deep water culture 5 gal buckets, question ab sustaining mothers

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sirsmokealot710

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hey i have a quick question. i just finished a very successful soil grow, and will be putting four cuttings of four different strains in DWC buckets. i have chosen DWC for my mothers for ease of root pruning.

my question, or questions, are, first, can i sustain their motherhood with cheap ass Miracle Grow Tomatoe Food? i searched youtube for miracle grow deep water culture and it exists. My mothers will be in veg all their life so i feel like the cheap grow nutes would be just fine.

also, i have my rooted clones in nothing but water. No rockwool, i planned on just placing the clones in the netpots and moving gravel around them.

Recap; i want to sustain four mothers, NY Diesel, Sour OG, Bubba Kush and Bubba BX2, all for mothers using miracle grow.

my second question is, I have a ton of Tiger Bloom soil formula left, i am gonna use it for DWC, should i?

lastly, should i just buy the GH flora series and stop being cheap, or will miracle grow sustain my mothers just fine?
 
rory420420

rory420420

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get dynagro foilage pro,use at quarter strength,for limb/stem strength,for general vigor and strength and micros,use protekt..for me they both bring my p.h. to 6.0(allways mix protekt in water first)..its cheap,potent,available,and proven..for cheap nutes that work,blows miracle grow outta the water.
i do warn of keeping mothers too long in the same system..many problems arise,with roots getting too dense for air,rotting,or salt buildup,clogged pipes ect..it can be done,i prefer keepin my moms in dirt..i just flowered out my purple haze mom after 3 years in the same dirt,bucket..no added care,just nutes and the occasional haircut for babies..
good luck!
 
FrostyPelican

FrostyPelican

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What are you going to do about the nutrient solution usage? My DWC plants were drinking 1 gallon or more each, per day. That's a lot of work and the holidays are coming up, you can't miss a day unless your reservoir is quite large. If you're going with a 5 gallon bucket for each plant (individual DWC buckets), I think you will be pulling your hair out in no time.

I've tried miracle grow in DWC tomatoes, lettuce and other non-cannabis plants and after about a week a nasty film of nutes was allover my netpots, covering my rockwool and in the the hydroton. I'd use dynagro like the other guy said. Works perfect for me and I just use the standard Dyna-gro grow in my DWC.
 
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sirsmokealot710

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the roots are going to be pruned so i dont see their density being a problem, thats why im choosing DWC as opposed to transplanting into massive pots with huge dirt expenses and mess/effort.

for now i filled each with ab 3 gal of water and added 1.5tsp grow big to each. they are doing just as any other fine rooted clones would do so im assuming its all good. at first my sour og was limp after twelve hours so i had to add water way past the netpot for a day or two until it rooted better, but now they are all shooting roots into the water on all sides of the netpot. i never bvothered to check my ppm because i used such a small amount of grow big. however, i did initially ph down my water to 6.0.

i am going to buy the tomato food when i run out of grow big and hope the mother plants just see it as nutrients.

i have no problem adding a gallon of water to the buckets, that seems minimal compared to the saved expenses of all the dirt and all the bugs and transplanting labor. plus, i noticed every bag of soil i got was slightly different, hot spots and bugs. also, if these are in veg, im not sure they will be drinking a gallon a day anyways, but i cant speak from experience.
 
FrozenChozen

FrozenChozen

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sirsmokealot710 said:
the roots are going to be pruned so i dont see their density being a problem, thats why im choosing DWC as opposed to transplanting into massive pots with huge dirt expenses and mess/effort.

for now i filled each with ab 3 gal of water and added 1.5tsp grow big to each. they are doing just as any other fine rooted clones would do so im assuming its all good. at first my sour og was limp after twelve hours so i had to add water way past the netpot for a day or two until it rooted better, but now they are all shooting roots into the water on all sides of the netpot. i never bvothered to check my ppm because i used such a small amount of grow big. however, i did initially ph down my water to 6.0.

i am going to buy the tomato food when i run out of grow big and hope the mother plants just see it as nutrients.

i have no problem adding a gallon of water to the buckets, that seems minimal compared to the saved expenses of all the dirt and all the bugs and transplanting labor. plus, i noticed every bag of soil i got was slightly different, hot spots and bugs. also, if these are in veg, im not sure they will be drinking a gallon a day anyways, but i cant speak from experience.
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my big hydro mama drinks about a gallon or more a day.... I run a ten gallon reservoir
 
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