M0nStarNuggety
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Thank you!! Yes I have all the equipment. Im at around 380ppm at 6.2 ph, water 65-68°F, I did a lot of research before trying the Masterblend, didn't get a lot either just in case I wanted to switch.Nice set up, good luck with your first try hydro can be a little bit more tricky than soil on certain things but the output is gonna blow your mind well unless your use too growing trees outside than most likely not lol but, best advice I can give ya is be easy on the nutes. I’ve never used any of the brands your doing but if it’s anything like fox farm, GH, Botanicare etc only need 1/2 or 1/4 of the recommended full dosages will mostly burn them easily specially at those npk values. And make sure you got testing pens for PH,PPM, and EC.
Right now the main res. sits on the concrete basement floor and stays a nice temperature, minor fluctuating depending on the outside tempsAre you chilling the water in any way?
So here we go!! My first try with hydroponics. I've grown in soil for many years and always enjoyed it. But now I feel that I must expand into something new.
This is actually only a temporary set up, as I am in the middle of a multi room build in my barn. Full final size will be 8'x 35' with 3 rooms. 10' x 8' Clean/extracts room, 10' x 8' Veg/Equipment room, 10' x 8' Flower room, and before you enter is the 5' x 8' Entry/Disinfectant chamber. Glorious experiments shall take place soon growing cannabis and mushrooms.
Any way back to the fun at hand. This is set up in my basement for now and is the "trial run" for me to get my feet wet running a RDWC sys. I am still going to be having grows in soil, but need more avenues of growing under my belt.
STRAINS - Seedsman Northern lights Auto and Pyramid seeds Tutankhamon Auto
SPACE- 16 inches x 48 inches (40.64 cm x 121.92 cm) Yes I know!! So skinny right!?! Just temporary!!
SYSTEM- RDWC, 5.3 gallon (20 liter) buckets, 6 inch net pots, 37 gallon (140 liter) res., root plugs, clay pebbles, vivosun 210 gph (795 lph) Water pump, vivosun 950 gph (3596 lph) Air pump, 2 inch round air stones (x4)
NUTRIENTS- Master blend Tomato & Veg 4-18-38, Calcium Nitrate 15.5-0-0, Magnesium sulfate, Bloom City Silica Boost, Bloom City Clean Kelp, Flower Fuel (All for growing those mini baseball bats to club your friends with)
LIGHTING- QB 288 w/660nm, IR, UV Light boards (x4), max 460 watts( set just under Max, driver max 240w each) (No suntan lotion required!!) Light schedule is intermittent 5hr on/ 1hr off. (Had nice results from Auto flower soil grows with this method)
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It is dark in color and I did find people using it in DWC, and I looked into everything I used for nutrients. I found many using the Masterblend. But this is my learning run so we shall see. I already had to do a full clean and water change once.What's that Bloom City Clean Kelp like? Is it clear or dark?
Good luck!
Your right I'll just unplug everything and chop it down. No reason in wasting my time or even trying right?The organics in that nutrient are gonna cause issues.....period. Its already caused you issues, and will again.....Unless you incorporate proper controls, air flow etc....Which u currently don't have. Your circulation pipes are to small for starters.
Why not try and increase probability for success??? Use the right nutrients, there are nutrients designed for recirculation systems.
If you did all this research then why choose such small containers and pipe sizes?? How many gallons does the system circulate per hour??
RDWC is for sure NOT for micro grows.....There is a minimum amount of total water needed to maintain a stable system.
Your not the first to try this.....by week 6 of flower there will be problems with circulation and keeping water levels constant when your buckets fill with roots and become root bound, or worse they will grow all inside the pipes stopping water flow completely.
Just because someone else used masterblend doesn't mean you should...
I could go on.....
There is a fine line between "learning" and wasting time and money.
Just trying to help......good luck!
Yes!!! They are litter buckets that were originally for dutch bucket method, 5.3 gallon. Thought I could reuse them for now.Are those litter buckets, or specific hydro containers? The litter buckets have been working great for me, a flap to check on things, and higher capacity than a 5 gal.
Masterblend also seems to be working well for me, but I'm still new. I'm at 60% strength
Best of luck
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