Started to see little specs of powdery mildew on the hydroton, caused by the bubbler ran down the center of the dome tray. It makes for constant evaporation, as expected, but the moisture is leading to the mildew on the hydroton as it dries (or from topping off nutes). Now I'm spraying the pebbles at least once a day with PHd water w/photo+ added to it. SUPER annoying, and may lead to me discontinuing the experiment, and switching them over to a shared DWC setup.
I have been topping off all along the center - might be better to only do so at the corners, and mitigate where & how much moisture is on the hydroton. Let it ebb to the center, rather than a manual pour.
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Started to see some signs of lockout on a few, and nute burn on one. Seems I've reached the limit on this little experiment. I got the DWC Tote sealed & drying, will be transplanting the best 6 tonight or tomorrow morning. The last two top offs have been plain ph'd water, will help till we get them into the buckets. These gals are about to go CRAZY in their new homes. If the seal fails me on the tote, I'll swap the two flowering gals into the 3x2, and the SSH OG into the 8x4 in their own buckets.
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First seal failed on me during stress test and I didn't feel like stressing over, or waiting on another. Transplanted the seedlings, and swapped them with the flowering gals in the 8x4.
Threw in some Ful-Power Humic Acid since we transferred out of a non-DTW system. All set to explode through veg!
@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, Hey that sounds nice, haha! I wouldn't really know - PTSD / Attachment disorder kind of stole my chances at a care-free childhood. Always something to worry about, OOF! 😂😂😂
Hey! Good luck with your grow!
I'm a brand-new first-time grower using the exact same lights as you (XS2000). I'm wondering if you could answer a few questions for me?
1. Do you follow the XS2000 manual for light intensity % and light distance?
2. When the seeds have germinated and are sown into their first soil, what % intensity and distance do you keep them?
3. When the seeds have sprouted and are seedlings, what distance do you keep them and at what light intensity %?
4. When do you increase light intensity/distance?
Thank you so much!
@RndmGrwr, That can certainly be improved upon by the way. This is my 2nd grow and that's where I'm at currently 😃
Feel free to PM if you have any more questions!
@RndmGrwr, For seedlings I've been doing 30'' at 50% till week one, then 75%. Week 2 up it to 100%. Week 2-3 I drop down to 22'' for veg. That's technically within the recommended for these lamps. When it comes to flower however, I'm like most growers and try to push the limits - get the most I can out of them. I saw some burn my first grow around 12'' and 14'' but I still had some excess chlorine/chloramines to take care of in my tap water (week 10).
This grow I'm starting flower out at 15'' - I let them grow into it these last two weeks with no issues so far, well see it how goes! (You'll see a lot of people trying to push 6-12'' for flower, and sometimes you can get away with it, light/genetics/care depending. Best to start high and work your way down). You have one light / four plants, so keep your 4x3 spread in mind - too close and the outer edge of each plant will miss out, so I would stay around 18-20'' till the chop. Hope this helps growmie - good luck!