Feral's Journal Of Insanity & Some Growing

[FeralA9X]

Damn there is some filtration going on in there looks good mate defo cant complain with free clones either, saving a lot of time looking through seeds for a winner and guaranteed female

 

[AussieBlueTHC]

Hi Feral, gotta check in and say how do to the master

I am back in action now with an improved venting system! check out my pipework lol :0

Yeah thats some serious exhaust work. Very neat. Well done.

 

[Dogwash]

Nice one guys

Started me a journal again too

Canopy temp sitting around 26C, I am stoked with that

Two Philips Daylight 315s - Six Secret Jardin 22W/55W LED Strips - Four Painkiller XL

 

[FeralA9X]

Pollen tent is not flowering yet! Its a bit early I know but helps if I switch the timer to the right function and not run them 24h a day shit there goes a week

 

[GrizzWald]

Hahaha... I must have had a power outage at some stage.. lights were still on this morning half hour after lights off, with still hour or so on timer.. not sure how long it's been..

 

[FeralA9X]

just had a similar realisation Grizz, went in to check my plants and the lights were all out, couldn't work it out as they should be on, finally realised its daylight savings bro

 

[GrizzWald]

Ohhh, fuck, really? Is it really?

 

[GrizzWald]

I'm going to have to go and reset my timer back then... wow

 

[FeralA9X]

yeah I had to confirm it with my dad, everything these days auto changes on us so I wouldn't have a clue, wondered why I slept in for so long today good thing is I have not changed my timers ever, usually when daylight savings ends I don't mind them coming on an hour earlier as its not as hot as summer

 

[AussieBlueTHC]

Oh well they will be bigger now when they are done. .

 

[GrizzWald]

Thanks mate, I wouldn't have known. Would have Hermed these girls out for sure, saved me bro..

 

[FeralA9X]

No worries bro

 

[santb]

And they say we're silly for not having it up here....
One less problem for me to potentially waste a month not seeing...!

 

[AussieBlueTHC]

Feral's Journal Of Insanity & Some Growing

Yeah daylight savings. Bugger have to change my timers too now.

 

[FeralA9X]

Just had to work out how to set dads phone clock manually, automatic network settings say he is in QLD

 

[GrizzWald]

Technology Man, I almost stuffed up.. my lights were coming on at 8:50 I almost reset my timer to 7:50, not 9:50.. man this shits doing my head in

 

[santb]

 

[santb]

Hey Fez; I'm thinking about jumping into DWC.. I think I've got my head around it, but do I really need a large res?
What is the smallest container size per plant do you reckon I can get away with? OR, what is the bare minimum res volume to keep a smallish plant happy? Trying to save on space, and nute costs.. Hoping to keep the res litres down as low as possible.
Or do you think a plastic tub with 4 plants is a bad idea?? That is my preferred method, but I read I might be inviting real problems with nute mixes and pH issues or root-rot etc. spreading... Which all makes sense.
But I would love to be able to just pick up a tub with 4 plants to move for res changes or light source changes...

But I am feeling like I already answered the 4-plant-tub question...

 

[santb]

Sorry.. Just asked these questions, but I'm knackered and just had a cone and am now smashed. Goin to bed..
Will check in tomorrow..!
Cheers, guys.

 

[FeralA9X]

Thanks bro

Defo give the DWC a go, its easy as all hell tbh id grow all mine in DWC's if I had the space
Really the size of the res doesn't matter at all, depends on how often you want to be checking in and adjusting, Larger res means the nutrient solution will be a lot more stable in ph fluctuations and strength, smaller reservoirs will fluctuate a lot more, plants will only take the elements they need from the solution or may only drink the water so may start seeing deficiencies if they are not replaced as needed whereas a larger res will have a lot more on hand when its needed, if the plant is only drinking water and leaving nutrients then if you keep topping it up with more nutes its going to get hot real quick and burn the shit out of your plants I run 8L reservoirs in veg and 20L in flower, veg I hardly ever need to do a thing, sometimes in that same solution for up to a month just adjusting PH, its only when I start seeing deficiencies or res gets a bit murky I change it lol. 20L flower res gets changed out once a week but only gets topped up with water during the week maybe once or twice, only time I check PH is when I mix up the res and it stays within the ph range all week
The amount they drink will depend on how big they are, the size of the res will depend on how much they drink, you basically want it so you don't need to touch it for the week Not sure if you remember or not but I ran a plastic tub DWC in my pollen tent for the Sour Diesel crosses with 8 plants in the one tub Everything went very successful for me, I would recommend if running different strains though to try find strains within the same flowering period, you don't want to try working out a feeding schedule for a 8 week and a 16 week in the same container, its impossible One thing I did learn from that is 8 plants is way too much if you want any kind of decent yield, you will need to space them out as much as possible to allow as much airflow through the lower canopies
One thing I will recommend to anyone running a DWC is to run a root zone conditioner, they will help keep the res clean and free from algae, diseases and bacteria and will also stop the ph from fluctuating so much in addition to boosting the root zone, there are a few out there and are pretty cheap, I use Rock Supercharge right now which seems to work great, I was using Dutch Master Zone but they don't stock it at my hydro shop anymore lol. Another big thing in DWC is making sure you have enough air pumping through the roots, if running multiple plants id recommend having multiple air stones, at least one under each plant