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4 years ago
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Week 4. Vegetation
4 years ago
30 cm
13 hrs
25 °C
6
Weak
750 PPM
60 %
24 °C
17 °C
20 L
Nutrients 2
calmag 0.5 mll
CANNA Aqua Vega - Canna
CANNA Aqua Vega 2 mll
First week as I just joined this platform. I am trying Outdoor Hydroponic D.W.C with 20l buckets. I have other grows at the moment, however they are young so I have created a different grow I have buried the buckets in the ground, and painted them black then white to avoid any light getting into the tank. I have 2 solar powered air pumps. The OG Kush I have recently topped then planted it from the DWC system to the ground, and is going well, 6 days after transplanting there are new shoots. The biggest plant is the Cookies Kush, which I have topped and am training it to grow in a spiral, I have cut some of the fan leaves off it, and it is responding really well to the microtopping and LST. It has shown pistils and is starting to smell like cannabis. Second is the OG Kush I planted in the ground. 3rd is Lemon OG Haze, which has pistils and I am growing in a spiral. I have not topped it yet. The Zour Apples and the Blue Cheese are growing a lot slower, but I expect them to shoot up next week. [PHOTO WILL BE UPDATED WHEN IT STOPS RAINING]
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Week 6. Vegetation
4 years ago
30 cm
16 hrs
28 °C
6
Weak
750 PPM
60 %
24 °C
17 °C
20 L
Nutrients 2
calmag 0.5 mll
CANNA Aqua Vega - Canna
CANNA Aqua Vega 2 mll
Had some serious issues with a couple of plants inner leaves going yellow/white. The roots were very black so I cleaned them and reduced the PPM. Plants are slowly recovering. Having issues with plants flowering early due to the amount of daylight where I live. I have setup 2 20watt CFL bulbs to come on at night. Initially I am going to force them out of flowering by blasting them for around 20 hr of light per day, then I am going to reduce it have a light come on for a couple of hours around midnight.
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Week 7. Vegetation
4 years ago
50 cm
16 hrs
30 °C
5.8
Weak
750 PPM
60 %
24 °C
19 °C
20 L
Nutrients 2
CANNA Aqua Vega - Canna
CANNA Aqua Vega 2.2 mll
CANNA RHIZOTONIC - Canna
CANNA RHIZOTONIC 0.2 mll
Blue cheese is absolutely powering. Supper cropped it and it is growing very big. (Outdoor DWC) The Zour Apples I transplanted to Soil is looking healthy but not growing very much, expect it to start growing next week. (Soil) The Lemon OG Haze is now being flushed after having some major root issues, I am using a foliar spray to give it nutrients. (It is starting to flower) (DWC) The Cookies Kush is flowering and recovering well from root rot. (DWC) The OG Kush is powering, responded very well to the topping, and is growing thick branches (SOIL)
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Week 8. Vegetation
4 years ago
60 cm
16 hrs
28 °C
6
Weak
950 PPM
60 %
24 °C
18 °C
20 L
Nutrients 2
CANNA Aqua Vega - Canna
CANNA Aqua Vega 2.2 mll
CANNA RHIZOTONIC - Canna
CANNA RHIZOTONIC 0.2 mll
All plants are doing well this week. Plants with root rot are steadily recovering and all other plants are growing very fast. I have decided to reveg the Lemon OG Haze as it was recovering and the crop would have been very small. I am putting it under a light for 24 hr for a week, then standard 16hr lighting.
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Week 9. Vegetation
4 years ago
60 cm
14 hrs
28 °C
5.9
Weak
770 PPM
60 %
24 °C
18 °C
20 L
Nutrients 2
CANNA Aqua Vega - Canna
CANNA Aqua Vega 1.8 mll
CANNA RHIZOTONIC - Canna
CANNA RHIZOTONIC 0.2 mll
All plants are doing really well this week. Plants have really thickened out and the lateral branches are becoming quite large. The weather has been perfect with a lot of sun and not too hot days. Putting the frozen water bottles in the buckets has stopped all root rot. The Lemon OG Haze and Cookies Kush have fully recovered and are revegging strongly.
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Week 10. Vegetation
4 years ago
60 cm
14 hrs
33 °C
5.9
Weak
750 PPM
60 %
24 °C
23 °C
20 L
Nutrients 2
CANNA Aqua Vega - Canna
CANNA Aqua Vega 1.8 mll
CANNA RHIZOTONIC - Canna
CANNA RHIZOTONIC 0.2 mll
Another great week of veg, had really high temps and sunny days so plants are thriving. Going to be a long and hot summer, which the plants will love. I have decided to run the DWC at 750ppm, I was getting root issues at a higher temp, and I am putting water bottles in the res. (This is getting very tiring) Blue Cheese is actually insane, it's growing so much bigger than the other ones.
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bigbud1080
bigbud1080commentedweek 84 years ago
@jointop99, Hey man, I have air pumps, I drilled a hole under the lid so you can't see them. I have started putting frozen water bottles in the buckets, and that seems to be working great! I am using Pythoff as a nutrient conditioner. Everything seems to be working much better now.
jointop99
jointop99commentedweek 84 years ago
i use UC roots in my DWC , solves the root rot issue.,, am guessing by the photo your root rot issue is water temp being to high ,since its outside and aeration cause i see no airlines going to your buckets , both those cause root rot. are your trying this the Kratky method ?
bigbud1080
bigbud1080commented4 years ago
@jointop99, Hey man, I have air pumps, I drilled a hole under the lid so you can't see them. I have started putting frozen water bottles in the buckets, and that seems to be working great! I am using Pythoff as a nutrient conditioner. Everything seems to be working much better now.
DreamIT
DreamITcommentedweek 104 years ago
Enjoy growth 🤠👊🍀
DreamOn
DreamOncommentedweek 94 years ago
Nice job, looks great! Good luck further & have fun! 🌱😎
Ferenc
Ferenccommentedweek 74 years ago
Happy Growing! @bigbud1080
DoDrugs420
DoDrugs420commentedweek 104 years ago
When you know you know.
DoDrugs420
DoDrugs420commentedweek 104 years ago
When you know you know.
krenoime
krenoimecommentedweek 104 years ago
just so you know, Colin from Ethos is a criminal and animal abuser, he threw a dog out of a window. Dont support people like that.
heizen
heizencommentedweek 104 years ago
Nice grow mate, plants are looking good, keep it up, imma follow this one upclose.
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