This week I finally found out that this run is not a success. Cold nights and messed up nutrient levels made their cut. The plant is stretched out and the buds are leafy due to nitrogen overdose.
When I got my new EC-meter, I found out that the EC levels in my reservoir were way too high for this stage, peaking at 2.4. It is obvious now that this came with a price of lesser yield and more work trimming.
Have been cutting down the EC levels to around 1.7 average this week. Seems like I have to cut some more nutrients. Especially nitrogen.
PH levels were unstable due to the water not circulating. The Wilma system pipes were plugged and I just opened the main pipes tap to get the circulation go on.
Still water, some degraded leaves in the room and empty beer cans nearby invited some uninvited guests. I had to use a vacuum cleaner for about 2 hours and some in the coming days to get fungus gnats out of my roots and out of the room. I see one or two sometimes, but the worse is over.
Naturally I cleaned up the room and got a fan to blow over the roots, under the canopy.
One of the plants seem to be more affected by the whole situation than the other. The weaker one was weaker right from the beginning.
Few more weeks to go π΄π
Looking good mate! I'm just into week 5 of my first dwc attempt so it's good to see how others are running their hydro setups. Following your progress ππΏ good luck