Deep water culture only thread

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

JUST SEEIN IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN HAVEING A DEEP WATER CULTURE ONLY THREAD....THIS IS DEDICATED TO DWC GROWERS ONLY AS FAR AS POSTING...I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS....ONLY REASON WHY IM STARTIN THIS IS IM KINDA NEW AND I HAVENT SEEN TO MUCH INTREST IN THIS THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE POSTED ABOUT IT IM JUST TRYIN TO GET ALL THE INFO I CAN ON THIS......ITS MY FAVORITE WAY OF GROWING SO LETS START WITH THIS




ILL POST MORE PICS ON HOW I GOT THIS IF THERE IS ANY INTEREST....DONT WANNA WASTE MY TIME SO LETS SEE WHERE THIS GOES

 

[nunof]

Ask away if you have questions...also your img doesn't work.

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

I GOT THE PICS FIGURED OUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ROOT PORN IN THE FIRST PIC WHATCHU GUYS THINK FOR A NEWB HUH

 

[fred1]

Damn, those are some lovely roots.

Question for those who use Canna Nutes. How soon from seed do you start using them and what PPM do you start them at. Seems like you need to run them much less in DWC than they recommend.

I use a 400 watt hps, first time grower and when I started them out at 450pmm, I fried my little babies.

They are flushing now and recovering, but will start them on nutrients again at only 100ppm, then increasing by 100ppm each week.

 

[Red Bull]

Just got my DWC kit today. i have read some on it and decided to go with it for my first hydro. i have some snow white & aurora indica seeds to start with. looking forward to all the info i can get.

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

ILL START OFF BY SHOWIN THE HEART OF MY SMALL ROOM.....LIGHTS AND VENTILATION......I THINK THESE ARE TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO HAVE...SO HERE IT IS ....2 600WATT HPS GALAXY DIGITAL BALLASTS WITH COOL TUBES AND 600W HPS HORTILUX EYE BULBS.....VENTILATION IS ALL RAN OFF OF ONE 8" CAN FAN AND FILTER. THE CARBON FILTER IS IN THE CARDBOARD BOX I MADE FOR IT...THE BOX IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE VACUM NEEDED TO EVACUATE THE HOT AIR...MORE PICS ON THIS IN A MINUTE...

 

[captkody]

how big can you go in a 2"cup?

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

Alright this is what the inside of my room looks like......the picture of the wall with a square hole in it is just that....on the otherside of the hole is the carbon filter and cardboard box i made sit....with the fan ontop of the carbon filter and setup just like this you are doing more than one job with this one fan...so you dont need any intake or exhaust...just one exhaust....if you study the pics you will notice the fan pulls all the air out of the room as well as through the cool tubes.all i have for an intake is a piece of 8" ducting on the floor that goes through the wall...u kind of want these spaced apart...i also used filters infront of my fresh air intake and cool tube intake so i dont get dust and bugs in my room or on my bulbs....

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

And as far as your 2" cup....im not to sure i always use 5 gallon buckets and lids with 6" net pots....the 2" cup would work great for a home made veg container.....but i root all my clones in my areo rooter....im in the process of makin a new one.....

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

Also fred1 you guessed it i only use canna nutrients...been usin em for 5 years now

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

HERE THEY ARE DAY ONE....JUST LOOK AT THOSE CUTE LITTLE GRAND DADDY PURPLE BABYS..... THE FOUTH PIC IS ACTUALLY WEEK ONE SORRY PICS ARE KINDA HARD TO TELL WHEN YOU ARE BROWSING THEM...LOL

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

like i thought not too much interest in dwc huh...i have more pics to post but noone is interested huh?????????

 

[potorlando]

I'm interested!! way interested!!

 

[fred1]

Me too, just too much of a noob to be able to post pics, unless you want to see some ugly ass burned little babies.

Perhaps in a month or two, once I'm back on track, I'll be able to post something worthwhile. In the meantime I am following this thread!!!

Thanks for your help, TOKEMASTERFLEX!!!

 

[ezjtharocka]

Hey new member at this forum site here...from breedbay originally,anyways i was looking for a more active thread on DWC and well here I found it. I am doing a deep water culture experiment really. I used a 18 Gallon Rubbermaid Tote, and regular paint cups(with holes drilled of course), hydroton, and a small aquarium air pump, complete with a 18 inch long airstone. I am very new at this, as this is the second week I have had this running. So far so good, they have doubled in size, bright beautiful green. Anyways, I want to keep current on this thread to see what others are doing and what not..thanks guys..

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

a few little updates for yall....ill be posting some other dwc's from the past soon

 

[NoDrama]

20 Gallon DWC setup Here. plant is a 9 month old mother plant thats been topped about 6 times, Its about 3 feet tall and 3 and a half feet across. Today is day 2 of flowering. Hoping for a 10 oz+ off this one plant. 600 Watt Lumatek digital w agrosun bulb in cool tube with 440 CFM can fan and 60 pound Carbon scrubber. I have 18 more plants in a box next to this one, 1 of which will be the replacement mother.

 

[gardenman]

interesting way you have your light vertical. Do you think you could grow more plants with your light horizontal?

 

[gardenman]

NoDrama that is one bad plant.

 

[TOKEMASTERFLEX]

NICE JOB nodrama....JUST GOES TO SHOW YA ANY CONTAINER CAN BE USED IN DWC.....I DONT WANNA MENTION NO NAMES BUT I KNOW OF SOMEONE ON HERE THAT HAS USED PICKLE JARS AND NET POTS.....JUST DEPENDS ON YOUR BUDGET AND WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU GOT ARE SOMETIMES TWO DIFFERENT THINGS...IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO KEEPING YOUR WATER AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE AND ENOUGH OXYGEN.....HOPEFULLY TOMMORROW ILL GET SOME PICS OF MY AIR PUMP FOR YOU GUYS......the reason why i use vertical is i simply like it...i want a horizontal one added so ill have 3 600watt hps digital lights...then light will come from all angles....in my own experiance ive noticed bigger bottom nugs with the lights like this.UMMMM maybe ill show ya what i mean