OG Kush grow diary (journal) week1 by TickleToast

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This is my first grow! DWC seemed like the way to go, as a way to maximize my harvest with what is allowed under my state's regulations. I did my best to keep things as straight forward and simplistic as possible, while sacrificing zero quality in the process!

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homerjgangiacommentedweek 24 years ago

Good luck with your grow mate!💪💪

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DreamITcommentedweek 34 years ago

Enjoy growth mate 🍀🤘🦄

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Polaskiscommentedweek 24 years ago

Best of luck with the grow 🍻

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BlueDreamer1commentedweek 44 years ago

Good luck with your grow mate! I'm on my first grow and going to be a DWC like yours. I'm getting a little anxious haha. It looks like it can be much harder work. You're doing a great job though man. I've dropped you a follow. I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on. Also how are you keeping your water at 22°c consistently? I'm worrying about that with mine. Surely if my tent is 25°C my water will end up that temp right?

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BlueDreamer1commented4 years ago

@TickleToast, ah that's definitely justifiable! I can find change for that 😂. Awesome advice bro! Next thing is beating the fear of putting her in the DWC set up. Theres more that can go wrong in that 😂. I feel shes safer from the potential harm I can cause at the moment 😂

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TickleToastcommented4 years ago

@BlueDreamer1, And yes the water bottles are fine, Just keep an eye out for when they crack, dont want your roots getting caught in them and getting torn up (worse case leakage and a PH change-lockout). 1-2$ a pop at walmart for the cold packs*.

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TickleToastcommented4 years ago

@BlueDreamer1, You can get all that at Walmart for about 75 friend :) I like the Honeywell Mistmate, its cheap, and the light is easily covered. On high it needs refill once a day(60% humidity, med every other-ish for 45-55% in a 8x4). Not bad for DIY on a budget.

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Smokey89commentedweek 54 years ago

@tickletoast Are you mixing your nutrients straight into the reservoir or are you diluting them and adding them separately. I had an issue with my reservoir when mixing nutrients I got a chemical reaction and ended up with a build up of gunk. I now mix my nutrients separately in 3 gal buckets and ph each bucket before adding them to my reservoir I've not had the same problem since hope this helps bud

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TickleToastcommented4 years ago

@Smokey89, Really just came down to Recharge mislabeling their product for hydro...its a soil product.../shrug. The only ones I can find using it in hydro with any success have 30gl RDWC systems and use ONE test packet per run. Directions say .5 tbsp per/gl

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TickleToastcommented4 years ago

@Smokey89, Super curious what it was that was reacting to cause such a build up! I mix directly into my buckets - in the correct order, giving each 2 minutes-ish to sit (your supposed to do 5 I believe?). These chemicals actually take quite a bit longer to fully mix into a complete solution, than most people realize(it really doesn't matter once you throw the air stone in - it will finish on its own - keep to the order you'll avoid jellies etc). Diluting is a way to shave off some of that time and avoid a bad mix yes - but with what I was using it would not have helped. Recharge would have collected at the roots regardless - just a matter of time, minutes-hours at that. Now that I'm using Photo plus, its a non-issue :)

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Slurpy_Terpycommentedweek 84 years ago

Hey m8! Ah I love good og kush Im partially addicted to the taste 😛 For your roots (you probably figured this out already) but take care of organic products and also beware of root stimulators! I used to make use of the plagron 'power roots'' and pure enzyme' they were labeled to work for hydro and they worked in my previous system but not in DWC I would get brown roots and slight organic smells from my reservoir and with water temps above 23c I got root rot last summer 😪 Now I only use base nutrients (i.e. the hydro A&B nutrients from canna, they have separate for veg+stretch and flower), bloom stimulator and a bit of organic tea supplement (and sugars from botanicare sweet raw) to 'fill up' the taste a bit more keeping my water res below 19c - during the summer I cant keep my res below 21c so I won't use the organic tea. Basically my roots grow faster and are more white and plants doing better now that I do not use the root stimulator... 😅 Good luck to you and I hope your root health does well for the rest of the grow!

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TickleToastcommented4 years ago

@Slurpy_Terpy, Things have greatly improved since I stopped using Recharge and switched to Photo+! The thick roots at the base of the net pot are still very stained from it, and slightly smell of it. I had the tiniest bit of root rot one morning but it was because a bubbler stopped working and sat stagnant all night, swapped nutes and none since (I've also elevated and insulated my buckets, and use cold packs for a constant 68-76F)! Learning to identify the stuff suuuuure has been fun, haha. Luckily I had a pretty good idea of what to look out for and was on it very quickly. Thanks for the likes and comment my dude!

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spydercommentedweek 64 years ago

lookin good....good luck with the grow....enjoy..

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Robertscommentedweek 44 years ago

Good luck with the grow

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Slurpy_Terpycommentedweek 143 years ago

Hey man hows it going? :D I did only a few days flush on a harvest 3 months ago, I feel like all my buds share a common 'nasty' taste/smell :'( Now my last run I went for 20 days flush in dwc, my best ever results were back in 2014 in hydro with a 24 day flush and 84 day flower for a '9 week strain', I am missing smell in my 'short flush & early harvest' runs, my last run with the 20 day flush has much more personality and smell, the buds already smell good now that they are dry without any cure :D I switched from DWC to living soil for the summer (hot temps in dwc can be risky... >24c my hydroguard doesn't get the job done), hoping to get more smell and taste with this growing style (will brew and feed pk compost teas every week) but if it doesn't work im switching back to DWC :D Super Silver OG sounds so dank... Ive been looking at "crocketts SSOG" seeds for a while now I think I will make the move soon... Ill follow your diary closely :D

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ViparSpectraLEDcommentedweek 143 years ago

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Psyfolkcommentedweek 153 years ago

Lovely lovely brother keep growing!

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Lacrimacommentedweek 104 years ago

Happy Growing ! 😊💪

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GuerrillaNo_4commentedweek 34 years ago

great setup for a first time!

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Rock_n_Roll_Randycommentedweek 153 years ago

First grow is awesome bro 👏🤜🤛 be proud.. it looks killer

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TickleToastcommented3 years ago

@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, I have always had a good work ethic, but taking pride in my myself/work has never come easy. Feels...gross? Idk. I think this is one of the first times in my life where I do genuinely feel proud of myself! I appreciate you growmie! 🙏

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Ga4rd2en0ercommentedweek 123 years ago

Nice work on a first run and keeping a DWC set up happy as a rookie! Looks like you'll be cutting down some nice buds in a couple weeks. Happy Growing!!

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TickleToastcommented3 years ago

@Ga4rd2en0er, Chose to stress early during the learning process, rather than during the grow...Crazy right!? 😂😅

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