It's a lot of fun, but an important part of DWC for me, is the ability to really dial things in, and see the results of adjustments very quickly. But, it's only fun if you're not having to fix things all the time, and constantly chase leaks. Plan a rock-solid system from the start, and the rest will be smooth sailing
Those buckets should work great. I used the totes to hold more water in the system, but as far as growing, they'd probably do about the same.View attachment 4415418
Nice bulkheads def the way to go. I use the 27 gallon tote as my res and these square buckets with bulkheads. The plastic isn’t great on the white buckets and I have had to repair some with g flex epoxy, but other than that it has worked great in the past. Happy growing mate
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I somewhat recently saw the exact same thing you're describing It was pretty bizarre. It was like two or three branches were already drying, on the plant. That smell, and appearance. They were removed, they didn't appear to be "rotting" though. Also, I think it was triggered by the first 'flushing', and reduction of nutrients after that.Got an IR gun, and the temps were always between 75 and 79. The other colas are fine, so who knows. They don't smell rotten, more of a cut grass kind of smell. It's almost like they finished early and started to go bad. Thankfully it's isolated
Interesting points, and I was considering similar things too.Well that's good to know its not rot. Last thing anyone wants at this point.
Im only guessing here but somethings stopping nutrients getting to that part of the plant. A bit of damage to the roots somehow? or a branch or just a cold spot in the corner of your res? I imaging you would of seen something similar before if that were the case though.
Either way its close to the end so it may just be a mystery that goes unsolved.
Damn fine plant pics man. Worthy of a breeders catalogue.
Yup. It's the electrical PVC conduit fittings that have straight thread, plumbing PVC has tapered thread, iirc, for water tightness.
Good job, man. Nice grow. Really neat, organized setup too. I like your recording area as well.Just some pics of my current grow. Same two, Jack Herer on the left, and a mystery hybrid on the right. I've got at least a couple weeks. Got some pretty meaty buds growing!
That's just a 6 pot expansion kit. What would that cost for the full monty with pumps, (air and water), controller reservoir etc ?Some of the best results I had was top feeding with Hydro Halo drip rings, except the ring holes ket getting clogged with algae
this is on my short list to try
AirCube Active Oxygen 6 Site Grow Cubes
AirCube Active Oxygen 6 Site Bucket System is with proprietary fabric pot inserts, is the only way to air prune your roots, resulting in a massive root system.
You definitely did some research, I'd say. Alita pumps are real nice. I don't have experience with a model that large, but they're great.
I actually like using the stones because I can put one beneath each root mass, and the bubbles make the roots spread out. The result is that all the roots, no matter how dense they would normally get, receive an abundance of bubbles.
I like using stones, as opposed to just using a waterfall. I believe they are much more effective at providing DO to all the roots. Doing this also means I don't have to use a big water pump, which adds heat to the water. Undercurrent is a cool idea and all, but I'm not convinced that it evenly provides DO to all plants as well as stones placed directly under each one.
I didn't realize this wasn't undercurrent, and just straight DWC.
Originally, I was going to go Undercurrent, but decided just to do an RDWC. My pump is only about 1/3 the size that would qualify as UC. But even with the right sized pump, I'm still not convinced DO would make it through the root masses as well as air stones. Especially the last roots in the chain, when momentum has been lost by the previous root balls. Not to mention that with the high current of a UC, roots can be drawn into the pipes.I didn't realize this wasn't undercurrent, and just straight DWC.
The main thing I liked and used R-DWC for was having a control bucket/res for easy measurements, additions, changes, and constant mixing of the solution. And even being able to have that control/res outside of the room/tent or whatever.
DC water pumps are extremely low power consumption compared to mag-drive/similar and barely heat up the water at all, nowhere near the standard mag-drive (like danner, etc) style ones do. Same reason I used diaphragm styles air pumps instead of piston style, heat mainly.
There was and probably still is a thread at ICmag (biobuckets), one singular waterfall, at the res - no other aeration at all from what I remember. Great results, no issues, I build a few.
Now that I know about ORP meters I'm very curious to actually test some of this stuff out because I'm yet to see someone quantify DO from either or, though I haven't looked in a pretty long time...long time. I bet the aquarists have though.
Forgot to say that this IS an RDWC. The controller is the one with the yellow lid, where the pump manifolds are.I didn't realize this wasn't undercurrent, and just straight DWC.
The main thing I liked and used R-DWC for was having a control bucket/res for easy measurements, additions, changes, and constant mixing of the solution. And even being able to have that control/res outside of the room/tent or whatever.
DC water pumps are extremely low power consumption compared to mag-drive/similar and barely heat up the water at all, nowhere near the standard mag-drive (like danner, etc) style ones do. Same reason I used diaphragm styles air pumps instead of piston style, heat mainly.
There was and probably still is a thread at ICmag (biobuckets), one singular waterfall, at the res - no other aeration at all from what I remember. Great results, no issues, I build a few.
Now that I know about ORP meters I'm very curious to actually test some of this stuff out because I'm yet to see someone quantify DO from either or, though I haven't looked in a pretty long time...long time. I bet the aquarists have though.
Oh...well, to me a recirculating deep water culture system, where the water is being moved and circulating in this way (like yours) is an "undercurrent" system. Haha.
We could probably call it a "hybrid", because I do have a waterfall going into the controller
