10° DWC Runtz

DeepWaterGrower Welcome to my new diary! I'll be chronicling my experience growing Runtz photoperiod by Zamnesia. This is actually a grow I just finished, but I'm excited to share the journey with you now. As always I'll grow in a DWC system, this time in a 2x2 grow tent. To manage the environment, I'm using a Vents TT100 for air extraction and an Hailea air pump to keep the 20-liter DWC pot well-oxygenated. That 20-liter capacity should be enough to let the plant cruise for a few days without needing a refill, even when it's deep into the flowering stage. Lighting will be provided by a 150 watt lamp, which I'll run on an 18/6 schedule during veg and switch to 12/12 for flowering. As for nutrients, I'll be using the Plagron hydro line. To keep a really close eye on all the critical parameters like temperature, RH, CO2, pH, and PPFD, I'm relying on my Tent-X system by @TrolMaster_Europe. It's a fantastic piece of kit that also includes a smoke detector and allows me to control and dim the light remotely. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 GROW JOURNAL 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 🗓️ WEEK 1 (veg) / DAYS 1-7 (from dry seed) 🔙 Kicking things off, I prepped all the materials. The clay pebbles got a 20-minute boil followed by a 24-hour soak in demineralized water adjusted to pH 5.8. I gave the air stones a 24-hour bath in a water and vinegar solution, rinsing them well afterward. The root riot also had a few hours to soak in water at pH 5.8. 🌱 With preparations complete, I put the seed into the root-riot cube on day 1, nestled it in the net-pot, and surrounded it with clay. Light on 18/6 cycle, positioned 40 cm away and running at 50 watts. I'm hand-watering the little one with about 5 ml of demineralized water directly onto the clay twice a day, while the DWC reservoir below holds 20 liters of a light nutrient solution: EC 0.6 - PH 5.8. During the day 4 the seedling had emerged and was greeted by the grow light for the first time. To wrap up a successful first week, by day 7, she had already pushed several roots out of the net pot and down into the nutrient solution.