Hey guys, and gals! I'm starting a new, to me, experiment. I've only been growing about 2 years and up to now, I've been using soil. I assisted my brother in a 5 gal dwc bubble bucket and now I've decided that I'm going to give it a run myself.
I decided, on a whim, that I didn't want to pay $40 for buckets and also that I wanted to try it with 2gallon buckets. So, I dropped into the local walmart and picked up, the only 2 gallon bucket they had, which was white, and started cutting holes. I did cover the sides of the bucket in duct tape and the lid in reflective hvac tape, I've been told that if you use white, you have to cover it, because the light will come through and cause root issues. I used a 3 inch net pot and a 10 gallon air pump, with one of the long airstones.
The seed for this text run is a Dutch Passion, Auto BlueBerry. I'll be running flora series nutes, following the Lucas Formula, which has worked for me in the past, in soil. But, I'm only starting at 1/2 strength, because I learned from the 2 BB I have in soil that they are very nute sensitive. I placed the seed in a jiffy pellet 3 days ago and she popped up today, so I have a pic to start off this journal along with a pic of my bucket. I'll try to limit my updates to once per week, but may get a bit over zealous during growth spurts. Anyways, thanks for looking and any tips and input are very welcome. Feel free to share your experiences with this strain and growing method, as I'm new to it. Thanks again! Here's some pics.
I decided, on a whim, that I didn't want to pay $40 for buckets and also that I wanted to try it with 2gallon buckets. So, I dropped into the local walmart and picked up, the only 2 gallon bucket they had, which was white, and started cutting holes. I did cover the sides of the bucket in duct tape and the lid in reflective hvac tape, I've been told that if you use white, you have to cover it, because the light will come through and cause root issues. I used a 3 inch net pot and a 10 gallon air pump, with one of the long airstones.
The seed for this text run is a Dutch Passion, Auto BlueBerry. I'll be running flora series nutes, following the Lucas Formula, which has worked for me in the past, in soil. But, I'm only starting at 1/2 strength, because I learned from the 2 BB I have in soil that they are very nute sensitive. I placed the seed in a jiffy pellet 3 days ago and she popped up today, so I have a pic to start off this journal along with a pic of my bucket. I'll try to limit my updates to once per week, but may get a bit over zealous during growth spurts. Anyways, thanks for looking and any tips and input are very welcome. Feel free to share your experiences with this strain and growing method, as I'm new to it. Thanks again! Here's some pics.
