My RDWC grow. First grow since early 80's.

[Olddude420]

your pics are so nice, what camera / lense do you use ? :)

@brazilianfarmer thanks. I actually use my Samsung S24 cell phone camera freehand. It does a pretty good job. It's better at taking pictures than I am. My favorite pic this week..

 

[brazilianfarmer]

Oh wow, I had no idea phones had such good cameras nowadays

I really need to change mine hahaha

 

[Olddude420]

This phone camera takes better pictures than any camera I ever owned.

 

[Olddude420]

Grew a bit thicker over the weekend

 

[Olddude420]

Few more

 

[Olddude420]

Inch by inch, day by day..

 

[AZreefer]

Inch by inch, day by day..

Them hairs are darkening faaaaaast!

 

[Olddude420]

One plant is at least a week ahead of the other 2..

 

[AZreefer]

One plant is at least a week ahead of the other 2..

Crazy. I have one doing the same thing.

What's your thoughts on drying given our environmental difficulty and how expensive it is to get any single room down to 60 for a week straight?

 

[Olddude420]

Crazy. I have one doing the same thing.

What's your thoughts on drying given our environmental difficulty and how expensive it is to get any single room down to 60 for a week straight?

I don't have any idea how to accomplish that.. except maybe haul it up to my cabin near Show Low, even then over 60

 

[AZreefer]

I don't have any idea how to accomplish that.. except maybe haul it up to my cabin near Show Low, even then over 60

That's a smart idea though

 

[Olddude420]

That's a smart idea though

Maybe..idk?

 

[Kingsway1]

Another old-timer here that became handicapped several years ago. Started growing for something to do. Plus it helps a lot with the pain. Went DWC with 8 buckets inside a 4x8 tent. Decided to go hydro because it is out on my deck and didn't want to deal with dirt. Had my share of fits & starts. Just put crop #7 in the buckets yesterday. Lost many plants to root rot - would get them to just start to flower then pffft - gone overnight. After pinning down the problem. I have switched over to inorganic nutes - organics will FEED ROOT ROT. I have one plant from my last grow that managed to escape root rot. I now use a fungicide weekly with it and the roots look marvelous. I took the other 7 buckets and completely bleached them - including clay pebbles. I have upgraded from a cheap round like a ball air stones to 6inch diameter air diffusers in the bottom of the buckets. Upgrading my air pump next to keep up with them - my original pump isn't really strong enough. The 7 buckets were air-dried for 3 weeks between being sanitized and being put back to work this past week when I got them arranged on one side with air on and water in them. I also dosed them with fungicide as a preventative. Planted seedlings started in rock wool cubes in the baskets with the clay stones yesterday and got the light on the timer - 18on/6off with the light on the low setting. I grow all Autoflowers and get 3 crops/year. I shut down and drain and air-dry the system in winter for 12-14 weeks.

Not a lot in common with your setup since you use the reirc DWC method. But if you want to chat feel free

 

[AZreefer]

Another old-timer here that became handicapped several years ago. Started growing for something to do. Plus it helps a lot with the pain. Went DWC with 8 buckets inside a 4x8 tent. Decided to go hydro because it is out on my deck and didn't want to deal with dirt. Had my share of fits & starts. Just put crop #7 in the buckets yesterday. Lost many plants to root rot - would get them to just start to flower then pffft - gone overnight. After pinning down the problem. I have switched over to inorganic nutes - organics will FEED ROOT ROT. I have one plant from my last grow that managed to escape root rot. I now use a fungicide weekly with it and the roots look marvelous. I took the other 7 buckets and completely bleached them - including clay pebbles. I have upgraded from a cheap round like a ball air stones to 6inch diameter air diffusers in the bottom of the buckets. Upgrading my air pump next to keep up with them - my original pump isn't really strong enough. The 7 buckets were air-dried for 3 weeks between being sanitized and being put back to work this past week when I got them arranged on one side with air on and water in them. I also dosed them with fungicide as a preventative. Planted seedlings started in rock wool cubes in the baskets with the clay stones yesterday and got the light on the timer - 18on/6off with the light on the low setting. I grow all Autoflowers and get 3 crops/year. I shut down and drain and air-dry the system in winter for 12-14 weeks.

Not a lot in common with your setup since you use the reirc DWC method. But if you want to chat feel free

Inorganic absolutely. You might benefit from a regiment of bacteria and enzymes to keep the root rot at bay. There is also a sanitizer solution you can soak infections in to help kill off the rot and remove the dead. Temps of your water are absolutely crucial to keep in check. I wouldn't run a DWC system in my home state due to temps being high. If I had a cooler environment then sure but in a DWC I wouldn't want my water above 66. 64 will help prevent most algae and diatoms from thriving.

 

[Olddude420]

Another old-timer here that became handicapped several years ago. Started growing for something to do. Plus it helps a lot with the pain. Went DWC with 8 buckets inside a 4x8 tent. Decided to go hydro because it is out on my deck and didn't want to deal with dirt. Had my share of fits & starts. Just put crop #7 in the buckets yesterday. Lost many plants to root rot - would get them to just start to flower then pffft - gone overnight. After pinning down the problem. I have switched over to inorganic nutes - organics will FEED ROOT ROT. I have one plant from my last grow that managed to escape root rot. I now use a fungicide weekly with it and the roots look marvelous. I took the other 7 buckets and completely bleached them - including clay pebbles. I have upgraded from a cheap round like a ball air stones to 6inch diameter air diffusers in the bottom of the buckets. Upgrading my air pump next to keep up with them - my original pump isn't really strong enough. The 7 buckets were air-dried for 3 weeks between being sanitized and being put back to work this past week when I got them arranged on one side with air on and water in them. I also dosed them with fungicide as a preventative. Planted seedlings started in rock wool cubes in the baskets with the clay stones yesterday and got the light on the timer - 18on/6off with the light on the low setting. I grow all Autoflowers and get 3 crops/year. I shut down and drain and air-dry the system in winter for 12-14 weeks.

Not a lot in common with your setup since you use the reirc DWC method. But if you want to chat feel free

I will. I think anyone growing in water has alot in common with another grower growing in water. The rest is different but still same concept..glad to touch base with you & add you to my list of growers I follow.

 

[Olddude420]

Another old-timer here that became handicapped several years ago. Started growing for something to do. Plus it helps a lot with the pain. Went DWC with 8 buckets inside a 4x8 tent. Decided to go hydro because it is out on my deck and didn't want to deal with dirt. Had my share of fits & starts. Just put crop #7 in the buckets yesterday. Lost many plants to root rot - would get them to just start to flower then pffft - gone overnight. After pinning down the problem. I have switched over to inorganic nutes - organics will FEED ROOT ROT. I have one plant from my last grow that managed to escape root rot. I now use a fungicide weekly with it and the roots look marvelous. I took the other 7 buckets and completely bleached them - including clay pebbles. I have upgraded from a cheap round like a ball air stones to 6inch diameter air diffusers in the bottom of the buckets. Upgrading my air pump next to keep up with them - my original pump isn't really strong enough. The 7 buckets were air-dried for 3 weeks between being sanitized and being put back to work this past week when I got them arranged on one side with air on and water in them. I also dosed them with fungicide as a preventative. Planted seedlings started in rock wool cubes in the baskets with the clay stones yesterday and got the light on the timer - 18on/6off with the light on the low setting. I grow all Autoflowers and get 3 crops/year. I shut down and drain and air-dry the system in winter for 12-14 weeks.

Not a lot in common with your setup since you use the reirc DWC method. But if you want to chat feel free

I tried some organic nutes once. had slime buildup following water change. Never used any organics since. Plus I add hydro guard each water change so that would kill any organics so no need to add any. Here are some pics of the root mass on one plant that went Herm on my a few weeks ago. She now sleeps with the fishes.

 

[Olddude420]

Few pics from this morning. 1st 3 are Jamaican Lion X Maui Wowie, 2nd set of 3 are a Mango X Kush, and last 3 are Acai Berry X Gelato.

 

[Olddude420]

Journal update day number 80 from first day in the net pots. Around 30 days into flower. Last 2 pics are showing a ton of trichomes.

 

[AZreefer]

Set yourself up a 2nd net. Use a cheap one. But your nugs are going to swell and maybe tip over they gonna get so fat!

 

[Olddude420]

Set yourself up a 2nd net. Use a cheap one. But your nugs are going to swell and maybe tip over they gonna get so fat!

@AZreefer I agree. Except it will be the 3rd net. Already have 2 good ones. I have a cheap throw away waiting to be installed next Monday morning. They're going to topple over with no help. Already leaning towards the center of the grow a little on a few of the colas. I'll probably remove the poles around the first trellis net and use it again up top. It has done all it needed to do on the first trellis net. I'll just leave the net in place until i chop.