PlantMike So we're gonna give DWC hydro a go since I got a new tent as a gift. As much as I consider myself an advanced grower in living soil with organic nutrients, I am that much of a newbie when it comes to synthetic nutrients and hydroponic setups. Decided on Alaskan Purple from seedsman as the pack has been sitting around for awhile and it always sounded like a fun cultivar to try. Sort of throwing together nutrients as I have available and the light is one I wouldn't normally use but again a friend was trying to be nice and got me a gift so I thought I'd use it, bar style light and seems pretty bright actually. Here we go for hydro!
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Week 2. Vegetation
1mo ago
1/3
10.16 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
5.8
pH
No Smell
Smell
315 PPM
TDS
75 %
Air Humidity
27 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
71.12 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Ascorbic Acid powder
0.13 mll
pH Perfect Grow
0.528 mll
Jungle Juice Micro
0.528 mll
PlantMike The DWC grow is starting off surprisingly well. I have checked the pH of the reservoir the last few days and other than a little bit of drift it has stayed very consistent. The grodan cube seems to be wicking enough water until the roots emerge into the reservoir water and the growth is picking up. So far so good!
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Week 3. Vegetation
24d ago
1/6
22.86 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
5.8
pH
No Smell
Smell
700 PPM
TDS
75 %
Air Humidity
27 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
60.96 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 7
Ascorbic Acid powder
0.65 mll
pH Perfect Grow
0.793 mll
Jungle Juice Micro
0.793 mll
PlantMike A little late for the weekly update as life got in the way but my girl purple Alaskan is doing awesome! Great root formation down into the reservoir now, I upped the EC to 1.4 and changed the reservoir water completely this week. I have been getting some pH drift but I think it's from the bucket I'm using so I have been adjusting to 5.8 as needed. I added the scrog net today as I know she's gonna be growing like crazy now!
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Week 4. Vegetation
17d ago
1/8
35.56 cm
Height
21 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
5.8
pH
No Smell
Smell
850 PPM
TDS
75 %
Air Humidity
27 °C
Solution Temp
19 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
50.8 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 9
Ascorbic Acid powder
0.65 mll
0.33 mll
pH Perfect Grow
0.793 mll
PlantMike Friends, this girl is absolutely crushing right now in the 5 gallon DWC bucket. it puts noticeable size on throughout every day and is just blowing me away on the speed of growth. I'm currently counting 16 tops and it has just about scrogged out the entire first net. I made the mistake of inadvertently topping her when trying to bend the main under the net but she never skipped a beat. No signs of pistil hairs yet so I guess it's grow baby grow!
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Technique
LST
Technique
Defoliation
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Week 5. Flowering
10d ago
1/10
50.8 cm
Height
21 hrs
Light Schedule
27 °C
Day Air Temp
5.8
pH
No Smell
Smell
975 PPM
TDS
65 %
Air Humidity
27 °C
Solution Temp
27 °C
Substrate Temp
19 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
695 PPM
CO₂ Level
Nutrients 9
Ascorbic Acid powder
0.65 mll
0.33 mll
pH Perfect Grow
1.321 mll
PlantMike Purple Alaskan has turned into a beast. She eats like a hog and puts size on all day every day I'm running the solution at 1.95 EC and still cannot properly feed her. I just mixed the res with a solution of a shade over 2 ec and pH to 5.5 to account for the pH drift I've been encountering, first pistil hairs are evident now and I have been deleafing to try to keep intra-canopy humidity in check. I added a new Viparspectra P1000 in the tent to give 220w of power to give her the photons she needs without keeping the one light right on top of the leaves. Here comes flower!
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Week 6. Flowering
5d ago
1/10
66.04 cm
Height
21 hrs
Light Schedule
29 °C
Day Air Temp
5.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
1150 PPM
TDS
65 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
25 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
45.72 cm
Lamp Distance
695 PPM
CO₂ Level
Nutrients 9
Ascorbic Acid powder
0.65 mll
Epsom salt
0.43 mll
Jungle Juice Micro
0.793 mll
PlantMike Alaskan purple continues to be a beast and is fully transitioning to bloom now, I added the AC Infinity Ionbeam S16 lights running the Samsung evo diodes for some undercanopy to help minimize stretch. The plant is drinking like crazy and I have upped the EC to 2.3 but switched the nutrient ratios to support the bloom transition. Everything is looking good!
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