Spy4Pie
New Member
I started two Nirvana Feminized Indoor beans about 6 weeks ago. 18Gal reservoir with two 12'' air stones, GH nutes, 90W UFO LED, 4x4 tent.
This is my second grow, first grow was in the early 90's using a drip system.
I decided to go with a DWC Deep Water Culture grow this time. Following Roseman's Tutorial and information gained from lurking and reading the various threads for the last few months, I feel things have started well.
I did pull the feeding tubes after the first three weeks because I had a root beard in the water. I think I could have benefited from leaving them in for much longer.
The started the grow using PH test strips and no TDS meter. My first intro of nutrients I followed GH bottle instructions for early veg. Within hours the leaves were wilting, rusty and getting crispy. That night I did a recovery process and cut the nutes 3/4. The plants were stunned for about a week and did not grow. The LED Mfg had warned about using full strength. I didn't listen.
Now the proud owner of a digital PH meter and TDS meter. Keeping things between 475-525 PPM. 5.8-6.4 ph. Temp in tent is 68-72f. RH is steady at 50%. Resivor temp is 64f-68f.
At 6 weeks the plants are about 10''H. I did top them a week ago. The bigger one I did properly, but the smaller one I screwed up. I thought I was being careful, but got a little over zealous with the scissors and took half of the tiny little branch next to it. Now instead one two tops growing, it looks like 1 1/2.
This pic was taken on 2/25.
This was taken on 3/3
This was taken 3/6
3/11
This is my second grow, first grow was in the early 90's using a drip system.
I decided to go with a DWC Deep Water Culture grow this time. Following Roseman's Tutorial and information gained from lurking and reading the various threads for the last few months, I feel things have started well.
I did pull the feeding tubes after the first three weeks because I had a root beard in the water. I think I could have benefited from leaving them in for much longer.
The started the grow using PH test strips and no TDS meter. My first intro of nutrients I followed GH bottle instructions for early veg. Within hours the leaves were wilting, rusty and getting crispy. That night I did a recovery process and cut the nutes 3/4. The plants were stunned for about a week and did not grow. The LED Mfg had warned about using full strength. I didn't listen.
Now the proud owner of a digital PH meter and TDS meter. Keeping things between 475-525 PPM. 5.8-6.4 ph. Temp in tent is 68-72f. RH is steady at 50%. Resivor temp is 64f-68f.
At 6 weeks the plants are about 10''H. I did top them a week ago. The bigger one I did properly, but the smaller one I screwed up. I thought I was being careful, but got a little over zealous with the scissors and took half of the tiny little branch next to it. Now instead one two tops growing, it looks like 1 1/2.
This pic was taken on 2/25.
This was taken on 3/3
This was taken 3/6
3/11
pretty sure the forum guys wouldnt mind.
