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Originally Posted by TheJiveTurkey

I posted this in the hydro section... thre days ago, and not one responce. So don't be mad that I doubvle posted, but I want to get my grow started, and I need this shit awnsered before I start.

Im planning on doing a 5 gallon hydro bucket grow, and had a few questions...

1. At what period do I take the geo cube with my baby in it, and actualy put the thing in my grow net in the bucket? And when I do, do I immidiately throw the bubbler on, and do I use nutes, or just plain water at first?

2. Where should my water levels be threwout the grow? From sprout, and in veg, and in flowering, what should the water levels be?

3. As far as changing nutes, and flushing the plant, how often should I renew my nutes, and how often do I flush with clean water? Also, what is topping off? Im assuming its adding water to maintain water levels, right? If thats the case do I topp off with clean water, or with teh same nutrient solution thats already in teh bucket?

4. and finally... When I switch from sprout nutes, to veg nutes, to flower nutes, do I let the system run with clean water for a few days or something? Then switch the nutes? or do I simply run clean water to clean the bucket out, then add new nutes.

5. Also are there any tips anyone has on things i should NEVER DO, or things i should ALWAYS DO, that arnt that ovious, or that are ovious and im just stupid haha.

Any suggestions help, THANKS!!!
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1. Im not exactly sure what you mean because i dont know what type of setup your even using but if its DWC bubbler, usually people place the cubes in the nets /w rock when the clones are ready.. and since this is your first grow i dont think you have clones.. so how are you going to get them rooted in the cubes in the first place? you wont end up needin em until they're ready to flower unless your bucket is under a floro.

2. I've never done a dwc but I remember reading the water level generally doesnt matter i'd say like 3 inches below the bottom of the net? Anyone whos done dwc can answer this better.

3. depends on how big the bucket is.. i'd say every week to be safe maybe every 2 weeks, it shouldnt MATTER if you accidently skip but you dont want root rot and about topping.. thats clipping your buds to make more budsites..some people think it increases yeild.

4. no idea

5. make sure light doesnt penetrate the bucket. neds to be completely light proof.. root rot.