Pinky

Germinating in a Root Riot cube soaked in 5.5pH water... and will be growing in DWC... I've become addicted to this method of growing and nothing will get me back to soil! The bucket is, imho, the best there is on the market... netpot is 8" which allows for good, thick stems to grow, no need of an airstone ... the only downside is there is no access hole in the top to extract water for measuring pH or EC.. so I drill my own (big deal... NOT!)... nor does it have a drainage hole/plug - but lifting a full bucket (the 5gallon size allows for 3.5 gallons of water which will sit 1/2" below the netpot) is no big deal even for me in my 70s... I have a second bucket rigged with an airstone for temporary placement of the plant when I change out/clean the grow bucket.. again, no big deal. And the Root Spa bucket, complete with netpot, pump, water level indicator is only about $45... even making your own would cost more! I'm excited about this grow! Can't wait to see the colors this one gives.... 11/01 - And she's off to the races! Now, you may wonder about the tin foil and the funky glass pot lid in my last photo.... the clay pebbles are not up high enough yet to completely block out the light from getting through the netpot so I just used some tin foil to block the light until I add more clay pebbles.... and I had a moment of inspiration in grabbing one of my cooking pot lids to cover her... it allows the light in but keeps the humidity high - but not TOO high as it also has a vent hole in the top. I'll use this only until the first true leaves appear and then probably wean Pinky off it by propping it up a bit more each day... At the moment, though, she's sharing the tent with my first DWC which is in flower so the humidity in the tent, for Pinky, is much too low.... Going to be adding some Rapid Start to the water so the roots are getting an immediate boost when they get down there... 11/02 - Took her a long time to get rid of the seed casing - in the end, I helped out with it a bit. She's growing strong and green and the first true leaves are coming! Moved her into the closet with my #2 Bruce because I have a better shot at getting her closer to the light than I did in the tent (didn't even think about that issue when I first decided to grow her in the tent...) But now she's good to go and I'm excited! I'm top-watering with the bucket solution which contains Rapid Start hoping that the early exposure to that will REALLY get those roots going! And btw, I wish she had taken one more day to break the soil... instead of yesterday, I wish it had been today... that way, we could have shared a birthday! :-D 11/04 - She seems to be happy enough in the closet with the light closer to her... can't wait until her roots hit the water and she starts to grow a little faster... this one seems much slower to me than the Bruce Banners ... but hopefully she will catch up to their growth pattern! Keeping a dome over her for a little while yet with a bit of an opening so fresh air can get to her as well... Onward and upward!