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4X Ibiza Farmers, Alien Hydroponics RDWC

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Germination
3 years ago
Nutrients 4
Hydro A - Hy-Pro
Hydro A 0.5 mll
Hydro B - Hy-Pro
Hydro B 0.5 mll
Generator - Hy-Pro
Generator 0.16 mll
For germinating I've placed them in to soil cubes, cause I've fucked up a lot of times. Once they sprouted I broke the soil cube and have rinsed the sprouts to prevent any organic material from infecting my system. After two days the first sprouts came out of their new rockwool cubes. I have watered them with a Hy-Pro nute mix at an EC of 0.7 on Demi-Water (only used at start).
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
400 PPM
50 %
20 °C
21 °C
36 L
60 cm
Nutrients 4
Hydro A - Hy-Pro
Hydro A 0.5 mll
Hydro B - Hy-Pro
Hydro B 0.5 mll
Generator - Hy-Pro
Generator 0.16 mll
So far so good, I hope the roots will drop into the reservoir soon, so we can really start to see them growing. Pre growing under TL caused my sprouts to stretch very quickly, for the next time I need to figure out how to do it better. Lets say I germinated for 2 weeks since they havent been growing in the length, all this time they were rooting. At the end of this week the roots finaly touched the nute water.
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
5 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
350 PPM
50 %
20 °C
21 °C
36 L
60 cm
Nutrients 4
Hydro A - Hy-Pro
Hydro A 0.63 mll
Hydro B - Hy-Pro
Hydro B 0.63 mll
Generator - Hy-Pro
Generator 0.04 mll
I lowered EC level to 0.7, I think my EC was too high at the start and night temperature too cold. I solved it with a small heater inside the tent. Lets see how they are ground since they have touched the nute water, Im gonna increase my EC to 1.0 - 1.1 this week! Since my PH is rising 0.1 a day I let it climb up to 6.0 and then climb back down with 0.1 a day until we reach PH 5.6 Before next round I'll try to have the X-stream propagator so I can start rooting two weeks in advance to speed up the process.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
15 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
5.8
No Smell
650 PPM
50 %
20 °C
21 °C
36 L
60 cm
Nutrients 4
Hydro A - Hy-Pro
Hydro A 2.5 mll
Hydro B - Hy-Pro
Hydro B 2.5 mll
Generator - Hy-Pro
Generator 0.16 mll
I gave 66% of this nutrient scheme, to get to an EC of 1.3 with a tapwater EC of 0.4. I am gonna increase to 1.4 this week. Meanwhile letting my PH fluctuate back and forth between 5.6 and 6.0
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Hybrid
Hybridcommentedweek 13 years ago
Nice set-up mate. RDWC is the nuts 😬 I had to stop using mine because of noise issues from the chiller and pumps going through to the neighbours!😠Do you run it sterile or with beneficial micro-organisms/bacteria? Good luck and happy growing!
Hybrid
Hybridcommented3 years ago
@Grow_weed_Smoke_repeat, nice - thanks for the reply mate 🙏I seem to remember the chiller was the loudest component - especially as it is stopping and starting all the time to maintain a set temperature. They give off quite a lot of heat too so you may have to take that into account if you want to box it in. I've built a couple of bubbler buckets for my next grow with 250W light and they will be OK without a chiller - I only needed it when I was running a 9 pot RDWC with over 1000W of lighting 😁
Grow_weed_Smoke_repeat
Grow_weed_Smoke_repeatcommented3 years ago
@Hybrid, hey man, I use peroxide, a friend of mine works in greenhouses so I get it from him. The air compressor has been silenced with a 100€ DIY silencebox around it. I need to get the chiller but if that's noisey too I will box it also but I need to think of how first.
Kynareth
Kynarethcommentedweek 33 years ago
nice plants buddy
Grow_weed_Smoke_repeat
Grow_weed_Smoke_repeatcommented3 years ago
@Kynareth, thank you! Keeping the dutch spirit alive!
EirikBloodAxe
EirikBloodAxecommentedweek 32 years ago
You still active?'
Aussieman08
Aussieman08commentedweek 33 years ago
Hi I love them rdwc set ups just from experience I sit on 300 ppm the 1st weeks until the plant shows its eating all the food and wants more I think u will find they are stunted from too high ppm I've seen some on YouTube have heaps high ppm I just can't see how they do it without burning the hell out of the roots I did one of my best grows without going over 800ppm all the way to harvest the roots stayed pure white the whole grow. Of course it's totally up to you how you do it my mix was at 600ppm I added more ro and a dash of calmag toget the ppm back down to 450ppm I notice alot of growth every day I look at it. If u go 600ppm then 3days later it's 200 ppm yeah raise it but if it's still 600 3days later or even higher like 650 it's drinking more water they are definitely stunted tho buddy. Just trying to help.cheers
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ZoobZoob_farmZcommentedweek 33 years ago
Good Grow!!!! do not hesitate to check my gardens if you have 5min it will be appreciated 🔥 🔥 💪 💪 👏 👊
cannapassion
cannapassioncommentedweek 33 years ago
Good Luck with your grow 👌💪💪
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