pcduck's first DWC

[TURKEYNECK]

Hey man this looks good! DWC is sweeet..

 

[pcduck]

Thanks TurkeyNeck. Just learning this DWC stuff. I am trying to get a small 4 bucket grow with this set up.

Note on the bubba/kush bag seed: planted 3--sprouted 3-- unidentified sex,hoping for the ladies. 2 in rockwool cubes, 1 in cup of dirt (will remove most of dirt prior to placing in bucket) just to try.

 

[TURKEYNECK]

you'll be glad you made the switch. I'll never go back to soil..

 

[pcduck]

If this DWC stays as easy as it has so far, my back will be very grateful. Just using soil in my outdoor grow will be nice.

 

[pcduck]

I am glad I listened to Andy52, he said don't cement the air stone down and change air stone and all when changing buckets. I see why now, the roots get all tangled up in the air line. I tore some roots when changing out the bucket today. I will remove the silicon on my first bucket. Built a second bucket and didn't silicon it down. Second bucket looks better than the first one, but has no spigot yet. NOTE TO SELF: put air line in back-spigot in front...looks better.

Here are some updated photos of the family.

pictures coming

 

[UKgirl420]

looking amazing ,,,eace:

 

[andy52]

progress in the making.you have got it now my friend.good luck bro.

 

[pcduck]

Thanks UKgirl420 and andy52 now if I can only get me a lady out of this mess.......... I did up the nutes today from 4-4-4 to 10-7-4 on the big plant little plant on 4-4-4. The big plant turned a healthy green when changed.

I think I need to name these instead of using big, middle and little plant for names ha ha ah....something thats good for both genders till I find out the sex of the plants. I am going to have to think about this.

 

[andy52]

hey bro,these are the stones i use.i love them.i just picked up a couple more while i was getting nutes.

 

[pcduck]

I just got back from the hydro store. They didn't have those type of air stones,but they knew what I was talking about, they are sold out till Friday.grrr
But I did pick up a bigger air pump and some ph up/down and a 12 valve air diffuser. Paid a few dollars more at the hydro store, but no shipping so its about the same.

 

[BuddyLuv]

looking good.

 

[andy52]

getting it together well.is it hard for you,like it is me,when i enter the hydro store,i want to get a shopping cart,lol so many goodies.i would love to say,give me one of each.lol kid in a candy store.

 

[pcduck]

This is the pump I got yesterday its 35 watt / 950 gph. Now I need a heavy rubber mat. The air diffuser is nice and I will have a couple of extra valves for miscellaneous use. I did have to tap the air diffuser with a 5/8" 18 thread in order to make connection to the air line. I also bought some more net pots so that I can make some more buckets. I am gonna use six buckets in my grow, plus I may make a couple for my sisters, for Christmas presents.

Checked my ph yesterday and it was way off. That was the reason for the trip to the hydro store. Anyway, I got my ph down to where it should be.I put just under 1ml / gallon. The ph kit I bought comes with a handy dropper to measure with,nice.

 

[growtek]

That's a nice pump. I use a marine reef pump similar to yours and it works great. I get a lot of my stuff online from Marine Depot; cheaper than the hydro store in this town.

 

[pcduck]

Thanks for the tip. I never thought of looking in a marine site. Will have to do that. No Marine store around here that I know of, will have to double check.

 

[someguy]

lookin dang good. check out my old dwc grow. i had great success with dwc in my first try. it might be helpful

 

[pcduck]

Here are some updated pictures. Got the ph stabilized at 6 and man does that pump,pump. I was using a cheap air stone from my fish tank days, to bubble up a new batch of water and had to turn the valve down because of spillage I think that it would have spilled water out of a 5 gallon bucket with only 3 gallons in it. A little noisy, working on that.

I have decided to call my large plant Charlie until I find out the sex. The second largest I am calling Toni and the baby(so far) will be ?? can't think of one right now. To many bong rips of Durban Poison

Charlie is at 5" now. And I can't remember the arrival date.

 

[pcduck]

The little one that I still need a name for

 

[TURKEYNECK]

looks might fine my friend.. Hydro is the way to go... and it looks like you have it figured out so far..Tell Charlie Turkey sais hello GL bro!

 

[pcduck]

Just got back from helping a friend and checked on the family. Looks like I might have over ferted Charlie. Dark green leaves and a few leave tips turned under. To tired to take and post pics, will do tomorrow if not better. Toni is fine and so is baby Jess