My first DWC bucket - Critical Jack

[warfish]

I am currently blooming out my first DWC bucket and wanted to share what I have going on so far with it. My original journal was a victim of the big server crash, so we will be starting this one at mid bloom.

The genetics are Dinafem's Critical Jack.
This girl was grown from a cutting that was taken on 11/05.
By 11/19 she was showing enough roots that I decided to add her to the DWC.
I vegged her for 3 weeks and 3 days under a 250w MH lamp in my overflow tent since my veg closet was full and then on 12/13 sent her to the bloom room.
She is blooming out directly under a 600w hps and has a good deal of side lighting from a 1000w.
I started out with a ppm of 300 and have steadily worked my way up to 1500ppm at this point. This is the max I will go with her.

I am sure there is a lot of info I have forgotten to add so please feel free to ask any and all questions. I would like to hear any critiques or tips as well so that I may learn more from this whole experience.

On with the pics... There is going to be a lot of pics added to get this journal up to date, I will try to post them in a chronological order

The first set of pics are from 12/03 - 12/10

 

[warfish]

The next set of pics are from day one of 12/12 (Dec 13) up to Dec 25. Christmas day was the first real sign of bud growth

 

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This set of pics was taken on 12/27

 

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And now today's set of pics to catch me up on the journal This is at 4 weeks and one day of 12/12

 

[lordhighlama]

pretty trippy starting from scratch again huh warfish...
either way glad to see ya again!
Girls are looking gorgeous

 

[slowmo77]

looks good, what nutes are you using?

i'll be watching this one or whats left of it.

 

[meetmrfist2]

good to see some porn,good to get back .....peace

 

[warfish]

pretty trippy starting from scratch again huh warfish...
either way glad to see ya again!
Girls are looking gorgeous

Yes, it is like a time warp, and when your smoking this potent herb it just makes it feel even more strange! hehe!! I am glad to be back so I can pick all your brains for more info

 

[warfish]

looks good, what nutes are you using?

Thanks slowmo77 I am using General Hydroponics Maxi Grow, Maxi Bloom, and Kool Bloom all in powder form along with Botanicares CalMag Plus. I have used these nutes in soil for about a year and really like them, although they do need the CalMag added.

 

[warfish]

good to see some porn,good to get back .....peace

I am happy to be back as well, now if I could only take a half decent picture I might have a porn centerfold girl here, lol

 

[Rosebud]

Amazing from the flowers to those massive roots. Wow.
Good to see you guys again.

 

[warfish]

Thanks for stopping in for a look, Rosebud I am eager to see how your new bathroom additions are working out.

 

[Rosebud]

I got stuff all over this house. I will need some gentle guidance on what the heck I am doing. Please ignore my ignorance, but what is DWC stand for?
Thanks SM

 

[warfish]

I got stuff all over this house. I will need some gentle guidance on what the heck I am doing. Please ignore my ignorance, but what is DWC stand for?
Thanks SM

DWC stands for Deep Water Culture. I have read about it for a long time but this is my first attempt at it.
The setup is really simple, consisting of a 5 gallon bucket with a net pot lid and a large airstone in the bottom of the bucket powered by a decent sized air pump. The bucket contains about 4 gallons of nutrient enriched water at any given time.

 

[slowmo77]

i have a questin about the DWC, do the roots actualy hang down into the water or just above the water? i started to do a DWC this time around but decided to try the soiless mix first. I still need to study up on the hydro stuff

 

[warfish]

i have a questin about the DWC, do the roots actualy hang down into the water or just above the water? i started to do a DWC this time around but decided to try the soiless mix first. I still need to study up on the hydro stuff

That's a good question that I was unsure of for awhile as well. If you look at post #3 you can see the pic with the roots. This pic was taken during a water change, the water normally comes to just below the bottom of the black net pot. So the majority of the roots are down in the water.

 

[slowmo77]

ya i seen that picture thats what made me decde to ask because i couldn't see the water. what size pump do you run. i really wanna do a DWC but i really don't wanna kill any plants either. know what i mean.

 

[warfish]

ya i seen that picture thats what made me decde to ask because i couldn't see the water. what size pump do you run. i really wanna do a DWC but i really don't wanna kill any plants either. know what i mean.

I use an aquarium air pump that is rated for about a 200 gallon tank. Might be a bit of overkill but from all I have read you want enough air pumped into the water so it looks to be at a full boil on the surface, but I already own many large air pumps so it didn't cost me anything to overkill

 

[slowmo77]

ya i'd say in that case its better to go over tan under. im gonna pick your brain as much as i can. my next grow will most likey be a DWC.

 

[slowmo77]

what size res are you using, and how many plants per res? i've seen ppl using those rubber maid totes with like 6 plants in each tote. but im not sure of the size or what size net pots they used