one light one plant one pound....
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horribleherk
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I'll be putting up a Scrog I haven't thought that far ahead lol but probably another month or so - + I have yet to flower this strain out so the rate of stretch after the flip is unknown
horribleherk
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my old tub was about 5" in. or 130 mm. deep which seemed to work good
horribleherk
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dwc performs better than everything when conditions are ideal but it's high maintenance & very unforgiving of mistakes & less than ideal conditions I've been doing e&f in various mediums for awhile & in the cob I'm going back to it I'll be building my setup step - by -step with pics I'm collecting pieces now the smart pots inside the drain pans is working out for now
Enigma
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This isn't my first rodeo, I've run DWC before to great success. This time 'round I will be running RDWC to avoid all of the problems I encountered with DWC.
Live, learn, grow.
ttystikk
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Water temperatures are key. Before I started chilling my RDWC, I couldn't keep roots problems under control.This isn't my first rodeo, I've run DWC before to great success. This time 'round I will be running RDWC to avoid all of the problems I encountered with DWC.
Live, learn, grow.
After I started chilling the water, i never had problems again- even when I deliberately inoculated it with bad water.
It isn't the temperature itself, it's the oxygenation. Colder water holds more dissolved oxygen. I used waterfalls in each tub to ensure saturation.
Enigma
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Water temps were the first problem I had. The second was roots getting tangled then having to remove dead/dying plants. Then it was dissolved calcium in the tap water. Then it was....
You get the point.
I would fix one problem and then find another and another.
Following a member's grow in another board showed me how I could improve my DWC with RDWC while removing all the headaches I had before.
I had the BlueLabs instruments for metering, I'll be purchasing them again on this next run.
For now, I'll be in soil running some lighting tests until I figure out another solution. I was thinking a kind of ebb and flow, but the only ones I'm familiar with are clay pebbles. I'd like to have something with a bit more water retention, like Hempy buckets but automated.
ttystikk
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Buckets of Tupur work great in flood tables.
ttystikk
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That would work for autos.
OnePrays
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Sweet can't wait to see this gotnany idea of what strains your going to grow? Was the skywalker you grew back then flooded?
horribleherk
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the skywalker was flooded & pretty much the style grow with a few changes I want to get back to as of now doubledream & this blackjack is showing promise just wanting to see what the finished product is like
horribleherk
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I run such a small amount of plants tupur is clawing its way to the top lol if it's doing this good just doing dtw & so far giving me no problems I'm sure I can work with it
horribleherk
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The plant on the left still trails but I think it's gonna catch up enough to make this work outWow! Look at that growth. Now they are cooking
horribleherk
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I'm mothballing my waterfarms & their reservoir in favor of the tupur I feel that no larger than my operation is the work , maintenance & everything associated with dwc is more than I care to deal with any gains in yield is rapidly offset by the consistency overall of the tupur the time I spend fighting this & that with dwc can be spent dialing in my operation in other areas my grows are mainly for my own consumption, bragging rights , and a wee bit of bartering material 