Floridafinest 630CHM First Try At RDWC Grow Journal

[floridafinest]

This is my first grow journal so please bear with me.
11x12 fully insulated wired and plumbed by me room.
6x6 mother/flower room
12- Sour dx Lemon kush
2- the white
2- pre 98 bubba kush
4-630w dimlux cmh's
DIY RDWC system 16 site 2" feed with dual 1" returns
1" rockwool cubes with hydroton
Cutting edge three part- bulletproof si- botanicare cal-mag and terpinator.
75 gallon per day r.o.
1/3 hp chiller
4 burner titan natural gas c02 generator
Titan Saturn 5 atmospheric controller
Titan Apollo 8 c02 monitor with fuzzy logic
18 A.I.T spiders
2- ecologic pro linear 40's
Danner mag 24 return pump
45 pint per day dehumidifier
36,000 btu 3 tin mini split a/c

 

[Scrogdawg]

Found it. Got a front row seat.

 

[Beleaf]

I'll follow along!

 

[floridafinest]

Well let's see day three and the roots are exploding outta the 1"cube. Plants still look overwatered to me. The water level is right below the 8" net pot

 

[floridafinest]

No roots in the water yet. Is this a normal thing for rdwc?

 

[floridafinest]

I trimmed some leaf tips and a few whole leaves towards the bottom to help the roots move along. Just wandering why they look overwatered? Is this normal or no? Should I transplant a different way? Should the roots be longer before I transplant? There is tons of air in each bucket. And in the water.

 

[DoItToIt96]

I'm on my first DWC and I though mine looked sad and droopy at first too. So for me it's normal lol. My thinking was the roots can't support the weight of the leafs yet, but I could be wrong.

 

[floridafinest]

Yeah that's kinda why I trimmed them up.

 

[closetop]

What I did was use the bottom of an aeroponic cloner to mist the roots until they hung towards it. Than i use the airstone and remove the aeroponic mister

 

[closetop]

I start them in this its my first try too

 

[floridafinest]

That's a great idea and next time I'll be using an Aeroponic closer and will let the get muck longer and not use any rockwool. However this time I just bought clones and didn't have a choice. My problem is I have 16 sites so I would have to have 16 buckets and misters. I really wanna do perpetual so I may just build a second 16 site veg system.

 

[floridafinest]

Sorry roots not muck!!! Lol

 

[floridafinest]

Please someone HELP!!!! Why are my plants wilting in my system. They so look overwatered. The water is below the net pot 1" the 1" rockwool cube is staying wet. I haven't too down watered at all??????????????? Please help!

 

[floridafinest]

It's now day 5. The roots seem to be growing some. About an inch or two outta the cube.

 

[Scrogdawg]

Shooting from the hip I'd say they may be drowning in the rockwool but we'd need more info to really be a help.

PH?
PPM?
Pictures?
CO2?

 

[floridafinest]

Oh is 5.7-5.8 ppm is 500. Co2 is 1500 temps and humidity 78 and 50-60%

 

[floridafinest]

I lowered the water level and they might seem a little better. It's now about 2" below the pot. I almost want to shut everything off and water top down till they bounce back and the roots come through the pot. Searching for it.

 

[Scrogdawg]

They're pretty young for 500 ppm, that could be a possible issue. I also notice that it looks like you're running them with HPS bulbs. I don't know much about CO2 but I believe its mainly used in flower in conjunction with very high light intensities.

 

[floridafinest]

I'm running three 630 cmh's and one 1000 hps. More than enough light for c02. And I'm gonna drop the ppms some.

 

[420BudzFreak]

I'll come along for the ride if you don't mind! That setup is badass! Hopefully the little ones perk up for you. The roots should take off any time now!