Water Level in DWC?

[Gart79]

u dont seem to have a clue what your doing, the more u hack at your plant the more its going to stunt its growth and potetially die, the ph of 5.8 is for the abortion of nutrients. Your not going to see your plant get better for a couple days, these things dont happen overnight, Every one who grows dwc knows that u put the water level below the net pots for the reason being your medium should not be soaked in water, if it is, it will show signs of over water and lack of 02 to your roots... get it? I wouldnt follow the directions they gave you, try readins a dwc grow log theres multiple ones in here. The roots should be in the water, but not the netpots, take into concideration ppl do this for a reason, even if you dont understand it, it would be benificial for you to do it this way.

Well, I respect your experience with DWC and your input is valuable and will definitely be taken on board, however, despite the fact their not always right, I've started this one by just following the instructions i.e. - I make my system look like the one in the drawing in the instructions.

With DWC, the water itself has o2 dissolved in it (thatâ??s the whole point in the bubbler right?), so that was the idea of roots in the water, at least thatâ??s my understanding.

Whilst I'm not totally brilliant with DWC, I do have considerable experience with growing though, and I can recognise problems with plants easily.

On the subject of the root hacking, my roots smelt rotten, they looked rotten, and they were rotten. The plant is better now (the leaves have picked right up!). I'm sure youâ??ve experienced a plant pick up quickly when exposed to high o2 at the root zone? Maybe it'll drop dead in 2 days.

I should actually say, I have the net pot JUST below the water, but the water wets a good proportion of the medium (in accordance with the diagram).

But seriously, at the end of the day, Iâ??m experimenting here. If I hear valuable information, itâ??s welcome and appreciated, and will be taken onboard. I will post, as to whether my plant dies or thrives. If it dies, Itâ??s a lesson learned isnâ??t it? I've not got my whole medium dunked under water, itâ??s just really the bottom of the net.

As for ph, ph between 5 and 6 is what I've read for hydroponics. I havenâ??t taken this info from one source either. There may be slight variation on this, but 5.5 are what many grow with.

Gart79 Reviewed by Gart79 on 02-18-2007. Water Level in DWC? I have read many places that when the roots have not grown through the netpot you want to keep the water level 1/2" above the bottom of the netpot, and when they have grown through, keep the water level 1/2"-1" below the bottom of the netpot. Now, I never see with these figures how far into the netpot you are putting the plant...Do you put 1" of hydroton in the netpot, the plant on top, and then surround with hydroton? Or is that plant resting on a larger layer of hydroton? Basically I guess Rating: 5