WEEK 1 VEGETATION
....And we're off and growing again. I'm giving her gentle light and nutrients till she gets rooted. So far no roots are showing at the bottom of the net cup. I wanted her to stretch up some this week. This will allow me to back fill the net cup with hydroton to block out light from entering the reservoir. I'm pleased with this weeks growth.
My Nutrient Inputs:
To keep costs down, I will be using a powdered nutrient ( 5-12-25 Tomato Blend ) by MasterBlend, plus Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate), and Calcium Nitrate. This is essentially the Jack's 3-2-1 method ( for those of you who are familiar with it ), except I'm using MasterBlend, a more readily available manufacturer in Canada. I mixed up two concentrated stock solutions to make a Part A and Part B, for fast, easy reservoir mixing. The formula is roughly 3 parts MasterBlend, 2 parts Calcium Nitrate, and 1 part Epsom Salt, all measured by weight.
To Make Part A - Start with a 4 Liter bottle of distilled water. Remove about 2 liters and set aside. Mix in 720 grams of MasterBlend and stir until fully dissolved. Then mix in 240 grams of Epsom Salt (magnesium sulfate) and stir until fully dissolved. Now add back enough distilled water, that was set aside earlier, to make 4 liters of stock solution. Store in a cool, dark place. Light proof containers are advised.
To Make Part B - Start with a 4 Liter bottle of distilled water. Remove about 2 liters and set aside. Mix in 500 grams of Calcium Nitrate and stir until fully dissolved. Now add back enough distilled water, that was set aside earlier, to make 4 liters of stock solution. Store in a cool, dark place. Light proof containers are advised.
Part A gets mixed into the reservoir, followed by part B. Equal amounts of Part A and Part B are typically used. These stock solutions will make several hundred gallons ( depending on your dosage strength ) of mixed reservoir nutrients, inexpensively.
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Peace,
DeaneR๐
@DeaneR, I grew some of crop kings Lambs breath over the summer, but didn't run a diary, if you want to get stuff done it is awesome the wife calls it my busy weed lol
Hey man! Just a thought, but maybe when those leaves turn 90 degs they are praying really hard, I mean it could be osmotic pressure in the plant that makes it turn that way, and apparently there's not much light difference on both sides of the leaf that it doesn't affect it's position
Great work as usual๐
Does that dwc method up the humidty in your house much?
I'm already running a dehumidifier in the basement and taking
almost 8 liters of water out of the air and keeping the basement at 55% RH and the rest of the house at 40-45% rh,
and I'm using soil.Hard to keep the rh where I want because our house looks like a jungle, plants everywhere.
I'm using the water from the dehumidifier to water all the house plants, I just add some (kelp me kelp you) to bring the PH up a little from
the RO water coming from the dehumidifier all plants are super happy.
Mery Christmas!!!
@northernMike, Thanks Mike. I don't think this DWC method raises my homes RH, any more than my previous coco grows, with fabric pots (think of the surface area of the pot and media drying, plus runoff in the tray). I found little loss due to evaporation using this DWC style. I put a plastic sheet around the stem of the plant, to block light and reduce evaporation. The plants do grow quickly though, and are transpiring a gallon per day...So its like having one of those room humidifiers running 24/7. It's been a warm/damp December in my area. Normally, my NG furnace helps lower my house RH. I disabled my HVAC's humidifier and run a DC furnace fan 24/7 to help circulate my house air. My house was built in the 60's, so the basement is always damper than the rest of the house.
Have a happy Happy, merry Merry!!!!๐
Hi ,
Can it be that the sympthomes are called canoeing? I had some similar leafs in 1 plant, beeing to wet. But your on dwc, so no idea. Its deffently wet!!! ๐ ๐ ๐
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@DeaneR,
Yes tacoing is an other name for it.
We called such joints spooners. Thats translated out of my language ofcours.
Allready an idea what is happening?
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@Organic_LarF, Canoeing was a term my friends and I, used to describe a joint that burned unevenly๐. I see what you're saying, some call it tacoing? Spelling? I Dunno?