recomendations?

pedrovski

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i am going to have a go at dwc after a few soil grows to see the difference so i have built myself a couple of 10L dwc buckets. Nutrient wise i have ionic hydro grow and bloom with pk boost, liquid silicon & pondzyme, is there anything else that i would benefit from using or any nutrients i would be much better of using?

thanks
 

torontoke

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Everyone told me that dwc needed specific nutes and that organics and soil nutes wouldnt work.
However im about 8weeks into flower using ol earth juice. And my plants are big beautiful and green.

The only thing you need to be sure of is that your air pump is large enough to really move the water around. The more agitation the air bubbles create the better. And i found that using one tote for multiple plants is ok for seedlings but before the root systems get to big its best to seperate the plants into individual buckets or totes before the roots start getting tangled up.
 

pedrovski

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i think the air pump should be plenty big enough for 2 plants its a Hailea ACO-2204 which is 4w pump & 4L/min The guy in the hydro shop was running a comparison grow with 6 plants on 1 of these vs 1 and there was actually very little difference so my 2 plants should be fine with it. was thinking more stuff like the Big bud bloom booster, is it worh bothering with anything like that?
 

GreenthumbQC

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Lots of air. Big stone. Soak stone before using. Keep good water temps. Low ec. Keep an eye on ph. And hold on to your freaking socks because give it the right conditions you have never seen growth like dwc.

Again, I run low ec - Are you running RO? If so sup with cal mag.. Best of luck!
 

torontoke

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Some say yes some say no.
Ive found you can use whatever you like as long as the water moves around enough to keep everything mixed up.
If you dont get enough movement in the water then everything will separate and all the stuff u want the plant to take in will sink to the bottom of your tote or bucket.
 

pedrovski

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I will be using regular tap water that is pretty hard so shouldn't have a problem with calcium and will add some epsom salts every now and again too keep magnesium up and will just leave water too sit for a couple of days before i use it. my small tent is running 3x cxa 3070s so temps are around 75-80 degrees f
 

Logan Burke

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Do you guys think a 45LPM air pump is enough for a 4 site RDWC, typically holding about 15-18 gallons. And water temps are really crucial, as they go up and molecules hit each other and bounce around more, the water becomes less capable of holding the o2. Plus, nasties like pythium love low oxygen environments...I keep mine 65-68F.
 
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