How do you think she looks?

[Captspaulding]

Sounds like the exact progression I made from my first DWC to where I am at now. I highly recommend turning your setup into a recirculating DWC. You can even use your 5 gallon bucket as the external reservoir. I use basically the same setup: 17gal tote with 5gal external reservoir. Connected with 1/2" tubing, but I need to upgrade to 1" tubing for the return since my pump empties my 5gal bucket forcing me to cycle the pump on and off. Anyways, with the external reservoir it is much easier to test your PH and EC. You can also continue to use frozen water bottles (I do the same, hehe).

Yeah, my central AC just went out the other day the external unit on my house the fan burnt out and I had to wait a few days for the new one to come in while comedies of errors and sued in between the time it burned out to when I actually received the motor to replace it AnyWho, the frozen water bottles idea really came in the clutch because I have so much gear in my space that it does get kind of warm in there without my central AC backing up my lung room window unit
It’s clutch

 

[carlosescobar]

Day 24 of flowering AK48, under VIVOSUN aero light 200w and just added the phlizon 100w on the left for the lower branches 2 days ago that I just didn’t have the heart to chop. The lower buddies under the 100w have developed amazingly since I put this light in the past two days. Average ppfd all around 900. Any tips would be helpful being that this is my first grow in 5 years and first time ever doing DWC.

i was reading a study last week about leds, and this guy found that if he put some red leds on 1 hour before the main lights came on (to mimic sunrise apparently) he got approx 15% more bud size... so i tried it. like you i was just about to harvest then i noticed some of the buds were putting out new white hairs and the top colas have started hardening up!
ive got one of these in there but i also have a small blurple light so i might put that in there in its place

 

[Lyonking]

Man, I just read your one comment about putting your pump outside of the tent to get the cooler air. That shit is hitting me like a ton of bricks right now like dDUUUUR
Sometimes Occams razor will drop kick you in the head now and then man it’s just the most obvious and simple answer is the correct one, thanks for the simple but rad nuanced idea.

Lmao I really do be the most obvious answers to things. I’m always overthinking shit as well lol