🌱💚 Week 4 – Pineapple Slush XL Auto 🍍❄️ | DWC Hydro Adventure!
Another fantastic week with this beauty from Sweet Seeds! 😁✌️
This week we introduced some gentle LST, tying down the branches to encourage a wider, more even canopy. Also did some selective defoliation to open things up and improve light penetration and airflow. And WOW, she’s responding beautifully! 🌿🔥
Growth has been amazing, the pH has been stable, and she’s drinking and feeding exactly as she should! Couldn’t be happier with how she’s developing so far. 🙏
This is only my 4th hydro grow, so I’m definitely still learning the ropes, but this Pineapple Slush XL Auto has been an absolute dream! Hopefully she’ll continue thriving as we approach the flowering stage, which I believe is just around the corner! 🌸🍍
💧 Week 4 – DWC Environment & Readings:
* 🌱 Growth stage: Vegetation – Week 4
* 📏 Plant height: 34 cm
* ☀️ Light schedule: 18/6
* 💡 Light distance: 40 cm
* 🌡️ Day temperature: 25°C
* 🌙 Night temperature: 21°C
* 💦 Relative humidity: 65%
* pH: 6.2 (stable!)
* ⚡ EC: 0.8 mS/cm
* 🌊 Reservoir temperature: 23°C
* 🌬️ CO₂: 600 ppm
* 👃 Aroma: No smell yet!
🫧 Oxygen Upgrade – More Bubbles for the Rootsies!
I also decided to upgrade the aeration setup this week! Picked up some new air stones and a Hygger air pump delivering approximately 550 L/h, which is now running alongside my existing Spider Farmer air pump.
The original setup was intended to supply four DWC pots, but I’m now running all those air stones in just TWO reservoirs! 😂💨
No idea yet how much difference the additional aeration will actually make, but the goal is to keep those roots surrounded by plenty of oxygen-rich water and hopefully encourage an even healthier root system! 🫧🌱
The roots are developing nicely, the plant is looking fantastic, and everything seems to be moving in the right direction!
Still a beginner wirth hydro still experimenting, and learning something new every single week. That’s what makes growing in hydro so exciting!
Next stop: FLOWERING! 🌸🚀
Fingers crossed this gorgeous Pineapple Slush XL Auto keeps up the momentum and rewards us with some beautiful frosty flowers! 🍍❄️
Happy growing people!!!