Starting new DWC need a little advice
Hey everyone, I'm starting a new DWC grow... I have a 5 gal res full of nice clean water all distilled... I have a bean sprouting right now so i need advice asap so i dont kill this plant like the last one... For the medium I'm using rubber mulch&packing peanuts... got the seed started in paper towel and placed inside a peanut they're the kind shaped like an 8 and u can poke a hole in them and they're KINDA like rockwool... but anyways i have 3 air stones... 2 pumps... a 5 and 10 dollar one, res is light proof its mylared to hell and back for lights i'm gonna use CFLS for the first 2 weeks and whenever it seems to be doin good i'm gonna put my 90 watt dual band UFO on it for shits and gigs to see if I can get some use out of that thing... I'm using melted bagged ice as my water source do i still need calmag???
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by Iceberg420
Hey everyone, I'm starting a new DWC grow... I have a 5 gal res full of nice clean water all distilled... I have a bean sprouting right now so i need advice asap so i dont kill this plant like the last one... For the medium I'm using rubber mulch&packing peanuts... got the seed started in paper towel and placed inside a peanut they're the kind shaped like an 8 and u can poke a hole in them and they're KINDA like rockwool... but anyways i have 3 air stones... 2 pumps... a 5 and 10 dollar one, res is light proof its mylared to hell and back for lights i'm gonna use CFLS for the first 2 weeks and whenever it seems to be doin good i'm gonna put my 90 watt dual band UFO on it for shits and gigs to see if I can get some use out of that thing... I'm using melted bagged ice as my water source do i still need calmag???
You say you are using distilled water, that means it has no nutrients, and the ph is "neutral" which is a PH of 7. That ph needs to be give or take in the region of 5.5
I have never heard of anyone using packing peanuts as a medium, so I can't really comment on that... but I would use a proven method instead of experimenting with something like that.
keylime
Starting new DWC need a little advice
Your setup sounds good with the exception of the foam/peanut, never seen that before so that might be your weak link. As far as cal mag and melted ice as water source you just need to get a meter and check PH and PPM and go from there. I have used distilled water for my seeds and used cal mag once the little leaves start yellowing a little bit. And like he said, get the PH down on distilled water. Good luck
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by keylime
You say you are using distilled water, that means it has no nutrients, and the ph is "neutral" which is a PH of 7. That ph needs to be give or take in the region of 5.5
I have never heard of anyone using packing peanuts as a medium, so I can't really comment on that... but I would use a proven method instead of experimenting with something like that.
keylime
Well I looked around for rapid rooters and rockwool but all the stores say they only stock them in spring so i felt like a dumbass pothead and left lol
So its either packing peanuts or marbles...
I used ph down and got it to 5.7
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by scottcc5s
Your setup sounds good with the exception of the foam/peanut, never seen that before so that might be your weak link. As far as cal mag and melted ice as water source you just need to get a meter and check PH and PPM and go from there. I have used distilled water for my seeds and used cal mag once the little leaves start yellowing a little bit. And like he said, get the PH down on distilled water. Good luck
What nutes do you use/suggest? I've been looking around online for meters and nutes but still cant find the right one for me:(
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by Iceberg420
Well I looked around for rapid rooters and rockwool but all the stores say they only stock them in spring so i felt like a dumbass pothead and left lol
So its either packing peanuts or marbles...
I used ph down and got it to 5.7
Lava rocks work well too get them at lowes or home depot. Tell them you need em for the grill.
They are very porous.
But then you will get algae.
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by Iceberg420
What nutes do you use/suggest? I've been looking around online for meters and nutes but still cant find the right one for me:(
I am having luck with General hydroponics 3 step system. nd superthrive.
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by Iceberg420
What nutes do you use/suggest? I've been looking around online for meters and nutes but still cant find the right one for me:(
If your question is what nutes to use when they are young ones from seeds then I would say NONE, just use distilled water and then cal mag like said earlier. Do not use nutes when they are young ones, you will not like the results.
If your question is what nutes to use during veg and flower.... take your pick from what guys suggest. :)
Starting new DWC need a little advice
havent been on in over a year do a search for "revanche" theres a thread called revanches 2nd grow, check it out :D
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by scottcc5s
If your question is what nutes to use when they are young ones from seeds then I would say NONE, just use distilled water and then cal mag like said earlier. Do not use nutes when they are young ones, you will not like the results.
If your question is what nutes to use during veg and flower.... take your pick from what guys suggest. :)
I know that... i'm kind of preparing for when they need the nutes, know what i mean? i just wanna find out what i need before i need it but its too late my beans sprouted so i'm just gonna do a test w/ miracle grow all purpose until i get better seeds& nutes
Starting new DWC need a little advice
One more question... does anyone have anyone with the ph tester drops??? well i tested my res and its yellow and it says that its 6.0 but it got me thinking... how do i know if it's not like 4 or something... does it turn to blue or something after it gets lower??? i tried an experiment one time putting a bunch of ph down in a tube that i was testing and i dont think it changed colors but stayed yellow but i was high so idk
Starting new DWC need a little advice
Your medium choices are creative :thumbsup: , but their gonna give you probs in the long run. Do you not live near a wal-mart? they should have Peat Pellets. Or you could use straight Perlite (they have grains in a bigger variety if you can find them)
Those strips only test for the range theyre listed for. If youre that concerned, get the pool test dropper kit, otherwise get a ph pen.
GH's Micro and Bloom (Lucas Formula) works every time for me.
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by SmokeMyPiece
Your medium choices are creative :thumbsup: , but their gonna give you probs in the long run. Do you not live near a wal-mart? they should have Peat Pellets. Or you could use straight Perlite (they have grains in a bigger variety if you can find them)
Those strips only test for the range theyre listed for. If youre that concerned, get the pool test dropper kit, otherwise get a ph pen.
GH's Micro and Bloom (Lucas Formula) works every time for me.
Thanks, I've been hearing about the lucas formula with mixed results some people love it some people hate it and tell me not to use it i guess i'll give it a try.... with perlite wont it fall thru the cups?
Starting new DWC need a little advice
Ya, you may have to make your own netpot for perlite.
The formula just makes it hard to mess up. Also saves on nute costs.
Starting new DWC need a little advice
You really want to get a PH pen. When you start mixing nutes into your res the color of the water will be brown. Impossible to test with color drops and hard with test strips. PH pen is a must for proper results.
Ive seen a grow using rubber mulch as the netpot medium. They did fine.
Goodluck with your grow!
Starting new DWC need a little advice
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Originally Posted by GetThisOrDie
You really want to get a PH pen. When you start mixing nutes into your res the color of the water will be brown. Impossible to test with color drops and hard with test strips. PH pen is a must for proper results.
Ive seen a grow using rubber mulch as the netpot medium. They did fine.
Goodluck with your grow!
I'm kinda using rubber mulch i made black cudes of i guess neoprene or something its like cloth&foam had sex and this is what it made but anyways...
I threw my MG all purpose in the garage cause it uses UREA for the Nitrogen and i heard that hydroponics cant access urea... so i'm gonna use the 15-30-15 MG flowering nutes cause its like 6% ammonical N which is higher than anything else... the only downside is that i'll prob have a N deficiency at the same time i'm having a P overdose :( is there anyway to remove the P from NPK??? lol or i could just start flowering at 2 weeks???
Starting new DWC need a little advice
I have scrapped my DWC grow. I'm goin back to soil... after studying nutrients I realized that what I had wasn't gonna cut it... So it was either order nutes or switch and I'm just gonna do it how I always do it but thanks to everyone who tried to help :thumbsup: I might post a few grow logs in soil now that I got a few harvests under my belt and I know like 5 times more than I used to so I can only imagine danker buds :stoned:
