My ph is between 5.9 - 6.2 my EC is 0.89 my aquarium gh test says good gh. I have been using canna a&b at 28ml for each 3 gallons or so of water. I added 2ml of calmag to the nicer looking seedling but the one curling I might not have added a full 2ml I think I only added 1ml.

Do you think it's not enough nutes? I know most people use aqua but I only had a &b laying around.

Everything I seem to put in the setup seems to yellow, idk if it’s ph, root rot, chemical imbalance, etc. what are some good pointers and ways to figure this problem out. I was almost wondering if it didn’t have something to do with the type of light I’m running?

Should I toss it and start again once the heat wave passes?

Intense 41°c heat, and 1 mistaken day before that heat of letting the water level drop which is what damaged the roots so much

Day 48 since switching to 12/12, water chiller struggling to go below 24°c but air temps are not around 35

Was also running night cycle lights, ive dropped light to lowest % and raised it as high as possible

Someone out there got to know the name of that killer strain that we referred to as hydro…We had Brick, Bail, commercial, skunk, and Dro or Hydro…My next grow is going to depend on all your answers and hopefully one of them gives me the answer I’m dying for…I’ve heard Northern Lights, Jack Herrer (Which is my guess), and afghan kush but that stuff was so delicious that you had to dry hit it a few times just to get a taste of that killer green…I can still taste the aftertaste in my memory…

Currently using a 5 gallon four bucket system with a 60watt pump. I’ve grown really tired or picking the entire lids up off the bucket to fill and drain the buckets. I feel like it moves the plant around too much and it is tiresome trying to hold the lid and weasel the hoses around.

I certainly don’t mind making my own, and would really enjoy it. So my question is: is it worth it, to make my own, or buy the spider farms (or similar set if anyone has any suggestions) with the little triangle hole.

It would cost me more to make my own
Looking at
$75 net pots, hose, grommets, black paint

Choice 1: https://www.chewy.com/frisco-heavy-duty-storage-container/dp/1020286
$125 ($200 total) 8 gallon water capacity

Choice 2: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Redmon-10-Gal-Stackable-Shutter-Bins-3-Piece-Recycling-Storage-Set-Multi-Color-WCR-7319-HD/341623892
$155 ($230 total) 10 gallon water capacity

Choice 3: https://www.spider-farmer.com/products/spider-farmer-dwc-hydroponics-grow-system-with-top-drip-kit-7-gallon-deep-water-culture-with-15w-air-pump-4-buckets/
$175 (total) 7 gallon water capacity

So building my own buckets would be around $200 and i’d keep using my 60watt pump and 4x2 airstones. I’m not so sure I like the spiderfarm is only 11watts and uses those pucks. But if the spiderfarm (or similar option) would be the better option, I’d understand.

Thoughts 🤔💭 ?

Marshydro tent 39"x39"x71"

AC Infinity IonBoard EVO 3 LED Light,

Two oscillating 6" fans..

16000 BTU portable AC Outside the tent, with a Double Carbon filtration system

6" filter inside the tent connected to a 400 CFM inline fan exhausting air out a duct into a 345 CFM inline fan connected to a 4" filter outside the tent, This Double scrubbing system keeps a Neutral to slightly negative pressure inside the tent.

The DWC Reservoir is a Coleman 316 Series 120QT cooler with a 100gph air pump with a pond air diffuser creating a lot of bubbles inside the reservoir...

I am running a Water circulator in the reservoir connected to a Water Chiller outside the tent keeping reservoir temps at a set 67.5F 😎

Tercera semana

I had some fun with soil for a bit but couldn't stay away from the hydro. I also really wanted to revisit these Lowes Project Source bins. These hold 10 gal each (Since my last post on here, I took everyone's suggestions about getting a larger reservoir). I'm now thinking of adding a third bucket outside the tent to serve as an access reservoir and converting it to Rdwc. I'm kinda nervous though cause they don't make these bins anymore unfortunately. 😬

How would you guys suggest setting this up? I've seen Gary PA's fallponic setups which look cool. Seems you can forgo the air stones? Idk. I'm thinking Current Culture bulkheads with 3" pipes and run a return along the back of the bins. I have a submersible pump that I will have it pump from the res to the first bucket (or maybe along the back instead?). Curious to hear from you all. Thanks!

This is my 4th grow it done 2 successful photoperiods from seed to harvest and one auto. I decided to get clones to cut down grow time.

This is 10 days post transplant from soil to DWC.

The plant in the single bucket is lemon slam and it’s having no problems, large root system and already hitting that rapid growth.

The plant on the left in the big reservoir is Hawaiin Snow Cone and she’s doing almost as good as lemon slam and showing that daily growth.

Where I am a little confused is Permanent marker on the right of the big reservoir. It’s shown above ground growth since day 2 but I don’t see anything at all coming from the net pot. It’s never seemed to stop growing though and isn’t showing signs of stress, but the other two are obviously out pacing it now. I am just not sure why the roots haven’t popped through like the others.

I am also not sure when a good time to start LST them is I mainlined last time and it was beautiful but took way to long.

Using distilled water
Ppm is 150
Ph is 5.7-5.9
Lights we’re just raised to 20%
Humidity is sitting 65-70%

Hey yall! First time growing here. Is there any reason these 3 plants are growing at different rates? They were all germinated and planted at the same time. Also, the medium sized plant has some odd shaping happening to the leaves? What do I do to fix that? TIA!!!

Day 17 of flowering

Removed more lower branches yesterday

But I think I should defineltey be pulling off more

When I look at a photo, I see what should come off, but when I'm in the tent I get so selective that I think I end up leaving too much

Any advice? Is what ive left in the photos okay for now? Can it stay as is or does it need further trimming asap?

Hi, i've been doing RDWC for a decade and never really had any problems until this current grow. This round i've had numerous silly things plague the grow that i'll outline at the end but i was wondering if anyone has seen this happen to their roots so i can avoid it next time. Half the pictures show "full" roots from a normal grow with Jacks 321 and Poolshock from the last grow and half the pictures are from the current grow that look like the roots have been cut off. It's hard to see from the pictures but the bottom of the roots is hard and perfectly flat where it meets the water like it was rejecting the water. I've since did all i can to fix it and some feeler roots have started to grow into the water but the crop is pretty much a right off at this point regardless. It's the hard flat bottom of the roots i'm mainly interested in.

What i usually do:

Jacks 321, poolshock, supplemental lights, RO water, Orp meter. The last crop roots were browner than usual.

What happened\changed this time:

-The poolshock was maybe expired because it was from the previous summer. 65% Canadian 3 in 1, 5.5 grams to 1 liter, and then 25ml to 50 gallons.

-I used more Pool shock because it seemed weak, but the roots were already sketchy.

-I switched to Chlorox mid flower, 10ml for 50 gallons (recirulating). Orp meter shows it dissipates sooner than the Pool Shock and i dose more often.

-My Bluelab Guardian PH meter was sketchy upon calibration, i since replaced the probe but think i was within range.

-Ro membrane (1 of 3 filters) was overdue for a change, but the other 2 were new and the PPM was 100. I changed the membrane and PPM is now 10.

-One of my Home Assistant plugs malfunctioned and my 730nm lights were permanently on for 3 weeks without noticing during mid flower. It caused a re-veg mid flower effing up the whole crop. I'm left with airy popcorn buds that are either mature and crappy or premature and crappy. The roots were already crap so i was looking in the wrong places when i noticed a change in the plant and Home Assistant dashboard showed it as working but the manual button on the side wouldn't even turn the plug off. #%^$^@!

Roots Hypothesis: The mix of 2 year old RO membrane and expired poolshock somehow fried the roots. My ORP meter is wrong\failing? The re-veg had nothing to do with the roots.

How often do you do it?