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VD22 WK4 25/5 Not doing great. PPM reading has changed for the 1st time. Jumped up to around 750 and showing signs of tox. Will lower today and see can I get it back on track.
Added Epsom Salt to give them some MG/S. Was 340 ppm baseline was 105 so 235 2 teaspoons to 3L then thr 3L was added to the bucket.
30/5/22 Idk y both plants are staying so short. The nodes are soo compact she's having real trouble getting light into the inner nodes. And they aren't growing much. Think I'm going to have to do heavy defoliation of both DWC grows. The temp with lights on is 81F and off it's 72-71F so there should be a stretch like in the rest of the grows, only thing I can think off, is the water they are in the temp in them doesn't drop quick enough and it's keeping the plants in a high temp, hence y they are so short but have tons of growth.
Same Day. So after going through other ppls grows. I think I know where I went wrong. I was running them on 20-4 & I've switched them to 18-6, I'm hoping 1 more wk and with the extra 2 hrs in a lower temp should help the stretch a lil. I've no idea why my photos are staying so small and bushy while my autos are topping out at 40-55cm with long nodes. So, I've raised my light to 45cm as I had it at 30cm and I'm guessing it's down to why they are soo short and bushy. Let's see what happens at a week at 45cm.
From what I've read, if you can't keep the temp low enough you can use beneficial microbes or hydrogen peroxide to prevent root rot. I've been using peroxide on my virgin DWC benture when the temp goes above 20ยฐC, so far so good
@Misanthrope, Hey bro. Well the nutrients in using have a lil higher temp rate. It stats to keep the water under 25c with the bactria. So I'm using them and they seem to be doing ok. The roots are strong. Not breaking off when I run my hand down them and not slimy, so that's all good right? I was looking at getting some h202 but idk enough about it and what types of enzymes I can use with it..for the moment they seem to be doing ok. I'm pulling enzymes and root stims after wk 6 so I'll just keep throwing in ice bottles and bowls of PH'ed ice. Thanks for your comments. Will drop by and hv a look at how u do it. Is there any set DWC tank insulation I can buy or just a DIY job?
Hey Growmie, man sorry for your struggles! Has to have been a bacteria or virus for it to come in that quickly. Have you checked the inside of the buds for any rot or fungus?
@Jays_Not_Here_Man, yeah, was thinking the same thing man. Was one of the 1st things I did. Gave her a good going over and took what leafs off her that came off with a light pull, so dead. And was able to check her very closely, I also took off a sample and split her open and used my 60-100x microscope and there was nothing out of the normal. She just kicked her self into what was like a 2 weeks hard flush. She's struggling to eat atm, have set her ppm at 480 and thrown in some ripen. She's still sticky, not as sticky as she was though, but you know plants, some weeks that is better than others, also my RH has been a lot lower than normal so I think she's had it. I'll know for sure 2moro when the light comes back on, if she's high in the PPM I'll drop it to 250 and if she doesn't get back to eating on that then there's nothing more I can do. And she was just coming into the fattening stage, poxy sucks
Total Pond A20019 16-Ounce Pond Sludge Remover https://a.co/d/2E7NX5j this stuff has saved my dwc grows and seem to promote healthy white roots. I add 2.5mL per 5 gallon reservoir once a day and it kills any infection and then keeps it clean. Once the infection is gone it's probably not necessary but I'm not taking a chance thru the summer. No more h2o2 for me :-)
@Misanthrope, hmm, I'll be sure to look at it. Can you DM me how you used your H202 please. I know not to add anything organic but I need to be careful not to add too much so it doesn't attack the roots cause they are organic. Right.
So I've added 1ml/l how often will I have to top that up? And will I be best using it continuously with the nutrients right, cause using it just to clean the roots for a few hours makes no sense to me you'd have to do it all the time. So, no organic nutrients or minerals and straight h202 with synthetics right?
@Misanthrope, haha, ye, not ideal. And changing it around after 12hrs into the big tent for 6 hrs while the photos sleep i have to be on the ball and make sure I change just before the light goes out, set up the small tents intake then to make a negative pressure environment in that whole keeping RH under control. My temps are crazy with 4 drivers running in my room. From 26.5c to 31c. Ordered an AC unit, just what I needed more poxy watts lol. Think ill just leave changing the light round and give the autos 12hrs under the fc 3000 and then 6 hrs under the 2 p1000s and sf1000. Is a bit much running altogether.
Am definitely going to get a smaller tent and getting rid of this POS homebox.
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Happy growing bud.
Comparing the pics in week 3 & 4, it looks to me like there was significant growth in the past week. I wouldnt worry too much about the compact plant, it will probably make up for it when you switch to flower and she stretches
@Misanthrope, ye, I've decided to go another way. You are right the 4 bottom nodes had made big growth so I said, hey, if she's focusing her growth there why not take away all that underdeveloped nodes, 5 sets and I'm left with 2. It was too compact and not grown up. It's the tent within a tent. The temps not good. All my plants in here are suffering. I need an AC unit. Also too many drivers. RH is a nightmare to control.