First Grow - Hempy Bucket & CFL

[PeytonManning]

I like short and sweet. Look at my sig, that how simple I keep it, but you gotta do what works for you.

 

[Nine44]

Here's the little girl today continuing her steady increase in foliage. No roots showing just yet.

 

[PeytonManning]

You'll know when the roots show cause she'll explode in growth

 

[Nine44]

You think so?

So far I'm about 10 mm from the bottom of the net cup filled with leca with my bubbling water.

The water mix is collected rain water with 8 ml per gallon voodoo juice. Going to run that mix for the first 10 days which will be Thursday I guess. Might be earlier or sooner depending on how the pH fluctuates or if she's asking for nutes.

Should I be running a 1/16th dose of nutes already as I'm in just water and beneficial bacteria and enzymes and stuff? Maybe I should have put some ubsulfured molasses for the bennys to eat? Still learning my way in this Hydro bucket business so any help is appreciated.

Her next node is emerging from within the 3 leaflet set of leaves. I'm hoping for a 5 leaflet. That should be the second set of true leaves if you start counting from the 3 leaf? Or do you start from the single leaflet?

 

[PeytonManning]

I consider the first jagged leaves after the cotyledons to be first true leaves. As for nutes, I can't help there, I've never run dwc

 

[Nine44]

Oh cool so this would be my third node. 2 and a half inches wide 1 inch tall and three nodes high. Looking quite green I think and nicely nestled into the hydroton

 

[Nine44]

Okay for anyone in the same boat as me I just across this thread here
Feeding in Deep Water Culture, Getting Started & PPM

Says there once you see the third node emerge start weak nutes. So I have given her a little boost with some flora Nova grow at 1 ml per gallon. That's eighth strength or so and I have my calmag ready as well but haven't added any just yet.

Should Def be too weak to give me any burn but hopefully strong enough to not leave her hungry. Cotelydons only started yellowing very minimally and I figured I'll try to keep em around as long as possibly because they show signs very early of deficiencies.

 

[PeytonManning]

Good stuff man. They should be okay with weak nute regimen. So you gonna wait a week and then bump it up to quarter strength or wait a while?

 

[Nine44]

Well I didn't do a full flush I just emptied the bucket and added my nutes and reused the same water as it still seemed fresh probably thanks to the bennys.

I wanted to keep this original mix until Thursday or Friday because the bennys take a week or two to build their homes in the root system and draining it before a week would be a waste.

Depending on response from Akela I may do the drain and add again on Tuesday if she's hungry.

Btw pH has been quite stable with the voodoo juice working it's magic. My rain water is about 7 and when I add the voodoo juice it drops to around 6 and basically stays there. Now with the addition of the small amount of nutes it's 5.8 and I'll watch the fluctuation. Hadn't pH adjusted yet because I feel the rain water should be good enough without it rather than adding pH down into the system if it will work fine without

 

[Nine44]

I invite everyone watching here to come to Akelas new home Ak-47 - LED - DWC

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Thanks everyone

 

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