Kellergaertner This is an experiment. This plant will never see anything media, not even clay pebbles or rock wool.
It is my variation of the Paper Towel method. I took an old beer stein and printed an adapter for an EVA foam ring. Then I added a wick and warm water. I take the seed, wrap it a a bit of paper towel and place it next to the wick. I add a transparent plastic cup as a lid and place it close to the radiator. Within 2 days the root grew around 1cm so I took the paper away and it's just the wick and the root inside the EVA foam ring.
The EVA foam ring will also be her home for the DWC run.
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Week 1. Vegetation
15d ago
1/5
8 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
18 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
500 PPM
TDS
70 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Solution Temp
18 °C
Substrate Temp
18 °C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
Nutrients 2
Tab water
1000 mll
Hakaphos Grün
0.2 mll
Kellergaertner Why change one variable if you can change all of them xD
For this grow I've set up a brand new DWC setup. It is a stackable Trash bin. The big advantage is the "service door" with easy access to the water/roots.
I added a drain port, a holder for the foam ring, a bubbler, water sensors and a fish tank light. The fish tank light is an upgrade I wanted to do after my last DWC run. It improves inspections a lot.
The sensor is a cheap Chines sensor. I flashed it with ESPHome to cut it from the cloud. I have not tested this sensor before, but it seems to work fine for now. Since I plan to ScrOG the plant later, I raised it from the floor to have more space from below.
The tend is also DIY. It's just a wooden frame bolted to the ceiling and the tent canvas is mounted with snap fasteners to it. It is 1.2x1.2x2.2m
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Week 2. Vegetation
7d ago
1/5
8 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
20 °C
Day Air Temp
5.8
pH
No Smell
Smell
650 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
19 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Substrate Temp
18 °C
Night Air Temp
5.26 liters
Pot Size
Nutrients 2
Tab water
1000 mll
Hakaphos Grün
0.2 mll
Kellergaertner I had the water getting fogy so I added some H2O2 and that cleared it up. To make less room for "bad" bacteria i added some "beneficial" bacteria. Sadly they turned the water (and roots) brown... I'm not really a fan of that so I'll replace the water, clean the bucket and start fresh. I might add a UVC aquarium cleaner, we'll see :) How ever the plant keeps growing and the cheap PH/EC meter is holding up. Currently there are still some guests in the tent (Kumquat, Limquad and Chili) but they will leave once the plant gets bigger.
Edit:
Changed the water and cleaned the bucket.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3d ago
1/3
16 cm
Height
16 hrs
Light Schedule
20 °C
Day Air Temp
5.8
pH
No Smell
Smell
700 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Substrate Temp
18 °C
Night Air Temp
19.99 liters
Pot Size
Nutrients 2
Tab water
1000 mll
Hakaphos Grün
0.5 mll
Kellergaertner After the "fail" with the beneficial bacteria I added a UVC fish tank cleaner. I underestimated the size of the 9W unit i got but it just fits. Now as soon as the water fogs up I start the cleaner for 20 minutes and it clears up again. It also aerates the water so another benefit. PH is pretty stable at 5.8 and EC at 1.4
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