First RDWC Grow - Taking the Deep Water Culture Plunge

[SweetLeafGrow]

Can you take a video of your airstones running?

I can try but I'm not very good with video. I did get those other air stones fully cleaned AND rinsed if I need to substitute them. I will try to get a video bro.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Ok try this

 

[Aqua Man]

Also I would always flush a day between new batches to clean it up.

i can think of a reason this would help. Not to say you didn’t see that but my question would be why did you see that? They would go without the nutrients needed also

he has washed the roots already and not seeing any issue with slime

 

[Aqua Man]

Ok try this

Ok that looks fine is it staying stable

 

[Cashmeh]

Yea if it still happens after weeks of doing what moe and aqua told ya. . its prolly the genetics or a virus. It seems so familiar to me but just so hard to pinpoint this. 50% of my plants start foxtailing and blasting out 1 and 3 finger leafs at the top. I run warmer temps too. Your shit looks perfect, like perhaps they will figure it put perhaps you might need to send a node to a lab for virus testing? Idk. . i was contemplating it. .just sucks. Pretty sure my mimosa evo is about to do it but my herer fast wont. . im at week 4 and thats when i usually see it. Dumb bro. . im for sure following along for info none the less.

 

[Aqua Man]

I just think it maybe ratios. and buffer at this point. I cant say for sure as these products i have never used

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Ok that looks fine is it staying stable

Holding steady @ 5.8 since 8am. Super stoked!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Been stable all day, pH sitting at 5.7

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

PH had dropped slightly last night before bedtime and I adjusted it up to where it was teetering back and forth between 5.8 and 5.9, held steady all night long. Topped off about a half a gallon yesterday and about half that so far today. As far as I can tell, everything is cruising along as well as can be expected. I do see the blossoms starting to swell up and down the stems, new pistil growth, and what looks to be a couple of foxtails. It could be the structure of these flowers too so we will see.

I am still noticing a very slight smell of potatoes at the plant site, not foul or anything, but it's def there. Is that of any concern or is that normal? Roots feel fine still, not slime at all. Nute burn does not seem to be getting any worse and I do not see any deficiencies.

 

[Aqua Man]

PH had dropped slightly last night before bedtime and I adjusted it up to where it was teetering back and forth between 5.8 and 5.9, held steady all night long. Topped off about a half a gallon yesterday and about half that so far today. As far as I can tell, everything is cruising along as well as can be expected. I do see the blossoms starting to swell up and down the stems, new pistil growth, and what looks to be a couple of foxtails. It could be the structure of these flowers too so we will see.

I am still noticing a very slight smell of potatoes at the plant site, not foul or anything, but it's def there. Is that of any concern or is that normal? Roots feel fine still, not slime at all. Nute burn does not seem to be getting any worse and I do not see any deficiencies.

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sounding like things are stable now. Plants are looking great

 

[Moe.Red]

Yeah man, I see flowers getting bigger now. You are over the hump (see what I did there?)

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

(see what I did there?)

Not sure what you mean Moe unless that was a pun joke

 

[Aqua Man]

Not sure what you mean Moe unless that was a pun joke

”The Hump” lol get it?

 

[Moe.Red]

Not sure what you mean Moe unless that was a pun joke

My wife thinks I'm obtusely corny too. Geek with puns, my #1 best trait. Eating would be #2.

 

[Aqua Man]

My wife thinks I'm obtusely corny too. Geek with puns, my #1 best trait. Eating would be #2.

I found it quite clever lol

 

[Moe.Red]

I found it quite clever lol

Of course you would. You are a geek too.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Seenshow yesterday was hump day, I thought I saw a 3way

 

[Cashmeh]

4 hydro guys here, can either of you 3 tell me if you have ever had pests while running active hydro. Like if theres no living soil, no microbes in the soil, roots in water, no home for bugs. . can you still get them? I guess what im saying is im at 2 years now with 0 pests, and i dont clean my room very well, just the systems. I dont use bleach to clean anything, just soap and water lol. . My bedroom has carpet, that has had organic matter on it for quite some time. Im sure I can find a bud somewhere from 6 months ago in the carpet lol. . Guess im asking is if its uncommon, am I just lucky, or is it more for soil than active or passive.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

I was wondering the same thing. I'm all but sure you can get pests in hydro but I have never had an issue and hope I do not!

 

[Aqua Man]

4 hydro guys here, can either of you 3 tell me if you have ever had pests while running active hydro. Like if theres no living soil, no microbes in the soil, roots in water, no home for bugs. . can you still get them? I guess what im saying is im at 2 years now with 0 pests, and i dont clean my room very well, just the systems. I dont use bleach to clean anything, just soap and water lol. . My bedroom has carpet, that has had organic matter on it for quite some time. Im sure I can find a bud somewhere from 6 months ago in the carpet lol. . Guess im asking is if its uncommon, am I just lucky, or is it more for soil than active or passive.

Seen other have springtails before