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"shallow" DWC + SOG, is it possible?
- Thread starter mordgrow
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7" deep will be rough. You will probably have to tie some weights on the plants and mount the light on the side. Not sure if you know what I mean. If you were looking inside of the cabinet, the x's are plants and the L is the light. You just bend the plants toward the light. At 7" in height you could also do some amazing training. Yet, it would be rough.
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Man, if i could just post my pictures it'd make so much more sence..
my room is 5Lx6Wx8H feet., i plan on putting 4 of these containers on the floor and hanging my 2 400w HP's over them, the containers stand 7" off the floor, so there would only be around 5-6 " of solution in the container for DWC.
no training or LST, just a clone that goes strait into flower for 8 weeks, either perpetual harvest style or all 120ish clones at once.. (prolly perpetual.)
stick this in your browser for some pictures
forum.grasscity.com/advanced-growing-techniques/176635-8-week-flower-cycle-sog.html#post1872683
my room is 5Lx6Wx8H feet., i plan on putting 4 of these containers on the floor and hanging my 2 400w HP's over them, the containers stand 7" off the floor, so there would only be around 5-6 " of solution in the container for DWC.
no training or LST, just a clone that goes strait into flower for 8 weeks, either perpetual harvest style or all 120ish clones at once.. (prolly perpetual.)
stick this in your browser for some pictures
forum.grasscity.com/advanced-growing-techniques/176635-8-week-flower-cycle-sog.html#post1872683
It would work no problem as long as you run some sort of res. Once the plants get up to a certain size, you will have them drinking quite a bit. It will drink around a gallon every other day or so especially with 30 plants in a 2 x 4 area(roughly). I use a 2' x 4' aero setup. The only difference is that I run about 40 gallons. So, i'm use to that roughly 4 plants per square foot setup. I put my plants into flowering around 7" from clone. They end up around 2' or so on the average.
I'll have a 28 gall rez and 10 gal DWC controller
i'm copying this set up for all my ideas already have all the supplies
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=26343
should be fun! hopefuly the 2x400w lights is enough coverage.
i'm copying this set up for all my ideas
already have all the supplieshttp://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=26343
should be fun! hopefuly the 2x400w lights is enough coverage.
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chosen is on with what he said, yet you're using a rez so thats not really an issue. It definitely works. I finished 4 small plants in 1 1 gallon 5" deep SWC bubbler. The hydro roots don't care where they're going as long as they have a healthy environment.
The only big issue you'll find is that if you get a sick plant that dies you have a problem because the roots are matted and tangled so you kinda either have to cut off chunks of other plants' roots to get out the dead roots or you just have to let them rot out and clean/filter/change the rez every day until the problem is fixed.
I like using pool noodles for small plants. The stem can expand out all it needs to with the foam (just use a small chunk of pool noodle stuff into the hole in the noodle to loosely hold the plant in place unntil the stem fattens up). They're cheap and convenient too.
Another nice way to use the pool noodles is rather than leaving that soild hole, you cut towards the middle at a sharp angle and it makes two opposite facing wedge shapes that squeeze together nicely to hold the plant more securely.
The only big issue you'll find is that if you get a sick plant that dies you have a problem because the roots are matted and tangled so you kinda either have to cut off chunks of other plants' roots to get out the dead roots or you just have to let them rot out and clean/filter/change the rez every day until the problem is fixed.
I like using pool noodles for small plants. The stem can expand out all it needs to with the foam (just use a small chunk of pool noodle stuff into the hole in the noodle to loosely hold the plant in place unntil the stem fattens up). They're cheap and convenient too.
Another nice way to use the pool noodles is rather than leaving that soild hole, you cut towards the middle at a sharp angle and it makes two opposite facing wedge shapes that squeeze together nicely to hold the plant more securely.
