My DWC Deep Water Culture

[YardDog35]

Nutes

Thought I would touch on the nutrient lineup I am using in this grow.

I'm using the GH Flora Nova series "keep it simple" feeding chart. They even have it online.

I went as far as "aggressive growth" feeding during the last week of veg and the plant loved it. Now I am in the transition stage using both Nova grow and bloom.

I also use the Floralicious Plus as a foilage spray once a week.

It's a very easy feeding schedule to follow and the Nova ph's the water for you

Last night I added another pump to the mix

Mucho bubbles!

Thanks for the kind words all

I'll post up some pics mid week

 

[Roseman]

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Thanks Roseman. I'm really happy with the way she is coming along.

Even though I am witnessing it right in front of me, I still can't believe the growth rate with this set up!

Growing with Bubbles and feeder tubes is the fastest grow results I can find or witness.

 

[YardDog35]

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Had the girl out last night for a res change and cleaning. Everything seems to be going okay, she is drinking a ton of water now. This is day 7 of 12/12, my camera sucks so no pics of the tiny white hairs growing out.

Still on the "transition" feeding schedule. Next res change I will go full on bloom with a little touch of Nova veg for some extra N as recommended by Roseman.

On to the pics! This link is the best I can do for now...trying to upload from the gallery but they don't show up when I save

AK 1 month old - 420 Magazine Photo Gallery

EDIT: pics below...

 

[YardDog35]

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Now I got it! A little slow with this whole posting thing sometimes...still don't know how to reply to multiple quotes.

On to the pics!

I trimmed the first set of leaves from the bottom to let a little more air through. They were seeing no light. Question is should I trim further up the stalk? She is still very bushy all the way down to the base but, the next branches up lead to small budding points. This is where I need some help, I don't want to trim too much but on the other hand I don't want her spending energy on small budding points.

Thanks all...YD

 

[Chevyman]

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from what i know its not recommended to trim off healthy leaves. plants look awesome though !!

 

[YardDog35]

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from what i know its not recommended to trim off healthy leaves. plants look awesome though !!

Thanks bro. That is what I understand also but, I see scrog's and the lower half is gone and the budding canopy looks great. I've also read about airflow underneath.

Then again healthy leaves hold food and collect some light. I will just leave them for now. If it broke don't fix it right? haha

 

[Roseman]

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Thanks bro. That is what I understand also but, I see scrog's and the lower half is gone and the budding canopy looks great. I've also read about airflow underneath.

Then again healthy leaves hold food and collect some light. I will just leave them for now. If it broke don't fix it right? haha

If its not broke don't fix it !

 

[ol hippy]

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Nice looking grow yarddog35, I wish I could keep my plants as green as that nice f'n job...How many plants are in that res ? What strain is that ? Thanks guy

 

[YardDog35]

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Nice looking grow yarddog35, I wish I could keep my plants as green as that nice f'n job...How many plants are in that res ? What strain is that ? Thanks guy

Thanks olhippy! I just have the one plant, she is an AK 48 from Nirvana seed bank.

 

[YardDog35]

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Thanks bro. That is what I understand also but, I see scrog's and the lower half is gone and the budding canopy looks great. I've also read about airflow underneath.

Then again healthy leaves hold food and collect some light. I will just leave them for now. If it broke don't fix it right? haha

Forgot the ain't...need to proofread twice when I post after a few beers and some Blue Dream haha.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

 

[ol hippy]

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Thats my one and only AK48 from Nirvana as well !! Maybe we have cousins ? Mine used to be nice and green too !

 

[YardDog35]

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Nice pic, looks great! Cant wait to get to that point. Maybe they are cousins, well related that's for sure haha. Is that a recent pic, how is the smell in flower? Oder is a bridge I think I'm going to have to cross soon.

Thanks for the inspiration olhippy.

 

[Roseman]

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Nice pic, looks great! Cant wait to get to that point. Maybe they are cousins, well related that's for sure haha. Is that a recent pic, how is the smell in flower? Oder is a bridge I think I'm going to have to cross soon.

Thanks for the inspiration olhippy.

Check out my Odor Bucket Link in my signature.

 

[ol hippy]

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Thats about 6 wks flowering, one of the smaller interior buds. This AK smells like turpintine or something, it hits you when you walk in the front door. I may be looking into Rosemans Ono bucket soon !!

 

[Tdogg4200]

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Im subscribed.. awsome grow, be lookin out for me.

 

[Roseman]

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Nice pic, looks great! Cant wait to get to that point. Maybe they are cousins, well related that's for sure haha. Is that a recent pic, how is the smell in flower? Oder is a bridge I think I'm going to have to cross soon.

Thanks for the inspiration olhippy.

Yarddog and Tdog in the same thread??? Maybe you are cousins!

There are now two C5R's here too.

 

[YardDog35]

Day 39...

A little update today. First thing I had to do was add a 6" net pot, the flimsy pot liner was about to fail. I will edit my DIY thread soon as this was a daunting task to say the least.

I had to cut the bottom out of the net pot then cut the thin pot liner off of the root system, keeping the bottom of course. Must have been my lucky day too because the pot liner is actually larger in diameter then the net pot, the lucky thing is I had another lid I could cut a hole in.

Pulling the roots through the narrower net pet was very difficult, all in all everything went well.

Plant growth has been great as always, she is showing her little pre flowers well now. There are some better examples but my old digi has trouble with close ups.

15" plus today

Tough to get a width pic now, she is over 2' wide today

A one gallon water jug for size reference

Zig Zag pack keeps getting smaller lol

A couple of bush shots

Still in "transition" stage of GH nutes, water gets ph'd to 5.8 and tests 6.2 24 hours later.

Everything is really on cruise control thanks to all the great advice and threads from experienced Deep Water Culture

I have added more supplemental lighting to the closet. In addition to the 250w hps I have 3 65w 2700 kelvin cfl's around the plant. I really should be running a 400w hid light for this plant, in one more week she will be taking up more than 4 square feet. The 65w cfl's are $17 at Lowes and they run very cool. I will post up some pics tomorrow on the current light set up.

Checked my local hydro shop for Ona gel and they have it! Thanks again Roseman for the great odor thread

Until next time everyone, happy growing!

YD

 

[Roseman]

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Sure looking good, yarddog35!

 

[FrostyBuds]

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nice work yarddog35. gonna be a nice bush of buds.

 

[FryingPanFlyer]

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Nice grow man, I love these diy set ups, your doing it means I get to learn too!