Third Grow

[dejayou30]

Thanks for lending your expertise rhizome.

I'm currently running one single fish tank air pumps and two double pump, both from Wal Mart, Aqua Culture brand. I don't know what they are rated at. They are connected to two 10" Air stones and three bubble curtains. Each end has a 10" stone and the curtains are on the middle of the bin spaced across the bottom. I have 5 plants per side.

So what you are saying is I should just get my hand in there and get the muck out and then use some kind of antibacterial something? Would that be like Hygrozyme? I had been using H2O2 probably every 3-4 days but I am starting to do every other day as of today.

Thanks for the help all! :jointsmile:

[dejayou30]

Well I got in and did my best to get the slimy stuff off the roots and then fished out the floating stuff with my skimmer. I think the damage might have been caused from them sitting in too stagnant of water without those two airstones for 4 days because it looks like there are already new roots growing through most of the nasty shit. I also did a lot of Googling before bed last night and found a lot of different threads about root rot that said Hygrozyme was beneficial in fighting against it and promoted vigorous root growth so I added 150 mL of that in last night. The bottle suggested 10 mL/gal and I only added 5 mL/gal because 300 mL seemed like a ton, and that stuff is like $45 a bottle. Hopefully things will turn around from here.

Do you (WH or rhizome) think I need more pumps/stones in there? I've only got 3.5 weeks to go so I don't need them dying now! :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Seems like you have several if new roots are growing through the old stuff. Make sure your hygrozyme is compatible with the peroxide....I can't remember which zyme products are ok with H202.

I'd also watch your roots carefully....if they start to go down again then I'd add more airpumps and airstones. (Ps....I suggested two oriiginally because for some reason I thought you would use 2 big res's instead of one huge one but you went with the big boy!! )

Keep us updated Deja......still want you to come through with 100%....(or close to anyway......)

[rhizome]

Air pumps and stones are cheap. Run a shitload.

[Weedhound]

:thumbsup:

Air pumps and stones are cheap. Run a shitload.

Out of the best minds come the best answers.....
:jointsmile:

[dejayou30]

Well, I seem to have my roots back in working order for the last 2.5 weeks of my grow. There is still goo and crap that I am cleaning out every day but its getting much better. The left side is growing thick dense furry roots and the right side is growing long ladders. Also the flowers on my biggest plants just keep getting bigger and bigger and its awesome. They are really getting a chance to fill out with the ability to have a larger root structure. Moving to DWC was a great move! :thumbsup::jointsmile:

[Weedhound]

Oh thank GOD! Good work Deja. I thought you were going to come and say... well never mind.

How about a photo? Master Kush has that lovely "piney" scent imo.

[Weedhound]

Are we going to make 100% here?

[dejayou30]

Its looking like it. There is one that is questionable and I'm not really sure why. The leaves are starting to get dry and crispy around the tops. I'm at day 38 right now, so not too far out now. Hopefully it will make it although three will be barely crawling across the finish line. I have three out of 9 that are pretty sickly, but the other 6 are looking pretty nice. My lady was the last to use my camera so I'm not sure where its at, but I'll get some pics here soon.

I am hoping next time will be much more successful because I think the roots got too tangled and the huge plants choked out the smaller ones. Then I got the root rot and it all kinda went downhill. Over all though, I think I should have a heavier yield than I did last time. Small improvements! :thumbsup:

I also need to rethink my aeration. The curtains don't stick to the bins on their own so I tried to glue them and two of three came up and the last one is only holding on by a suction cup. What do you other DWCers use for aeration?

[Weedhound]

I personally like airstones but I'm fairly new at DWC myself. The "big gun" boys generally recommend those "flexible air diffusers" but I've never tried them myself.

Well understandable that we were somewhat behind the eight ball here.....last grow your roots were about an inch long. When you came on here and put out your new root photo for THIS grow I just about FAINTED they were so huge, lol.

Love to see a photo when you can.