Week 2 update - it seems that weeks 2/3 are the defining, nail-biting moments when it comes to my hydro grows. After she shit the bed on the first go, weโve now addressed and/or rectified every conceivable thing that could go wrong:
Light leaks - covered every damn source I could find/think of including silicone covers for the hydroton rocks and net pots themselves.
Nute mix - cut out the hydroguard completely. Weโre gonna try to run a clean room style res. With H202 instead. Seems to be working for the sapphire scout so if it ainโt broke....
Temps - this is really the only factor that could be an issue. Been keepโn temps down with frozen water bottles twice a day. It wasnโt required in later stages on the last successful hydro grow and is just for the sake of eliminating all potential limiting factors.
Either way - if she shits the bed with root rot again then weโll have to look at utilizing a cooler or something for a res. Just to keep the solution that much colder. There would be no other potential reason for our issues to date.
Now we hold our breath for the first res. Change and pray that we finally have this system dialed in. Thanks for taggโn along.๐๐๐
Mar. 6 update - right on sched. And the roots have started to pop out of the net pot. Should hit the res in the next 12 hours or so.
Mar. 9 update - alls lookn great and growth is advancing strongly. Sheโs lookโn a little pale right now and that should rectify itself when we up the nute mix slightly on the first res. Change. Weโre likely gonna FIM this one to cut down on recovery time as well be launching this one into flower as soon as sheโs mature enough to keep pace with the sapphire scout thatโs already primed for some buds.๐
Background
Back with yet another from the folks at Spliff Seeds๐๐! What can I say, the beans are proven and what better qualifier than this strain. Sheโs a cross of Super Skunk and White Widow - Just a perfect mix of yield and strength if all goes to plan. Good for pain issues and nausea but what weโre shooting for on this grow is robust growth, high THC, a massive body stone and some trophy buds๐๐. The Lady of the house has named her Taffiti... after the betrayed goddess from the Disney movie โMoanaโ... mainly cuz she was high as fuck at the time๐. Giddy up๐๐ค๐...
I'm loving spliff seeds at the moment!! Got more autos on route and some purple berry kush fems. I cant wait to see the outcome. Your plants are looking AMAZING by the way !! ๐๐โ๐ฅ๐
@mr_h_kovert, lets just hope she recovers quick. My other hydro run is getting outta control and I gotta flip this cab over to 12/12 sooner rather than later๐ค. Hopes alls well bud!
Maybe white silicone covers could help as well? I've seen some white covers on other people's DWC setups, because I guess the white helps reflect off some of the light/heat. Darker colors suck up a lot of light, especially black, but at least the red isn't as dark as the black.
@MovingOn, yeah I looked at stock covers but couldnโt find any for my size of net pot. This is my workaround. Iโm not so concerned with heat dissipation or colour as the res. Itself is all black. My issues are consistently root rot due to light leaks as far as I can tell so Iโm eliminating that possibility altogether. Iโll know if the issue is temps in about 1-2 weeks I think๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ
@@ShotGunBob, gonna day about on the light side of perfect. She started to re-veg in the end so I wasnโt gonna press my luck but Iโd say 20% amber at the high, 10% at the low and clear/glassy on the larf as expected. That help???
Nice....looking good....I like having my tents open except photo's lights out.....F.Y.I. my issue I thought was iron....doesnt matter....my tops on the ones I was trying to keep from getting to the same place....WOW....they are blowing up like a cactus top....and getting WIDE...like flat and wide...maybe quarter size on the youngest one....MORPHEOUS the self topper.....the one I had given ph water only not the CYCO dr repair that contains iron along with their other micros......
I used Fulvic Humic acids Cal....Mag....Sul....Carbonator....Zyme....and a heavy PK........also a carb and micron builder........
But thats the 330ppm TEA....my 260 in between feeding is just 5ml/g of DEMETERS DESTINY CALCUUM.....and MAGNUM mag sulfur.....its like hot tap water after I add it to my RO water.....
THEY ARE LOVING IT.....I figured something out......what I'm not totally sure...but I fucked it up perfectly.....