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OlBlue

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Cooler #2 is the one with roots. They are really coming in! Ill have to get some new pics.

The plants themselves...still not looking so hot :(

I might be moving in the next 30-45 days to. Has anyone moved a DWC system? I might be able to leave it till they are done, if not, Ill have to move it. New place is about 20min away.
 
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kushnotbush

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Hey Blue, I am glad to see things are starting to work out in that cooler, looks like those girls may produce after all! Once those roots hit the water you may want to try upping your PPM's ever so slightly until you start to see more improvement.
I have actually had to move in the middle of flowering a crop not to long ago and I am not in a med friendly state. So for me it could have gone very bad very quickly if things had gone wrong. What I did was get some of those wardrobe boxes which I found perfect to squeeze two of my 5 gal sport coolers in. I actually tapped the boxes up but put a couple of air holes in them, I drained the res's before I sealed the boxes also. I flower during night hours so that is when I moved them and when I got them to the new house they were drooping a little but not too bad. My drive was about 30 minutes so you should be ok. The only thing that I would recommend to do that I didn't would be to figure out a way to keep the plant from shaking so many of the trich's off. With a lot of planning and having everything ready to go it is definitely possible. I would say if you can move them before they get too big it may be easier for you. Also I had thought of getting one of those battery powered air pumps for the ride but I just figured that since I leave the roots out of the water while I am making my res's up they should be ok for the short amount of time. Good luck and happy growing.
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VoidObject

VoidObject

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Just drain all water for the move, that way the roots aren't drowning.. instead they'll just get a little thirsty.

Good luck man..
 
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OlBlue

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Pulled the worst looking headband in cooler #1.

The other headbands are looking better, starting to see some growth on the tops. The best one has almost 1" new growth. Cooler #2 is at 230ppm and Cooler #1 is at 150ppm. The roots are starting to turn get stained by the nutes. Thinking about adding some h202 to each rez.

Started to LST the plats. Had a couple of them bent over at 90* last night. This morning the tops were back pointing up, really growing now! Also, fed them. They are at 400ppm.

I also removed the SCROG screen. Figure if I do move, moving everything will be a million times easier w/out the SCROG. Depending how fast the Headbands start going, I might LST them to the cooler tops by putting some tie points around each pot.
 
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JCM525

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I built a system using 100qt. Coolers put two girls in 6"nets and using industrial air pump and 12"air stones Im in week8 and my girls are up over 5 1/2'ft. tall and budding like mad I feed them thru door on top have 8 growing was cheap and have had no problems with bugs or mold keep water cooled with 2qt.bottles of ice stays at 68 deg. In cooler. Anyone else try this method
 
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OlBlue

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JCM525 said:
I built a system using 100qt. Coolers put two girls in 6"nets and using industrial air pump and 12"air stones Im in week8 and my girls are up over 5 1/2'ft. tall and budding like mad I feed them thru door on top have 8 growing was cheap and have had no problems with bugs or mold keep water cooled with 2qt.bottles of ice stays at 68 deg. In cooler. Anyone else try this method
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sounds like what I have...except I dont neet to put ice in them, mine stay between 65-66 deg F. You should throw up a pic or two of your setup!
 
VoidObject

VoidObject

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Looks like nute burn to me.. but then again.. it could be heat/lumen related.

Double check for me, good luck!
 
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OlBlue

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its been real minimal on the new leafs, just going to let it roll. They are growing by the day, I'm sure they will pull through the lil burn and be ready for more soon :)

temps have been 84 degrees on some days at most. usually stays around 80. rez temps stay at 66 degrees.
 
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OlBlue

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Going to brew up some Beneficial Microbe Tea this week. Im not really worried, but, there is some slime on the roots. Few darker spots. Pretty sure its from all the nutes. The water temp has stayed below 70 degrees.

Hum, thinking about it now, would the Sensizym from Advance Nutrients do the same thing as the Tea?

Other than that, gotta say I love walking into the room and seeing the new growth every morning! At least, in Cooler #2. Cooler #1, not so much yet.

Both rez's will be flushed on Wednesday, cleaned out, and filled with new nute solution. I think I will take Cooler #2 to 300ppm and Cooler #1 to 200ppm.

Whats everyones thought about bubbling water for 24hours before hand? I have been trying to do this, but, its kinda difficult to get this into my schedule.
 
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OlBlue

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I just did a flush, clean and re-fill.

When I flushed, they were all 66, just flushed, new water is around 60.

Just re-filled both Rez's with 300ppm, ph5.8
 
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OlBlue

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roots still lookin pretty brown. Its only 16*C in the rez. Been putting Sensizyme in the last mix. roots feel fine, not squishy or anything.
 
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