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Its day 86 now and I'm thinking of starting on just water. This is the 9th day using ripen and I think it's done its job. The buds have swelled during the last few days and I think that's it. I can see mostly cloudy trichomes and some amber. Few days with just water and 24/48 hrs total darkness and its harvest. Estimate chopping in next 5 days so prob just at end of week 13 maybe start week 14. Looking forward to this one.
So day 88, I have had it in water for a few days and I think it's done. Chopped it down, wet weight was 404gram. then trimmed it and its hanging.
I must admit I do like this dwc lark. For me it's the way forward, apart from the heat issue I encountered when the weather was mad hot I found it much easier then in soil.
Dry weight will be coming in a few days. But going out on a wild whim and saying it's going be around the 58g mark.
Day 90. Buds are still attached to the stems and drying nice. Usually my buds dry a bit to fast, around the 3rd day, so this time I left a bit more stem and left a little more leaf matter when I trimmed, (mainly because it was taking ages to trim). There is a small nug I have my eye on that will dry quick enough for a sample hopefully 2mo.
Hey my man, so how difficult is it to grow DWC? I always love when yous guys lift the root basket and it's like full of Roots like that. G'luck and Stalks Strong!! 😎👌👍👊
@OhcanaDAbiz, No a co2 bag wouldnt help because the heat issue with dwc is water temp. keeping the water oxygenated enough that the roots dont drown. Warm water cant absorb much oxygen. A hempy bucket or dutch buckets like I run is a good alternative to dwc in hot climates. Hempy buckets have to be hand watered one a day though.
Ah the air pump is out off the tent but on top of the tent. probably hotter there then inside my tent. My problem really is the room it's in has been hitting mad temps. with lights on my tent is usually 3 or 4 deg warmer then the room. With lights off it's usually about the same as the room. The rooms been hitting 40deg today. That was when lights where off. that's during the day as I only run the lights from 6.00pm till 2pm next day then 4hrs off. Going to move the air pump and add another 2 hrs of darkness. Will have a read up on that device you mentioned as I want dial in my grows during the summer.
@hashy, sorry mate, I meant to say an air pump. Do you keep the air pump indoor or outside the tent? It definitely helps to keep the air pump somewhere cool..
Or if you can invest in a peltier cooler, it works amazing (if you’re serious)
Or you can turn the lights on at night and during the day keep it sleeping 😁
It's an oxypot mate. the res is under the pot. I'm going get some hydroguard 2mo. If I had a res I would keep it in the coolest place possible. Just going have do a few more res changes while this mini heat wave is on.