Consider compiling your troubles in a diary. Sometimes, folks can best help by revealing screwups that others may avoid them. My first DWC bombed through power failure and neglect. All the others have been a breeze.the_shadow said:Hey Cannabean - can't believe this is your first DWC... beginner's luck? lol took me several times before I grew anything that was decent.
Cannabean said:not much. lots of popcorn. after a week of drying i got 146g of good bud and about 20g of popcorn and stuff Ill cook. i think it was a combination of humidity, root rot and the hermies. the cmh bulbs made it more leafy and her 20" stretch didn't help. Oh well, disappointed but at least I have headstash until the next one.
here are some dry pics
thanks for the good words, hopefully next grow will be better.
speaking of next grow I have 3 dabney blueberry babies just starting but they seem to be burning on RO water?wtf? if/when i salvage them Ill make a thread. for now
Kwigybo said:Well I live in Australia and summer is on the way so I may have to invest in a chiller but I ain't gonna cross that bridge until I come to it. Also, my grow room is underground so I have no idea what the res temps will be like.
I'll be doing a diary for sure to give back to this community that has helped me so much.
My specs so far...I'd love any other suggestions you may have.
Kwigybo's DWC Scrog
Grow room is 1m wide x 1.8m long x 2m high.
1000watt HPS in 150mm Cooltube.
2, 160L(42gal.) tubs with 1 AK-47 in each = 8L (2.1 gal.) per 50 watts (recommended by Lucas)
200L Westaflex centrifugal fan with 66cm Can carbon filter.
GH Nutes using the Lucas formula.
Hailea ACO 2280L, AquaOne 360L back-up pump. 5 disk, air stones per tub for shitloads of Oxy.
The plan is to veg the two best AK's for 60 days and flower in another 60.
The canopy should be totally filled. I used your grow as a guide. I like the idea of having a huge res as it means nute changes are less often and I like my plants to be able to relly spread out before turning back inwards. Either way it'll be interesting to see what effect it has.
Yeah 200mm is about 8 inches so I think I will get that reflector instead cause that way I won't need to reduce my ducting. Thanks again.Cannabean said:You may also want to consider a different hood than the cool tube. they like to throw lots of light to the sides and create hotspots. they work well in rows for easy ventilation of mucho wattage...but you're just going with one hood above a rather square grow space; I think a square reflector, maybe a this or something similar. 200mm is about 8" right?
you probably won't have to veg for 60 days either, ak47s are gonna explode in dwc with that setup, especially under the 1000w. good luck! are you going to take a mom from those ak47 girls?
Since I cant run dwc again till winter, I just recently made a diy flood and drain table + scrog that im quite proud of. all bought at lowes for about 50 bucks. Ill make a diy thread soon.
Dabney babies are getting better, growing, roots just came out of the rockwool cubes and they are going under the cmh this week sometime. keep ya posted...
chop chopchop chop chopchop
i've been trimming for the last 10 hours. Ill let the pictures speak for themselves.
Flowering Day 61(day 10 flush)
any questions please ask, I'll be here.
thanks for all the compliments peeps. I wish I could give you all a bouquet of buds for the support.
I will update with the weights and link to the next grow in the next week or so.