deep water culture

have you ever used deep water culture?

  • yes

    Votes: 11 78.6%

  • no

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • never heard of it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • want to try it, heard good things

    Votes: 1 7.1%
  • Total voters
    14
  • Poll closed .
PapaPit

PapaPit

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Deep water culture hydro grow:joint::eyesmoke::leaf::weed:o_O I recently used this type of grow unfortunately it ended up getting root rot with a type of mold growing in the roots durring the last few weeks of flowering:wall: but still made for a less fruity crop and not as ripe as I would have liked my trees, but still produced a bountiful crop, that i would say had a thc of around 15-19 was still a very decent smoke my tree was a new strain of auto flower called think different. and after smoking it I deffinately FELT different:lol: if you ever smoked green crack it had that uplift, with a funky couch sinking white widow kind of head high. lol so it gave me a bunch of energy but i was too smoked stupid to do anything with it. lol it was a good bud to sit and binge watch my shows I had been missing out on because of work. lol I watched a lot of wlking dead and ate a lot of white cheddar popcorn.
 
KLITE

KLITE

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IMO, its the easiest best yiuelding type of hydro growth apart from aero.

Only thing is you gotta keep water temps in check, change tanks weekly really and add peroxide to tank every three days or so. Tbh depending where u live that methos only viable in winter really, though for bigger operations water usage just too great really. I find water recirculations is key to having dwc systems performing well.

jusst my experience though

 
THCBrain

THCBrain

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I'm using dwc at the moment mines a 80L things are going good. Though not really looking forward to a water change
 
THCBrain

THCBrain

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ODanksta said:
If you have large healthy plants and if you are good enough, you can go start to finish without a single rez change.. I have done it plenty of times
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Thanks I thought you had to do it weekly I have topped up the 2L I'm still waiting for my ec pen to arrive can tell amazon want £79 to pay for prime lol
 
ODanksta

ODanksta

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THCBrain said:
Thanks I thought you had to do it weekly I have topped up the 2L I'm still waiting for my ec pen to arrive can tell amazon want £79 to pay for prime lol
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If they are small you might have to.. I usually start with large clones though.. I start off with a real mild solution at about 300 and keep topping them off as needed and within about three weeks I am adding two gallons a day to each bucket. And in late flower they drink so much it's basically pointless to change the rez.. but this only applies to my experience, 5 gallon buckets with zero problems
 
PapaPit

PapaPit

Member
ODanksta said:
If you have large healthy plants and if you are good enough, you can go start to finish without a single rez change.. I have done it plenty of times
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I was told that's impossible, do to the fact that you will get root rot, or some sort of mildew. I'm Not willing to try it, I love my ladies too much to even think about putting that sort or kind of stress on them, for me changing water is as simple as saying my abc's, I have done it sooo many times it's just a monthly ritual, depending on a few things, sometimes 2 × a month, still no problems, my ladies come out full of life, bushy with plump dense snowy looking buds. Just good good chron, sorry I'm Not willing to try to goall that time on one water change, sorry, but if you cd Can that's awesome, and I don't dout that it can be done. I'm just not willing to try it, but thanks for the idea
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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ODanksta said:
If you have large healthy plants and if you are good enough, you can go start to finish without a single rez change.. I have done it plenty of times
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I tried it and my quality and growth both improved when I did a res change halfway through.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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PapaPit said:
I was told that's impossible, do to the fact that you will get root rot, or some sort of mildew. I'm Not willing to try it, I love my ladies too much to even think about putting that sort or kind of stress on them, for me changing water is as simple as saying my abc's, I have done it sooo many times it's just a monthly ritual, depending on a few things, sometimes 2 × a month, still no problems, my ladies come out full of life, bushy with plump dense snowy looking buds. Just good good chron, sorry I'm Not willing to try to goall that time on one water change, sorry, but if you cd Can that's awesome, and I don't dout that it can be done. I'm just not willing to try it, but thanks for the idea
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I don't even think it's a desirable tactic. I mean, how much are your plants worth, compared to an extra batch of nutes?

I use dry nutrient salts. A full hundred gallon changeout costs me a buck or two.
 
ODanksta

ODanksta

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PapaPit said:
I was told that's impossible, do to the fact that you will get root rot, or some sort of mildew. I'm Not willing to try it, I love my ladies too much to even think about putting that sort or kind of stress on them, for me changing water is as simple as saying my abc's, I have done it sooo many times it's just a monthly ritual, depending on a few things, sometimes 2 × a month, still no problems, my ladies come out full of life, bushy with plump dense snowy looking buds. Just good good chron, sorry I'm Not willing to try to goall that time on one water change, sorry, but if you cd Can that's awesome, and I don't dout that it can be done. I'm just not willing to try it, but thanks for the idea
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ttystikk said:
So how much perlite do you mix into your res? o_O

I saw dirty feet in some of those pics, not RDWC.
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There was 8 DWC containers one little 6 pot Emily's garden SWC and about 4 or 5 three gallon pots with soil.. look closer, lol..

They were individual dwc pots without a controller, they were drinking so much water that I didn't need to drain them.. I just kept topping them off. Some of them look like shit, because I went out of town and the AC failed on me and the co2 burner got to hot and fried some of them.. But even when I ran tables I never changed the water.. I guess as long as the pH isnt fluctuating and my water temps were good, I was good.. But RDWC is different and easier to change the rez because of the sub pump..

It was never a issue with cost just my laziness..
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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I'm lazy too- so I simplified my nutrient topup and changeout schemes to the point where Helen Keller could do it while sleepwalking. Welllllll... almost; I'd have to put Braille tags on the nute containers. :mrgreen:
 
JayThe HydroGuy

JayThe HydroGuy

Active Member
Water chiller is a good option. If you run wort chillers with them you wont have to worry about nutes clogging it up. Its an investment but then you can keep your water temps where you want. 74 is pythium city (root rot). I have even had it show up in 70 degree water. Ideal is 65. Theres a difference between plants surviving and plants thriving.

Look into a good zyme too. Older plant roots die off no matter how healthy they are. Its just part of the game. Enzymes will break down the dying and dead root material back in to food. This is important because if those dead roots stay around too long they are a perfect environment for pythium to thrive.
 
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