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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@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?
@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 😉
@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 😅
Nice one bud! Good luck! I'm also trying out dwc at the moment) My girl developed huge fan leaves and fattest stems I've seen :) How PH down by plagron behaving? Since it's base on phosphoric acid I guess it should be fine... I had tons of problems with biobizz ph down which is based on citric acid. Also my reservoir spoiled as soon as I tried adding Plagron's Sugar Royal so be careful, Viel Glück 💪
@einamio, I can't say much about it yet...but this week the Ph value has been very stable...I haven't had to adjust it once...I gave her 5 ml of Plagron Ph- in 18 liters of water. 5.6 - 5.8 is what I am trying to achieve... I have read that BioBizz does not maintain the pH value for long either...only in the short term because it is organic.
Thanks 🤜🤛
