Blue Cheese and White widow DWC grow

lhbucs

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Hey guys. I am doing 4 Blue cheese clones and 1 White widow seedling from a fem'd seed in individual 5 gallon bucket's DWC. I am using a 600w Hps and will be using a 42 watt cfl per plant for side lighting. For nutes I am using the lucas formula. Temps are 79-82 during the day, 75-77 at night. Humidty 45%-60% most of the time. Any input is welcome. Heres some pics:
 

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lhbucs

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Initially I was running high water temps in the rez's, around 80. I started putting frozen bottles of water in the rez's every few hours. This has kept the rez temps around 70-73. I then became concerned that the roots would touch the frozen bottles and get shocked, or that the floating bottles would somehow mess with the bubbles. So, I went to the bait and tackle shop and bought a bunch of 3oz fishing line weights and added one to each bottle. now the bottles stay toward the bottom. I am pleased. Have you ever noticed how problems chain together with this hobby? You solve something but the solution brings up another issue...
 

dieselhound

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You're back in business. Clones look good. You really need to keep the temp. in the buckets around 70 ish. Come on fall and winter.

Playing mother nature is not easy or eveyone would be doing this.

It's trial and error for the first couple runs. If you can pull around .25 gram per watt for yor first run you're doing o.k.

Lucas formula is good. Are you using R/O yet?
 

lhbucs

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Quick update. They each have roots in the water and some nice new growth up top. I'm still at half lucas. the seedling has doubled in size in the last couple days. Heres the clones
 

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lhbucs

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Have had alot of growth this week. Im going to have to switch to flowering when they are between 14-16 inches, to make sure I have enough room, which should be in about a week. I have hooked my dwc buckets up to "control" buckets so I can do my water changes and adjustments without messing with the roots. I am using full lucas formula.
 

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