Mephisto Genetics Trying DWC... Again

[MissUniverse]

Insulate the bucket, cool the air line down more, get a water chiller. I would get a can of great stuff spray foam and some sort of felt type material(heck you could probably use an old sheet or something) make a "basket" if you will of the material bigger than the bucket so that you have about a half inch of space between the bucket and the material and then spray foam the crap out of it to fill the gap. Basically making a cooler out of your bucket, also you could get a cooler that is already done, like a Gatorade cooler, one of the orange ones that you see on the sidelines at sporting events and such and use that for your bucket

I'll look in to it. thanks for all the info. i think im going to just call it quits on dwc, i cant seem to do it.

First and foremost.....FILL THAT DARN NETPOT! You can't have light making it's way into your bucket. Also that net pot it freaking huge! That poor little plants roots had to fight and shove through a mile of hydroton before it got to open water. Now I know my experience is limited to only 6 hydro grows but I only use HTG Supply Rhizocore net pot/bucket tops. My tap root is in the bucket by day 2. Also while there are some people that make it work as a newbie and not knowing what your tap water is either go pick up a cheap 50GPD RO/Di filter($70) or use RO water from the store. Don't risk a grow with unknown water problem. Start with a clean slate and it will be one thing to rule out. At this point you just need enough to fill your bucket and maybe an extra gallon to top up any evaporation. Once things get rolling and she starts burning through a gallon or two of water a day a RO/DI filter will pay for itself in 1 grow.

As for bucket temps I know I have said it before but my buckets run into the low 80's at the start of my grows. Right now my bucket is 74 degrees. I use Hydroquard.

Here is the underside of a Rhizocore net pot/bucket top and the tap root of my current FastBuds BlackBerry. In this picture the plant was 3 days from sprout. The tap root grows straight down and the feed roots will branch off from it and work their way through the hydroton....

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So to sum it up.....

* Replace and refill your bucket with RO water from the store.
*FILL THE NET POT ALL THE WAY!
* Don't worry so much about bucket temps right now unless they much into the 80's.

thanks for the info, sorry i got you upset at me, wasn't trying to. I think im quitting DWC, i just dont have the abilities.

 

[derek420colorado]

No one is upset sweetie, it is a learning process and one that takes a little getting used to. I should have asked about your water source and temps before you dropped your bean. My bad

 

[MissUniverse]

No one is upset sweetie, it is a learning process and one that takes a little getting used to. I should have asked about your water source and temps before you dropped your bean. My bad

I was just upset that,it was me doing something wrong, I cleaned it all out and put distilled water in, ill get a ro filter in a few days, for now it looks like some secondary growth is coming through the net. I also added the pebbles up to the top.
Ill post some,photos but I might have salvaged it thanks to you guys.

 

[MissUniverse]

 

[MissUniverse]

many more roots are coming out of the net pot now and things are looking healthy, ill try to get photos

 

[MissUniverse]

Day 7

 

[MissUniverse]

Day 9, how am i,looking @derek420colorado and @HotBunz

 

[HotBunz]

Great.....the roots look to be a lot better. It looks like you still need more hydroton in the net pot. If I can see the holes in the top of the pot light is getting into the bucket.

 

[MissUniverse]

Great.....the roots look to be a lot better. It looks like you still need more hydroton in the net pot. If I can see the holes in the top of the pot light is getting into the bucket.

Ok, ill have to order more, but that ill have to wait a little bit on because I can't afford them. In glad it turned around, and looks like ill be successful. When should I start worrying about nutes?

 

[derek420colorado]

Ok, ill have to order more, but that ill have to wait a little bit on because I can't afford them. In glad it turned around, and looks like ill be successful. When should I start worrying about nutes?

Seeeeeee, she is now on track and those roots look really good now. If you cant afford more hydroton and are ok with sending me an address via PM I can send you some, I have a buuuuuuuuunch, and it is like @HotBunz said it is really important that you not let light in your rez.

You will not have to worry about nutes till about 2 weeks old, so in about another week. Just keep posting pictures and we will help on that. Make sure you tag me with the @ and my name(when I log on I usually have about 100 notifications and I scan for the ones that have me tagged in them and respond to them first)

Honestly I thought you had chunked it and it didn't live, I am supppper happy to see that the little girl is spewing roots like nobodies business, now its just time to watch her go crazy. : ) : )