my DWC aren't growing. about to just throw it in the trash

IN33DW33D

IN33DW33D

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God damn i've been having troubles with this DWC for weeks now and I just don't understand wtf I'm doing wrong.

I got many details + 1000 pictures in my journal. I got 5 plants that just don't grow and I have 10 that are about 2 weeks into buckets and still look pretty damn small.. I got 15 that I'm about to throw away tomorrow or put them in soil.

Fuckin disasters suck. If anybody could look through the last pages of my journal and give me pointers on what I should do, that would be great. -_-

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/500964-fox-farm-soil-dwc-humbolt-5.html
 
In33: I think we're going to need some more information to be able to help you.
1. What strains are you trying to grow?
2. What size bubble tubs are you using and what color are they? I hope you've got an air stone in each one.
3. What nutes are you using, pH and ppm's are you maintaining?
4. How often are you changing your nutes?
5. Are you adding any other chemicals/additives to your nutes?
6. What kind of lighting are your using and for how many hours a day?
7. What's the temperature and humidity of your grow space?
8. And last but not least, what kind of ventilation do you have in your grow space?
There may well be other causes but these are the ones my friends and I had the most problems with in the past. When a crop fails there's usually a reason but we have to check off the variables to get to the root source. I hope this helps. If you find the solution to your problem please let us know what you found. We're all learning together. HSA
 
It's my humble opinion that your DWC plants are hungry. I would add bennies to increase roots and increase the nutes a bit if they were my plants. No enzymes, no organics, no sterilizers, just the gh and calmag + microbes. This is assuming you have covered all the basics such as temps, air flow, humidity, dissolved oxygen, PH ect. Do you calibrate your meters? In my mind, when I see droopy stalled plants under a strong light, it says they are not eating. When I see roots like that, It makes me think they need more bubbles and stimulating microbes.
 
I know for a fact others have given you suggestions but you haven't tried them all. IMO, you are changing your res' way too much and adding way too much other crap to them when doing so! As others have stated, start simple! Every time you are changing your water like that you are shocking your plants due to the high fluctuations in mixtures constantly! Your plants are never going to grow if they are constantly in shock. Just my 2 cents.
 
Heisenberg said:
It's my humble opinion that your DWC plants are hungry. I would add bennies to increase roots and increase the nutes a bit if they were my plants. No enzymes, no organics, no sterilizers, just the gh and calmag + microbes. This is assuming you have covered all the basics such as temps, air flow, humidity, dissolved oxygen, PH ect. Do you calibrate your meters? In my mind, when I see droopy stalled plants under a strong light, it says they are not eating. When I see roots like that, It makes me think they need more bubbles and stimulating microbes.
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God, finally someone who has something worth hearing. Thanks for taking the time to say something. Aquashield is bennies, right? I tried using that but I just keep getting slime so I stopped using it and that's why I'm using the hygrozyme with my basic humboldt nutrients.

I don't understand how you think I should increase the nutes. They been at 800 for like 4 weeks now and haven't grown an inch.
 
HSA said:
In33: I think we're going to need some more information to be able to help you.
1. What strains are you trying to grow?
2. What size bubble tubs are you using and what color are they? I hope you've got an air stone in each one.
3. What nutes are you using, pH and ppm's are you maintaining?
4. How often are you changing your nutes?
5. Are you adding any other chemicals/additives to your nutes?
6. What kind of lighting are your using and for how many hours a day?
7. What's the temperature and humidity of your grow space?
8. And last but not least, what kind of ventilation do you have in your grow space?
There may well be other causes but these are the ones my friends and I had the most problems with in the past. When a crop fails there's usually a reason but we have to check off the variables to get to the root source. I hope this helps. If you find the solution to your problem please let us know what you found. We're all learning together. HSA
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I have included this in my grow journal that I asked you to look at.

1. sharks breath, ak-47, blueberry
2. 5gal buckets with a air stone
3. humboldt, 5.8 ph and ppm depends on their age. my 5 that dont grow are at 750 right now, the 10 young ones are 300ppm, and the other 15 who gives a shit im throwing them in the dumpsta.
4. Once a week, sometimes twice a week because I keep getting sick plants and SLIME.
5. No, just humboldt, calmag, and then I use h2o2 solution and hygrozyme.
6. 2 1000w HPS on 12/12 and then I have 2 T5's for the veg.
7. My monitor says its usually 73-79 with humidity at 41-51
8. I have just recently ventilated my grow space alot better, so that could of been a big problem.

How about not enough oxygen? How do I get them more oxygen? I'm using a nice 88 liter per min pump on no more than 10 plants. I have 3 or 4 of them.
 
IN33DW33D said:
God, finally someone who has something worth hearing. Thanks for taking the time to say something. Aquashield is bennies, right? I tried using that but I just keep getting slime so I stopped using it and that's why I'm using the hygrozyme with my basic humboldt nutrients.

I don't understand how you think I should increase the nutes. They been at 800 for like 4 weeks now and haven't grown an inch.
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Your plants can't absorb nutrient because there isn't enough dissolved oxygen in your buckets.

Oxygen isn't dissolved into your water directly from the airstone's bubbles. The bubbles agitating the water's surface infuses the water with the oxygen in the surrounding air above your water. So the larger the surface area of your body of water, the more available oxygen there will be to infuse with agitation. If your body of water has a small surface area (like a bucket), there will be less available air space and so less dissolved oxygen.

The shape of the five gallon bucket is NOT well suited for hyroponics applications. Everyone uses them because... I'm not sure why come to think of it. That's why so many bubble bucket people have slime problems.
 
lordjin said:
Your plants can't absorb nutrient because there isn't enough dissolved oxygen in your buckets.

Oxygen isn't dissolved into your water directly from the airstone's bubbles. The bubbles agitating the water's surface infuses the water with the oxygen in the surrounding air above your water. So the larger the surface area of your body of water, the more available oxygen there will be to infuse with agitation. If your body of water has a small surface area (like a bucket), there will be less available air space and so less dissolved oxygen.

The shape of the five gallon bucket is NOT well suited for hyroponics applications. Everyone uses them because... I'm not sure why come to think of it. That's why so many bubble bucket people have slime problems.
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What can I do to give them more oxygen?
 
theres a pretty good video on you tube where a guy explains DWC in a few minutes, you've probly already seen it though, good luck
 
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