Quote Originally Posted by latewood
Hey racerx. I just wanted to give you the heads up. I got some Hammerhead. I also have tweaked my formula and you wouldn't believe what I did. remember my "flower" formula used grow then cut it out. well all the extra potassium is in the grow, Micro - no phosphates or potassium in to speak of...
Safe formula: .5 - 1 - 2 for 2-4 weeks, then 0 - 1 - 2...

New Accelerated formula: 1- 1 - 2 for 2-4 weeks, and then .5 - .5 - 3

I looked at your ideas, and I got to thinking...I was trying to make a safe program at the time, but now I want to tweak that formula up.
so what do you think?
I would be excited to hear the results. I think it is funny that I may have helped you consider a more aggressive formula...yet you have caused me to consider a less aggressive formula or at least to try one!!! I am going to do a significantly less aggressive schedule with the Blueberrys which are just about rooted (also because I'm under the impression they don't like nutes as much as a big yielder like Widow) but I will be generally keeping to my original formula just with less ppm. I also am completely getting rid of Big Bud and all additives except Hygrozyme. I really think that we should not compare a strictly Grow/Micro/Bloom formula to one that uses additives. I know that if I used more PK boosters or the recommended dosage of Big Bud that I might have toxic levels of bloom nutrients or I might need to skimp too hard on the macro nutrients in order to keep PPMs at safe levels.

Running a strictly g/m/b formula with no additives allows you to run huge amounts of bloom which in my opinion can do almost everything that the P & K additives can. I want to try no Big Bud and then compare it again. I am planning on maxing out at about 1300ppm (maybe 1400) since it is still a DWC. Ill print a planned schedule for the nutes tonight with the slightly altered formula.

I wanted to take a quick moment to update people and answer the questions above. First and foremost, I use a 35 watt Ecoplus single outlet airpump. it has a 6 way splitter. I then just use 1/4" T's and I use the one single pump for all 16 buckets. I use a separate small airpump for the control and gravity reservoir. I do use airstones, HOWEVER, I am now strictly a believer that they are a headache and nothing else. Ive now see some good data that shows there is no advantage to running an airstone, except that it is quieter. A few of my airstones fell off in the beginning of this White Widow grow and I specifically never fixed it. There is not one single difference. Beautiful root structure, white as pearls. Aside from that, I dont have a problem with them clogging. Because I have a water chiller and run 68 degrees 24/7 and because I use Hygrozyme (amazing how clean it keeps stuff) I have no problem with any type of scum. I also use a lot of micro.

The system is getting cut. I need to harvest a week earlier then expected in order to get an appraisal on the house. Everything getting taken down in the entire house this week. My goodness I am looking forward too it. Its been months and months since I had peace and quiet without the thumping of airpumps, the whoosh of inline fans, the bubbling of water, and the odd creaks that oscillating fans make. There is going to be MAJOR changes in the sealed room, as this is the largest sealed room I have done and I learned a lot.

MOST SPECIFICALLY, we are downgrading in size if you didnt catch that earlier. 16 buckets is too much. We are doing one single rectangle canopy with 12 buckets instead of 2 rows of 8 buckets. Screen of green. This will allow us to aggressively control growth. I decided I would be happy to give up 2 pounds in harvest in order to have freedom walking around the grow room. If I did this for money I would have done things a lot differently so it is a small sacrifice. The A/C is getting set inside the new window box (which is getting some wood framing for strengthening). This will finally allow us to recirculate the air inside the room and use outside air to cool the inside air...hence no loss in CO2. We are also relocating the dehumidifier and we have a slick system of moving around around the room, both under and above the canopy. The A/C will still vent into the attic, no signs of mold or anything up there so the moist air seems to be ok, luckily it is very large.

We are also raising all the buckets by 4" which will allow us even more water in the reservoir (about another 12 gallons, total system up to about 90). Upgrading from a 32 gallon gravity rez to a 55 gallon. The raised buckets will allow airflow under them and the point is to get rid of a place where water can gather. A big upgrade is also wrapping the buckets AND the feed lines for all the buckets with insulation. This has been a big problem, because the water temp is more then 20 degrees cooler then the rooms ambient temp and the water condensation causes high humidity. So there you go. No camera at the moment but I should have some harvest pics soon. Im not worried about weight, should be well over 4 pounds, but cutting the flowering short will hurt the potency. There were some mistakes made and a lot of changes that need to be made so I am satisfied enough with the first run. I am very excited to have learned from those mistakes and see the difference.

Finally...my 20 gallon bubblebags (8 bag kit) will be here tomorrow or wednesday. Time to make some bombass bubble hash the pro way, 1 pound of shake at a time. My friends with the 20 gallon kits say they are getting nearly an ounce of hash from every pound of trimming. Ive got about 8 pounds of it and much of it is buds.
Racerx Reviewed by Racerx on . RacerX's recirculating 16 bucket dwc "Grow Log" Im killing some time so I thought Id start my new hydro grow log and share some of the planning. Pictures soon. I have been in the process of building a 16 bucket (5 gal) recirculating deep water culture hydroponic system for a while. Only a few weeks left before completion. Its been a large endevoir and I really wanted to share the cost of setting something like this up, especially if you buy the stuff new. A little background: The room is 10.5x11.5x8 feet with a closet large Rating: 5