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First ever DWC tent grow

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Northern Lights Auto

Crop King Seeds

VEG

Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/600W

Custom

FLO

Fission 300W Light Emitting Diodes/600W

Custom

Indoor

Room Type

ScrOG

weeks Technique

19 liters

Pot Size

Start at 9 Week

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Plant 1, showing signs of something but not sure what. Growing well, springy.

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Plant 1

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Plant 2 has been slower and a bit sicker looking. Added water level and I think that’s helped, EC was 0.8 so upped it to 1.1 and seems to have responded

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Plant 2

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Week 1 day 5 - plant 1 seeing great growth on these the last few days

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Week 1 day 5 - plant 1

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Week 1 day 5 - plant 2

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Week 1 day 5 - plant 2 looking sicker still but growing well. Thoughts?

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 1 - Week 1 day 5 - plant 2 above

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7.62 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

22 °C

Day Air Temp

6.2

pH

No Smell

Smell

550 PPM

TDS

25 %

Air Humidity

19 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

45.72 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 2

Big Bloom - Fox Farm

Big Bloom

2.604 mll

Grow Big - Fox Farm

Grow Big

1.302 mll

Crazydaver Total noob lol. Was thinking they’d be bigger by now. Any thoughts? Humidity is low thanks to the great white north. NOTHING gets it up over 35%. Even installed a whole house humidifier and no noticeable effect. Bottom line is they’re growing so I guess we’ll keep it going!

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Grow Questions

Crazydaverstarted grow question 7y ago

Once germinated, what do you hydro / DWC guys do before putting into the buckets?

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Techniques. Defoliation

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The_Projexxanswered grow question 7y ago

You can put them in the buckets but . The thing you wanna keep in mind is the root system . With that being said the first question you should ask yourself is will your roots reach the water in the bucket . If not you might wanna water them by hand until they do . You can speed up the root growth with many variety's of nutrient line ups . Using products like this will do 2 things , increase the nutrient uptake as well as promote mega root growth ! But for now i highly recommend hand feeding your baby if your going to put her in the bucket until she gets a kick ass root mass going . I hope this information is useful in your quest to understanding when you can use your buckets ! -Happy Growing!

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First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 1 week 2 day 1. Upped EC to 1.6 as set out in fox farms feeding schedule. Looking good I think

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 1 different angle

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 2 big root in the water now, seems to be turning around, we’ll see! Again EC now 1.6, lots of nice food.

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 2

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 2 left, plant 1 right

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 1 week 2 day 3

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 2 week 2 day 3. Topped it as an experiment

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Side by side, week 2 day 6

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 1 week 2 day 6

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 2 - Plant 2 week 2 day 6

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7.62 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

23 °C

Day Air Temp

6.2

pH

No Smell

Smell

800 PPM

TDS

25 %

Air Humidity

18 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

45.72 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 2

Big Bloom - Fox Farm

Big Bloom

2.604 mll

Grow Big - Fox Farm

Grow Big

1.302 mll

Crazydaver Bit of a difficult start to these girls seeing as this is my first grow and all, but they’re still growing and overall looking pretty healthy, good colour, springy, but I’m suspecting nute deficiency maybe but I’ve upped the food so we’ll see how we do! Now, when to start topping 🤔... Puff, puff, pass ✌️

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First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - Plant 1, now topped

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - Plant 2 also topped

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - Plant 1 roots, think they’re doing ok

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - Built a SCROG yesterday, we’ll see if it works!

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - End of week 3, looking great!

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - Plant 1, week 3 day 5

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - Plant 2

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 3 - Side by side, 5” tall now and trying scrog, also first time lol

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7.62 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

6.0

pH

No Smell

Smell

800 PPM

TDS

25 %

Air Humidity

19 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

45.72 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 2

Big Bloom - Fox Farm

Big Bloom

2.604 mll

Grow Big - Fox Farm

Grow Big

1.302 mll

Crazydaver Lots of good growth on plant 1. Topped both hoping it’s had a good effect...time will tell. Trying a scrog too. I’ve always been concerned about plant 2, still growing though so kinda using it as an experiment/ learning plant. THANKS All for the advice! Update end of week 3 - great growth this week and no signs of any issues, i *might* be doing ok I think. Now...where me vape?

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First ever DWC tent grow. Week 4

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 4

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12.7 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

5.8

pH

No Smell

Smell

800 PPM

TDS

25 %

Air Humidity

19 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

45.72 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 2

Big Bloom - Fox Farm

Big Bloom

2.604 mll

Grow Big - Fox Farm

Grow Big

1.302 mll

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First ever DWC tent grow. Week 5 - Plant 1

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 5 - Plant 2

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 5 - Doing great,

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 5 - Plant 1

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 5 - Plant 2 “The Runt”...going stronger than the first plant now!

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17.78 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

23 °C

Day Air Temp

6.0

pH

Weak

Smell

800 PPM

TDS

25 %

Air Humidity

19 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

45.72 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 2

Big Bloom - Fox Farm

Big Bloom

2.604 mll

Grow Big - Fox Farm

Grow Big

1.302 mll

Crazydaver Beginning of week 5 now, great growth and seeing no issues. I think!

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Grow Questions

Crazydaverstarted grow question 7y ago

I’m doing DWC buckets. I’m 5 weeks into veg and need to top up the water occasionally. Should I be pumping the old water out every so often and putting new solution in, or do you guys just keep topping with ph’d nute water? If you do swap out the water, what’s your procedure?

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Techniques. Defoliation

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HighTVanswered grow question 7y ago

Hey there @CrazyDaver nice question! With individual DWC 5 gallon reservoirs like myself and you use you absolutely do want to be topping off the water daily as to ensure the proper Nutrient to water ratio, however you do not want to keep the same nutrients in the reservoirs for longer than a week. A completely reservoir swap every 7 days is highly recommended and usually comes with the change in nutrient schedule as well. If you have any more questions feel free to ask them! 😎

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First ever DWC tent grow. Week 6 - My collection

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 6 - Plant 1 seems stunted but also had lots of tiny foliage at lower level branches so I removed those and hopefully it’ll grow up soon.

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 6 - Plant 1 10” tall

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 6 - Plant 2 aka The Runt has grown like a beast!! It’s now going into flower and is looking lovely. 14” tall now.

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 6 - Mmmmm flowers

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35.56 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

23 °C

Day Air Temp

6.0

pH

Normal

Smell

800 PPM

TDS

25 %

Air Humidity

19 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

45.72 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

Big Bloom - Fox Farm

Big Bloom

3.906 mll

Grow Big - Fox Farm

Grow Big

1.302 mll

Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm

Tiger Bloom

1.302 mll

Crazydaver I am literally AGOG at the growth on plant 2 this week. Amazing foliage growth and then BOOM - into flower. Changed out the water, flushed with ph adjusted water for 1 night and neearly killed them 😬 but they came back once I added new nutes. Really happy it seems to be working 👍

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First ever DWC tent grow. Week 9 - Sorry about lights being on I kinda gave up on the diary lol. But here they are

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 9 - Some good bud sites (I think) on plant 2

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 9 - Also got some lettuce, cilantro, basil and sage on the go

First ever DWC tent grow. Week 9 - Puff, puff, pass...

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55.88 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

23 °C

Day Air Temp

6.0

pH

Normal

Smell

800 PPM

TDS

29 %

Air Humidity

19 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 liters

Pot Size

33.02 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

Big Bloom - Fox Farm

Big Bloom

3.906 mll

Grow Big - Fox Farm

Grow Big

1.302 mll

Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm

Tiger Bloom

1.302 mll

Crazydaver Sorry I haven’t updated in a while. They’re doing great, plant 2 on the right was the runt and has become a frickin stallion!! Plant 1 seems stunted but might get a few grams off it. Plant 2 is drinking about 2 gallons every 3-4 days lol I can hardly keep up! Did some defoliation last night and hope this will help the plants energy head up to the bud sites. Fingers crossed, I feel like they’re doing ok! Smelling nice, not too strong either. Glad I setup a good ventilation system though...! I feel like I’m closer to week 7 in terms of growth, but I planted these on oct 31st and this is where they’re at. The tent is in my basement and air temp and humidity is good but I think the water might be too cold which could be slowing growth down by a few weeks. I expect to harvest around end of February based on current growth rate. We’ll see, and might have to invest in a water heater...but I try to avoid any heating elements if I can, I hate fire risk. Peace ✌️

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Fibro_Witch commented7y ago

So, just wanted to suggest your plants need more Nitrogen. I see you're feeding "Big Bloom" and "Tiger Bloom". "Big Bloom" is fine right now, but "Tiger Bloom" is really for after the plants go into flower. I would suggest getting some "Grow Big" for the Nitrogen they need during veg. Just a friendly suggestion. Good luck with your grow!

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Crazydaver commented7y ago

@Fibro_Witch,thanks! My bad, it is big bloom and grow big I’m using and I’m following the suggested nute schedule. I did increase the ec to 1.1 on both plants and increased the water level as I thought they might not be able to reach it yet. Discovered last night I accidentally left the lights off for 5 hours. D’oh! Thank you!

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Fibro_Witch commented7y ago

@Crazydaver, No problem. Glad it's just a typo! I hope your babies do well!

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Crazydaver commented7y ago

Hey @Hybrid yes lots of air, I think they’re close to getting full on nutes soon, they’re growing just slowly is all. Once they’re in the water I bet we’re up and running. I can’t figure out how to add photos to this week so I’ll make sure to take lots of both plants for week 2. Cheers guys 👍

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Hybrid commented7y ago

@Crazydaver, To add photos, click on the week (Veg week 1) icon and there should be an option underneath which says "Edit Week". If you select that you can then upload more pics.

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Crazydaver commented7y ago

@Hybrid,LEGEND! New pics up now. Thanks!!

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Crazydaver commented7y ago

I’ve uploaded new pics from yesterday. Do they look like nitrogen deficiency, especially plant 2? Thanks!

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