Psilosinner's Inaugural Auto DWC Grow

[Psilosinner]

What strain is it? Dark Devil Auto x 2 (Sweet Seeds) / Auto Duck x 2 (Dutch Passion) / White Widow Auto x 2 (New Breed Seed) / Wipeout Express Auto x 1 (Heavyweight Seeds)
Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages? Hybrid / Hybrid / Hybrid / Hybrid
Indoor or outdoor? Indoor
Soil or Hydro? DWC, Aeroponics and Top Feed
Size of light? Kind LED L450 (actual wattage 270W, HID equivalent 450W)
Is it aircooled?
Temp of Room/cab? Consistently in 70s however has dipped to 60s at night and have caught in the 80s before making adjustments
RH of Room/cab? 30-40s
PH of media or res? Steady at 5.8ish
Any Pests ? No

 

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4/8 1800 seeds into water
4/9 2200 seeds out of water and into germination station

4/12 2000 5 of 6 are through rockwool. Removed dome and turned on the two T5 bulbs

Dark Devil/Duck/White Widow/Wipeout

 

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4/13 2130 only one not sprouted is last Wipeout. Added more water to rockwool. Placed under LED approx 8"above. T5s off. ICF turned on

Temp high 70's and humidity 30's.

 

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4/14 0730 LED burn? No dome, raised LED and turned off T5s

 

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4/15 0000 Kept LED at same height added bowl water to raise humidity

Top left dark devil's root is through rockwool. To DWC soon?

4/15 0700 Turned off LED and put T5s back on laid on top of the humidity dome

4/15 2230 Took off dome and kept T5s on

 

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4/16 2200 Setup DWC with 17g h2o. 34ml of Hydroguard and 8.5ml z7. pHd down to 6ish.

 

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4/19 1000 pH'd down. T5s suspended above seedlings to get them closer. Turned off heater and will trial run the LED (watch closely the temp).

4/19 1500 Bluelab guardian setup

4/19 pH up to 6.4 so adjusted. Temp 80 - no heater or seed mat. Reservoir smells "old". Turned on LED for trial run to see temp changes

 

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4/20 2015 Temp is 73

DD1

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Duck1

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WW1

WW2

Wipeout

 

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4/21 2200 Did 1x 15min top water and plants are droopy again - too wet. Should have only done it for a minute. Lights went on 18/6 at 1200

4/22 2030 Took out SCROG net so could get LED lower (~16")

 

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4/23 2100 still droopy. 2nd DDA roots through net

DD1

DD2

Duck1

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WW1

WW2

Wipeout1

 

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4/24 2000 reservoir temp is 65 so turned back on heater and turned bubbler to lowest setting

DD1

DD2

Duck1

Duck2

WW1

WW2

Wipeout

 

[Psilosinner]

Sorry for the picture dump all at once. Have been doing a journal on my notes and decided to post everything. As you can see I had some light burn due to the LED being too close (powerful) for the seedlings but for the most part have turned around.

The other issue I have now is too wet due to the 1x top water feed on 2/21. I was thinking since the roots weren't progressing through the net cups quick enough I needed to give them a boost - wrong.

I have the aeroponics bubbler on lowest setting and the water level is about an 1" away from cups and now almost all roots are through the cups.

 

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Any input would be appreciated as to how I can overcome the sad/droopy leaves and if you think it is a byproduct of overwatering. Also they seem very small compared to other journals that I've looked at with same strains and similar ages.

 

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Shout out to Scientific in my post in the FAQ - input was much appreciated.

4/26 2100 Removed rockwool (super wet) from all seedlings and transplanted directly into hydroton

4/27 2200 Reservoir change
Nutrients at 1/5 strength as follows for 15gal
BC Boost 3tbs
BC Grow 1.5tbs
B-1 Red 0.5tbs
MagiCal 0.5tbs
SugarDaddy 2tbs
Z7 part 1 & 2 7.5ml each
Hydroguard 30ml

 

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Before surgery and after surgery (48hrs later)

DD1

DD2

Duck1

Duck2

WW1

WW2

Wipeout

 

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5/1 Five days after removing rock wool and placing directly in hydroton

DD1

DD2

Duck1

Duck2

WW1

WW2

Wipeout

 

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Just realizes these are some damn huge photos I've been posting - sorry

I did a reservoir change on 5/6 and upped the nutrients from 20% to 30% strength. The initial PPM was 640 and was holding that way until today. Initial pH was 5.8 but has been steady at 6.1 for last 3 days.

5/9 2100 - Day 27

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Duck1

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Wipeout

 

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5/12 2100 - Day 30

In comparison to 3 days ago

 

[Scientific]

The plants are looking good. How do you like your Bluelab monitor? Looks like a nice bit of kit...

 

[Psilosinner]

The plants are looking good. How do you like your Bluelab monitor? Looks like a nice bit of kit...

I love the bluelab guardian monitor. Got a great deal on Amazon compared to local shops. Wanted the wireless monitor but it has to have internet connection all the time to log the data and none of my computers are always on. Once you get the nutes and pH dialed in it's out of sight out of mind. I check it once a day when I get home from work.