futurebanjo
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the plants look pretty healty tbh, im just worried about the roots.
Light intensity and topping sanity check?
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UpstateRecGrower
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I would be too, usually once you get rot you keep getting it. I bought chillers and it didn’t help and that was with 10ml a gallon of 35% peroxide. Only thing that changed things was sm90 and enzymes. I used them both at the same time so I am not sure if it was both of the products that helped or one..
futurebanjo
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eeesh... i've invested a heelia chiller, $$$$ but the res temp is good at the moment, so i've held back using it as it's winter here. ... and the LED dont help... I'm used to battling the heat, now I'm battling the cold.
futurebanjo
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it's my first DWC run though, baptism of fire lol!
coreywebster
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Yeah so one guy said raising wattage but raising light is counter productive.
This is one of those situations where that is not the case.
If your too cold, raising the light and the wattage your plants are getting the same par but your also raising the air temperature too which it sounds like you'd benefit from
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UpstateRecGrower
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I stand corrected lol. Never dealt with too cold of temps so didn't think about that..
rkymtnman
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i'd bet a fair bit of $ that the root issues are what's keeping you from running stronger lights
futurebanjo
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Thanks... that's a good point.
The roots have really put some weight on since I cleaned the rez up, and are looking a bit better too.
I'll maybe try bumping the light power up in a day or so and see how they react.
I dont wanna try chlorine as i'm already using hydrogen peroxide as disease prevention after the near disaster and I think they both cancel each other out if I understand correctly?
The roots have really put some weight on since I cleaned the rez up, and are looking a bit better too.
I'll maybe try bumping the light power up in a day or so and see how they react.
I dont wanna try chlorine as i'm already using hydrogen peroxide as disease prevention after the near disaster and I think they both cancel each other out if I understand correctly?
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Treesomewanted77
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Yeah they probably do cancel each other out but chlorine is far better at killing off all bad bacteria then peroxide. Chlorine is safe for humans and plants up to 5ppm
futurebanjo
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Thanks, I've been measuring water/nutes in EC rather than PPM from day one, mainly as there seems to be a few differnt ways /scales of PPM measurement so im tryin to keep it simple.
I'm currently keeping EC between 0.8 and 1.0, but I read that that's quite 'hot' for DWC, (more so for young veg plants?) or more than 1.0 is getting hot.
My tap water is 0.1 EC.
I'm currently keeping EC between 0.8 and 1.0, but I read that that's quite 'hot' for DWC, (more so for young veg plants?) or more than 1.0 is getting hot.
My tap water is 0.1 EC.
futurebanjo
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I'm not even using the water chiller yet as the res seems to have stabalised at about 17c/18c due to the cold ambient tempertaure here, (about 10c) fish tank heater is in overdrive at the moment though 
It will probaby come in handy in summer though.
Executive edit: the aluminum duct tape seems to be doing a really good job at res temp regulation on the lid of the resevour, just in case any one is wondering why my tent looks like the inside of Elon Musk's anus ...heheh !
It will probaby come in handy in summer though.
Executive edit: the aluminum duct tape seems to be doing a really good job at res temp regulation on the lid of the resevour, just in case any one is wondering why my tent looks like the inside of Elon Musk's anus ...heheh !
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futurebanjo
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yeah, thre is a standard golf ball blue an Air stone directly under each pot, so i'm guesing that explains the spreading of the roots.
Southernontariogrower
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15 to 20 watts per sq ft. For veg. 35+ for flowering. I use this as a rough starting point.
futurebanjo
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Hopefully they've turned a corner, roots getting really fat and good veg growth... I've topped them but it doesnt really seemed to have slowed them down.
I've been hitting them pretty hard with the peroxide though, 80ml every 5 days.
I've been hitting them pretty hard with the peroxide though, 80ml every 5 days.
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futurebanjo
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Just realizsed I must have turned the LED light (300w) back up from 20% to 40% so they are on about 140w per sq meter at the moment, so about 50w per square foot? they seem to be doing good.