First time grower - Punch Cake DWC

@WhyNotA2,yea me too love to watch them grow . You are definitely doing a good job she looks way bigger than mine in your hydro system. Keep it up 👍🏾

@MrBlocc420, appreciate it. I still don't really feel like I know what I am doing. Just enjoying this grow and hoping in the future I get good at it. Love watching the progress

@WhyNotA2, always good to change slow.

@GMSgrows, I changed the pH yesterday and they were at 6.0 last night. I will lower to 5.9 today.

@MrBlocc420, Thanks man, what I lack in experience I hope to make up for in being a helicopter parent. I had a few hiccups in overfeeding but smooth outside of a few days. She got sugary really quickly and starting to really be stinky. I have been watching your grow and she looks perfectly symmetrical. I'm pumped to see how yours turn out.

@Tweezer, Appreciate it! From looking at your journal and other folks'.... it looks like I have a slow starter. Hoping to get her to your heights by the end. Excited to follow your grows

@DeadwebsiteBoringcommunity, This is my first grow that I put effort into. Reading online what it takes to grow a plant. Makes me think I need a PHD in botany before I can start or 5000$ dollars to pay for everything to be automated. I can never figure out what are the real requirements for a healthy plant.

@Tweezer, Appreciate the encouragement! I plan on being active and uploading photos as I go. I have been quietly stalking other folks grow journals for some time now and finally got the confidence to start

@WhyNotA2, it took me almost a year to figure out my root issues. I had some successful grows because some plants can battle through better than others, but I almost switched to coco because it was so frustrating. It is possible the water bottle could bring bacteria in, but I doubt it. I would be more worried with the frozen water bottle causing root damage if it touches the roots. I was never able to save any plant with h2o2, but many people use it very successfully. There are only so many things that can cause root root, so eliminate them and you are golden. For example, I was using hydroguard, great white, I brewed a compost tea for bennies.. all these things help combat root rot, but I still had issues because I still had a light leak, so no matter how much stuff I put in the res, I couldn't get rid of the root rot. Make sure all your stuff is clean, take the plant out and rinse the roots off with water. Maybe top feed of some water/h2o2 mix through the hydroton. Wash and clean everything.. air stones, air lines too. Here is a good forum post with a lot of info.. other people commenting on how they fixed their issues too: https://www.rollitup.org/t/guide-to-getting-rid-of-root-rot.347697/

@@motaman311, for this bucket I believe it has to have been light leaks. Is it possible that I brought in the bacteria for root rot from the ice bottles I was using to cool the water? Also, if I wanted to try and save this one..... where would you start? The internet is misleading when you search for troubleshooting like this

@WhyNotA2, depends what you want to do. Root rot doesn't mean your plant will die. I would pop another seed or two, but try and save this 1 if you have the time and space. It is a great learning experience. Sometimes it is hard to get rid of, but you can definitely save the plant. Also, you got root rot because your environment wasn't right. You had high water temps, light leaks, or something to cause the rot, so it will happen again unless you figure out the cause of the root rot. My guess is a light leak in the reservoir.

@WhyNotA2,i go as low as 5.3

@grzesiekkuzniak, crazy how much junk there is on the internet. I have read a few times pH should be 5.9 or 6.1 and some say anything from 5.5-6.5. I used 1/4 the amount of nutrients the labels recommended for seedlings so strange it's too high

@WhyNotA2,go as low as 5.4 air from air pump raises ph..........not sure about ppm i only know ec

@WhyNotA2, Definitely down.

@CrarBear, hike and taste test in the near future?

@Inganjawetrust, much appreciated! It's been awesome and I plan to get up and going again in another month. Do you have any recommendations of favorite strains to grow?

@Ferenc, Thanks man! I'm hooked! It's been a great advantage to be able to look at journals like yours and emulate PPM values or pH at different stages or a training tactic etc.

@blendmedmedman, Hope so! Appreciate the words of encouragement.