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Crystal Candy XL DWC

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4 years ago
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Indoor
Room Type
Main-Lining
weeks 1, 3-10
Defoliation
weeks 1, 3, 6-9
HST
weeks 1, 3-10
Topping
weeks 1, 3-10
Mineral Wool
Grow medium
15 l
Pot Size
0
Germination
Comments 14
Canamatoes
Thanks Sweet Seeds for the seeds🙌 I start with Crystal Candy auto in dwc and I hope I don't epically fail.. This is my second go at the bucket grow, the first one started a week ago lol 😆 So far so good. I have RO water PH'D to 5.7 with Megacrop, 20°c now stable for 3 days bubbling away. I soaked a rockwool cube for an hour then placed 1 seed inside 1/4 down. She is germinating in a cup now under a Mars Hydro TSW2000 24" away I will post photos and video throughout the grow documenting me learning DWC 🤞 Thanks again Sweet Seeds for the seeds, I do appreciate it🙏 Here we go! Thanks for reading and I hope you follow along 🍻 Have the best day ☮️❤️
Used method
Rockwool Cube
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
15 l
60.96 cm
Comments 9
Canamatoes
Hi & Hello 👋🍻 First off, Thank you Sweet Seeds 👈 I appreciate the beans guys🙏 This is my first real go at DWC and your 1 of 2 of my bubbler buckets😀🤣🤞 The Crystal Candy seed was placed directly in the presoaked ro water ph'd at 5.7 rockwool cube seed pointing up, The cube is in a clear container with a bit of water and clay pellets. She is covered but not tight and placed under light to warm and bask. Within 48hrs she has shot up ! No roots yet, but holy crap that was the fastest germination I have ever seen. She will go into her home today 💕 I'm using RO water and Megacrop, 1 gram pr gallon/ 150ppm ph'd to 5.7 19°-21° water temp, Tent is 21 , RH of 50 She is under a Mars Hydro TSW2000 24' away only 50% of the light is turned on, that will change in the next few days to full power. 20/4 lighting schedule with music from the party tent, they are only 6 feet away so they can hear everything 🤣 I have 2 DWC's going started in this Mars 3x3... I know its not going to work with 2 so 1 of these 2 will be leaving to a solo tent, assuming I get that far 🤣🤞 Im stoked, Im jacked, Im excited 👊 This could go so many directions 🔥🔥🔥 Day 3 update! I have switched to aeroponics to cause even more chaos. Diy self set up. Pics a video coming 200ppm of Megacrop & Sea-k Ph'd to 5.7 Everything will be recorded and uploaded here and to my channels. Lots of photos and video coming. Thanks for reading and I hope you follow along🍻 Have the best day ☮️❤️
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
2
Week 2. Vegetation
5.8
150 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
68.58 cm
Comments 3
Canamatoes
Day 8 She is alive and well! A nice root shot out today signaling were all good. Dwc & Aeroponics are both very new to me so any life, roots & green is good! Im using RO water with Megacrop & Sea-k 150ppm ph'd between 5-6 5-9 Im adding ice blocks around the bucket and inside to keep the temps down around 17-20°, she will climb to 24 with no chilling. She is 27" away from a Mars Hydro TSW2000 on full power on 24-7 Lots of photos and video coming of this project She's getting topped ✂️ Thanks for reading and following along 🙌 Have the best day ☮️❤️
3
Week 3. Vegetation
10.16 cm
20 hrs
5.8
420 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
60.96 cm
Comments 1
Canamatoes
Day 14 She's alive and doing well I think, my homemade aeroponics hybrid is working. Highly stressful I must say watching the temps jump all over the place. PH is steady at 5.7, just the temps between 17-25°c I attached a fan cage to my bucket so I can lst her wherever I want, she's getting somewhat hight controlled... 24" away from a Mars Hydro TSW2000 on full rip 20/4 lighting schedule. Lots of photos and video coming of all the training for her. Day 15 Topped and bottomed with a Nugbuckets mainline setup🤙 Day 20, I needed to modify the spray bucket. The roots are getting long and getting tangled down below. The temps were a royal pain to keep low, I saw danger coming. So now we have essentially an rdwc hybrid aeroponics bucket system 🤯 I think this will work mucho better🤞 I have 1 gallon of nutes in each bucket recirculating with the pump and ice block inside my dark drying tent. It is holding nicely at 17°c . I will just need to swap out a new cold ice jug in the morning the keep her cool👍 Thanks Apollo and the whole gang over at Sweet Seeds for sponsoring this grow 🙌 Thanks for reading and following along 🍻 Have the best day ☮️❤️
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
4
Week 4. Vegetation
20.32 cm
20 hrs
5.8
420 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
60.96 cm
Comments 2
Canamatoes
Day 24 🦄 We have made it through 3 weeks without death, not bad... She is looking great, green & strong like bull and filling out nicely. I had to add more nutes/ fluid to the bucket 2 gallons in total. I will need to go back to the drawing boad with this aero setup,,, its tricky to dial in with no worries... its all worries at the moment 🤣 420ppm of Megacrop , ph'd to 5.7 and the temps are now 17-19°c with a block of ice leaning against the bucket. She is 24" away from a Mars Hydro TSW2000 on a 20-4 lighting schedule with a tower fan on high. I have lst'd her a bit and removed a few large fans, thats all I can do for now, when the time is right, she's getting tied down and spread out 🎀 Lots of photos and video coming of all the training for her. Thanks for reading and following along 🍻🙌 Have the best day
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
5
Week 5. Flowering
10 cm
24 hrs
5.8
750 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
24 cm
Comments 2
Canamatoes
Day 31 🔥🤯🦄 She's alive 🙌 Lol, Im super happy I haven't killed her, being a sponsored grow from SweetSeeds... I was thinking why did I do that.. idk what I was thinking but its done... Aeroponics diy to start, stumbling along with that and then the switch to full DWC... so stressful I can't tell you... So here we are day 31, I topped her and set her up Nugbuckets mainline style like I do in Promix.. lol so different will a bucket lid, so I attached a fan shroud to the bucket lid for the thought of lst anchors... its sweet🤙 It works amazing 👈 Lst'ing now is no issue in dwc.. Swapping out an ice water jug once a day in the morning is keeping my temps down to 15°c. I've slowly bumped up my Megacrop & Bud Explosion to 720 and the PH doesn't move from 5.5.. Sitting 24" away from a Mars Hydro TSL2000 on 20-4 lighting schedule, she looks amazing imo She has been defoliated a few times and trained out on the fan 😂 She looks like she is ready to explode.. Lots of photos and video coming 🦄 Thanks for reading and following along 🍻 Have the best day ☮️💜
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
6
Week 6. Flowering
30.48 cm
24 hrs
5.8
1000 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
45.72 cm
Comments 3
Canamatoes
Day 37 My first hydroponic grow. This DWC/aeroponics was just an experiment for me really. After two weeks of struggling with temps, tearing off roots and a few other minor hiccups I was looking forward to the end sooner than later! That has all changed. Im really digging DWC now! I can keep the temp in the bucket at 15°C for days with just swapping out an ice jug in the morning. I've slowly bumped up the Megacrop, Bud Explosion and Sea-k to 1000 ppm now with a stable ph of 5.6 ! Very very cool monitoring the food she is eating knowing I can make the adjustments as needed very quickly! I was only going to keep 1 dwc going just to have, but now Im thinking minimum 2 bubble buckets now lol😂🤣 like I said, Im really digging DWC🍻 Training is a breeze between a fan grill or my other lid I Macgyvered for tying(lst) off too🤙 She is one badass looking plant imo. I see her getting huge the way the buds are stacking up , she is stretching nicely and everyone has plenty of space to grow and swell up. Sitting 24" away from a Mars Hydro TSW2000 on 20-4 lighting schedule just killing it. Its 25°c RH of 50% with the 4' Cloudnine exhaust fan on 1 Day 43, Bucket Version 3.0 DWC is complete😂and its badass too. Half the footprint of Version 2 and still keeps the water cold to 15°-16° I added another Mars Hydro TS1000 to the mix for better coverage. Both lights are on max power 🔋 The growth now is unreal.. Thanks for sponsoring this grow Sweet Seeds 🍻🙌 This is my first grow with them and I like what I see so far. Very explosive growth! Lots of photos and video coming 🍻 Thanks for reading and following along 🙌 Have the best day ☮️❤️
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
7
Week 7. Flowering
30.48 cm
20 hrs
5.8
1050 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
45.72 cm
Comments 1
Canamatoes
Day 46 🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 You can call me Cana-DWC-matoes.. 🤣🍅 I never ever thought I would say this, but I think I've seen my calling.... The control in dwc is incredible, its like driving a manual super car over an automatic🤘 Now that I've felt the power of dwc, Im seriously hooked. Im feeding Crystal Candy Megacrop, Bud Explosion & Sea-k 1000ppm ph'd to 5.6 With temps holding at 16°c Im adding about gallon every 1.5 days to the bucket to keep the level of nutes at about 2.5 gallons. The buds are stacking up amazing on all the branches now loving the Megacrop. I added another Mars TS1000 to the tent for better coverage as these 2 DWC's are getting big🤘 A TSL2000 and TS1000 are 20" away both on full power on 20-4 lighting schedule This is my first DWC and my first grow with Sweet Seeds💕 I can guarantee you it wont be the last for either. Thank you Sweet Seeds for the seeds for me to try out🙏, I really appreciate it 😊 Lots of photos and video coming of this plant
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
8
Week 8. Flowering
30.48 cm
20 hrs
5.8
1100 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
45.72 cm
850 PPM
Comments 3
Canamatoes
Day 53 👈 Thanks for looking ☮️❤️ My first dwc grow and my my first Sweet Seeds grow and Im loving both💜 I have figured out how to keep the water cool and that seemed to be the hardest part imo. The nutes Im using is the same Im using in Promix HP, very simple sam.. I can train it the way I want to with my goofy fan grill attached to the net pot. My Mars tent zipper ripped, so that 3x3 tent is toast. Im now using an Opulent 4x4 which seems to be built pretty good. So now I need proper par/coverage in this new 4x4 My Mars TSW2000 & TS1000 combined don't cover these plants effectively and efficiently. So Im busting out some new 240watt led Alibaba lights today equipped with Samsung chips, Meanwell driver, fully controllable.. Not my first option, but I need to fix and move on 🔥 I was hoping to stay with Mars but my plants come first. I did reach out to them, but no reply. I will change my name soon to CanaBabbamatoes with all these lights lol.. thats not funny actually.. Sitting 18" away from a TS1000 for now on 20-4 lighting schedule on full power. 1100 ppm / PH 5.7 / 16°c Megacrop & Bud Explosion I see lots of frost starting on the fans, Im keeping them for dry sift hash. The buds look wickid already, stacking up really well. Thanks again Sweet Seeds for the seeds. I really appreciate it. Lots of photos and video coming 👈 Thanks for reading and following along 🍻 Have the best day ☮️❤️
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
9
Week 9. Flowering
30.48 cm
20 hrs
5.8
1100 PPM
50 %
20 °C
15 l
45.72 cm
850 PPM
Comments 4
Canamatoes
Day 64 Nugbuckets Mainline 🍻 Holy sweet Jesus.... Im in love with DWC 🔥 Im calling her grease lighting.. its that sticky....
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
10
Week 10. Flowering
30.48 cm
20 hrs
5.8
50 %
20 °C
15 l
45.72 cm
850 PPM
Comments 2
Canamatoes
I think 1 week left... What a smell coming from this thing! Wow she is wicked! She smells like vanilla and fuel.. The buds are stiff, really stiff. Absolutely covered in frost. There are some very cool hues of purple and pink. Im still giving her 1000ppm of Megacrop & Bud Explosion ph'd to 5.7.... super stable 👍 She is a chilly 16-17°c 😍 For now she is under a Mars Hydro TS1000 on full power on 20-4 lighting schedule.... For now.... well she will be done by the time my new Mars Hydro FCE 6500 arrives.... I won the Mars Hydro Instagram giveaway... with this plant!! 1st place is a FC6500 or FCE6500 I chose the (E) Sweet 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I can't wait 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻 The flush later this week... Lots of photos and video coming 🦄 Have the best day ☮️ ❤️
Used techniques
HST
Technique
Topping
Technique
Main-Lining
Technique
10
Week 10. Harvest
Happy Harvest Day!
Crystal Candy XL Auto - Sweet Seeds
Spent 50 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
189.9 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
Easy
Difficulty

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Air humidity
PPM
PH
CO2
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Comments 2
Canamatoes
This was my first dwc & my first grow with Sweet Seeds.. The plant grew effortless.. I was stressed to the 9's keeping her happy and the final results look pretty good to me.. I have no clue how DWC would work with me and my environment, nutes... She was simple to grow, the nugs are super frosty! I mean super frosty!!!! Lots of photos and video coming of the drying, the weight, the smashing and the smoking.. Thank you Sweet Seeds for the beans 🙌
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