DWC Transplant

Hello, fellow greenlings,

I am having much trouble with my transplant from COCO to DWC system.
My plant was thriving in COCO and now is about to die. I first soaked the COCO
in water and removed as much soil as possible than transplanted. The plant looks droopy
and suffocated. It has been 2 days since transplant if there is any more information please ask as there
is much I have unknowingly left out. Here are my readings.
READINGS:
PPM: 130
PH: 5.6
WATER TEMP: 21 C / 69 F
LED grow light (full spectrum)
3L bucket W/ airstone and air pump
Air temp 76-81 F
Humidity 20%-30%
Here are some before and after pics of my plant from coco to DWC.

Normal to droop from stress.
Is that rock wool? Can you replace it with hydroton?
Whatever it is, it looks way too wet.

Good luck

Hugo Phurst said:

Normal to droop from stress.
Is that rock wool? Can you replace it with hydroton?
Whatever it is, it looks way too wet.

Good luck

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Indeed is rockwool and i do have lava rocks in store. I should fill the whole net pot with just lava rocks?

Yes. No rock wool at all dude. Put your root ball right on the bottom of the net pot and fill with hydroton only. Now it's CRITICAL The wAter level is 1" below the netpot u til the roots move out and Into the water. Don't let them touch!!!

Airwalker16 said:

Yes. No rock wool at all dude. Put your root ball right on the bottom of the net pot and fill with hydroton only. Now it's CRITICAL The wAter level is 1" below the netpot u til the roots move out and Into the water. Don't let them touch!!!

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Done, should the water have nutes in it? Ive adjusted ph to 5.6 with only dechlorinated water. I'm trying to keep the water soft on them for now, is this correct?

Newgrowjournal said:

Done, should the water have nutes in it? Ive adjusted ph to 5.6 with only dechlorinated water. I'm trying to keep the water soft on them for now, is this correct?

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Thanks for the help btw!

Feed them what you did in coco. Slowly up it over the next week. I’ve done it several times. Normally I trim off the very end after washing the roots so 20% ish.
150 ppm?? That’s hardly enough. Give it 400 until you see new growth. Then up it goes.

I'd say for right now you need to take it easy on nutrients...give them some, sure, but I'd wait at least for the droopiness to go away before adjusting ppm's to the same strength as before the transplant. Just because plants tend to eat less when they're are stressed out. And yes, no point for the rockwhool if you've already a nice little rootball formed. Some beneficial microbes also wouldn't hurt your rate of growth in the root zone, but is certainly not required.

That long root tangle you have hanging there may just cause you problems.No doubt some got injured during the transplant.
Myself Id cut it off to about an inch then they would sit right at water level.
Ive also just put the whole coco rootball into the net,it was a 3" pot I think so not much coco.
Like said already get some bennies in your water,good luck, theyll take off in a few days.

PPM is different for everybody ,mine at 400 is what I use for seedlings.Youll have to look at your bottles and see what it says.You can also get some root nutes if you feel you need it.

Airwalker16 said:

Now it's CRITICAL The wAter level is 1" below the netpot u til the roots move out and Into the water. Don't let them touch!!!

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Why? I've always lowered the water level once the roots start showing at the bottom of the net, up until then I keep the water level basically touching the net pot. I also know 3 other growers in DWC who do the same.

Not saying you're wrong in your methods but I'm not sure it's "critical"

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Fandangle said:

Why? I've always lowered the water level once the roots start showing at the bottom of the net, up until then I keep the water level basically touching the net pot. I also know 3 other growers in DWC who do the same.

Not saying you're wrong in your methods but I'm not sure it's "critical"

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The roots jump out of the netpot a lot quicker in my experience when they feel the spray of the water below them.

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The roots jump out of the netpot a lot quicker in my experience when they feel the spray of the water below them.

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Yes,and if your in pails this keeps the root ball up in the top 2/3 rd^s away from the drain.

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The roots jump out of the netpot a lot quicker in my experience when they feel the spray of the water below them.

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This.

I agree with Airwalker, I've ran standalone comparisons and the buckets with the water about 1-2 inches below the netpot were always the first ones to have roots popping out in search of water. The other ones I left with the water maybe just a tad below or touching the bottom of the netpot, and it really seemed to take longer to get roots that way. Once the roots begin popping out, I still keep the water down a couple inches for just a few days, then I raise the water to the bottom of the netpot or very close to the root ball for the entirety of the grow. This way, you don't get those 'cord' type roots, and give your roots a larger amount of space to grow in since they grow and fill up a 5 gallon bucket by the time they're in flower.