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badmofo

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Don't be a pussy. It's winter and the perfect time to start DWC.
Newbies who grow in soil think its "easier". This is not true. Just visit the soil section and read all the problems they have.
Deep Water Culture is easyyyyyy. You just have to keep the ph around 6.0, your water temps 64-75 ish. Use Reverse Osmosis filtered water and change your reservoir every two weeks and its smooth sailing. Make sure there's lots of bubbles(Big air stones) in your dwc buckets.

People who run into trouble in dwc
1) use tap water
2) don't change their reservoir
3) use those cheap yellow ph pen.(after a few weeks the readings are unreliable)
4) no bubbles in the bucket
5) reservoir temps are too high/too low
6) Mixing nutrients incorrectly
7) Don't use cal/mag

Wash your hands and equipment before you mix your nutrients.
Rinse your measuring cup after every use.

Dwc plants really start to take off after the 3rd week(when the roots are established).
Plants grow faster and heavier when grown in dwc. Whatever nutrients you use remember to add mycorrhizae/beneficial bacteria's like Great White.

Youtube has many great tutorials.

GL! :joint:
 
Dboi87

Dboi87

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I ask because it doesn't matter what way you grow the plant it's biology stays the same. Nothing whatsoever changes regarding what the plant needs.

New growers out there, don't get mislead by threads like these. No matter the method of growing you choose it all boils down to supplying the plant what it needs. Ph needs be right in any method in order for the plants to be able to take up nutrients. Each strain has it's own nutrition needs that stay the same no mattet what medium it is grown in. Learn what your plant needs and how your growing method provides these needs and it will be smooth sailing regardless of your method.

Never let a guy that sucks at soil tell you soil is the problem. And never let a guy that sucks at DWC tell you DWC sucks either.
 
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anzohaze

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Oh great another everyone sucks on riu listen to him dont blow this thread up his head will be to big and another believer of he is god allmighty
 
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badmofo

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Problems like bugs,larvae. Problems like overwatering/underwatering. Soil hardens and cracks when it dries. etc..

So your sayin soil will grow faster than dwc under hps in a tent ?

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LetsGetCritical

LetsGetCritical

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I like dwc, my single dwc considerably outperformed my hempys. But I'm doing outdoor soil now. Like you said dwc is good if you can keep res temps down and keep rot away.
 
hydrogreen65

hydrogreen65

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Res temps are key in any hydro set-up.
To me hydro is so much easier than soil. If you over feed in soil, then you have to deal with flushing soil, run-off, it's more work imo.
In hydro you run into a problem, change res and continue on. I only have to check my res about every 3 dys depending on what stage they're in and how much water they're drinking. I just add a frozen ltr bottle of water, peep at the ladies and move on.
When I did DWC I used a cooler for the res to keep temps in check. 1 thing I found is the air pumps are the biggest contributor to high res temps.
 
Slipon

Slipon

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All depend on how you see it, and what works best for you, in my organic soil mix I don't feed really, its already in the soil, so no burns either, just watering every 2-5 days with normal tap water, no Ec of PH pens, or liquid nutrients, all I ever add is some Epsom salt for magnesium sulfate and Black strap molasses, both cheap products, and only hassle I have is to go and get the soil/perlite/Bat guano and mix it up and then of course get rite of the used soil agin, but all the time in between is just water once the pot`s feel light, and do a few repots along the way, no res changes or daily PH checks and broken pumps, not that I claim hydro/DWG don't have it advances, I just say its all about temperament and what works for you
 
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anzohaze

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Yes what I dont like is when the power goes out what happens. I like soil if power goes out my girls still live
 
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anzohaze

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I have not been in my room in 3 days lol. I have my lil girl(ALMOST 3) her mom interogates her and I cant let her see. I will do a once over today do that with hydro dwc etc
 
hydrogreen65

hydrogreen65

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Slipon said:
All depend on how you see it, and what works best for you, in my organic soil mix I don't feed really, its already in the soil, so no burns either, just watering every 2-5 days with normal tap water, no Ec of PH pens, or liquid nutrients, all I ever add is some Epsom salt for magnesium sulfate and Black strap molasses, both cheap products, and only hassle I have is to go and get the soil/perlite/Bat guano and mix it up and then of course get rite of the used soil agin, but all the time in between is just water once the pot`s feel light, and do a few repots along the way, no res changes or daily PH checks and broken pumps, not that I claim hydro/DWG don't have it advances, I just say its all about temperament and what works for you[/QUOTE
Good points, I guess another factor is how well a grower has their system dialed in. It sou.ds like you've got your system on auto-pilot so to speak.
Which is pretty much the same as my setup, (autopilot). I spend more time just looking at the ladies than working on them.
Like you said, I guess it's all about what is more comfortable for the grower, and what works best for them. It's all trial and error til a grower gets their setup dialed in.
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hydrogreen65

hydrogreen65

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anzohaze said:
I have not been in my room in 3 days lol. I have my lil girl(ALMOST 3) her mom interogates her and I cant let her see. I will do a once over today do that with hydro dwc etc[/QUOTE

I run a flood n drain and do it all the time. I set my ph at 5.3 to start, then it takes about 3 dys average for ph to float to 6.0. Then just reset , good for cpl more dys.
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Sand4x105

Sand4x105

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  • Deep Water Culture is easyyyyyy. You just have to keep the ph around 6.0, your water temps 64-75 ish. Use Reverse Osmosis filtered water and change your reservoir every two weeks and its smooth sailing. Make sure there's lots of bubbles(Big air stones) in your dwc buckets.
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    Yes that sound so much easier that just watering my plants every other day....with what ever water I have on hand, rain, filtered, distilled...

    Really, there are so many soil failures, because first timers usually always just throw some beans down and water...
    No nutes/over water/under water/etc....just like it's never Miracle Grows fault... Cause well peeps find a seed, buy some MG over water and come on here...

    Newbies... Growing MJ is like having Sex.... We all can do it... It's just some of us are experts, and when you read thread like this, it's like he's saying that "The Missionary Position" is better than from behind.... But, we like the behind sooo much better....
    There is no Right Way, for everyone... Find what's best for you, then stick with it, and prefect it....
    Good Luck....


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hydrogreen65

hydrogreen65

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LetsGetCritical said:
I switched to hempy, no pumps! hoses, easier to move around, no root rot issues[/QUOTE

Been wanting to try the hempy buckets for a while.
Another good thing about individual buckets, whether it's soil, dwc, or hempy. Is if you're running different strains that have different nute requirements, kind of hard to do in a f&d like I run.
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