BeaverHuntr
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Yeah I keep my res from 65-68 degrees I use a lot of air and at least 3 air stones in each 5 gallon res and the plants love the extra oxygen ..
First dwc small scale need some help Pics
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NorCalTransplant
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Apparently the plants ability to process oxygen through the roots diminishes quite a bit when you get close to 70 degrees. 62-65 is where a plant will do well in DWC. Plus the colder water reduces other root problems like root rot. Just keep the nuts to a minimum, you could probably get away with just phd water until the roots get going in the water, and keep those water temps low and stable. Give the little guy a few days to get acclimated, should be fine in a few days. GL!
hpn0tiq420
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Thanks for all the good info water temps staying at 65 and it is very touchy on the ph but seems to be ok roots arejust blowing up and finally got some new growth today posting pics later tonight
hpn0tiq420
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Picture update 4th day after placed in hydro was cut 2 days prior so it's 6 days old can't believe how fast this all happen in a blink of an eye her ya go
Ph adjusted this morning was at 6 I put it back to 5.5 and it goes to 6 about every 3 days so I figure if I keep teething back to 5.5 and it rising to 6 I will get the best intake of nutes
Should I maybe give it an extra day before adjusting so it can get up to 6.3 or is that not a good idea?
Ph adjusted this morning was at 6 I put it back to 5.5 and it goes to 6 about every 3 days so I figure if I keep teething back to 5.5 and it rising to 6 I will get the best intake of nutes
Should I maybe give it an extra day before adjusting so it can get up to 6.3 or is that not a good idea?
hpn0tiq420
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Every root has about four more inches vertically and all horizontal roots have grown about triple there size and all the roots in the above pic have side shoots everyone still just amazed by the explosive growth of roots
The clone looks healthy to my eyes but I've never done anything like this before so idk but all leafs are a nice green like the color of grass in my Front yard and new leaves are stretching out the top and it looks like the leafs I left on have gotten a lil bigger so I would say she is happy
the plant I cloned from is starting to stink and shes the biggest plant I have so that makes me happy but could be bad since it's in such a small container thinkin I'm gonna put it under 12/12 to get her to grow n bud ASAP or is that a bad idea
The clone looks healthy to my eyes but I've never done anything like this before so idk but all leafs are a nice green like the color of grass in my Front yard and new leaves are stretching out the top and it looks like the leafs I left on have gotten a lil bigger so I would say she is happy
the plant I cloned from is starting to stink and shes the biggest plant I have so that makes me happy but could be bad since it's in such a small container thinkin I'm gonna put it under 12/12 to get her to grow n bud ASAP or is that a bad idea
62-68F Use some frozen water bottles or ice packs. Insulate your coffee can too.
You can grow without a PPM and a PH meter. I've been growing with just aquarium testing PH drops and just measuring out my nutrients. Adding fresh water is it goes down and changing it out every 10 days or so. Eveyrthing is going great. I will get a good PPM/PH meter eventually, I just don't want to cheap out and things are going fine as is right now.
You can grow without a PPM and a PH meter. I've been growing with just aquarium testing PH drops and just measuring out my nutrients. Adding fresh water is it goes down and changing it out every 10 days or so. Eveyrthing is going great. I will get a good PPM/PH meter eventually, I just don't want to cheap out and things are going fine as is right now.
hpn0tiq420
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Ok update roots are now pretty big I added a lil nutes all foxfarms I used
4ml grow big hydro kind
2ml tiger bloom
3ml big bloom
1/4 tsp Epsom salts
A drop of superthrive
All nutes put into a gallon of water I've just been replacing the water that gets sucked up about an inch drops everyday so I figure this will add nutrients over a weeks time and be easy on the plants I plan on switching the water out in a couple days to the above nutrient levels so the res isn't mixed with pure water and nutes not much plant growth but alot of root development has been happening also making another coffee system and throwing a afghani seed in it here the pics though
4ml grow big hydro kind
2ml tiger bloom
3ml big bloom
1/4 tsp Epsom salts
A drop of superthrive
All nutes put into a gallon of water I've just been replacing the water that gets sucked up about an inch drops everyday so I figure this will add nutrients over a weeks time and be easy on the plants I plan on switching the water out in a couple days to the above nutrient levels so the res isn't mixed with pure water and nutes not much plant growth but alot of root development has been happening also making another coffee system and throwing a afghani seed in it here the pics though
Bonzi Lighthouse
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I'm wanting to do something like this to get my feet wet with Hydro. I use Aero to clone but they clog so easy I don't want to grow with Areo.
Do you have to change out the water? how often? I would think that just adding water and nutes the PPM would creep up?
Do you have to change out the water? how often? I would think that just adding water and nutes the PPM would creep up?
BeaverHuntr
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In DWC you have to change your res ( or should change your res) every 7-14 days .. If you use RDWC ( Re-circulating ) you dont have to do res changes just add nutes.. People will give you different answers, I do mine once a week just because I want everything to go perfect.
Bonzi Lighthouse
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With RDWC is there a seperate main res that feeds the DWC pots?
BeaverHuntr
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Yes and you can add float valves to each bucket so they are always full with water..
hpn0tiq420
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Gonna be changing my res in 2 days just wanted to add some nutes at a very very low dose to get them prepared for the transition to the nutrient water I'm gonna change to can't hurt really i don't have a ppm yet but getting one soon just like u said I just wanna get my feet wet in hydro found that it is very easy I check the ph every morning and night just to be safe and I always use two differnent testers to make sure i also use 3 vials of water and test every one so I don't make mistakes I've noticed sometimes if I use the same vial to test in over time the vial builds up a small amount of residue and will tell me the wrong thing so I use three vials to test in just to be 100% sure it's right but heres my dwc after exactly a week
keefbox420
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i would stop the tap water and use something that is a little better for your plants...i started out 4 freshly rooted clones it tap water although they shot up and devoleped a nice healthy root mass but they stated to turn yellow and i hadent added any fert at this poing just srtaight PHed tap sometimes you have to ph it so much that it can burn or just the chemicals from the tap water can do it..if you must use tap let it sit oped to air for about 2 3 days this wil alow some chelicals to evaporate
hpn0tiq420
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Yea I agree with the tap water I'm switching over to reverse osmosis water she does look kinda yellow and I used 3 day old tap water but I don't know what my city has in there water and RO water has lowest ppm I heard so when I do the water change i got RO water spent some time at my local hydro store and had a long conversation with someone who works there ever time I've been in that store they treat me like suit but this dreadlock lady is only there on Saturdays and she was awesome so I've decided to only go when she's working she didn't give me that look Like I was a heroin addict like everyone else who works there but anyways
Does anyone have any suggestions on dosage for foxfarms nutes I should use for starting my nutes I have the ff feeding schedule but not sure if inshould start with the dosages they say I should use any opinions on this ?
Does anyone have any suggestions on dosage for foxfarms nutes I should use for starting my nutes I have the ff feeding schedule but not sure if inshould start with the dosages they say I should use any opinions on this ?
BeaverHuntr
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Doesnt matter what nutes you use I follow the GH nute calculator and you always want to start out 1/4 dosage and work your way up...
hpn0tiq420
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Sure about this but I just poste a thread for my soil grow and I'm have problems if anyone could help menout heres the link
https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/390266-help-plant-deficiency-overload-cant.html
https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/390266-help-plant-deficiency-overload-cant.html
Tap water is usually fine unless it's high PPM. It may be going yellow because it has no nutrients with just tap water. My clones usually do this before I start adding nutes, then they go back green again.
You also don't need a float valve when doing RDWC to keep your water level the same if you set up an ODWC system. Overflow-DWC. It's easier, and your buckets can remain modular while still recirculating. Much better than standard RDWC I think. Your waterpump can also be much smaller with ODWC. I use an 8W water pump for 4 buckets, and I could get away with 6 or 8 on it. And another advantage, no hand watering for young plants who's roots don't touch the water yet, You just put the feeder tube in the top so it runs through the hydroton keeping the roots wet until they reach down into the water.
You also don't need a float valve when doing RDWC to keep your water level the same if you set up an ODWC system. Overflow-DWC. It's easier, and your buckets can remain modular while still recirculating. Much better than standard RDWC I think. Your waterpump can also be much smaller with ODWC. I use an 8W water pump for 4 buckets, and I could get away with 6 or 8 on it. And another advantage, no hand watering for young plants who's roots don't touch the water yet, You just put the feeder tube in the top so it runs through the hydroton keeping the roots wet until they reach down into the water.
BeaverHuntr
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See! You learn something new everyday!
hpn0tiq420
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Sweet definitely informative stuff think I will use that odwc when I ge done with this lil girl going to 5 gallon buckEts so it should be relatively easy I will probly have about 4 buckets and I made another coffee can a minute ago and used one of the air hoses I had in the first one so now I have one pump running both coffee dwc's hope they will be alright I'm sure they will though 80 gallon fish airpump runs 1.7 gph of air so now they both have .85 gph each used a circle airstone for the second one and I put a freshly germed afghani seed so will see what happens pics up when it has roots thanks for all the dwc info really helpful
I plan to make a little DIY thread about the ODWC with some pics. I did it kind of by accident. I thought that's the way RDWC was. I only realized after I had built my system that it was different from the normal RDWC. I made it the way I did because I have a hobbyist grow cab/closet and I grow different strains at different times so I need to be able to raise and lower buckets modularly so different size plants are the same distance from the light, but also still have them all connected so there's only one res to check for nutes and PH. If you have any Qs before I do the DIY just ask!