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First grow ever, and it's DWC

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Fission 300W High-Intensity Discharge/250W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/250W
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Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/600W
Custom
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks Technique
Topping
weeks Technique
Defoliation
weeks Technique
33 L
Pot Size
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Week 1. Vegetation
7 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
24 °C
6
No Smell
500 PPM
40 %
20 °C
20 °C
130 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.2 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.2 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.2 mll
Here we are guys, my first grow ever! As i feel confident with growing things I decided to try the DWC. after 3 anxious days, the seed sprouted and after many paranoid thoughts because I didn't know shit my girl started to grow her first leaves which were so damn curled for my mind and i panicked. I just let them grow and everything went well so guys LESS IS MORE don't worry about everything, nature just ain't "made" it's just various. Actually struggling with low humidity I water my rockwool cube once/twice a day with a 5 ml syringe
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Week 2. Vegetation
7 years ago
7.01 cm
18 hrs
28 °C
6
No Smell
600 PPM
40 %
20 °C
20 °C
33 L
100 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.5 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.5 mll
Guys here we are for the 1 day of the second week. today's been a big day, I transferred the girl into the net pot and clay, i also bought a small water pump to help me with the drainage of the bucket one every 10 days and I am using it as dripping too in the meanwhile. I increased the ppm, and raised the ph level a bit to 6. I also bought a new air stone as mine we 2 small 2cm once that were floating so i got a 5 cm diameter ball which is bubbling very well, I am very happy with it. I have some struggle with the temperature which tend to go a bit higher. TO BETTER DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM I TALK ABOUT IN THE QUESTION, REALLY HAVE THIS HEAT PROBLEM, THE ROOM HAS A DOOR WINDOW ALWAYS OPEN(JUST THE GLASS DOOR BUT WHEN I GO OUT THE OUTSIDE WOODEN DOOR ARE CLOSED, THE DUCT HOSE IS EXPELLING THE AIR IN THE SAME ROOM ABOUT 2 METERS FROM THE GROBOX. PROBLEM IS MY DWC BUCKET IS BLACK AND THE WATER INSIDE BECOME TOO HOT AND SMELLY. NOW I HAD TO REMOVE THE BUCKET LUCKLY THE PLANT DIDN'T GROW YET THE ROOTS THROUGH THE NETPOT. PLANT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AFFECTED YET hoping to see the roots pocking out the net pot in the next days. also have some doubt about the color of the leaves, I am sure it's just overthinking but it looks like they have a sort of darker shade. (see pics) guys as always any recommendation or suggestion would be very nice from you. and sorry for my english but that's not my native language cheers
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Grow Questions
GrowingTime
GrowingTimestarted grow question 7 years ago
I have got a problem, HEAT!my grow room is 80x80x160 cm light is 250w agro hid I have an extraction fans 190m3/h side holes are open and ventilator is on to push inside the outside air. beside all this the temperature is too hot inside, can raise to up 30C have to leave open door
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Techniques. Defoliation
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FlavoursUkanswered grow question 7 years ago
Hi, same size tent as my old one, an heat was always a problem unless I left the tent door half unzipped. I can recommend having a fan inside the tent, instead of blowing air from outside in, use your extractor to draw the hot air out otherwise it will just hinder and cause high humidity, especially after watering. Once you have the fan in there and your extractor sucking the hot air out of the tent, whichever room your tent is in, leave that window open.. You'll be surprised how much it helps maintain a steady temperature as the outside of the tent being cool will keep the inside of the tent a good temp. Otherwise the whole room just cooks, had that problem and I really didn't enjoy it! Let me know how it goes and hope it helps you out.
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Week 3. Vegetation
7 years ago
7 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
5.9
No Smell
450 PPM
40 %
20 °C
20 °C
33 L
25 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 0.5 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 0.5 mll
Here we are guys in the third week of the journal, last week I had some concern about the ph which was spiking at 7+ overnight but the problem solved it self when the roots started to shoot in to the water. my other concern was the temp inside the grow box which i solved buying a second hand portable ac (40€! such a bargain) now as you can see the girl is thriving and the roots too!! as you can see in the picture i put a white bed sheet around the black container so the water won't get hot, it works AMAZINGLY now the water goes in the hotter day at max 21.2 and than goes back to 20. Day 20 hey guys a small update, yesterday i topped the girl, i have only one concern, the plant is so damn bushy and the lower side shoots are almost covering the shoots on the the side of the topping. looking close i thought that maybe I had to top one set of leaves lower because under the fan leaves she is really really bushing everything is exploding but the plant still quite short, 7cm (2.7 inches) is that ok? apart from this i can't complain, the dwc system is working amazingly and the pland is healthy. please feel free to give suggestion comments or critics love you all I think the plant looks a bit bit pale so as I am writing this i added a 0.5 ml of flora micro to the res to add nitrogen, we will see how she reacts in the next days. In the next days I will top her and start some lst
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Week 6. Flowering
7 years ago
35 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.9
Weak
600 PPM
55 %
22 °C
22 °C
33 L
3 L
30 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
hey Guys, I've been away for 2 week and luckily a trusted friend of mine came almost daily to check the situation and add a pre mixed solution I made before leaving and fix the ph. when i came back I could not believe what happened in the grow box, before living i made a scrog net and positioned it about 15cm above the plant, when i came back the plant grew at least 4x!! i set up the room where the grow box is so I have now the perfect environment!!👍 the girl is now drinking at least 3/4 liters of water per day. As you can see from the pics she's super healty. did some heavy defoliation a few times. hope you enjoyed the update. any suggestion or critic is welcome
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Week 7. Flowering
7 years ago
40 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.9
Weak
1150 PPM
50 %
22 °C
22 °C
33 L
3 L
30 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
Hey guys! the girl is growing strong all is going well and next week i'll be reducing the nutes. the color of the leaves is exactly how i want it. I did some heavy defoliation since last week so the light can reach the lower buds. the buds are growing daily! please comment and give advices. anyone can guess how many weeks left are needed?
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Week 8. Flowering
7 years ago
40 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.9
Weak
1350 PPM
50 %
22 °C
22 °C
33 L
3 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
here we are guys in the middle of week 8. the grow has been pretty good lately, just messed up some refilling but corrected immediately. as you can see from the pictures i did some mild defoliation to expose the lower buds. what do you guys think? to be honest I am pretty proud of the grow the girl looks beautiful. I am thinking about getting a 600w led and probably a bigger tent (100x100x200, 3"x3"x6") as always guys, advices are always welcomed keep growing 👍
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Week 9. Flowering
7 years ago
50 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.9
Weak
1150 PPM
50 %
20 °C
22 °C
33 L
3 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
Guys shit happened at the end of week 9, my ph tester went off and i messed up. my leaves looks soft as shit. now i am using the drop ph tester and brought in a decent level the ph, see if things will come back or will have to do something more
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Grow Questions
GrowingTime
GrowingTimestarted grow question 7 years ago
hey guys as written my ph tester went off and i think my plant stayed about a day in the solution around 4 i think, now the solution i back at about 5,5-6 what do you guys suggest? flushing? keep it in the actual solution? drain and change totally the solution? thanks for all
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Leaves. Curl down
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BucketBrigadeanswered grow question 7 years ago
I agree with @Michka, if the solution is at 6, she will recover just fine. One more thing, in about 3 of your photos, the tips of your leaves have browned. I think your nute levels might be a little high. In the past for me, just adding more water helped lower the PPM. Those tips will never go back to fully green, but they won't get worse and all your new leaves will look great. The plant will be fine.
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Week 10. Flowering
7 years ago
50 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.9
Weak
1150 PPM
50 %
20 °C
22 °C
33 L
3 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
DAY 73: Hey guys, the girl lifted her leaves but al the pistils are now orange brown like if she is ready for harvest, will she recover and start back to grow? Ah, yes big news, 600w LED arrived today 😎 Day 75, GOOD news, the girl passed the lockout and started back now you can see small signs of growth at the tip of the buds as well as new white pistils growing, the yellowing is fading and green is slowly taking its place back. I also raised the new led to 20". buds are frosty as FUCK!
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Week 11. Flowering
7 years ago
50 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.9
Weak
1150 PPM
50 %
20 °C
22 °C
33 L
3 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
here we are Guys, 11th week, 6th into flower, the girl is recovering nicely. she started to put some size buds and pistils are started back to grow white. the Led is working perfectly and the buds are really frosty as fuck. I hope she will still give me some nice weight even with the past big mistake. UPDATE: she's definitely recovering fast. at day 82 the buds are swelling, I apologise for all the colors shades but i changed lights in order to get the best shots.
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Week 12. Flowering
7 years ago
50 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
5.8
Normal
750 PPM
50 %
20 °C
22 °C
33 L
3 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
hey guys, week 12! all is going smoothly just giving her water and reducing gradually the ec. She's gaining some weight and the bud are very well structured even if they are not as big as they could because of the week lost to recover. do you guys think it will be ready by the royal queen seeds instructions or because the week stunted do I need to wait a week more? thanks all guys, keep Growing 👍
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Week 13. Flowering
7 years ago
50 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
5.8
Normal
550 PPM
43 %
20 °C
24 °C
33 L
3 L
40 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 1 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 0.5 mll
TriPart Grow - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Grow 1.5 mll
here we are guys, week 13! I am checking with a magnifier and I am spotting quite a lot amber trichomes, still i can't tell if trichs are clear or milky, I tried to get some pics but dunno if you can see, if you can please give me advices. WE ARE CLOSE TO THE CHOP
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Week 13. Harvest
7 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
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here we are guys the end of my first grow ever, couldn't be happier. almost without problem beside for a major mistake i made. For me dwc was a big pain in the ass, for my second grow i will do coco. The shining silver haze by Royal Queen Seeds was amazing very strong and resistant to any disease
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Spent 78 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
450 g
Bud wet weight per plant
158 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
0.64
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty
Positive effects
Giggly, Hungry, Uplifted
Positive effects
Negative effects
Dry eyes, Dry mouth
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Taste
Pine
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Air humidity
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Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
here we are guys the end of my first grow ever, couldn't be happier. almost without problem beside for a major mistake i made. For me dwc was a big pain in the ass, for my second grow i will do coco. The shining silver haze by Royal Queen Seeds was amazing very strong and resistant to any disease. I could never expect such an harvest in my first grow ever!! Ready for the second round. thanks to my solar panels my electricity bill was nearly 0 for all the grow, love it!
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JuicyBuds__BLM
JuicyBuds__BLMcommentedweek 127 years ago
first off, you're doing great! it's usually not safe to go off breeders' seed-to-harvest times. I'd recommend using a magnifying tool to check out the trichomes. her trichomes will tell you when she's ready to harvest.
JuicyBuds__BLM
JuicyBuds__BLMcommented7 years ago
@GrowingTime, It looks like even the trichomes on the sugar leaves are mostly cloudy with a bit of amber and clear. She looks like shes in the harvest window. You could let her go a few more days if you're flushing for color or wanting more amber trichs. Otherwise most of the pics you posted look like mostly milky trichs, so you could harvest whenever. thats my opinion lol
GrowingTime
GrowingTimecommented7 years ago
@JuicyBuds__BLM, I checked them today and I can already see many amber trichomes, I will try to snap some pics and add it to the 13th week, hope you can give me your opinion
JuicyBuds__BLM
JuicyBuds__BLMcommented7 years ago
you're very welcome! a common harvest point is mostly cloudy with a little bit of clear and a bit of Amber. but clear trichomes are the earliest, it'll look like little balls of clear water. then they'll progress into cloudy water to a milky faint white color. after that, they'll turn an Amber/orange color.make sure to check all over the plant too, on different bud sides and sugar leaves.
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BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadecommentedweek 117 years ago
This is going to be a great harvest!
GrowingTime
GrowingTimecommented7 years ago
@BucketBrigade, thanks Bucket, I hope so. for the next round I have some upgrades 😉
bobo420
bobo420commentedweek 137 years ago
Congrats on the harvest ;)
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 137 years ago
Congrats to your first Harvest!! well done. And yes Shining Silver Haze is a Grateful strain. First time Growing and then DWC? thats encouraged. Ive only tried Soil and for me its the best Solution. Enjoy your harvest and 420 for the hole world
bobo420
bobo420commentedweek 67 years ago
Nice canopy, good luck with the flowering ;)
Lennys_Laboratory
Lennys_Laboratorycommentedweek 37 years ago
Good Luck Man !! ⚡ Nice Strain 👍
BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadecommentedweek 37 years ago
Looking forward to an update
BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadecommentedweek 77 years ago
The grow looks great!
BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadecommented7 years ago
@GrowingTime, Looks like she gave you the answer all by herself! Looking good!
BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadecommented7 years ago
@GrowingTime, I'm not sure. That may be a little outside of my past experience. Any chance you can post a photo?
GrowingTime
GrowingTimecommented7 years ago
@BucketBrigade, hey bucket, all the pistils turned orange, brownish, will she recover and start back to build the buds? Now almost all leaves are back to normal position but some still pale Thanks
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BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadecommentedweek 17 years ago
Best on luck with her. I'm on my first as well. Just slightly ahead of you. I think she looks great!
GrowingTime
GrowingTimecommented7 years ago
@BucketBrigade, thanks mate! going to check your grow immediately
Dahoola
Dahoolacommentedweek 17 years ago
Good luck with that DWC grow!
GrowingTime
GrowingTimecommented7 years ago
@dahoola, thank you!
DudeGrowsWeed
DudeGrowsWeedcommentedweek 17 years ago
The 3rd & 4th pics look fine. I wouldn’t worry about the round leaves. They’ll fall off in a few weeks anyway.
GrowingTime
GrowingTimecommented7 years ago
@DudeGrowsWeed, you are right! it was just some beginner paranoid behaviour. I understood i just have to let her grow
flafyblond
flafyblondcommentedweek 17 years ago
Good luck my friend
GrowingTime
GrowingTimecommented7 years ago
@flafyblond, thank you very much flafy
Stereos
Stereoscommentedweek 134 years ago
This a superb first grow ... Nice job !
FlavoursUk
FlavoursUkcommentedweek 27 years ago
Forgot to add, if your still having problems.. Replace the fan with a little air conditioning unit doesn't need to be super expensive either. Amazon/Ebay I'm sure you could find one on there for a reasonable price as the one I have was a few 100 but its now for my bigger space. Cant go wrong with that! Good luck!
bobo420
bobo420commentedweek 27 years ago
Coming along nicely ;)
BucketBrigade
BucketBrigadecommentedweek 27 years ago
Head over to my diary and click on "week 2". The 1st photo looks alot like yours. I'm growing a different strain which I think may account for some minor differences, but they really look alot alike to me. I think your plant is doing great!
bobo420
bobo420commentedweek 17 years ago
Good luck with the grow ;)
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