Decided to grow one auto in DWC as a kind of test to compare next to the 3 outdoor autos I am growing.
Below is my planting method for hydro:
1. I germinated the seed and as soon as the taproot was about a half inch long I transplanted it into a cut in half Rapid Rooter.
2. I immediately took that and put it into the hydroton at the level I wanted (about 3 inches from the bottom of the net pod) and filled around it with hydroton leaving the top bare for her to sprout out of.
3. Once she sprouted and grew up a bit I filled in around her stem lightly with hydroton.
4. I held the water reservoir level at 2 inches above the bottom of the net pot for the first week then brought it down to 1 inch, then just to the bottom of the pod.
She sprouted on 6/15.
Always see the last picture for nutes, I do not use the system they have built into the site.
Going to be my first auto grow indoor and hydro so I am pretty excited. I am running nutes at 1/4 recommended dosage so hopefully she does not burn. Gave her a smidge of the recharge to see what happens.
Anyway, much love to the community. Grow on!
FWIW, I use a hacked swamp cooler similar to this one that we take to Burning Man in my grow space: https://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=33842
It was getting a bit warm a couple weeks ago so I added that into the space, and like me, it looks like you have a little room in your humidity to go upwards. I was hitting temps like yours at 40% humidity, now it's averaging around 77 F with 58% RH in the space.
@TheFairyBudMother,
Haha neat dude. Yeah I'm flipping my photo plants so I'm going to move the humidifier out of there into that tent and she should be alright.
@ClubRiot,
Thanks dude. She is kind of floundering and really hasn't grown much lately to be honest. I think she is just setting up her root system before she gives me some explosive growth.