Day 1 - opened seed pack and placed seed into root riot cube, these are a fresh new batch of cubes I got locally
- I will be upgrading the lights this grow to 2x TS 1000 LED, for 300w total, I will use 100% intensity the entire grow - will likely get new light right before flowering. Im hoping to grow huge Big Bud
a. sticking with the trusted Breeder FastBuds 420!
b. sourced this seed from my regular FastBuds vendor who knows how to store seeds properly
c. installed into the DWC day 1, experimenting to minimize stress on the seedling
d. the TS1000 is on a 20/4 schedule at 100% intensity, 80cm away from the top of the root riot cube, 27 degrees, 80% humidity, full nutrients day 1.
Day 2 - keeping humidity nice around the rocks
a. added some h202 to my DWC, to keep the bacteria out while we wait for this baby to be born
b. Big Bud is a legendary plant, and I have heard great things about this amazing seed from FastBuds!
Day 3 - rooting
a. we will have a nice plant in a 3-4 days!
Day 4 - environment is normal
Day 5 - Hello World!
a. we have a new seedling, she is very strong
b. the environment is very nice for a seedling, as I am keeping the humidity up with a small USB humidifier
Day 6 - WOW!
a. we already have a huge taproot in the pool!
b. this is the fastest rooting seed ive ever had
c. the nutrients are at 6.0 PH, 350ppm.
Day 7 - loving life
a. the tap root is very long on this plant
b. she is growing really well
c. the DWC is doing well, the minerals have precipitated a bit forming the protective layers on the root
d. the root is starting to make its ladder roots, will not disturb root system again
Hi bro, I would like to tell you that I am learning a lot by looking at your journals. In a few months I will start my first crop ever and I decided to do it in dwc. Let's hope so.
Thanks
@DeepWaterGrower, Yo man that is awesome! Please DM me with any questions. Tip.. make sure to use the basic cheap chemical PH testing kits. The electronic PH pens are never accurate for DWC, and they are expensive. Your first plants will be monsters. Which line of nutrients are you thinking of running?
Looking beautiful, great structure , now you are starting to feel what I feel with ridiculous amounts of nutrients, you are doing very well to contain the concentration of the solution , I’m glad you using ph6.1-6.3 as this is much easier to keep level , than sub 6, I think you could pull 10 oz if you keep it up 👍🏽 nice grow 🤞
@BigDaddyK, Thanks a million! im hoping to get around 300 grams here. I find that 5.7 in veg and 6.2 in flower seems to be great for most Indica leaning autos in the dwc bucket. this plant is flowering very fast and drinking so many nutrients. When I do a 4-5 day mineral water flush, then gradually re-introduce the bloom blend, the autos really ramp up their production in the last 2 weeks with amazing sweet flavor.
@JamMAKEcan, oh same here, I have been comparing it to my Pineapple Express grow from Fastbuds which was killer.. it looks like Big Bud may beat it in total harvest. However I am using 2x the light now (:
Nice work👌..
Thinking about trying that DWC in the future, I've seen some impressive results💪..
Just wondering about your banana c02 gen.? I make mine with 1 cup sugar, .5 tsp bakig soda,
1.5 tsp yeast and 6 cups of water lasts about a week, and I add some sugar and yeast as needed after that
to keep the bubbles coming out every 3-5 seconds. I use 2 containers one with the c02 mixture and a smaller one with just water,
because sugar and yeast make alcohol and I don't want that in the tent, so the c02 bubbles out of the smaller container through some water used as a filter.
Works well and is very cheap to make, I'll post a pic in my Cinderlla 99 diary, Later!!!
DWC is absolute easiest way to grow monster yields. None of that water schedule, or guessing nutrient bullshit. I follow all measurements on the GHE bottles with minor deviations. I use the Bannana beer that is made to run through my distiller to make moonshine hooch alcohol. It hits hard. after 14 days in the box is ready to make liquor. The water bubbler is a good idea, but I have never seen any thing bad from just letting the CO2 it vent into a tube under my fans. CO2 is heavier than air so I make sure it blows over the top of the canopy. I only use it during veg period, as all my plants outgrow my tents every time. I use a kilogram of dissolved white sugar made into simple syrup, then I add 2 whole very ripe bananas, puree them by shaking with sugar making syrup. take 40 or 50 grams of instant bread yeast and dissolve it all in about 1/5 litre of warm water. I combine the 2 liquids in a 10 litre water jug and fill with water to the 5L mark, after a week I taste it, adjust my ingredients with another 4L of solution. All of my plants seem to veg huge when I do this. I run my box temps always above 25 degrees when I use CO2, and seal the box up as well. Replace entire system after 14 days. Costs me 2 Franc. Enjoy the alcohol you just made while making your plants absolute monsters. 😎
@Blabina, it seems to work well making a flat canopy. I started doing full HST to where I actually supercrop the stems, it works very well, but Ive noticed that when you do a lighter HST by not kinking the stem on an auto the secondary limbs really become much stronger. I will only HST this plant this single time. 😍
@northernMike, sure is! I am so impressed by this strain, I thought Pineapple Express was a fast strain, but this one at day 15 is almost 2x the size! Happy New Year!