New DWC comments would be greatly appreciated.

I'm new to growing. I plan on starting in about a month or two. But i am interested in doing DWC. As of right now I have i have already built a box of the dimensions of 4' tall 3' base width and 2' base length and plan on getting a magnetic 400w switchable ballast, exhaust fans with a carbon filter, cpu fans & a regular fan for circulation, and a dehumidifier. I plan on having two buckets to start maybe three eventually depending on space left after the plants mature. Other than the typical items (buckets, hydroton, meters, ph up/down,etc) my question is what nutes should I use as well as additives to average 4 - 8 ounces amongst two buckets?(white rhino, and skunk#1will be first strains)photo.jpg (Disregard the cfl fixtures.)


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BigBuddahCheese

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You always need more room and 8 ounces off a plant is pretty stout and bushy for only 4 feet because the bucket will take up roughly 18" that and the light spacing.. I mean you will only be left with about 2 feet if that for the plant?! Nice to dream though, no offense we all did when we first started wide eyed and bushy tailed only to be smacked with the hand of reality.
 
Sorry but i agree with BBC you got eyes way bigger than your stomach. Personally for a 2 bucket dwc grow id go atleast 6' tall and atleast a 4' by 3' also id get a 600 watt light. other than that i would also look at BBC's grow as he uses some very very good stuff.
 
Thank you for the comments back. However when i said four to eight ounces i meant in entirety. So two - four ounces per plant is what I'm looking for, do you think this would be possible with or with out scrog? or on the other hand should i go four small plants in one big rez?. But as far as base nutrients I was thinking Sensi grow and bloom, floranova grow and bloom, or the B.C. grow and Bloom. An why a 600w?
 

BigBuddahCheese

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Thank you for the comments back. However when i said four to eight ounces i meant in entirety. So two - four ounces per plant is what I'm looking for, do you think this would be possible with or with out scrog? or on the other hand should i go four small plants in one big rez?. But as far as base nutrients I was thinking Sensi grow and bloom, floranova grow and bloom, or the B.C. grow and Bloom. An why a 600w?
Close but 4' in height with buckets either 2, 3.5 or 5 gallon will leave plant hight at probably 2ft max.

18" bucket
12" light (that's low also)

that alone is 30" and you have 48" so 18" plants that TOUCH the light which wont happen, drop 6" for light and your at 12" max height of the plant, I have colas bigger then that on plants and get in the yield range you want to achieve dry.

See where we are going, we don't mean to be blunt but reality will when your 21 days into flower and you have run out of room. You seem like your thick headed and don't receive constructive or real world experience advice without actually thinking about what could encounter.

So in that being said, you will fit right in here with 95% of the users.
 
BBC I understood what you said the first time i just wanted to see if I could use the box for smaller plants before i decided to use it as a veg room. But with all that said I can use a closet to flower instead, giving me the more realistic height measurment. Now can sum one tell me what nutes are preferred for a grow such as this?
 
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