Durban Poison DWC

All right here we go again! 😁😁 The set-up: (x2) 17 gallon tubs plumbed together with 1" uni seals. I put strainers on the inside of the pipes to keep the roots from clogging anything up, something I'll probably have to stay on top of throughout the grow. I've got a submersible pump inside a cage inside the left tub which flows to the chiller and returns back to the other tub. (the one with the cat) I've also got plastic dividers inside to attempt to keep the roots separate until I can get rid of the males. I'm just going to use the trash bags to keep the light out of the water again, paint didn't work out too well. Please let me know your suggestions for next time as I really don't like using the trash bags. Trying out something totally different this time while I wait for my widow clones to bush out. I germinated 8 seeds and of course a few wouldn't cooperate so I had to use all 10. I'm starting them off in rockwool and moving them to the clay pebbles as soon as I see roots on the bottom. I'm keeping the water level high until the roots are coming out of the pots, running lines to all 8 sites seems like a mess and a leak hazard.

I must have gotten a bad batch of seeds as I had a pretty bad success rate. I germinated 10 and only 5 were able to pop, to fill the empty pots I germinated all the free seeds which may have been a mistake too. Out of the 6 G13 Haze I germinated only 1 has popped so far after 48 hours... hopefully they are just slow starters. I ended up transplanting a feminized white widow for the 7th site so I still need 1 more plant. If things don't turn around in the next day or two I'm going to scrub this grow and focus on different genetics when I get back in town.

So none of the other 5 free seeds germinated, no wonder they were free. I'm going to be walking away from the grow for a few weeks so I've set up an auto top off system and raised the nutrients a bit. I'm hoping for the best but honestly if I come back to a bunch of dead plants I may have dodged a bullet considering the luck I've had with MSNL genetics so far.

Well it looks like the DWC garden did pretty well while I was away, my mother plants not so much. (two died and two are barely hanging on). One Durban Poison has outgrown the rest by a long shot, and the sunset sherbert I threw in there didn't really do much at all while I was away I will probably pull that one leaving two empty sites. The white widow I threw in the mix is doing pretty well and looking great. I'm going to get in there with shears tonight and try to level out the canopy and tie down some branches.

Okay so last week after I took pictures I trimmed them the plants heavily. I tried to level out the canopy the best I could but it's still a bit off. I took about a foot off of the tallest and did serious branch bending on others. I ended up splitting one wide open, fortunately it seems to be recovering just fine. I just got some bad news that I may have to travel for about a month so if that does happen I am just going to pull the plug It's one thing to leave for a few weeks during the beginning of the life cycle but flowering is a whole different beast. I should find out one way or the other before next weeks post. The plants are still looking a little off (light green new growth, some yellow spotting on lower leaves) but they do seem to be growing well.