun

thats a lot of bubbles
what type of diffuser or stane are you using

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

thats a lot of bubbles

“Go big or go home” ... plus, the pump that came with the waterfarm SUX - didnt seem to even barely move the water ... besides, this way if I ended up getting a bigger tent later on it’ll be oneless thing to buy

what type of diffuser or stane are you using

4”x2” airstone - again Vivosun

 

[Homie Da Clown]

Cool.. Just wanted to make sure u was getting enuf DO...

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

Cool.. Just wanted to make sure u was getting enuf DO...

btw, 2 of those stones in rhe DWC and 1 in the WF

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

All right folks - experiment started!

6 gallons of distilled water in the bucket along with 12ml of cal mag ...

ph is 5.8
EC measurement is .1,
400ppm measurement is 40ppm, and
700p measurement is 60ppm (not sure which of the three is best, but hell I’ll track it all of them, both when I first put a nute in and after 15 mins BEFORE I add the next nute)

 

[Wisher2]

All right folks - experiment started!

6 gallons of distilled water in the bucket along with 12ml of cal mag ...

ph is 5.8
EC measurement is .1,
400ppm measurement is 40ppm, and
700p measurement is 60ppm (not sure which of the three is best, but hell I’ll track it all of them, both when I first put a nute in and after 15 mins BEFORE I add the next nute)

you can add the nute is at the same time
as Micro then grow then bloom
you dont have to wait at all
once you dump each nute just mix until well incorperated and it should be good to go

also 5.8 is your starting ph?
seems crazy low
after adding all the nutes you are gonna be sitting in the 2.0/3.0 ph range

we will see

 

[Homie Da Clown]

It sure was cleaner than the Flora Nova, no doubt I didn't dislike it just wanted to try Flora Nova again it's what I used my very first grow and use to use it back then in coco. I had been doing living organics for a while indoors like I do with my outdoor veggies but just got tired of it indoors. Too much work in tents and I am having some health issues so started to look for ways to lighten the load but keep the quality going even if yield suffered a bit because I grow for myself so no numbers to meet deadlines etc. I get to do whatever I want and the goal is to keep breeding and pheno hunting but never run out of head stash so I don't have to buy. If I can do that I'm a happy camper. And Flora Nova bloom is magic for clones man........

Sounds good brother. I think for an older dude and really anybody, a dtw system is about as good as it gets.. You could hook it up to a 55 gal res and run it 2 weeks with out adjustment. Prob longer...
As long as you provide good run off and a weekly tea feeding, it runs damn near flawlessly..

 

[Homie Da Clown]

All right folks - experiment started!

6 gallons of distilled water in the bucket along with 12ml of cal mag ...

ph is 5.8
EC measurement is .1,
400ppm measurement is 40ppm, and
700p measurement is 60ppm (not sure which of the three is best, but hell I’ll track it all of them, both when I first put a nute in and after 15 mins BEFORE I add the next nute)

5.8 huh... seems low..
Ok well add the nutes,
micro first.

 

[Homie Da Clown]

you can add the nute is at the same time
as Micro then grow then bloom
you dont have to wait at all
once you dump each nute just mix until well incorperated and it should be good to go

also 5.8 is your starting ph?
seems crazy low
after adding all the nutes you are gonna be sitting in the 2.0/3.0 ph range

we will see

Well it isnt uncommon for distilled to move from 7 because of air/c02
but if she is at 5.8 she gonna need a lot of ph up

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

but if she is at 5.8 she gonna need a lot of ph up

Really? I had found the following when I was trying to determine what the perfect ph is for weed in hydro:

• between 5.5 and 5.8 perfect
• between 5.3 and 6.5 good
• between 5.0 and 7.0 acceptable
• below 4.5 and above 8.0 disrupted absorption of nutrients
• below 3.5 and above 9.0 irreversible damage to the roots

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

Question: getting ready to clean that airstome with some H2O2 (3%) and distilled water ... what ratio am I using? 3ml/gal?

 

[Homie Da Clown]

Really? I had found the following when I was trying to determine what the perfect ph is for weed in hydro:

• between 5.5 and 5.8 perfect
• between 5.3 and 6.5 good
• between 5.0 and 7.0 acceptable
• below 4.5 and above 8.0 disrupted absorption of nutrients
• below 3.5 and above 9.0 irreversible damage to the roots

well we mean that the starting ph before adding micro/grow/bloom was low at 5.8...
But once you get it all mixed, then tell us what the EC, and PH or..
5.8 when finished mixing would be perfect

 

[cjsbabygirl313]

Ok, here’s where it stands now with all the nutes added and the airstone in it:


I’ll start checking those values again each hour around 3pm

 

[Evil-Mobo]

I always shoot for 5.8-6.0

 

[Wisher2]

Ok, here’s where it stands now with all the nutes added and the airstone in it:
View attachment 4098985

I’ll start checking those values again each hour around 3pm

I am not entirely following that graph
so you added 1ml per gal micro and 1ml per gal bloom
and 2ml per gal Calmg?
it should be more
for 6gal
12ml micro
24ml bloom
1:2 ratio
the lucas method
no calmg
1:1:1 is fine if you are using all 3 bottle
1:2 if only M/B
2ml micro : 4ml Bloom per gal of water
also
online charts for ph ranges are just a guideline
my Hydro nutrients run @ 3.5ph
but when running something like GH
I keep it between
5.5-6.0
we were concerned that your starting water was 5.8
starting water is usually @ 7ph
you never want to ph the starting water
ALWAYS!!!!! ph after all nutrients have been added