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9_5_22 So, the penny dropped last night when I had to look closely and think y, are my DWC grows behind my soil grows. Then I looked down into the bowl the net pots are sitting in. They were empty, (Well not high enough that the plant could drink at it's own pace), it was only getting fed the 1 time a day when I'd soak the rockwool which is enough, right up until it's not, (the roots break through the other side of the rockwool), and you are meant to have the water in your DWC tanks for the 1st wk or 2 up past the base of the net pot. (I knew this, I just completely forgot to do it) as it wasn't an issue for the 1st few days, then growth slowed down. Why, well because the plant was only getting a light feed once a day on the roots that broke through the rockwool and had nothing to drink but dust from clay pebbles. I quickly realised where I was tripping up and added water to the bowls so I'm hoping to see massive growth this week.
Here's what I plan to do for preflowering. I've also turned the light from 65% - 87.5%. Holding that lil bit of an extra kick for preflowering given with as much co2 time I can give them in their new homebox ambient 150+ 150x150x220 will allow me to go big and will widen in most areas what I can do with these girls. I'll be keeping a 50x50 space free in my tent for the 20l dehuimifier that will be running in the tent with my 800m3 6 inch EC/TEMP C9NTROLLED PRIMA KILMA intake fan will be turned on, by request OF the new automated dehuimdifying/temp controlled area which will allow me to grow in high co2 environment for at least 25 mins out of every 30. It'll all depend how quick my 3 co2 bags can bring up the ppm. And I'll only be doing this for preflower only then I'll go back to a negative pressure environment....(I'll be given detailed info on how to do all this correctly as it happens in the coming weeks, and after I've finished my research on these methods. I've already bought all the gear. Tent/lights/co2 bags/AC temp controlled 800m3 intake/ co2 ppm reader. And a few other bits you will need to create a sealed co2 environment. It's just for 2-3 weeks of preflower and then I'll focus on bringing temps up high during light on 28-30c max and as low as 20-18c max with lights off for terpness. And to bring the best out in all my Purple strains.
10/5/22 Roots broke down into the water. Should have put the water in last week.
11_5_22 After a 2 day soft flush, I've upped the nutrient terra Power and all nutrient mixes up and plants are starting to show light defs. Nothing that's going to throw them into a stall or anything, and I don't want to overfeed neither. PPM I'm been careful with. 980 5.9 PH. 1020 ADVN 6.3ph 950 5.7ph jungle juice and terra power. I've also upped the EC by 100% for both DWC.
Same Day: Took PH and both DWC was 7&7.2. Decided to empty both and fix them and bring their EC&PH back under control. 5.5&5.8 and 550&580 ppm. Yes, I know the numbers are the same, just the way it worked out..
13/5/22 Grrr, poxy annoying. Too much work doing DWC. Well the way I started them was. I set them up to fail. In a bowl where the PH was changing from 5.5 to 7+ in 12hrs. Because it was only in a couple 100mls. I put them in their buckets and lowered the EC and fixed the PH. 470ppm 5.7ph
16/5/22 Having many issues with DWC. Not forgiving at all. I really started them out wrong. And with constant PH/EC swings they had in their tiny bowls. Well, I'm surprised they made it to the bucket. I was thinking of scraping these are starting over again. But I'm going to run them as they are. See what I can do. Having real issues with temp for the water. 23c. Adding frozen glass bottles of water seems to help but it's becoming a pain having to add new 1s every 4-6hrs to keep the temp between 19.5-21c. So, I've done away with 1 of the mixes and switched it to jungle juice trio with no enzymes. Will add h202 as soon as it arrives.
16/5/22 At to picking back up slightly. Hopefully shes on the road to recovery.
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@LoveGrowWeed, thanks. These seeds were actually sent by mistake. I ordered the same strain but in auto version. Was meant to return and I'd get what I ordered but took it as a sign. Looking forward to getting into mainlining the coco/soil 1. Just gonna veg this for 4-6wks depending on growth and lollipop her. Height says only 80-100cm so won't have to do much. Will be a nice strain to scrog. Maybe I'll do 1 in my 70x70 with my next 3 seeds. Looking forward to trying GHS breeder they have some sick looking strains. So unique looking plants like TH seeds. I find FB strains unless you have the temp swings or unless it's something purple it's very hard to tell their strains apart. But if you got the temp swing they look somewhat dif but still not by much. But you can't beat them for their solid genes. I've yet to see a hermie on any1s FB grows.
@gottagrowsometime, some of my first grow way back in the day were GHS , I think maybe it's time to give them a go and check and see what they got going on 👈
@northernMike, Hey brother. Yeah, I done it wrong from the start right up until I put them in the tanks in wk 3. Should have put them in from the beginning into the o2 filled water. But they taken off now. Once you dial in it, it's fine. Just have to adjust PH every 2-3 days. I'm sure you'd get away with l9nger than that but once mine goes up to 6.3-4 I bring it back down to 5.5-5.8 and just leave it.
Good luck bro.
@gottagrowsometime, I just put two beans in the soil today after a couple days in papertowel, these will go
outside as soon as it's warm enough, Green Potion Fast Fem from Canuk Seeds and U.K Cheese auto from Oasis Seeds.
I'll probably pop a couple more auto's in June. Just ordered some new seeds, all auto's, and I got some feminized seeds for free,
so I'm good for awhile now😀..
Have a good one!!!
@northernMike,
Good to c u man. Yup, been awhile. Things are good here. Decided to go a little bigger this time. Then gonna finish up for a few months and enjoy the summer with a bit of bud stored up. Don't fancy having to do 3-4 grows every 2+ months.
@Tropicannibis_Todd, cheers buddy, she's been a nightmare, or better yet, I've been her nightmare. But, we've seen to have turned a corner. Thanks for dropping by pal
@Grow_for_Happiness, it really is a super light. As for the temps. The driver gets very with my volts. As it depends where you are the driver and bars can be from 30c with 100-110v 40c with 110-200 or like mine which is 50c if your volts are 200-240, so it really does depend where you live pal. bars are around 40 but the heat doesn't really come down onto the plant if you get me. Its a heat sink, so its hot but its spread out so, but yeah, in my country with our volts the drivers on every light I've had gets into the 45-50c range. The bars are cooler, but its a great light. And unless your grow room temperature exceeds 28c like mine atm you won't have any issues. My tent is 32c atm, my plants are having a hard time of it. But air temperature doesn't necessarily mean that's the temperature of your plant, if you have good ventilation and a good oscillating fan you should be able to keep LVPD at a decent level....if I can grow DWC with water temps at 27c and all my soil grows were fine. But most were harvested before the summer hit. At this time of year a lot of ppl don't grow as its too hot, hence why Mars are giving a 13% discount on all their stuff and for an extra discount use my code for a few quid or so off or if you can find a better code.
It really is a good light. Hope this helped..
