Am I over watering?

Leighbraz said:

Hi guys it's my first rdwc run, I have a 600w mh, with cyco nutes, my question is am I overwatering/under oxygenating? I transplanted some clones from a friend last weekend and thought they were just in a bit of shock but they haven't seemed to of picked up at all and have got worse if anything, the clones were big when I got them, I had my net pots in about an inch of rez water but now I'm thinking I'm drowning them?

I have blacked out my buckets and stopped the top feed after these photos were taken, my rez temp is 18°c and my room temp is 16-20°c

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JohnDee said:

Leighbraz,
What medium were the clones in before going into DWC?
Have you seen any root growth?
Did you lower water level to below netpot?
How much aeration? (airstones)
JD

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Leighbraz said:

I just went and checked and there is a new little root poking out the bottom of one of the net pot, lol I've never been so happy to see something so small

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Leighbraz said:

They were in coco/perlite and I haven't seen any new root growth as yet, I lowered the water level about 8 hours ago but haven't checked yet and I have 200 l/h of air going to each bucket

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Leighbraz said:

there is a new little root poking out the bottom of one of the net pot

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JohnDee said:

Very good sign.

I'd definitely follow Lordhooha's suggestion to bump up aeration.
JD

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Lordhooha said:

Also I don’t change my water but maybe 2 times a grow. My res is set to top off on its own as they drink. And I use a one part nutrient from start to finish.

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Leighbraz said:

so when I put an inch or 2 of clay pebbles in then the roots then more clay then had the water an inch above the bottom the roots were pretty much just sitting in water

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JohnDee said:

Any changes to my routines must 1) makes my job as grower easier 2) makes my grow system more tolerant to variables...

...and extra O2 in a system can do both.
JD

PS: Oh Lordhooha, may I humbly request the name of said one part nutrient (so I don't have to hunt through your posts to find it. lol I'm a maxi-bloom user)

PSS: Love your roots

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Leighbraz said:

I have a fish tank airpump it 2×200l/h and another air pump which is 250 l/h so and each 5gl bucket has it's own dedicated line I have another 2x200l/h pump which should turn up today or tomorrow which will give me 650l/h total in an 80l setup will this be enough?

I think one of my problems was because the clones were so advanced they had a decent root system already so when I put an inch or 2 of clay pebbles in then the roots then more clay then had the water an inch above the bottom the roots were pretty much just sitting in water and I had a top feed going that was adding to the problem?

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Leighbraz said:

Yeah they seemed to have picked up a bit I'll have to check when I get home from work

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