arewhy
Member
Greetings again ICMAG. After a long time planning I have made the move cross country and I can finally grow my meds legally, this if my first time growing hydro and I chose a 12 plant RDWC setup.
The basic setup is:
2x 600W HPS
1/10HP Water Chiller
12x 5 Gallon buckets
Hydrofarm Pre-made reservoir and control bucket combo
6" Can-fan
XXL Sun Hut (4'x8')
One big 8 outlet air pump and a smaller 4 outlet.
Before setting up I bust out the goodies!
Unfortunately I received the 12 clones I requested much quicker that I expected and was completely unprepared, they also came in 6in rockwool cubes which really screwed me over.
Strains are: Headband, Sour Diesel, Bubba Kush
The setup is pretty basic, I looked at what people here had going on and duplicated it with what I could find locally.
I have had the plants in the tent for about a week and a half now, of the original 12 four died during the first week and another 5 aren't doing very well. Basically from what I can tell the 6in rockwool cubes held too much moisture and basically drowned the root systems of the plants. I tried breaking down the cubes without harming the roots and it worked for three of the plants so far. After a few days of no progress on the other five I tried completely removing them from the cubes (most barely had any root growth over the past week) so I will see over the next few days if they are going to survive or not.
My next plan of action is to relocate the fan and carbon filter to inside of the tent instead of behind it, hopefully this also improves the cooling of the hoods and will allow me to push these 600s closer to the plants.
The nutrients I currently have them on (though only three are actually touching the water at this point) is Iguana Juice which a friend swears by, ph hovers around 5.8-6.0 and pph is around 800-900.
At this point I am waiting on a lead for new clones, I am considering just allowing the healthiest of each strain to veg and cutting it apart for fresh clones.
The basic setup is:
2x 600W HPS
1/10HP Water Chiller
12x 5 Gallon buckets
Hydrofarm Pre-made reservoir and control bucket combo
6" Can-fan
XXL Sun Hut (4'x8')
One big 8 outlet air pump and a smaller 4 outlet.
Before setting up I bust out the goodies!
Unfortunately I received the 12 clones I requested much quicker that I expected and was completely unprepared, they also came in 6in rockwool cubes which really screwed me over.
Strains are: Headband, Sour Diesel, Bubba Kush
The setup is pretty basic, I looked at what people here had going on and duplicated it with what I could find locally.
I have had the plants in the tent for about a week and a half now, of the original 12 four died during the first week and another 5 aren't doing very well. Basically from what I can tell the 6in rockwool cubes held too much moisture and basically drowned the root systems of the plants. I tried breaking down the cubes without harming the roots and it worked for three of the plants so far. After a few days of no progress on the other five I tried completely removing them from the cubes (most barely had any root growth over the past week) so I will see over the next few days if they are going to survive or not.
My next plan of action is to relocate the fan and carbon filter to inside of the tent instead of behind it, hopefully this also improves the cooling of the hoods and will allow me to push these 600s closer to the plants.
The nutrients I currently have them on (though only three are actually touching the water at this point) is Iguana Juice which a friend swears by, ph hovers around 5.8-6.0 and pph is around 800-900.
At this point I am waiting on a lead for new clones, I am considering just allowing the healthiest of each strain to veg and cutting it apart for fresh clones.
