First grow Recirculating DWC

[Illusion]

this grow journal starts off at 37 days into veg.

finally got the three babies into the system after a 4 day struggle with leaks

they've been flushed with r/o water for 3 days.

before they were flushed, i had the ppm of the reservoir up to about 450, cal-mag and GH's MaxiGrow.
I noticed slight burning of the tips. Unsure if it's from high ppm, or heat stress.

Decided I will reintroduce nutrients *slowly* I should only use cal-mag when i notice signs of deficiency, right?

Today, (day 37 veg) added 35ppm Cal-Mag, and 35ppm of MaxiGrow bringing the nutrient ppm level to 100 (r/o water's ppm is 30) if the ppm drops tomorrow, I'm going to add 50ppm more of nutrients maxigrow

Here are some shots of Sativa, the best looking plant as it stands

Illusion Reviewed by Illusion on 12-24-2007. First grow Recirculating DWC this grow journal starts off at 37 days into veg. finally got the three babies into the system after a 4 day struggle with leaks they've been flushed with r/o water for 3 days. before they were flushed, i had the ppm of the reservoir up to about 450, cal-mag and GH's MaxiGrow. I noticed slight burning of the tips. Unsure if it's from high ppm, or heat stress. Decided I will reintroduce nutrients *slowly* I should only use cal-mag when i notice signs of deficiency, right? Rating: 5

[Illusion]

Here are shots of Indica.

Looks like it had (or has) some sort of nutrient deficiency, also won't stop drooping just a bit, although it could be the trait of its strain.

[Illusion]

here are some shots of the bit neglected "spracky"

Its kind of outside of the HPS light, so its been "supplemented" with 2 100w equivalent CFL lights.

[Illusion]

A little info:
250w HPS light, and two 48" T8 fluoro tubes as side lighting, and two 100w equivalent CFL bulbs. (lol)

light cycle is 18/6

I let the PH drift between 5.5-6.1, currently it around 5.7. water temp 68 degrees

temperature always around 72-75 degrees, RH 30-45%

[420plants]

nice looking roots, so far so good. Keep us updated.

[Illusion]

ok...

ppm is up to 175 (mostly maxigrow, and *titch* of liquid karma (40ml to 25 gallons, very miniscule amount)) they have been consuming about 30+ ppm from the reservoir every night

pH currently 5.6, it had drifted to 6.1

added 10 drops of superthrive to 25 gallons

tied the tops down to make an even canopy

I'm thinking that I should fim them on the very top, try to get the bottom shoots to catch up.

[Illusion]

few more shots

[the image reaper]

I'm just finishing up my first hydroponic grow, so I'm a 'newbie' too ... I would suggest the drooping you mentioned earlier, is quite possibly just too much humidity (just a guess, comparing it to soil) ... and, you need to bump your nutes up ... I pretty much just used the dilution directions on the bottles, my ppm was about 1125-1150ppm throughout the entire grow ... I should be harvesting in about 10 days, and I still have not seen one single yellow leaf, no dropped leaves, and no burning, so things must not be too far off ... I'm very lucky, unless I'm in Vegas :wtf: ... I'm having same results, whether using Fox Farm, or GH nutes :jointsmile:

[Illusion]

image reaper: it can't possible be high humidity, my RH is always 35-45%

update..

It's a bitch having a ro filter than only spits out a gallon an hour. Gotta save up the 25 gallons to give them a flush, and then bump the reservoir up to about 600-650ppm with only maxigrow.

currently the ppm is at 540, and they still have been eating it up

i take it that the leaf twisting is from pH fluctuations. I know i have been keeping my pH within the 5.5-6.1 range always, but maybe it swings from the high end to the low too quickly. the past couple of days i've been trying really hard to keep it about the same level it was the last time i checked it, then bring it down slowly, instead of shooting it straight down to 5.5 when it reaches 6.1.

I don't see any more leaves starting to get spots, so im hoping that it was just the ones i saw, or the problem went away


i would like to flower in the next 7 days or so

heres some pictures...
this is BEFORE i trained them just now, I'll upload some after shots in a seperate posts

[Illusion]

more before training shots