Grow Mediums 1st RDWC grow. led+ Mephisto Sour Hound & Fast Buds Green Crack

[Anasazi]

@Anasazi don't fret too much, those little roots grow pretty quickly. I see that you are using mychrozial fungi it is GREAT stuff for healthy roots especially at the beginning keep putting some in the water along with the roots. Another good trick I learned with the great white is if you put it in something with water in it and stir the hell out of it then put it into your buckets it helps the fungi attach to the roots and do its thing Also your setup is NICE my friend I think you are going to grow some monsters inn that there tent!

Hey derek! I feel silly worrying about those roots now haha. Two days later she had three roots in the water to replace the one that broke off. I'm going to start taking pics of the roots with my pic updates. I wasn't sure if I was going to use the Great White again or not tbh. I was kind of scared it would give me slime or something and make me have to take my system apart and clean it. I've been having the greatest internal debate on whether or not to use DM zone and go sterile or use the Great White. I did read that if you use only real small amounts of the GW you avoid stuff like slime. I'm sort of leaning toward trying a little. I was thinking I could mix a little and pour just a little over the rocks in the baskets.

 

[derek420colorado]

Yep it is hard to mess up with the Great White, I have used it a couple of times and it does nothing but make my roots look like this so I am a fan to say the least, it is definitely the most beneficial at first when you are trying to get those roots into the rez. But it sounds like you are doing good, and michrozial fungi stuff will not(to my knowledge) create or add to any root slime or rootzone problems. It literally just helps the roots grow and absorb nutrients and yes Root Pics along with the updates is a great way for others to see what is going on under the skirt so to speak. And I have gotten really good at being able to look at roots and tell a lot about the plant, from health to how big I think they will get all kinds of stuff. It all starts at the roots

I would go ahead and mix up a couple of table spoons worth and put it in a cup or bowl or something then I would mix the crap out of it for as long as you can, then take it and pour it right into the rez, you want to make sure that the water is getting splashed onto the rootz tho and watch them grow and be really nice and white and thick like the ones in the pic above. Sending super Grow Karma your way!

 

[Anasazi]

Update~~~~~~~~~~~~


Changed the res 2 days ago and cleaned the buckets out completely. Hopefully that's my last time doing that this grow lol. Today I added some Great White to the res, hopefully it works out well for me. Everything is going pretty damn good so far and the sour hound continues to be my favorite while the sour crack looks like she is the younger sister. I decided to start giving them Rhino skin at the end of week 2. It's my first time using it so hopefully I notice nice results.

tent temp is between 75-81*
Humidity 41% with lights on
Res temps 67-68*


Crappy Pics! Day 15 ;D


Sour Hound is the bigger one and her roots are the picture on the right.



Thanks for stopping by ;3

 

[derek420colorado]

oh yeah now we are talking, those roots hitting that O2 rich water, those babies are about to take all the way off! They are lookin great and I think you are right on the money as far as starting to get them on a feeding schedule, now is the right time to start slowly and get those girls some food, sending super mad grow karma and great grow vibes your way!

 

[Anasazi]

oh yeah now we are talking, those roots hitting that O2 rich water, those babies are about to take all the way off! They are lookin great and I think you are right on the money as far as starting to get them on a feeding schedule, now is the right time to start slowly and get those girls some food, sending super mad grow karma and great grow vibes your way!

haha yea I guess I should have mentioned that I was feeding them already. I originally soaked the rapid rooter in great white + mild solution of AN nutes and calimagic. Since day one I've been using a weak feed of about 550 ppm but half of that was from tap water since I used half tap and half distilled. Even with using half tap water I still added some calimagic as well so they've been getting plenty of cal+mag from day one.

When I changed the res a few days ago I used pure RO water and added 65ml calimagic, 40ml rhino skin, 65ml A+B AN bloom. Came out 1.5 EC or 750 ppm mixed into 12 gallons or so. I checked ph just out of curiosity and it was 5.6-5.7.


I will start adding this to my updates. I'm sure someone some day will be glad this info is here. I know I enjoy reading journals when I'm deciding what strain to grow or even grow methods. I'm also doubting there is someone else doing a journal with rdwc using only AN bloom nutes throughout the whole grow. I think tangs ez cheapo schedule will prove successful for hydro too. ;D

 

[derek420colorado]

Ahh I didn't notice that you were using just AN bloom throughout the whole grow that should be interesting for sure!

 

[Anasazi]

Ahh I didn't notice that you were using just AN bloom throughout the whole grow that should be interesting for sure!

Yea tang has grown some monsters using this method but he doesn't do hydro. I figure if he is pulling 150-200+ grams a plant with only AN bloom and overdrive in soil then it's gotta do bonkers in hydro and it's simple. Plus it's really nice to only have to buy bloom bottles. I also plan on not changing my res often or at all unless I run into problems. Going to be fun experiment and i'm betting it will be my best harvest to date. Success or fail it will be an entertaining adventure. ;D

 

[derek420colorado]

I replied to the other thread about rez changes, I didn't realize it was you until now. I think you should trust me on this one and change your rez regularly, It will save you headaches I promise. I think that the folks you are seeing that aren't doing rez changes are using 100% organic nutrients that is how they are able to get away with not changing their rezs. AN and all synthetic nutes have salts in them so they build up that is why you need to do rez changes regularly. I am not gassing you on this one, I have tried to get away with not changing my rez in the past and regretted it because it stunted my plants almost 3 weeks and made my overall yield shit. The thing about hydro vs soil is it is way less forgiving, meaning if you make a mistake it causes a lot more damage faster in hydro than in soil. I would hate for you to put in all this work just to have your plants stop growing at week 6 and then you not be able to have them recover and be disappointed with hydro or growing in general. Also just remember most of us are here to help you and see you be successful in your growing adventures. Sending super good grow Karma your way

 

[derek420colorado]

Just out of curiosity why would you NOT want to change your rez? I mean what benefit do folks say it has by not doing it, that is what I am wondering and that also is what makes me think they are using organic nutes. Because in an organic environment you want things to stay in a state of homeostasis meaning keeping everything in balance, so all those little microbes and mychrozial fungi and things need to stay and grow so you wouldn't want to change the rez because it would get rid of all the beneficial bacteria and stuff

 

[Anasazi]

To be honest I don't think there are any benefits to not changing res other than just not having to bother with doing it haha. The same way I don't want to be bothered checking ph all the time. Pure laziness ;D

If the plants drink 6 gallons of water in my system that uses 12 gallons then why bother dumping out the other 6 gallons when I can just add a fresh 6 gallons to get back up to 12. Now that I think about it, it would definitely prolong the life of my RO filter and only having to refill certain amounts instead of the whole system is definitely faster when it takes my filter 1 hour per 5 gals of RO water. Add to the fact that I'm doing all of this in a 1 bed room apt and my operation is in my closet. All these things start to add up to me not wanting to bother with full res changes.

Don't get me wrong though, I know how to adapt. I've already done 1 res change after 2 weeks even though I wasn't planning on it. If If seems like I need to do one I definitely will.