DWC grow using GH flora series nutes

Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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rkymtnman said:
according to the chart, my room should be at 59F for the RH i have. needless to say, i don't follow it. they adapt quite nicely to my high elevation/low humidity conditions.
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I’m below 750’ elevation in god’s country, works great for my setup...but a tough one for a lot of growers..,
 
JSB99

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Smokexbreak said:
alright so I failed miserably in my first DWC attempt. I’m hear with tail between legs and starting over. I’ve got some questions.

How long do you all normally go water only?
At what point do you add nutes?

Seedlings can run on cotyledons for around a week or two. Do you all add them immediately? Or do you go water only for the first couple weeks?

Also, here’s the feeding chart I’m using what strength should I start on? And where on the schedule should I start? The seedling column or the early veg column?


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Here’s my current one for shits and giggles I’ll be culling this one and starting new unless it can be saved. I started GH nutes at week 2 on the seedling column at 300 ppm (700 scale) had mad issues and switched to megacrop to try and ease the nute ratios because I was getting a wicked magnesium deficiency. The switch to megacrop and dropping my ppm from 300 to 240 seemed to get it back on track. If I can save this I will try but I’d really prefer starting over and getting the GH nutes down since I bought them for this DWC specifically. I use my megacrop for Coco DTW and is rather not waste the GH nutes.

Oh and I cut everything from the bottom to the third node and everything above it to the top I fimmed the top to get the lower mains some time to grow. Setting up for a mainline.

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If you are able to keep your soup in check, you shouldn't have to flush. Make that your goal. But, to answer your question, about a day with plain water.
 
jeepster1993

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I only use plain water at the very end of the grow. The last few days. I do cut down the feed towards the end until the pure water.
I even give my seedlings food. Not much, but...

I also use those same 3 gallon black buckets, using 6 inch pots.
 
Smokexbreak

Smokexbreak

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jeepster1993 said:
I only use plain water at the very end of the grow. The last few days. I do cut down the feed towards the end until the pure water.
I even give my seedlings food. Not much, but...

I also use those same 3 gallon black buckets, using 6 inch pots.
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You feel like they’re enough? No need for 5 gallons? My veg tents limit my height before the flower tent. I was debating begging in 3 gallon and flowering in 5 gallon but I’d rather save the verticals space if I can.
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Smokexbreak said:
You feel like they’re enough? No need for 5 gallons? My veg tents limit my height before the flower tent. I was debating begging in 3 gallon and flowering in 5 gallon but I’d rather save the verticals space if I can.
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you're gonna be filling that thing up easily every day during bloom. if not twice a day with a 3 gal bucket. if you factor in the height of the netpot, i'd bet you only have +/- a gallon in there.
 
Or_Gro

Or_Gro

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Smokexbreak said:
You feel like they’re enough? No need for 5 gallons? My veg tents limit my height before the flower tent. I was debating begging in 3 gallon and flowering in 5 gallon but I’d rather save the verticals space if I can.
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Do mainlines in an ez-stor 8-gal buckets....check out the height....6-gal w 3” netpots....
 
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Smokexbreak

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rkymtnman said:
you're gonna be filling that thing up easily every day during bloom. if not twice a day with a 3 gal bucket. if you factor in the height of the netpot, i'd bet you only have +/- a gallon in there.
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I’m using a 2 inch. Net pot I have 3 inch nets pots as well so in that buckets I’ll be close to 3 gallons. It’s technically 3.5 gallon buckets. I’ll get some water poured in to figure it out this weekend. But if I’m going to have to fill it daily I’ll veg in 3 and flower in 5 my flower tent is 8’ tall my veg tents are 36” minus 6” roughly for light hanging distance. I plant on LST/ mainlining my plants from here on out so most the veg can be done in those 36” tents.
 
Smokexbreak

Smokexbreak

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Or_Gro said:
Do mainlines in an ez-stor 8-gal buckets....check out the height....6-gal w 3” netpots....
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I’ve looked at the ez stores. If I were to use those they’d have to Be solely done in my flower tent. Which I guess would be possible if I wanted to start some photos in the back and autos in the front to keep it perpetual. Gotta see how these runs go but that may be what I end up doing.
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Smokexbreak said:
It’s technically 3.5 gallon buckets
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that will help along with the smaller netpots.
and it's not so much adding water daily but the less volume of water is harder to keep your ph stable.

sounds like you are on the right path. you'll figure out what you like and dislike during and after each grow.
 
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