Top feed RQS Royal Gorilla (x2) Critical

[BlueBudz]

Here we go! I took 5 Royal Gorilla and 4 Critical cuttings 12 days ago. I used a home made cloning system that sprays water at the cuttings. I’ve picked my favourite 2 Gorillas and the best Critical and put them in my home made top feed 30L system! This is my first time using hydroponics so I could be in for a bumpy ride and will need all you hydro guys to chime in! I’m using Dutch Nutrient Formula nutrients line and tap water that sits out for a few days.

[BlueBudz]

I forgot to take a pic of Royal Gorilla #2 before potting 🤪

[Waltermelon]

Seems the cloner did fairly well. Especially considering what you spent on the setup.

[BlueBudz]

Yes I’m quite happy with it thanks.

[Obi-Wan]

Looking good right out of the gate. Give’m a week to get settled in and they’ll start taking off!! Are you planning to run a sterile reservoir or are you adding beneficials such as hydroguard? I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how easy hydro can be.

[BlueBudz]

Ph5.93 ppm860 18.5°c

[Obi-Wan]

Hydroguard and products like it are beneficial bacteria that some growers add to colonize their root systems and reservoirs to defend against harmful bacteria that cause root rot. The other method is to maintain a sterile reservoir by eliminating all bacterial growth. Different environments give different results with both methods. I’ve had success adding hydroguard with reservoir temps at 70-75 degrees. If you have trouble keeping your water temps below 70, you may want to look into something like hydroguard.

Your pH looks good but keep a close eye on them for nutrient burn. 860 is on the higher side, I’ve found fresh clones like it around 350-400 while they get their feet wet.

[BlueBudz]

Ok obi I’ll watch over the next few days and if I see any issues I will do a res change. Thank you. I plan to keep water temp below 70 and will be doing complete changes every 7 days

[alltatup]

How cool, Budz!! They look awesome! And I just ordered some Royal Gorilla for my next grow!! ;-}

[BlueBudz]

Ya I can’t wait to see some buds! I have the mother plants of my clones into flower about a week and a half

[alltatup]

I can't wait to see them!!!

[BlueBudz]

ATU I’ll post a pick later tonight when I’m home from work 👌

[BlueBudz]

Obi-Wan Going to start using this as recommended by the shop. They have pics of 5gal dwc pails packed solid with roots, pump lost within lol. They say is fantastic stuff. know of it?

[BlueBudz]

Ok well I’ll give it a try

[D.A.A.S.69]

Morning BlueBudz, it's a shame you can't get what you need ,up there where you live.
Anyway, good luck with these. Your gonna do fine.

[BlueBudz]

Ya it sucks id love to try it. Hope this stuff will be good! Maybe I can get a sample when you send me some Auto seeds

[BlueBudz]

Seeing some new growth, the critical has a nice root hanging out the bottom already. It’s been 7 days since I put them in. Res change today ph5.8 (ec700) ppm 860 temp of water I put in was 13°c hope that doesn’t shock them.

[Locrian99]

BlueBudz are you using the PAR 450? If so did you run it at 18” through flower for your GSC. Thx

[BlueBudz]

I never tried to get really close cuz I always have some smaller plants in the tent that need a bit of light

[BlueBudz]

I just checked it’s at about 20 to the top cola but more like 23 to most of the rest

[Locrian99]

Ah thanks

[BlueBudz]

All looking happier and healthy than before! Finding I need to make multiple adjustments per day to keep ph in check

[BlueBudz]

Showing some strong growth now. Still chasing PH for the first couple days after res change, I wish it were more stable. But in not prepared to purchase water so tap will have to do

[BlueBudz]

Also added a par600 to this tent so hope they take off!

[BlueBudz]

[BlueBudz]

[D.A.A.S.69]

Morning BlueBudz, looking good, that's the way a tent is supposed to look, nice and filling up. Good job.

[Obi-Wan]

Looking really good for 23 days in!! What do you have planned for training??

[BlueBudz]

Obi-Wan thanks they have exploded with growth since that pic too, I’ll post another tonight. Not sure on the training yet as all this was just an experiment and has seemed to take off way better than expected. Going to have to top them soon at least to keep them short enough. Iv kinda run out of space lol

[BlueBudz]

Wow hydro is crazy! The growth rate is so much faster!

[BlueBudz]

They have doubled in size since Monday! I took 9 clones and these ones are almost 4x the size of the ones in coco!

[alltatup]

Once u go hydro u never go back.

[BlueBudz]

By the look of it I agree!

[BlueBudz]

These things are growing crazy, I had to bend a bunch of branches down! Should have taken a pic first. Some of the leaves are massive

[reb]

sorry is it ok to post noob question here? i will be doing my 1st DWC

[BlueBudz]

Welcome reb Doesn’t bother me. I’m a noob too