Alright mates, my go with soil came at a bad time, and I killed all the clones on my previous log haha. I blame too many final exams! KISS right? Should just stick with what I know, which is hydroponics anyways!!! I wanted to try something new, regardless, so I researched SWC (shallow water culture) basically dwc with a shallow tub for the plants and a big reservoir to circulate nutrients. I picked up a 41 liter 6" deep tote and have 3" netpots with only 10 clones this time. I have about 15 gallons constantly in the reservoir and about 5 residual in the tray. I have a 150 gph pump circulating the nutrients and water to the top and a drain tube potitioned about 4" tall in the top tray which dumps it back into the reservoir when the level is reached, thus circulating the water all the time. I also have an airstone in the big reservoir and an airstone in the top tray to maximize the oxygen levels. I am running with gh flora nova grow and bloom. In these pictures I have rooted and have given the plants a week to recover and about half a week to veg and hit the lights to 12/12 already since they were getting to 6". Three ways later, today, they are reaching 7-9". Growing rapidly. I have them under a 600w ups with a 550cfm centrifugal fan sucking the air out into a filter. The air withthe 600w stays 75 degrees f during day and 68 at night. Humidity is at 40%. Have two fans in the room circulating air and a pan of water to add some moisture.
Swc will be my style from now on. I just detach the pump from the top res and put it in the sink to drain... no more back breaking for me! And then just use another pump to fill back up. I'm using 2tsp per gallon of flora nova grow. This stuff is amazing. No more mixing 3 part. Just mix in this liquid poop looking stuff. The plants are loving it as I switched to this two.days ago from Hollands secret 3 part. Ph is already balanced in the flora nova. Ill never change again! This is awesome.
Anyways, this is a sea of green grow. I saw a guy flower his plants at 5-6" and got an ounce per plant under a 400w, so I figured I would try. My next go with this setup will include an additional trey and bigger reservoir so 20 plants instead of 10. I was just too stressed with school to worry about 20 lol.
Take a look at the pics. Critiques are welcome!!! I won't ditch you mates for so long again! Just been busy and pissed that the.first try with.soil was a wreck lol.
Peace love and fuzzy slippers!
Swc will be my style from now on. I just detach the pump from the top res and put it in the sink to drain... no more back breaking for me! And then just use another pump to fill back up. I'm using 2tsp per gallon of flora nova grow. This stuff is amazing. No more mixing 3 part. Just mix in this liquid poop looking stuff. The plants are loving it as I switched to this two.days ago from Hollands secret 3 part. Ph is already balanced in the flora nova. Ill never change again! This is awesome.
Anyways, this is a sea of green grow. I saw a guy flower his plants at 5-6" and got an ounce per plant under a 400w, so I figured I would try. My next go with this setup will include an additional trey and bigger reservoir so 20 plants instead of 10. I was just too stressed with school to worry about 20 lol.
Take a look at the pics. Critiques are welcome!!! I won't ditch you mates for so long again! Just been busy and pissed that the.first try with.soil was a wreck lol.
Peace love and fuzzy slippers!