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Hello and welcome to my first DWC attempt.
Parents: Sunset Sherbet x Cherry Cookies
I decided to buy a ready-made system because I didn't have the necessary time and it should just be a test if DWC is something for me.
I didn't want a system with more than 2 buckets as I don't have the space. I know it's not difficult to build a DWC system yourself, but I think the costs would have been the same.
The 26 liters as stated by Spider Farmer are a bit optimistic...i don't think that much will fit in, then the net basket will already float to the top.
i have filled the bucket with 18 liters, the netbasket is 1 cm in the water.
🛠️- Equipment
- 2 x 18 liter bucket with air pump, dripper and airstones
- clay balls and netbasket (Please wash the clay balls thoroughly before using them)
- 4 x 4cm rock wool cubes
The air pump has 4 outlets, 2 for the air stones and 2 for the dripper, if you don't want it I could imagine that you can upgrade to 4 buckets (airstones). Let's hope that the pump survives at least one grow haha.
I don't know if one air stone per bucket will be enough or whether the oxygen from the air pump is sufficient. Lets see
⚗️- Nutrients
Canna Aqua Vega A+B
Canna Aqua Flores A+B
Rhizontonic
Cannazym
PK 13/14
Cannaboost
"CalMag"
🌰 - Germination
put the seeds in the water for 12 hours at 22 degrees and then in a cotton pad for another 24 hours. Then I prepared the rockwool blocks and let them soak up water for a few minutes. Place the seed with the small root down in the hole of the cube and carefully close the upper part with tweezers. after the heads pops out i put the stone wool cubes into the net filled with clay balls and make sure it fits well. The dripper ensures that there is sufficient moisture and no dry spots.
💧- Water
I water all my plants with tap water. My water has a pH value of 7.5 and an EC of 0.4 without the addition of nutrients. The water is a bit hard but there's nothing you can do about it.
i want a PH range from 5.5 - 6-5, I had to adjust my pH value, which I did with Plagron ph-.
This is my first DWC grow and if you have any tips please write to me :)
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_____📅 Week 2 | 📅 Day 08 - 14 | 📅 18.01 - 24.01 Jan. ______
🌞19.01
🔸 The first week is now over for my two bathing mermaids🧜♀️. I've had the pH value at 5.7 - 5,9 all week, I will start with an EC value of 1.1, as specified by Canna, and see if it becomes too much.
🔸 I will now increase the light step by step, start with 200 PPFD
🌞21.01
🔸 i think the brown spot on the leaf is from a waterdrop?! I'm not worried yet 😇
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🌡️🔆= 23-24°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🖍️EC = 1,1
🖍️PH = 5,7 - 5,9
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Equipment: Veggie
💡1 x 150 Watt Vipaspectra
⛺120 x 60 x 180 Tent (4 x 2 x 6)
_____📅 Week 3 | 📅 Day 15 - 21 | 📅 25.01 - 31.01 Jan. ______
🌞25.01
🔸 nothing happend, i have to say the PH value is very stable I don't have to adjust anything during the week, only check EC and pH daily, tomorrow i change the water
🌞26.01
🔸I did a water change EC=1.3 PH=5.6...
🔸unfortunately the Chilled Cherry #2 fell out of my hand and some roots were torn off, the complete plant with clay balls came loose...I put everything back together and let's see if it recovers...the plant
itself was not damaged. The thick roots have remained intact, but are from the net. I call this a beginner's mistake and it won't happen to me again 😭😭😪
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🌡️🔆= 23-24°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🖍️EC = 1,3
🖍️PH = 5,7 - 5,9
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Equipment: Veggie
💡1 x 150 Watt Vipaspectra
⛺120 x 60 x 180 Tent (4 x 2 x 6)
_____📅 Week 4 | 📅 Day 22 - 28 | 📅 01.01 - 07.01 Jan. ______
🌞💧🔦02.02
🔸I did a water change EC=1.3 PH=5.8...
🔸Increased the light to 400 PPFD
🔸CC#1 is a monster, she has massive big fanleafs and is slowly getting a thick stem. Compared to my Runtz grow much much bigger at the same age.
🔸CC#2 has recovered reasonably well. It has developed strong roots again after I had to put it completely back into the net, which is of course reflected in its low growth. As you can see from the pictures, it has only suffered external damage. I think she will be back in the race this week.
🌞✂️ 05.12
🔸I topped the CC#1 after the 4rd nodie and now have 8 main branches...and do some LST with clips
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🌡️🔆= 23-24°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🖍️EC = 1,3
🖍️PH = 5,7 - 5,9
🔦 PPFD = 400 umol 18/6
🔦⌚DLI = ~26
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Equipment: Veggie
💡1 x 150 Watt Vipaspectra
⛺120 x 60 x 180 Tent (4 x 2 x 6)
_____📅 Week 5 | 📅 Day 29 - 35 | 📅 08. - 14. Feb.. ______
🌞💧🔦✂️ Day 30 09.02
🔸I did a water change 🖍️ EC=1.4 PH=5.6 - 5,8 | 3 ml Plagron ph- on 20 liter solution 🖍️
🔸Increased the light to 600-700 PPFD
🔸I topped the CC#2 after the 4rd nodie and now have 8 main branches...I had to top them so that the lower branches get enough light
🔸CC#2 is back and is doing well, the root foliage of both plants looks very good..the color also looks very healthy. So far I am thrilled with how easy and good Hydro is.
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🌡️🔆= 23-24°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🖍️EC = 1,4
🖍️PH = 5,6 - 5,8
🔦 PPFD = 600 umol 18/6
🔦⌚DLI = ~38
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Equipment: Veggie
💡1 x 150 Watt Vipaspectra
⛺120 x 60 x 180 Tent (4 x 2 x 6)
_____📅 Week 6 | 📅 Day 36 - 42 | 15.02 - 21.02 Feb. ______
16.02.25 | Day 37 🌞💧
🔸I did a water change 🖍️ EC=1.5-1,6 PH=5.6 - 5,8 | 3 ml Plagron ph- on 20 liter solution 🖍️
🔸They are developing very well ,in this phase I don't do much I push the branches down and make sure they all get the same amount of light, I remove 1 or 2 leaves, but not too much at once
🔸Cherry 1 is still doing well...She is growing quite fast and I think this will be the last week of veggies.
🔸Cherry 2 doesn't look quite as happy, but she's growing...let's see how it is this week with the better light...
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🌡️🔆= 25-26°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🔦 PPFD = 600 umol 18/6
🔦⌚DLI = ~38
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Equipment: Veggie
💡2 x 200 Watt Cosmos LED
💡4 x 40 Watt Spider-Farmer
⛺120 x 120 x 200 Tent (4 x 4 x 8)
🍯 18-20 liter Bucktes
_____📅 Week 7 | 📅 Day 43 - 49 | 22.02 - 27.02 Feb. ______
23.02.25 | Day 44 🌞🔦💧
🔸I did a water change 🖍️ EC=1.5-1,6 PH=5.6 - 5,8 | 3 ml Plagron ph- on 20 liter solution 🖍️
🔸switch the light to 12/12
🔸I put both plants in a separate tent for 2-3 weeks until the Runtz Cup Grpw goes into flower.
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🌡️🔆= 25-26°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🔦 PPFD = 600 umol 18/6
🔦⌚DLI = ~38
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Equipment: Veggie
💡2 x 200 Watt Cosmos LED
💡4 x 40 Watt Spider-Farmer
⛺120 x 120 x 200 Tent (4 x 4 x 8)
🍯 18-20 liter Bucktes
_____📅 Week 8 | 1 week flower | 📅 Day 50 - 56 | 28.02 - 07.03 ______
02.03.25 | Day 51 🌞💧
🔸I did a water change 🖍️ EC=1.6-1,7 PH=5.6 - 5,8 | 3 ml Plagron ph- on 20 liter solution 🖍️
🔸So far I think it's going far too well, the effort is limited...I change the water once a week, the water that is poured away still looks great...no slime or anything like that. The roots also look great...the only thing is that since cherry number 2 fell out of the basket it doesn't look happy, but let's see...it's definitely smaller than cherry 1
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🌡️🔆= 25-26°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🔦 PPFD = 1000 umol 12/12
🔦⌚DLI = ~43
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Equipment: Veggie
💡2 x 200 Watt Cosmos LED
💡4 x 40 Watt Spider-Farmer
⛺120 x 120 x 200 Tent (4 x 4 x 8)
🍯 18-20 liter Bucktes
_____📅 Week 9 | 2nd week flower | 📅 Day 57 - 63 | 08.03 - 14.03 ______
14.03.25 | Day 57 🌞
🔸Sorry for the late update, but I was laid up with the flu this week and had no energy to take care of the plants, I got them watered at most, but that was very exhausting hehe. If the photos didn't turn out so well then I blame it on that.
🔸I didn't even manage to measure the pH value every day, I just looked into the tent to see if it still looked good :D I didn't even look at the water level for 3 days and had to top up with 10 liters, but as it is sealed airtight, the moisture stays in the bucket and on the roots.
🔸I had to make a difficult decision and the two cherries have grown so big that they have stretched to well over 25 cm. They took up far too much space and as the cup grow is more important to me, I got rid of one cherry. It hurts me a lot but what should I do?
🔸I have now added the free air stone to the CC1.
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🌡️🔆= 25-26°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🔦 PPFD = 1000 umol 12/12
🔦⌚DLI = ~43
___________________________________________________________________
Equipment: Veggie
💡2 x 200 Watt Cosmos LED
💡4 x 40 Watt Spider-Farmer
⛺120 x 120 x 200 Tent (4 x 4 x 8)
🍯 18-20 liter Bucktes
_____📅 Week 10 | 3nd week flower | 📅 Day 64 - 70 | 15.03 - 21.03 ______
21.03.25 | Day 70 🌞
🔸I had little time to take care of the plants this week because I was traveling a lot for work and every time I was home the plants already had the light off...
🔸I have not changed the water for over 2 weeks now, I had refilled 10 liters of nutrient solution every 3-4 days. Sometimes only 2 days with 5 liters...
🔸This week I started giving her PK13/14.
🔸already smells very pleasantly sweet and fruity
🔸she is about 100 cm tall
_____________________________________________________________________
🌡️🔆= 25-26°
🌡️🌜= 18-19°
💨 Hum. = 65%
🔦 PPFD = 1000 umol 12/12
🔦⌚DLI = ~43
___________________________________________________________________
Equipment: Veggie
💡2 x 200 Watt Cosmos LED
💡4 x 40 Watt Spider-Farmer
⛺120 x 120 x 200 Tent (4 x 4 x 8)
🍯 18-20 liter Bucktes
@Schnabeldino, kann sicher zeitintensiv sein die umwelt bedingungen zu kontrollieren, mich bestärkt das nur in meiner entscheidung, dass ich hydro nie mache. machst du's wieder oder nix fix?
@Momentum, Was soll ich sagen? die haben die letzten 2 Wochen überhaupt keine liebe von mir bekommen 😅 messe stichprobenartig nur das Wasser, stehen tut die auch nicht so top durch ihre Größe...Also zufrieden bin ich nicht aber die wirds schon schaffen irgendwie 😎😂
Oh was sehe ich denn hier?!! Wir haben die Chilled Cherry Ltd. vom Zamnesia (und French Runtz Ltd) damals auch gekauft. Bin voll gespannt wie es bei Dir läuft. Viel Glück und Spaß bei den süßen Kirschen
@Doja420, Jaaaa...Zamnesia bringt die Tage noch eine Collabo raus "Orange Hippo" von Blimburn Seeds und Zamnesia auch limitiert...ich weiß nicht, aber mit sowas kriegen die mich :D
Vielen Dank 🌹 bin auch gespannt, ob Sie es schaffen 😇
@Hempface86, 2-3 months ago there was a promotion from Zamnesia where you could buy the limited edition boxes, there were only 500 of them. There's another collabo coming out in the next few days called “Orange Hippo”. Thank you mate 🤜🤛🌹
Hab das DWC Set AUCH da stehen, aber irgendwie trau ich mich nicht wirklich ran...
Grade auch wegen meinen Wasserwerten hier. Leitungswasser kommt mit 8,2 - 8,5 aus der Leitung😏😏
Echt gespannt wie sich die Damen bei dir so machen, hab ja nen groben Vergleich da😊
@Schnabeldino,
Bin noch am Überlegen.
Denke mal, wie du sagst.
Einfach machen und schaun was rauskommt.
Bin halt echt bzgl. meinen Wasserwerten bißchen skeptisch.
Ph ist eben sehr hoch, dazu noch Calcium bei 131mg/l und Magnesium ist bei 4,2mg/l.
Ich dachte zum Testen eher an ne Runde Auto's (Mimosa X Orange Punch Auto von Barney's)
Aber wie du sagst, am besten einfach ins Kalte Wasser springen..
@Brujha77, Einfach machen!! Es ist gar nicht so kompliziert wie du bestimmt denkt, ich war nämlich auch Anfangs etwas abgeschreckt. Der Ph Wert von deinem Wasser ist nicht so wichtig wie der EC Wert, den PH wert kann man immer mit PH - oder + angleichen. Den EC musst du dazurechnen. Naja mal schauen ist ja auch mein Probedurchlauf, wird halt Interessant wenn die Pflanze es bis zu Blüte schafft :D
Was möchtest du denn gerne in deinem DWC als nächstes growen?
Das schaut doch gut aus👍 Wie sieht es denn bei dir mit der Temperatur der Nährlösung in den Eimern aus? Hast du da ne Kühlung oder passt es einfach?
Bzgl. Pumpe. Ich kann dir da die Aqua forte empfehlen grade die V20 oder V30. Benutze die schon Jahre für meine Aquarien (super Leistung, sehr leise) brauchst nur nen Luftverteiler dazu👍
Ja glaube der Eimer wird zu klein sein, aber mal schauen. Ja die Aqua Forte + Verteiler hab ich mir schon rausgesucht, falls sie den Geist aufgibt oder nicht ausreichend ist. Aber bist jetzt läuft alles super…Temperatur vom Wasser messe ich nicht, mache nur immer ne fingerprobe.
Bin bei dir auch mal aufs Ergebniss gespannt, sieht auf jeden Fall schön frostig aus
@Schnabeldino, big bigger bigst She really growth sis 🙌🙌🙌 if you want i can give you a diy for a hydro bucket i used in the past. With a 40l bucket you can create a tree full of colas 😁😁With the passion you are growing i bet you will end with a tree. Maybe i will do just one diary this summer just for the fun .
I don't do much at all...but I guess the bucket will be too small...means I will have to add water daily...1-2 branches broke off because it grew so fast that the clips broke the branches...Thank you :)
@Momentum, jaaa ganz so schwer wie anfangs vermutet ist das nicht ;D bin da auch zuversichtlich und wenn´s nichts wird dann beim nächsten 😂 Vielen Dank 🤜🤛
Bin mal gespannt was der strain kann 😅 knüppel mich auch mal gerne auf die Couch mit nem Controller in der Hand 😉
@Hattiwatti, thank you buddy 👊...I have one more question...I read a lot that the EC value should be around 0.6 at the beginning...., but the dosing scheme from Canna Aqua says 0.9 (+ 0.4, which my tap water still has)... so I come to 1.3...that seems too high to me...what do you think?
@kohlrabi, Vielen Dank :) ich hoffe es macht auch Spaß 😅 Habs beim großen A gekauft und 100,- bezahlt musste mir nur noch die rockwool cubes kaufen. Die Pumpe könnte meiner Meinung nach etwas stärker sein, da ich aber keine Erfahrung damit habe versucht ich es erstmal damit 😅
Schnabeldino
