lendee
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This is my 1st RDWC, all my other grows have been aeroponics,I have 2ea 600watt lights, 2 ea 28 gallon containers each with a 10" net pod in them with 2 plants in each net pod. This is controlled by a 13 gallon res tank and a 4000ltr/1025 gph pump which is running 24/7. I have a 571 GPH air pump feeding 2 3" air stones in each 28 gal container and a 3" stone in my res tank this also runs 24/7. I do plan to add another 571 gph air pump doubling the air to all 3 containers. The total capacity of the system is 47 gal/ 178 liters.I use only RO water. I start my plants in coco filed Dixie cups and transfer to 2 plants ea in 10" net pods in bubble buckets for about 2 to 3 weeks. I run the bubble buckets at 500 ppm's 250 ppm's cal/mag & 250 ppm's nutrient. I use general hydroponics 3 part nutrient mostly in veg then when I leave the bubble buckets at about week 6 and go to RDWC I use Flora Nova Bloom 1 part nutrient but I still keep PPM's at 500 never over 700 all depends on how fast nutrient is up taken by the plants.
At the start of this grow about week 2 while changing the solution in the bubble buckets i noticed brown slime on the outermost roots in both buckets "I think I did not have enough air from the small pump I was using" I used H2O2 "Hydrogen Peroxide" 29% (not your household chemical) at 1ml/gal 1st week then 2ml/gal for the next few weeks untill at week 6 I transferred from buckets to the RDWC system I also changed air pump to 571gph pump. After the 1st 2 weeks of this treatment the slime was gone. But I'm still having a yellowing problem with the older dew leaves 'see pictures' Remember each net pod has 2 plants I have 3 sour diesel and one CAT plants.
Upon moving from bubble bucket to RDWC the roots were in excellent shape nice and white no signs of slime at all so I figured that the H2O2 wasn't agreeing with the sour diesel plants the CAT has totally clear of any yellowing and 2 of the sour diesel plants in one planter were almost totally clear of any yellowing while I was still seeing a lot on the one sour diesel 'see pictures'.
I am now at the beginning of week 8 "2weeks in RDWC" plants look good yellowing has diminished I did start with the beginning of RDWC Botanicare Aqua shield @ 5ml/gal and started general hydroponic pure blend tea @ 5ml/gal and dropped the H2O2 "H2O2 will destroy your bennies I understand". The plants look good considering nice lime green new growth but are barley consuming anything but water 55 ppms in a week??? I usually use this much in a day??
At the start of this grow about week 2 while changing the solution in the bubble buckets i noticed brown slime on the outermost roots in both buckets "I think I did not have enough air from the small pump I was using" I used H2O2 "Hydrogen Peroxide" 29% (not your household chemical) at 1ml/gal 1st week then 2ml/gal for the next few weeks untill at week 6 I transferred from buckets to the RDWC system I also changed air pump to 571gph pump. After the 1st 2 weeks of this treatment the slime was gone. But I'm still having a yellowing problem with the older dew leaves 'see pictures' Remember each net pod has 2 plants I have 3 sour diesel and one CAT plants.
Upon moving from bubble bucket to RDWC the roots were in excellent shape nice and white no signs of slime at all so I figured that the H2O2 wasn't agreeing with the sour diesel plants the CAT has totally clear of any yellowing and 2 of the sour diesel plants in one planter were almost totally clear of any yellowing while I was still seeing a lot on the one sour diesel 'see pictures'.
I am now at the beginning of week 8 "2weeks in RDWC" plants look good yellowing has diminished I did start with the beginning of RDWC Botanicare Aqua shield @ 5ml/gal and started general hydroponic pure blend tea @ 5ml/gal and dropped the H2O2 "H2O2 will destroy your bennies I understand". The plants look good considering nice lime green new growth but are barley consuming anything but water 55 ppms in a week??? I usually use this much in a day??
