The slime is like AIDS fairly easy to prevent and nearly impossible to get rid of. I have never been able to stop it after it has set in and I have tried just about everything that people have told me to try and still the slime lived on. If I ever get again i will just toss the whole grow out...
Why is it so hard to get new growers to understand that the key to eliminating problems is to prevent them. Why do they wait till they have a problem and then want to fix it.
The biggest problem with the smaller containers is that it's harder to control temps and PH and they will require that you be right on top of keeping the water level up. Other than that I don't see a problem.
I like the drops. They work great. If it's green bring it down a bit, if it's orange bring it up a bit and if it's yellow leave it alone. You don't have to be rock steady at a specific magic number. In fact it should wander up and down just stay in the ballpark. Those expensive meters won't do...
I have to say that I did not post that comment to put anyone down. I posted it as the best advice I can give to a new grower. I too had many problems when I started DWC. DWC is a simple and productive method of growing. Note I said that is was simple not easy.
I don't know how many times it needs to be said but new growers need to learn to read the forum I would like to see everyone have a successful grow. Way to many questions about fixing problems and the real answer to to prevent the problems. All that info is here already and just needs to be...
There is so much info in this forum. The first thing a new grower should do is read the forum, read the instructions on your nutes. All the questions have been asked before and answered already. Read Read Read and make your own decisions based on what you learn
i also have a roughly 7' X 5' room and I'll tell ya right now . I don't care how many plants you stuff in there or how many 1000 watt lights you have. The room will only produce what it can fit in that space. I've done 5 large plants and 25 smaller plants and the yield has been about the same. A...
IMO Hydro will defiantly grow faster and grow larger plant during veg but if a strain takes 8 weeks to flower in soil it will still take 8 weeks in hydro. You save the time on veg only.
2 -3 weeks is normal. I never could figure out why people think they need roots in 3 days. If someone tells you that they got roots in three days most likely they are bending the truth a bit or got very lucky.
Holy shit!!! A whole 9 hours without seeing your plant??? OH NO!!! How is it ever going to survive?? LOL I love some of the things new growers say. Peace brother and happy growing.
it's much easier to prevent "The Slime" than to get rid of it after you already got it. I think it's just something that all DWC growers are going to get from time to time. Good luck and I hope the mites don't get ya next. LOL