Some really good advice being given and ignored here. DWC is every newbs first hydroponic setup and that’s comes with more difficult learning curves since there more area’s of concern.
Sure you can grow half way decent bud but what if you incorporate what your being told? Maybe it’ll be better than half way. Think about that.
I did. And dwc isn’t every first newb grow.It’s RDWC. I just covered the Rez tank with black garbage bag, no algae has grown since and checking the buckets, it’s clear inside.
This isn’t my first grow. DWC isn’t complicated I just had enough of filling every individual buckets.
previous grow, I used only a bucket and rock wool. No clay pebbles as I get lazy at the end removing the roots from it.
Interesting method Because I got high. So with the dwc buckets your water is constantly being moved around, mixed up, airated , is that correct? probably kept cooler and more stable this way too. With the trays and rockwool those are being drip feed yes ? Do you keep those on a timer or on constant feed. Its something quite similar to what ive used before. Only mine was in hydroton and was a rapid top feed drip line and rapid flood and drain combo on timers. Actually worked very well. Your plants seem to be loving it and growing fast, I think your running out of room due to jungle type rapid growth. Used to happen to me too. Looks cool.
It’s a Recirculating deep water culture system, all buckets are linked to the Rez.
I have cold air sucked in from the negative pressure keeping my Rez cold. I have never required a chiller for any buckets. I have never encounter root rot.
I have grown previously with the rock wool fully saturated from water from the start of the grow to the end.As long as you provide your roots with oxygen your all good.
the tray setup was suppose to be a flood and drain, but I didn’t have a timer, so I made It like a DWC system but have a Rez tank underneath, so inside the Rez tank there’s a pump that pumps water from underneath the tray, and a overflow piping going back down to the Rez, with air stones in the Rez tank and the tray itself. Not drip feed. I used 1” PVC attached to the pump and pump back to the tray from the top, creating a waterfall effect to provide the oxygen.
as long as you have a waterfall effect your good to go.
RDWC. Rez tank has a water pump with PVC piping feeding to each site from the net pot. No bucket has air stone inside. Seems to be doing pretty well. 2” PVC as return.
I fill up the buckets every 2-3days. Plants drink about 5L a day.
yes they’re constantly moving water back to the Rez tank and filled to each site.
Everything is constant.
I have seen side by side grows, constant top feed vs flood and drain. Constant top feed from topwas better.
First time I had algae in my tanks due using clones that have algae already grown on it from previous grows. No real biggie.
I try to minimise materials. I’ll take more pictures to show you.
tray system is best when you use it as sog. Just make sure that u cover the tray or you’ll get algae slime, not root rot. Just slime.
I have hyd clay pebbles aswell, but lazy in cleaning them at the end. So I just used rock wool , bucket , water and something to provide air. Covering the tray from light will solve everything.
The tent is a 2m x 2m x 2m.
Next grow I will Use LST. Because it would’ve been great if I did it earlier as my tent is nearly filled.
some plants are getting to close to the lights. Week four is tomorrow.
