Nutria's First Grow - HSO's Blue Dream - DWC - LED 300W - Indoor

[Nutria]

Yo
Here it is, my first ever grow!
Since I can't find any sativa strain to smoke or, since I can't even know wich strain I am smoking... Been full of smoking "shit" I decided to start growing my own weed!

Let's start with the strain info:

• strain: Blue Dream fem (Blueberry x Haze).
• seed bank: Humboldt Seeds Organization.
• genetic: Sativa dominant.
• # plants: 1.

And the setup:

• growbox: cabinet 60cmx40cmx100cm (2x1,3x4ft). Height may be a problem, especially with this strain, hope I can keep it under control with a short veg period and a SCROG grow.
• light: Mars-Hydro 300w led (5w chip) modded with aftermarket fan to lower the noise.
• medium: Hydro, perlite + coco in a single bucket (10l - 2,6 gal) dwc system.
• nutrients: GHE floraduo (grow+bloom+ripen).
• fans: (outtake) 1x inline fan 10cm (4") - 1x small usb fan

photos and updates coming soon in another post, I just want to keep the first post as clean as possible.

/* I am sorry for my bad english, it's not my mother tongue.
I'll use the metric/international system so temperatures and dimensions will be reported in °C and meters(cm).
*/

 

[Nutria]

This is my setup!

Extracting fan is on the way, hope it will keep temperatures under control since when the growbox is closed it reach 30+°C with RH 20-25%.
I had to add a polystyrene layer to isolate the dwc bucket, water temperature was rising too much.

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Day 2 since it has been put under led light:

As you can see I have overwatering problem (am I right?). Now I have put the plant in a empty bucket with a pc fan pointed under the lid, hope it will solve the problem.

 

[Nutria]

so I made some holes with a pencil on the medium and put inside some kitchen paper, then pointed a fan inside the bucket and another one to the lid.

...it doesn't seem to work. Do you have any idea?

 

[Nutria]

So, yesterday and tonight it has been kept with no water at all but this morning there was the same situation.
This morning I found leaves having white tips so I bring the plant back to the dwc bucket.

Atm water has a PH of 6,2 and EC 0,7 (350ppm?, is it too low? thats why I have with tips?). Inside the growbox there is 28.8°C (83°F) with RH 25%

 

[Nutria]

today, after 14h of light the situation hasn't changed, maybe the problem is the medium (coco+perlite)? Should I switch to expanded clay? it restrain less water

can you give me some advice?

 

[Nutria]

so I switched from coco+perlite to expanded clay and she liked it.
Do you think I can cut the 2 lower leaves? the white ones, I think they are dead.

btw the plant is not growing taller atm, just bushy, maybe cause it is putting energy on roots?

 

[Nutria]

I still have the same problems :/ can anyone help me?

 

[Nutria]

Btw more info:
temp 25-30°C / 77-86°F
RH 20-40%
ph ~6

still can't see any root out of the pot. What should be the right water level inside the bucket? I tried to lower it when I thought I had overwatering issue, yesterday I incresed it to touch (a bit above) the netpot.
Light was about 30cm / 12". Now it's like 40cm away.

 

[Trikome]

Are you feeding anything yet? If so, that is most likely the problem.

 

[Nutria]

Are you feeding anything yet? If so, that is most likely the problem.

thx for answering
Btw, I was feeding but at really low dosage. The problem is overwatering I think and in the end I probably lost this one

 

[David Bowman]

Hope all is well in your world.

Thanks for sharing this grow with us.

We are sorry for your loss.

I’m moving this to Completed Journals now.

Have you started a new grow you would like to share with us?

If so, please feel free to start a new journal here: Journals in Progress

Sending you lots of love and positive energy.