New DWC Grow Log & Questions

Hey Everyone

Equipment

Secret Jardin 240 W
2 x 600w hps
2 x 400w hps
4 x cooltubes
60lpm air pump
20 5gallon buckets

5 Auto Assassin
5 Auto Onyx
2 Auto Buda
2 Auto Northern Lights

Nuts

Im not pro any of these companys its my first time to use AN and ive heard good and bad about them

Cellmax Hydro Grow & Bloom
Cellmax PK booster
Advanced Nutrients Voodoo Juice, B 52, Big Bud, Overdrive.

I just want to say that this isint my first DWC grow ive grown a few
But i still dont really know much and im guessing most of the time, so i have a few questions for you great people

my current is a complete flop 2 white rhino light leak sent the plants back into veg so their getting chopped at the weekend and ill be starting

Q1 How often should i empty each bucket and completely change the water & Nuts

Q2 If im using voodoo juice should i use it from the get go, I read somewhere it takes 3 weeks to build up in the buckets and really works then

Q3 Seen as these are autos what are the recommended PPM through the life cycle as they are prone to burn on my previous soil grows and DWc grows


Heres some of my previous grows


Super Cali Haze (7oz)

White Rhino Cutting on Saturday

Well, if you're running 20 individual DWC buckets, you're gonna wanna change the water every 7-10 days, and once the plants get big they drink about a gallon+ a day, so you're gonna be doing a lot topping off...Other than that, I don't know about the voodoo juice or the PPM's for Autos...But totally stoked to see some pics, get that shit going, man! Sounds great.

Metasynth said:

Well, if you're running 20 individual DWC buckets, you're gonna wanna change the water every 7-10 days, and once the plants get big they drink about a gallon+ a day, so you're gonna be doing a lot topping off...Other than that, I don't know about the voodoo juice or the PPM's for Autos...But totally stoked to see some pics, get that shit going, man! Sounds great.

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Ya i know what you mean ill be running 13 buckets id love a RDWC but cant at the moment hmmm or can I? sounds like a Project,

running that many buckets is going to be alot of work,keep in mind you will have to change the nutes from time to time and you will have to keep an eye on the nute temp,you can make a rdwc fairly cheap and will make things easyer when it comes to checking ph and ppm and temp,you can check all that from the res instead of checking each bucket and with a few fittings and valves you can set it up to use the pump to change your nutes,my first grow was in buckets and it was a pain in the ass to do that stuff,now I use large coolers for my res and can maintain my nute temp much easyer than when I used the buckets,if you dont go with the rdwc you may want to consider keeping your buckets elevated off the floor so gravity will work with you in draining the buckets to change your nutes milk crates work good if you have the hight

I am sorry that I can't offer you much help with organics but I am subscribed to your thread. I am looking forward to seeing that Onyx because I had a friend grow a couple that were awesome smoke.

Yeah that sounds like a lot of work with individual buckets. That will mean 1-2 hours of topping off every day down the road. A couple of reservoirs would save you a lot of time.

As far as nutes go I say keep it simple and organics don't really meet that requirement but not trying to discourage you if you are set on it.

Yeah, but there is a benefit to running individual buckets, you can monitor each plant as an individual, and treat any illness or deficiency in that one plant only, as opposed to a whole set of plants connected to one controller...I mean, it's totally do-able, you just have to commit yourself to a daily routine...Some people wake up and go for a jog every morning, or go to the gym every night...You're gonna be doing something similar in regards to your grow...Just don't expect to go on too many extended vacations without a reservoir to automatically top your buckets off. But no, really, sounds like quite an enterprising setup...lets see it in action, man!

Stiofean said:

Ya i know what you mean ill be running 13 buckets id love a RDWC but cant at the moment hmmm or can I? sounds like a Project,

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RDWC and a water chiller dude ... DWC is a pain in the ass when it comes to maintenance and I hated topping off 6 buckets lol plan on spending mass hours in the garden.

Metasynth said:

Yeah, but there is a benefit to running individual buckets, you can monitor each plant as an individual, and treat any illness or deficiency in that one plant only, as opposed to a whole set of plants connected to one controller...I mean, it's totally do-able, you just have to commit yourself to a daily routine...Some people wake up and go for a jog every morning, or go to the gym every night...You're gonna be doing something similar in regards to your grow...Just don't expect to go on too many extended vacations without a reservoir to automatically top your buckets off. But no, really, sounds like quite an enterprising setup...lets see it in action, man!

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He said it perfect! DWC is a lot of maintenance I wont go back to it until I can build a RDWC and get a water chiller.. It does have its benefits though.

kushnotbush said:

I am sorry that I can't offer you much help with organics but I am subscribed to your thread. I am looking forward to seeing that Onyx because I had a friend grow a couple that were awesome smoke.

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Good Stuff what was the yield like? I've grown Auto Assassins before and got 1.5oz off each in soil so ill hope to push this a little in DWC,

Change of plans going to do a 3 Pot RDWC Scrog with three Serious Seeds Chronic with a 5 week veg