Water levels

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Shooters

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have a question, I have a 5 gallon dwc system, my plants are 8 weeks old, how much water do I keep in the buckets , I've been putting 2 gallons in with nutes, then every other day I top them off at the 2 gallon level with distilled water, should I have more water than just 2 gallons?? I'm doing this cause I read that you want your roots to stretch for the water, is this correct??
Please help me out, dont want to underwater or under feed my babies, any info would be greatly appreciated, thank you, shooters
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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keep the level close to the netpot when the roots are not sticking out. when the roots are in the water, about 2 inch gap is fine
 
Billy the Mountain

Billy the Mountain

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Water level just below netpot until roots emerge, leave an air gap once the roots start exploding, an inch or two. Most 5 gal buckets will take 3.25 gal to hit bottom of 6" netpot.

Do you have a level indicator on your bucket?
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Shooters said:
dont want to underwater or under feed my babies
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underwatering is hard to do once the roots fill up your bucket.
and over feeding is the thing to avoid in DWC.

keep your pH in 5.5 to 6.1, don't get root rot and don't overfeed and you'll have a good grow.
 
S

Shooters

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rkymtnman said:
underwatering is hard to do once the roots fill up your bucket.
and over feeding is the thing to avoid in DWC.

keep your pH in 5.5 to 6.1, don't get root rot and don't overfeed and you'll have a good grow.
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Sounds like I need to add water then, thanks for the info and help
 
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