leetsoup
Well-Known Member
THE BOTTOM LINE
This once soil bagseed Female has vegged for about 2 and a half months of 24hour light and is now on day 2 of 12/12 flowering under British Columbia's sun and a closet CFL setup of 3 42w'ers and many other supplemental cfls. Grown with FloraNova Grow by GH and ThriveAlive B-1 by Floratech, Blooming Essentials 100% organic by Grotek will be used a week or so into flowering.
DEEP WATER CULTURE
A constantly submerged root system obtains it`s nutrients through applied nutrients in a solution aerated by, most commonly, your average fish aquarium airstones and air pumps. This bubble bucket is powered by 3 30 gallon tank outlets; One line out to a large circular airstone, it`s bubbles are very large and rise from the center of the tank; A second line out to 2 foam wands provides very fizzy aeration along two sides; A third line out is split between considerably smaller hard green and soft white airstones filling the gaps between foam wands with similar aeration. This container is protected with metal tape, providing an environment absolutely sealed of light, discouraging algea and other problems. Ultimately, and not at all unlike a soil operation, deep water applications require a well aerated nutrient solution.
TECHNIQUES
Honestly, I rarely check ph, allow chlorine to disipate, measure temperature, ppm and such, and do not use h202. I operate on very basic fundamentals; good nutrients and light.
I have not topped this plant however a week before switching to flower I removed all the branches at the main stem leaving only shoots, healed and than tied down the bottom shoots. The plant was EXTREMELY tolerant of the intense pruning, seems as though absolutely no stunting has occured and growth has continued if not accellerated.
I will very actively update throughout the flowering process and this thread is left open for anyone to comment, it`s encouraged and appreciated.
Peace
This once soil bagseed Female has vegged for about 2 and a half months of 24hour light and is now on day 2 of 12/12 flowering under British Columbia's sun and a closet CFL setup of 3 42w'ers and many other supplemental cfls. Grown with FloraNova Grow by GH and ThriveAlive B-1 by Floratech, Blooming Essentials 100% organic by Grotek will be used a week or so into flowering.
DEEP WATER CULTURE
A constantly submerged root system obtains it`s nutrients through applied nutrients in a solution aerated by, most commonly, your average fish aquarium airstones and air pumps. This bubble bucket is powered by 3 30 gallon tank outlets; One line out to a large circular airstone, it`s bubbles are very large and rise from the center of the tank; A second line out to 2 foam wands provides very fizzy aeration along two sides; A third line out is split between considerably smaller hard green and soft white airstones filling the gaps between foam wands with similar aeration. This container is protected with metal tape, providing an environment absolutely sealed of light, discouraging algea and other problems. Ultimately, and not at all unlike a soil operation, deep water applications require a well aerated nutrient solution.
TECHNIQUES
Honestly, I rarely check ph, allow chlorine to disipate, measure temperature, ppm and such, and do not use h202. I operate on very basic fundamentals; good nutrients and light.
I have not topped this plant however a week before switching to flower I removed all the branches at the main stem leaving only shoots, healed and than tied down the bottom shoots. The plant was EXTREMELY tolerant of the intense pruning, seems as though absolutely no stunting has occured and growth has continued if not accellerated.
I will very actively update throughout the flowering process and this thread is left open for anyone to comment, it`s encouraged and appreciated.
Peace 
