Water Farm/DWC club

[nlkush]

i am used to growing in coco with a drip system on a timer.

i got a few sets of w/f and thought i would check it out. I did all the mods that needed to be done. i drilled new holes to get them daisy chained together. also got it recirculating on a pump. i am running 4; 8 pot systems. each is its own system. i am in hydroton as well.

i took 32 cuts from mothers and put in easy cloner. after a few weeks of root growth i transplanted to w/f. put them in the room under 4 600 watt lights.

here come the problems

1) ph is all over the place. spiking a point a day. think this is due to the hydroton not being properly washed. so i changed the water in the rez. still getting the problem.

2) plants look good at first, then started to droop. so i cut down on the watering reg. it went from always on to 15 on 30 off. the palnts are still drooping and showing signs of burn. either lights to close ( i just move them up) or fert burn( so i cut the rez mix in half with water to cut ppm down)

i may look that i may loose this crop already. any suggesting would be awesome. i can also submit pictures later on after work. i am really frustrated. i have been growing for years and never had problems like this.

do you think from the cloner to directly into the w/f under 600 was a bad idea. they went straight from cloner to hydroton then into room to veg. temp in the room is 77 and the water temp is 67. the 600 watts are bout 2 feet from the tops of the w/f. not sure what other info you need. i am using all AD nutes. i am also using some super thrive, stimulater, nitrozyme as addons. the ppm of the water is around 600 - 700.

any help would be great.

thanks

[nlkush]

also how do i add an avatar??

[darealbrain]

i went from soil to a dwc setup.when transplanting i placed the roots on the bottom of the pots then put my medium and placed in my res was this a good idea or did i just create a root problem

[nlkush]

no i used to use coco. went from the cloner (roots showing) to the w/f.

[d4twamp]

NLKUSH, I know people who leave their cuttings in the cloner for a month..they vegg them in the cloner then go strait from the cloner into the buckets on 12/12 to flower. So I'd not be worried about going from the cloner to the w/f to veg..

HOUND, by what week in bloom are the SNLxNH & MK hitting the 1800 to 1900 ppms.

D:S5:

[Weedhound]

nl.....without knowing your ppms etc....it's pretty hard to say whats going on.....if you start a thread and answer Stinky's troubleshooting form you'll get a LOT more assistance than you will here. Go to plant problems and start a new thread explaining your situation.

[leetsoup]

i layed my roots in the pot and filled. i didnt see roots for weeks, but 5 days after first signs they exploded ! my dwc is in a tank and ive got a window to look inside. tanks wont suffice when i get many plants growing

[darealbrain]

im having very slow growth but evrything is all green is it just that the roots has to catch up with the rest of the plant.thats what im hoping

[nfhu88]

does anyone else get salt build up at the end of the air hoes? nyways heres my baby about 1 month old. Green Crack using GH 3 part and kool bloom.

[Snikelfritz]

OK, since I noticed so many people using the Farms I decided to put out some questions about the buckets that can be kind of like a Farm/DWC thread.
Some things info to give, how many buckets do you use, what kind of lights, what kind of yields have you had and what kind of strains you have had the best exp with.
Also, this would be a good thread for general questions and suggestions perhaps.
With this, new hydro converts and curious folks could just stop in and ask or add their two cents.

Adieu

I just started Waterfarm 9 pac 4gl container 13gl res 6gl recirculating container.I have but air stones in all 9.Use GH Flora neut H2O2 flora sheild.2 1000w digital ballasts.Room is 9foot by 11foot.Will be adding 4foot by 9foot veg room soon.Just went 12/12 last night.I never seen the plants get so big and branchy so fast.I'm like the waterfarm alot.