KCCO’s First Grow In Hydro

[KCCO 77]

The two feeding styles I'm familiar with are topping up with straight water until a drop in ppm low enough and do a complete change. Or top off the res with pre mixed nutrient solution until the solution gets too strong and change out then.
I've never had an issue topping off with RO water if my res has sufficient nutrients for the size of plants in the system. Something like 1-2 gal per medium to large sized plants. Your system seems more than large enough. Any foul smells from the res or roots?

K this is good to know. I will try the topping off with RO water since I just did a res change. I have been trying to sniff inside the buckets. No foul smells they just smell like soil. Even with no soil is this normal??Thx for stopping by

 

[KCCO 77]

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• KCCO 77
• May 19, 2018

I set the ph 4 hrs ago. It has been a little unstable over the last 24 hrs. It was at 6.0 all day yesterday this morning it was at 5.5. I set it back to 5.8 with 1 ml of ph up.

 

[KCCO 77]

Also had some free time to change the solo buckets water. Ther r being fed at 600 ppm. They r all showing roots popping out of the bottom of the net pots. 1 big happy family. These r all Julius Caesar. That’s mom on the right in soil nestled beside the plumbing trap. Lol

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• KCCO 77
• May 16, 2018

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• KCCO 77
• May 19, 2018

 

[KCCO 77]

My other 2 moms. On the left Afghani #1on the right Budda kush/ Tahoe Og. I love my moms lol

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• KCCO 77
• May 16, 2018

 

[Guy Cavallero]

Also had some free time to change the solo buckets water. Ther r being fed at 600 ppm. They r all showing roots popping out of the bottom of the net pots. 1 big happy family. These r all Julius Caesar. That’s mom on the right in soil nestled beside the plumbing trap. Lol

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• KCCO 77
• May 16, 2018

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• KCCO 77
• May 19, 2018

Looking really nice brother, everything is looking really dialed-in..... Congratulations on the new setup.

 

[Pennywise]

Looking really happy in those buckets,

 

[KCCO 77]

Looking really happy in those buckets,

Hey thanks for stopping by. The buckets in veg are way less temperamental than the ones in flower. I just look at them and the grow lol.

 

[KCCO 77]

Update: so after doing a res change Thursday night the ph stability was good all day Friday 6.2. I left it a bit higher then normal just to let the roots bath in a little higher ph mix. Saturday morning the ph was at 5.5 so I set it back to 6.0. Last night it was back down to 5.1. I then topped of res with 8L of pure RO water and then and set the ph back to 6.0. This morning it was at 4.7. The ppm had0.1 difference from last night after the res top off. The ph had dropped 1.3 in a little under 6 hrs.

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• KCCO 77
• May 20, 2018

 

[Guy Cavallero]

What the heck does all that mean lol. I mean you must confuse even yourself lmao.....

 

[Pennywise]

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• Pennywise
• May 20, 2018

Rez control

 

[KCCO 77]

What the heck does all that mean lol. I mean you must confuse even yourself lmao.....

Lmao you know me confused is a under statement. After a dozen dabs or so I find myself standing there looking at that stupid tri meter wondering WTF. The hard part is I am so use to growing by look and feel and these plants grow and look completely different in the RDWC system. Long story short ph is crashing bad and I don’t know why. I must b missing something lol

 

[KCCO 77]

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• Pennywise
• May 20, 2018

Rez control

Thanks for the post I am currently working with that chart. I have done my res change and I am topping of with Ro water.

 

[Pennywise]

I’ve followed that chart for close to 2 years and it’s saved me a couple of times

 

[KCCO 77]

I’ve followed that chart for close to 2 years and it’s saved me a couple of times

Ya I will be keeping the chart close. I would get an auto doser but I don’t want to put a bandaid on something I should be addressing.

 

[Pennywise]

Perfect your nutrient recipe first then you can tweak everything

 

[Chris Scorpio]

I'm along for the ride and knowledge

Just started my DWC grows so I'll be monitoring my water a lot to see what it's doing
That chart was sweet, great info to have

 

[Jack420]

Dwc n rdwc can b a hard cookie to crumble hope u get it dialed in

 

[Jack420]

Are ur nutes ph perfect?

 

[Chris Scorpio]

1st thing I did was boot my pH perfect nutes, to hard to set the pH since it fights with it
Good for hempy and soil, not hydro

 

[Jack420]

I never tried them but i c it working for other ppl i always used general hydroponics products ph fluctuate a tad but does great