Gageblackwood
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So, after a couple rounds of messing with soil, ive decided im a chemistry kind of guy, and DWC seems to be the thing for me. As of today my setup is complete, just waiting for beanlings to start rooting.
So for starters i ordered myself some nirvana Blackberry feminized seeds, the strain sounded cool. Nice for indoor supposedly. I only have 3 of those seeds though, got 5, messed around with 2, so only 3 left. I really would like to hold on to at least one of those seeds in case this grow doesnt work out as id like to, because this is my first time with dwc. If the plants died before i could clone them, id be really sad. So anyhoo, i will be doing one nirvana blackberry seed and at least one, maybe two random bag seed from some really good bud. This way, if the grow is a success late into veg state, i can still clone the blackberry, knowing it will be female. Then if one of the bag seeds comes up male, i wont have to shoot myself in the head, or spend 10 hours detangling roots if i dont want to.
Enough with seeds, this grow journal is about the setup. DWC lets see how you go.
Bought myself a medium sized grey bin, drilled holes for 3.75 inch net pots. Wanted to keep it a little small, dont have a ton of room in the closet, as you will see by the pictures. Drilled six total holes on top. Then put holes for the pump line and a simple water level reader. The bin was anything but light-tight, so i taped the hell out of the thing. Duct tape, til i ran out, then electrical tape for the rest. Once i was done taping, i threw some rinsed off hydroton in the pots to see how i was doing on darkness.
While you obviously cant tell from the picture, it is in fact PITCH BLACK in there. Perfect. From what i understand that is very important to a dwc grow.
I dumped the rest of the the five gallon jug of RO water, that i hadnt already used for soaking the hydroton and equipment, into the tub. attached the two airstones i will be using, dropped em in. Hooked up the other ends of the lines to the air pump, plugged it in, and blam, a working dwc setup.
Now before you start screaming at your monitor, no, that is not all the water i will use. For now i still have my seeds just starting in gro-plugs/rockwool.
I have come to detest rockwool, but at the time it was all i had. I will probably try and transplant out of rockwool once that one cracks.
Anyway, here are the pics of the rest of my setup. For veg i will be using a 125 watt 6500k cfl. As the plants grow they will become surrounded by other supplemental lights as well. Enjoy!
I will post more once i move the plugs into the system. Hoping for the best! Happy smoking and gardening until then
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So for starters i ordered myself some nirvana Blackberry feminized seeds, the strain sounded cool. Nice for indoor supposedly. I only have 3 of those seeds though, got 5, messed around with 2, so only 3 left. I really would like to hold on to at least one of those seeds in case this grow doesnt work out as id like to, because this is my first time with dwc. If the plants died before i could clone them, id be really sad. So anyhoo, i will be doing one nirvana blackberry seed and at least one, maybe two random bag seed from some really good bud. This way, if the grow is a success late into veg state, i can still clone the blackberry, knowing it will be female. Then if one of the bag seeds comes up male, i wont have to shoot myself in the head, or spend 10 hours detangling roots if i dont want to.
Enough with seeds, this grow journal is about the setup. DWC lets see how you go.
Bought myself a medium sized grey bin, drilled holes for 3.75 inch net pots. Wanted to keep it a little small, dont have a ton of room in the closet, as you will see by the pictures. Drilled six total holes on top. Then put holes for the pump line and a simple water level reader. The bin was anything but light-tight, so i taped the hell out of the thing. Duct tape, til i ran out, then electrical tape for the rest. Once i was done taping, i threw some rinsed off hydroton in the pots to see how i was doing on darkness.
While you obviously cant tell from the picture, it is in fact PITCH BLACK in there. Perfect. From what i understand that is very important to a dwc grow.
I dumped the rest of the the five gallon jug of RO water, that i hadnt already used for soaking the hydroton and equipment, into the tub. attached the two airstones i will be using, dropped em in. Hooked up the other ends of the lines to the air pump, plugged it in, and blam, a working dwc setup.
Now before you start screaming at your monitor, no, that is not all the water i will use. For now i still have my seeds just starting in gro-plugs/rockwool.
I have come to detest rockwool, but at the time it was all i had. I will probably try and transplant out of rockwool once that one cracks.
Anyway, here are the pics of the rest of my setup. For veg i will be using a 125 watt 6500k cfl. As the plants grow they will become surrounded by other supplemental lights as well. Enjoy!
I will post more once i move the plugs into the system. Hoping for the best! Happy smoking and gardening until then
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