Thanks PurpleMonkey, You have some darn fine roots yourself. Hopefully more roots equates to more bud. Pahly
Jan 23 Tent Conditions Temp: Max 88.0f Min 67.2f Current 69.0 RH Min 14% Max 40% Current 22% Res Max 73.4f Min 66.5f Current 69.0f RDWC NL Day 0 of Flower Previous: Depth 22.5cm 978uS @ 6.1pH Found: Depth 17cm 1060uS @ 5.9pH Adj: 14L of RO water 3L of Bennie Tea 10ml of pH down New: Depth 25cm 831uS @ 5.9pH Topped the NL plant, cut 6" of the top and set the timer to 12/12 Pahly
Jan 24 Coco Plants Plants were looking hungry and the pots felt light so I decided it was time to feed them. I mixed up a batch of fresh nutes for them. 8L of RO water 10ml of Liquid Karma 10ml of PBP Grow 500ml of bennie tea pH down to 5.8pH I gave each plant 250ml of nutes. I also transplanted 4 of the NL clones to coco Pahly
Jan 26th Tent Conditions Lights 12/12 Temp: n/a RH n/a Res n/a RDWC NL Day 3 of 12/12 (day 73 from seed) Plant seems to be doing well after being topped. Previous: 25cm 831uS @ 5.9pH Found: 19.5cm 915uS @ 5.6pH Adj: 2.5 Gals of RO water 0.25 Gals of Tea 10ml of Silica 8ml of pH down 10ml of micro 5 ml of grow 15 ml of bloom New: Depth 24.5cm 952uS @ 5.6pH Thanks for viewing Pahly
Thanks G2D It seems to be liking the consistently higher water level of the RDWC and is filling in more at the top, nearer the net pot. I'm pretty happy with the way things are going at the moment. The RDWC has made maintaining the res so much easier. I'm going to have to make my way over to your thread soon and check it out, it's been a minute since I've been by. Pahly
All good mate. I would of assumed your max temps would of been a bit high but obviously not. They are around the temps I've been getting that scared me off dwc in the short term because I thought the res would get too hot.
The temp has been reaching 73f by lights out, the res is outside the tent which I think helps a great deal. I also run beneficial bacteria which allows me a slight bit more leeway with the temps. I am also planning on adding a frozen 2 litre bottle to the res each day when I get home after work which is at about the time the temp is getting up to 70f. I'm thinking of covering the unused bucket with mylar as well to help reduce the temps. I think the bennies really help a lot as well. Pahly
Hey all, It's been a while since I posted, had some events in my personal life that have kept me busy. Well I now have time again so I'll be catching things up a bit. Jan 31st Tent Conditions Lights 12/12 MH Temp: Max 91.2 Min 66.0f Current 90.1f RH Min 10% Max 41% Current LL% Res Max 72.8f Min 66.0f Current 69.0f Coco Plants Left the plants a little too long as some were beginning to wilt. I immediately mixed up a mild batch of nutes and fed them. 8L of RO water 10ml of CaMg+ 10ml of Liquid Karma 10ml of PBP Grow Fed/Watered 888uS @ 5.5pH NL RDWC Day 8 12/12 (Day 78 from seed) Plant is doing well upward growth is continuing and tiny hairs are beginning to appear. Previous: Depth 24.5cm 952uS @ 5.6pH Found: Depth 10cm 1227uS @ 5.2pH Adj: 24L of RO water 7ml of Silica 7ml of CaMg+ 7ml of Micro 10ml of Bloom 4ml of Grow New: Depth 24cm 888uS @ 5.8pH Pahly
Feb 5th Tent Conditions (early in the day) Lights 12/12 MH Temp: Max 92.4f Min 67.2f Current 67.4f RH Min 10% Max 41% Current LL% Res Max 70.1f Min 65.9f Current 69.0f NL RDWC Day 13 12/12 (Day 83 from seed) Upward growth is slowing, haven't had to raise the light as much the last couple of days. Previous: Depth 24cm 888uS @ 5.8pH Found: Depth 19cm 992uS @ 5.9pH Adj: 12L of RO water 5ml of Silica New: Depth 24cm 821uS @ 6.0pH WW DWC Plant has drank nearly 16L of water and nutes. Made a new batch This plant is as tall as my shoulders and is starting to branch out quite a bit at the top. 16L of RO water 16ml of Silica 8ml of pH down 16ml of Micro 16ml of Macro A 16ml of Macro B Left to stabilize for 5 hours Found ph of 6.1 added 2ml of pH down Placed new nutes into ww's bucket Pahly
Feb 6th Tent Conditions Lights 12/12 MH Temp: Max 94.2f Min 67.2f Current 90.3f RH Min 10% Max 40% Current LL% Res Max 69.9f Min 66.5f Current 69.9f NL RDWC Day 14 of 12/12 (Day 84 from seed) Plant is slowing it's stretch, having to raise the light less all the time. No pictures today as there isn't that noticeable of a change from yesterday. I am not adding nutes back as the ppm seems to be set too high, I'll simply add back water and adjust pH till I see the plant is taking in nutes. the high tent temps are causing the plant to drink more than it is eating. Previous: Depth 24cm 821uS @ 6.0pH Found:: Depth 23cm 870uS @ 5.9pH Adj: 8L of RO water New: Depth 26.5cm 780uS @ 6.0pH NL cuttings/clones Moved 2 of the cuttings from the cloner to DWC buckets to start the veg training for the next round in the tent, hopefully I'll be able to go straight to flowering the same day that the present plant in the tent comes out. New 16L of RO starting 164uS @ 6.7pH 16ml of Potasium Silicate 10ml of pH down 16ml of Micro 16ml of Macro A 16ml of Macro B New: 8cm from top of each bucket 787uS @ 5.7pH Coco Plants Fed/watered the plants with 250ml each of the following 8L of RO water starting 150uS @ 6.2pH 5ml of CaMg+ 10ml of Liquid Karma 15ml of PBP Grow 20ml of Aquashield Fed at 860uS @ 5.8pH Pahly
Feb 9th Tent Conditions Light 12/12 MH Temp: N/A RH N/A Res N/A NL RDWC Day 17 of 12/12 (Day 87 from seed) Plant is doing well, upward growth seems to have stopped. haven't had to raise the light the last couple days. buds are now more noticeable and growth seems to have switched to bud production. I am surprised at how quickly this plant is filling in, on other plants I have grown in the past bud development wasn't this far along for another 5 days. Previous: Depth 26.5cm 780uS @ 6.0pH Found: Depth 22cm 899uS @ 5.8pH Adj: 12L of RO water 7ml of potassium silicate New: Depth 27.5cm 758uS @ 6.1pH Coco Plants Fed/Watered with the following 5ml of CaMg+ 10ml of Liquid Karma 15ml PBP Grow Fed at 880uS @ 5.8pH Notes I shut the light off early and allowed it to cool, before removing the glass from the hood. I changed the MH bulb out and put in the HPS. I was a bit surprised at the lumen difference when I compared the two, MH has 55000 lumens and the HPS has 85000 lumens. that is almost a 50 increase in lumens over the MH. I'm hoping the plants like it. I also did some defoliation, mainly in the centre of the plant to open it up and allow more light and air to the middle of the plant. The plant didn't receive any training and was only topped once due to height concerns.
Hey mate how come so low on the Ph? Do you have any pics of the coco plants or have I missed them? DWC stuff looks sweet.
Hey G2D, Good catch, I fed at that pH as it is where the nutes landed and I didn't have time to adjust it, I figured it was in the 5.5 to 6.5 range for hydro so it would be ok, plants didn't seem to mind. I have been shooting for a 5.8ph for the coco plants. Would you recommend something different?? I will take some pics next time I water/feed them. I'm mostly growing them to see how coco works, and looking for a male to make some seeds.They are in solo cups. They haven't gotten a lot of light as they have been the shortest plants, as a result they are fairly stretched. I'll take some pics next time I water/feed them. Pahly
Nah all good was just checking. I do the same thing and let it fluctuate, if one week is a bit low then the next week I'll make it a bit higher. I also started alternating with Calmg water every second water or so and it's been working great, I use too be a feed every watering guy but not anymore.
Hey G2D, do you include calmag in your feeds?? what ppm are you adding with the plain water? I'm going to try alternating feed and water. From what I've seen of your coco plants they look happy. Thanks for the tip. Pahly
I've always got calmag going in unless I'm flushing, around 200ppm. Do what works for you mate, if you can keep feeding them and they look happy then all good. It was getting some nutrient burn and PH problems that's why I backed off on the feeding.
Hey G2D, I'm going to give it a try see how it goes, they are extra plants so I don't mind experimenting a bit with them. Who knows I might learn something. Pahly
Feb 11th Tent Conditions Lights 12/12 HPS Temp: Max 99.5f Min 68.0f Current 70.7f RH Min 10% Max 32% Current LL% Res Max 71.6f Min 66.2f Current 70.7f NL RDWC Day 19 (Day 89 from seed) Not much change over the last couple of days, buds are continuing to grow upward growth is at a standstill. Previous: Depth 27.5cm 758uS @ 6.1pH Found: Depth 24.5cm 805uS @ 5.8pH Adj: 4L of RO (took the res to 772 uS @ 5.9pH) 60ml of AN Big Bud New: Depth 26.5cm 853uS @5.9pH Next Round of NL vegging topped the two plants for next round to prepare them for training, I want them to bush out a bit, I'm going to try mainlining as a technique. next step will be to choose two branches for "manifold", and prune off the rest. Feb 12th NL RDWC Day 20 (Day 90 from seed) Previous: Depth 26.5cm 853uS @ 5.9pH Found: Depth 25.0cm 910uS @ 5.8pH No Adjustments. Pahly