First grow... 6 pot rdwc... let’s see what happens 👀

[Aqua Man]

The fan leaves are whats providing the energy to the plant. Even if they don't look like they are getting light they do. Green light penetrates leaves so even leaves deeper in the canopy are beneficial. Recently another grower here has convinced me that removing a fair bit off the offshoots until flip is beneficial. So I would leave the fans unless you need better airflow and remove the little offshoots from the side branching. Now im removing them up to the growing tip but and i havent finished a grow like this yet so I would start at the bottom and leave it up to you how far up the plant to remove offshoots.

I'll get a pic of what im doing. 2 min

 

[Britishbuds]

The fan leaves are whats providing the energy to the plant. Even if they don't look like they are getting light they do. Green light penetrates leaves so even leaves deeper in the canopy are beneficial. Recently another grower here has convinced me that removing a fair bit off the offshoots until flip is beneficial. So I would leave the fans unless you need better airflow and remove the little offshoots from the side branching. Now im removing them up to the growing tip but and i havent finished a grow like this yet so I would start at the bottom and leave it up to you how far up the plant to remove offshoots

so don’t touch the big boy leaves just the little offshoots
Well I don’t fancy stripping it bare so might just pluck a couple from right down low and see what happens,

 

[whitexcloud]

the black bucket at the top of the system is a header tank/control unit... it’s got an autotop up and pump inside... pump pulls nutrient solution around the system constantly like aqua man said

how do you control water temp? water heater / cooler?

 

[Britishbuds]

how do you control water temp? water heater / cooler?

You can link up a water cooler to the header tank, I personally haven’t as I was on a budget with this set up and the actual system wiped out a big percentage of that, I plan to invest in one for the next attempt

 

[Aqua Man]

so don’t touch the big boy leaves just the little offshoots
Well I don’t fancy stripping it bare so might just pluck a couple from right down low and see what happens,

These are what I'm plucking offshoots from the secondary branching. Only up until flip. But like I say first time doing this but it sure keeps the air movement in the canopy nice. Will see how well it pays off.

 

[Britishbuds]

Had a seed left over so just popped it in some coco and been feeding from the reservoir... is about a week behind the others in the system

 

[Britishbuds]

The cctv pictures are looking forestyyy

 

[Britishbuds]

Root system

 

[Aqua Man]

Root system

Those are some beautiful healthy roots

 

[Britishbuds]

I thought you’d appreciate those

 

[Aqua Man]

I thought you’d appreciate those

Yeah can't ask for nicer bro. I forget just hydrogaurd or enzymes also?

 

[Britishbuds]

What’s hydroguard? All I used was canna aqua vega, rhizotonic and cannazym

 

[Aqua Man]

What’s hydroguard? All I used was canna aqua vega, rhizotonic and cannazym

Ah ok just enzymes.. hydrogaurd is a type of bacteria that help prevent root infection. Used with enzymes I'm not sure I have ever seen a root infection. Also used to cure root rot as the species of bacteria bacillus amyloliquefaciens has been used for a fair bit of time also in agriculture for the same reason. It will kill pythium even in infected root tissue

 

[Britishbuds]

Ah ok just enzymes.. hydrogaurd is a type of bacteria that help prevent root infection. Used with enzymes I'm not sure I have ever seen a root infection. Also used to cure root rot as the species of bacteria bacillus amyloliquefaciens has been used for a fair bit of time also in agriculture for the same reason. It will kill pythium even in infected root tissue

Definitely something to get next time... nice to have just for a bit of added protection even if it’s not needed

 

[Aqua Man]

Definitely something to get next time... nice to have just for a bit of added protection even if it’s not needed

Only thing is it does have an expiry and once opened is good for 6months I think.

Because of the cost here I'm using raw microbes but I have not tried them in RDWC yet.

 

[Britishbuds]

Only thing is it does have an expiry and once opened is good for 6months I think.

Because of the cost here I'm using raw microbes bit I have not tried them in RDWC yet.

I’ll have a look in to how much it’ll cost me... might even be worth paying the money to save a crop

 

[Britishbuds]

I can get 4 litres for 75quid

 

[Aqua Man]

I can get 4 litres for 75quid

That way more than needed.

 

[Britishbuds]

That way more than needed.

1 litre is £30

 

[Aqua Man]

1 litre is £30

Yep that probably enough for a couple grows and to use up within expiry