This week I filled the RDWC systems in my flower room with 16 plants and left the rest in the propagator while I finalize my grow/mother room.
on the left
3 x girl scout cookies
2 x gorilla glue
3 x ghost train haze
on the right
3 x bruce banner
3 x hulk gorilla
2 x cream cookies
I can't get the humidity up which is currently between 35-40, so not comfy for the girls. A few already tell me through their leaves, so I ordered a beast mode humidifier and hope to have it within a few days.
I'm also creating a mother room which is on 18/6h where I'm also growing a Bruce Banner III which ALSO started to flower at the same time her sisters did at the 12/12h room.
I have more plants in 18/6h and they don't have this problem. What can be the problem ?
It is very weird , if she is not auto she can’t bloom under 18/6 and she should only be able to show sex by pushing a few pistils but that’s it , she is not supposed to go into full flowering mode.
Is there a difference between the Bruce in bloom and the one in veg in terms of growing? I mean does the one in veg stretching? If she is not stretching then she is not in flowering modes
With that many plants, in flower you will have to top up the rez with nute water at least twice a day. I estimate in flower you will use 48L of nute water a day for the whole grow. Setup looks nice though. Do you have a carbon filter?
@Jonkomaster,Yes, PH from 6 to 6.5 in one day is ok. I used to have wild PH swings, from 5.5 to 6.8 in 6 hours. If your water temps are over 16C, you must use Hydroguard or other beneficial bacteria to avoid getting pythium or root rot. I had huge problems with pythium because of the high water temps. The dust from the clay pebbles is fine, it won't affect your plants.
@grower_not_shower,
Yeah I;ve heard they drink a lot in flower. Yes I have a huge carbon filter for 1500 cc to avoid any smell problems.
Is it normal the ph goes from 6 to 6,5 in a day in the current phase?
I didn't know I had to clean the hydro granules so just added them to the buckets, so a bit of the dust is now sitting on the bottom of the buckets. Will that be okay? I'll flush the whole system before going into the flower stage tho.
@Growingkitten,
I'm am very inexperienced with growing and especially RDWC (first timer!) so I'm not sure what I can say about GHE.
I sure don't have any complaints !
Everything is going really well and I'm totally in love with RDWC cause:
- no bags of soil
- no bugs (also cause I grow from seed ofcourse)
- EC/PH easily measured