1st dwc harvest. will never grow soil again!

firsttimeARE said:

I used blue 5 gal Lowe's buckets for a while. Lots of pH and feed swings. I'd recommend a 12 gal at least tough tote from home depot and a netpot lid. Cut a hole in the lid with a jigsaw and good to go. $10

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Yeah, I got black ones from home depot, but I will be switching to larger ones soon. 5 gallon buckets seems a little small for dwc, I have 2 / 28 gallon totes, but they seemed overwhelming at the time. Thinking about setting them up for the next run. My biggest problem was that I didn't anticipate the faster growth rate in veg, I have 2 4x8 tents, one for veg and mothers, one for flowering. My veg tent got out of hand, plants exploded, I had another 3 weeks or more in the flower tent, I had no choice but to start the clones into flower in my veg tent under 2 315w 4000k cmh. I had to buy another 315w cmh and 4x4 tent for the mothers. They (mothers ) are in soil, every thing else is dwc. Eventually I want to try rdwc. But baby steps.

firsttimeARE said:

I used blue 5 gal Lowe's buckets for a while. Lots of pH and feed swings. I'd recommend a 12 gal at least tough tote from home depot and a netpot lid. Cut a hole in the lid with a jigsaw and good to go. $10

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Yeah i may try a home made one down the track just bought a premade kit $50 so will see how it goes.

jtm4jfk said:

Yeah i may try a home made one down the track just bought a premade kit $50 so will see how it goes.

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I almost bought the kit, but I am glad I didn't. Making them is easy to do. Upgrade the air pump, the one's that come with the kits, are not efficient, amazon has a good one for around $35. I bought 2 for each tent, running 2 four inch air stones in each bucket, 1 stone hooked up to a different air pump.

primobozo said:

I almost bought the kit, but I am glad I didn't. Making them is easy to do. Upgrade the air pump, the one's that come with the kits, are not efficient, amazon has a good one for around $35. I bought 2 for each tent, running 2 four inch air stones in each bucket, 1 stone hooked up to a different air pump.

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Hey transplanted a clone into my dwc bucket. Roots are starting to come out under neath. Ph changes daily. I think this will be a test run. Eventually i will like to convert to dwc and move away from soil.

But clone was lagging as its revegged so hope i see some good growth from now..

I have bat guana nutes listed as good for hydro is this the case or stay away from organics in dwc?

jtm4jfk said:

I have bat guana nutes listed as good for hydro is this the case or stay away from organics in dwc?

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Yeah I’ve been wondering the same for RTW , I got a bottle of Sensi pro bio diesel , and reading up on there website they claim it’s good for use in hydroponics and is ph stable , I’m going to give it a test once I’m In flowering . I’m using some seaweed and aloe ferment *that my store said was good for hydro* in RTW along with H&G base nutes

Keep organics out of DWC

jtm4jfk said:

Hey transplanted a clone into my dwc bucket. Roots are starting to come out under neath. Ph changes daily. I think this will be a test run. Eventually i will like to convert to dwc and move away from soil.

But clone was lagging as its revegged so hope i see some good growth from now..

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They lag a little until they get roots established.

primobozo said:

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Didn't get pics at harvest, but this is 3 weeks before chop. Took up most of one side of 4x8 tent. Had a lot of problems trying to figure out dwc. But I made it. Hopefully, next go will be better, I have 2 630w cmh lights, Phillips 3100 bulbs and GH trio nute's. Plan on trying blue planet nute's next time. Also, last 2 weeks I used a blurple led for the extra UV and red spectrum.

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I fail at DWC but get by with soil. Nice job!

Moldy said:

I fail at DWC but get by with soil. Nice job!

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Be gone peasant!

primobozo said:

View attachment 4247323 Cheers,,,,View attachment 4247322 Hell yeah,
Finally got my first smoke from dwc.
I am very happy with the results. Can't really ever see going back to soil again. One plant, almost 13 ounces. Plus over a half ounce of bubble hash. I wish I could share a bowl of it with everyone.
,,,,,,,,,,,,, since I can't, I'll smoke it for you.

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wow man looks grate what strain ? id love to smoke some of that bubble

psychedelicscorpion said:

wow man looks grate what strain ? id love to smoke some of that bubble

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that's what I said love the purple hues

psychedelicscorpion said:

wow man looks grate what strain ? id love to smoke some of that bubble

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Don't know what the strain is, I had 2 bagseeds that I have been growing for about 1 1/2 years, one clone hermied and this is the result. It has developed purple trichomes, first time I have ever seen it. Nothing like either of the two of the mother plants,way better. Almost lost them this past summer when the power went out for 5 days.only one plant servived.

NrthrnMichigan said:

DWC and scrogging gets addicting...then you end up with rooms like these.

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Damm, the hardships we growers go through,,, people don't know

primobozo said:

Don't know what the strain is, I had 2 bagseeds that I have been growing for about 1 1/2 years, one clone hermied and this is the result. It has developed purple trichomes, first time I have ever seen it. Nothing like either of the two of the mother plants,way better. Almost lost them this past summer when the power went out for 5 days.only one plant servived.

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nice looking smoke

psychedelicscorpion said:

nice looking smoke

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Thanks. For dwc it is a very forgiving plant to grow, and best of all, around a 60 day flower.

I agree. once i went dwc i never looked back.

Hey Primo how do you make your bubble? it looks really good so do your plants. Nicely done.

Aztec430 said:

I agree. once i went dwc i never looked back.

Hey Primo how do you make your bubble? it looks really good so do your plants. Nicely done.

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Thanks, I use a six bag set up my wife got off Amazon for around 20 bucks. I use trim and larf for hash.

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply. i'm gonna get some new bags. my last couple batches didn't really live up to my expectations.

Aztec430 said:

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply. i'm gonna get some new bags. my last couple batches didn't really live up to my expectations.

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Try using fresh material, put it in the fridge for a couple of days. Don't freeze it,you just want it cold. And use the biggest ice cubes you can get. Usually the 120 and 90 bags are my best. Good luck.