Alright guys. I'm not straying from coco but after this crop finishes I did want to try a single plant in a DWC bucket.
So for starters I have NO IDEA how to do this.
I understand I need an air pump and an air stone and some tubing... but I have NO IDEA HOW TO FEED. What to feed.... when....
I have tried looking up guides but idk man its much better asking the gromunity.
Honestly man, if someone could give me a link on HOW to grow in a DWC bucket.
And maybe some links on what I need.
I'll be doing this grow in a 27x27 MH tent. I have everything setup already. I'll be using the MH ts1000 for lighting.
I use big blooms and buds organic liquid nutrients.
So if anyone could tell me what all I need, when to feed & how to feed. That would be AWESOME.
I have found a few DWC bucket setups on Amazon. May buy one soon.
i make my dwc buckets myself, i buy 20L buckets with lid, buy a netpot place the netpot ontop of lid dead centre then draw a line around it then cut the line so you know the netpot fits nice and tight in there, drill a hole in the side of the bucket AT THE TOP ABOVE WATER LEVEL for the airline to fit through, 1 end in the res you will push the airline onto your airstone and the other end of the airline that will be pushed onto your air pump.
fill the bottom of the netpot with claypebbles (wash them really good with water 1st, bath or shower, so all the dirt and dust is off them)
then place your cutting/clone in there ontop of the pebbles, once youve done that add more pebbles so the plants nice and steady and not going to fall over etc.
fill the res with water/nutrient just under the net pot, the reason for this is when the air pump is putting bubbles into the water they rise and hit the surface of the res and pop, the little bits of water (mist) create and areoponic environment which will keep the pebbles wet and the roots will come down searching for the res (i hand feed from the top until i see roots coming out of the netpot and then stop hand feeding), usually takes about 1-2 days for the roots to come down (depending on strain etc) some take shorter time and others take longer.
once the roots are out and into the res its literally just a case of making sure your PH is in range, your EC isnt too high (less is more in hydro, easy to over feed them and cause nuteburn/toxicity/lockouts etc) and keeping your res temps around 18c-20c and obviously keeping your air pump on 24/7 do not let it go off anytime ever.
i change my res every 5-7 days, others do it every 2 weeks and others dont even bother changing it they just top it up (personal preference)
i always see explosive growth after a res change so i do it once a week.
ph can fluctuate in hydro so keep an eye on it daily!
keep an eye on your water levels and just top up when required until res change day, dont forget as they get bigger and start going into flower they will drink silly ammounts of water/nutes so please keep that in mind lol
its really easy once you know the basics and the results speak for themselves. if you get everything right you will be very very impressed.
make sure you have 600w light minimum more light = more buds and fatter buds
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good luck and enjoy!!!