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First DWC run, any tips?!

Trichomefarmer88

Trichomefarmer88

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Hey guys, so get right to it. Started my first hydro grow, two 5 gal buckets with 6 inch lid. Using general hydro dual pump with two 6 inch air disk. Clay pebbles. Don't believe I have no light leaking in.. also I have seedling I started in rapid rooter plug, girl scout cookies about three weeks old or so.. also have a bubba kush clone in the other bucket.. I've been reading up on dwc but always down to learn an get new info! I have a bunch of different additives here... But only plan on using general hydro trio on GSC. and maxibloom Lucas on the bubba kush. Also running cal magic, hydro guard, an a little armor si for pH up, an pH down. Running with tap water... I'm using gwe.com feeding for the GSC also an believe I started my seedling out on Nutes t to early... But it's looking good now, clones looking great I think lol.. any tips or pointers would be great! Thanks
 

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Hi farmer88, I'm a hydro grower; I like those big Lowe's buckets! It's super important to make sure there are no light leaks, so it's good you got that covered. That eliminates a lot of the potential to develop root rot.

Questions:
What's your ambient temp at?
What are you keeping the water temp at?
Interesting growth pattern on the clone: the leaves aren't across from each other, but going up in a spiral.
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Same as my pre 98 bubba kush, I get my good seeds from local breeder. Old head that had been growing in my area I guess for thirty years plus! However I have been looking into putting in a order there seedsmen ... But there site has been a little messed up an everything was out of stock.. so figured I'd wait till next run... I also got two og kush going in soil there an orange sour in flower tent.. all my seeds so far have came from old head... But I'm open to look into new breeders if you have any suggestions? I've came across a few on line but most don't deliver to USA
 
Ok water temps stay between 68 an 72.. mostly 69 f. Ambient temperature is about same try to keep at 70f.An also yes I took about ten clones off my last bubba kush but I took them right as it started to flower.. so all of them look a little off an most grew single leaves... But all good.. I've done same thing before with same patterns. I also cut the bottom few leaves off .. Thought it was a bit off myself but still grows the same as the mother...
 
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pH is 59 right now, ppm in gsc is 550. Ppm bubba kush is 700.. I top feed with cup twice a day.. scoop out the bucket .. is this okay? I usually scoop out a cup an check ph, ppm,temp then pour over..
 
i really don’t have any experience with different breeders. I’m in the middle of my first grow from seed. I am happy with how the seeds I purchased from nirvana are growing and 6/6 germinated my first try ever at germinating. Good luck on your hydro I’ll be keeping an eye
 
Howdy Trichomefarmer88, Nice looking set up. I am on my seventh DWC grow, second one using 'nanner'ed' seeds (never have bought any seeds!). I have learned a few things; first, cover the clay pebbles with aluminum foil or something to completely block out the light. Before I started covering the net pots (I use the 3 3/4 inch size), I had brown algae problems on every grow. Second; keep the water temperature between 63° and 68° F, I use ice bottles to keep the temperature down. Third; change out the nutrient water every week and top off at mid week with pH balanced water. It sounds like You are keeping the water well aerated. I have been using the GH MaxiGrow and MaxiBloom with Liquid KoolBloom, Floralicious Plus, Armor Si, DiamondNector, and FloraNector, I use the Florashield (2 - 3 ml/gal) instead of Hydroguard, I have had better results using it. I also wrap the reservoirs (10 gal totes) with bubble wrap for insulation from the temperature and it helps to keep down noise as well.
 
Yes, I keep my water temps at 68-69 and have not had a single problem. I had to install chillers to achieve that temp range, but if your environment stays like it is, that sounds ideal.

I read something recently in one of my books about how the leaf patters switches to spiral growth like that in flower instead of leaves opposite each other in veg. Fascinating to see it on your clone!
 
Thanks everyone, everything sounds good an makes sense.. already made changes.. also I have other clones from same mother older that did the same.. still good plants! In veg closet just got cfl 23watts going in 12 total.. I have the two dwc.. two ogkush seedlings, three soil bubba clones little ones.. two soilsbig bubba clones, an one orange sour clone, also aloe plant...
Flower tent I have bubba kush clone in front two weeks into flower, also one orange sour clone in back three weeks into flower. Running one 6 inch hps tube 600watt an a 600watt led mesizhi inn a three an half by three an half ft tent
 

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Trichomefarmer88, I see in the most recent photos that You are using clear air line tubing. The clear tubing can refract or act as a conduit thru the clear walls and allow some light into the reservoirs. I would recommend that the clear tubing be replaced with black or brown opaque tubing to reduce any chance of light infiltration, it does not take much light to start the algae growing. It can be found in the drip irrigation section of just about any hardware or garden store (relatively cheap, I paid just under $0.09 per foot). I do not mean to sound 'anal', but every little bit helps.
 
I actually have read about that an have new tubing on the way threw mail... So far so good, hopefully the tape over the tube helps! Thanks for the tip!!
 
Well, today everything starting to look good! Bubba kush clone has few, foot long roots! Looks amazing, there girl scout cookies is starting to shoot out roots.. I believe it took so long cause the bucket was to hot... Ppm's on seedling was 500 an second week 700.. just following feed chart on gwe.com but must of just started to early... Don't really say fresh pH d water for week anywhere lol so anyways it's still looking nice an healthy an believe an pray my home made hydro buckets work... Lol but I'll go take a few pics here soon.. my flower tent is looking awesome! My buds are already huge now with new light compared to past grows.. went from 300watt led an swapped it for 600 hps an still have my 600 watt LED in there as well... Plants love it,! My led pushes about 320 real Watts so running about 920 true Watts in 3 an half by 3 and half forf.. 7 ft tall. So everything going great with all my grows so far, knock on wood, but still love it!
 
My water hasn't went over 70f. But only once with the bubba kush, but I just threw a frozen water bottle in there for a while... Took it down to about 65f. An worked back to 68f. An they have been staying there.. I'm going up to take a pic now for you, see what you think.. thanks btw for all your help alltatup
Also by the buckets of water being to hot, I meant to much nutrients
 
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