First Time Grower looking for advice

[cheez puffalot]

Hello all,

I'm a first time grower and am looking for any advice from some of the veterans out there. I have been researching/obsessing over my new found passion. Here's my set up.

ILGM- White Widow
4- 5 gallon rdwc with a 5 gallon reserve,
Viparspectra xs4500 light, 4x4 tent, 6 inch inline, 6 inch exhaust attached to carbon filter, 2 small oscillating fans and a tower fan.

Water- temp is hot- 78-80f tap water with GH nutes and hydroguard with a low dose of cal mag.. Currently at week 3 with 580 ppm.

Environment- It's in a garage in the Northeast. Temps in tent 83f Rh 75%. Ambient temp outside the tent is 80f RH 70%. Light is currently dimmed at 60% and on a 20/4 cycle.

 

[cheez puffalot]

I'm trying to post pics from my phone but it keeps saying files are too large.

 

[cheez puffalot]

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pics are of just two plants I have. The bottom one looks more scrawny and I'm not sure why.

 

[cheez puffalot]

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[MassMom]

Hi Cheez, welcome!! I have no experience with DWC, but there are a lot of great peeps on here who can help. :smoking:
I just wanted to pop in and say welcome to the best grow site there is!!

 

[cheez puffalot]

Hi Cheez, welcome!! I have no experience with DWC, but there are a lot of great peeps on here who can help. :smoking:
I just wanted to pop in and say welcome to the best grow site there is!!

Thank You. I am super excited to learn and grow with this community.

 

[cheez puffalot]

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pics are of just two plants I have. The bottom one looks more scrawny and I'm not sure why.

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[Mañ'O'Green]

Hello all,

I'm a first time grower and am looking for any advice from some of the veterans out there. I have been researching/obsessing over my new found passion. Here's my set up.

ILGM- White Widow
4- 5 gallon rdwc with a 5 gallon reserve,
Viparspectra xs4500 light, 4x4 tent, 6 inch inline, 6 inch exhaust attached to carbon filter, 2 small oscillating fans and a tower fan.

Water- temp is hot- 78-80f tap water with GH nutes and hydroguard with a low dose of cal mag.. Currently at week 3 with 580 ppm.

Environment- It's in a garage in the Northeast. Temps in tent 83f Rh 75%. Ambient temp outside the tent is 80f RH 70%. Light is currently dimmed at 60% and on a 20/4 cycle.

@cheez puffalotWelcome to AFN. Your reservoir water temperatures are too hot. The ability for the water to hold dissolved oxygen will be too low. The first thing you need to do is get and use Botinicare HydroGuard. This will prevent the anaerobic organisms from killing your roots. I have grown DWC under these conditions but it is far from ideal and the plants will not be all they can be. Since you are in a garage perhaps you can fit a water chilling system. My grow space is in a second bedroom and I have use all of the space my wife would let me A chiller was out of the question. I changed styles to rock wool to solve the oxygen problem.

I have a primer on Bubbleponics here:

Grow Mediums - Deep Water Culture Basics - Bubbleponics

Sharing some things I have learned doing Deep Water Culture with cannabis. Technically what I use is called “Bubbleponics”. First your environmental needs must be met - light, temperature, humidity and air movement all need to be in range for plants to grow well. I will assume you understand...

www.autoflower.org

 

[YoungGrassh0pper]

@cheez puffalotWelcome to AFN. Your reservoir water temperatures are too hot. The ability for the water to hold dissolved oxygen will be too low. The first thing you need to do is get and use Botinicare HydroGuard. This will prevent the anaerobic organisms from killing your roots. I have grown DWC under these conditions but it is far from ideal and the plants will not be all they can be. Since you are in a garage perhaps you can fit a water chilling system. My grow space is in a second bedroom and I have use all of the space my wife would let me A chiller was out of the question. I changed styles to rock wool to solve the oxygen problem.

I have a primer on Bubbleponics here:

Grow Mediums - Deep Water Culture Basics - Bubbleponics

Sharing some things I have learned doing Deep Water Culture with cannabis. Technically what I use is called “Bubbleponics”. First your environmental needs must be met - light, temperature, humidity and air movement all need to be in range for plants to grow well. I will assume you understand...

www.autoflower.org

I had to build a room in MY garage (2 car garage), only space she was giving me after the mess I made in the Guest's room bathroom when I grew my first grow in there

 

[cheez puffalot]

@cheez puffalotWelcome to AFN. Your reservoir water temperatures are too hot. The ability for the water to hold dissolved oxygen will be too low. The first thing you need to do is get and use Botinicare HydroGuard. This will prevent the anaerobic organisms from killing your roots. I have grown DWC under these conditions but it is far from ideal and the plants will not be all they can be. Since you are in a garage perhaps you can fit a water chilling system. My grow space is in a second bedroom and I have use all of the space my wife would let me A chiller was out of the question. I changed styles to rock wool to solve the oxygen problem.

I have a primer on Bubbleponics here:

Grow Mediums - Deep Water Culture Basics - Bubbleponics

Sharing some things I have learned doing Deep Water Culture with cannabis. Technically what I use is called “Bubbleponics”. First your environmental needs must be met - light, temperature, humidity and air movement all need to be in range for plants to grow well. I will assume you understand...

www.autoflower.org

Hi,

thanks for the reply. I was hoping to get away without using a chiller. it's just not in the budget right now. I am using hydroguard and I am changing water weekly. it's the Northeast summer that's making it tough. Will rockwool really fix this?