Common Mistakes in DWC (Deep Water Culture) 

pro tip: Use a computer ups power backup to keep the pumps going if the lectric goes out.....

that seems like a lot of effort just to avoid kratky for a couple days/ hours. Some people run their plants' entire lifecycle in kratky. It's not optimal but they'll be fine.

Batterystations cost like 150 bucks, welcome to 2024...

@@skankhunt420 that only works if you have planned ahead. but yes that is a perfectly viable option aswell.

You don't need to mist you can just convert it to kratky easy fix no power needed you can change back when ever or just leave it

Doit I just started just to see if I like it actually much easier than I always thought but I keep it very basic. I just change my water once a week ph'ed and follow a nute chart I made. That's all I do throughout the week I don't mess with it unless it gets significantly low, growth rate is crazy compared to soil.

@@macpac3803 thanks

Appreciate it and here ya go discord.gg/ujvQ8S6N

If you place your airstone under your basket the water will spray up into the bottom of the basket keeping the small roots moist enough until they grow into the water, I use a 4"x2" large airstone.

Yes absolutely. You can have it higher with a seedling and as it grows just lower it

@@DusaFarms Do you just keep topping up the water with nutrients every few days or do you just feed once a week after changing reservoir water

@@christucker8174 I check my water lvl, ph, and tds about every other day... If all seems within range, I just leave it until the weekly water change.. PH being most important to correct right away... tds is a little tricky, because you never know exactly WHICH nutrients have been taken from the water, so correcting that too much can lead to issues.. At least on the weekly water change day, you know the exact concentration of each nute in your solution

I have had very good results doing DWC this way

Did you ever figure anything out with this? My target ppm was 150 and shot up to 200 overnight and has been steady at 200 for a week. I dont get it. Water level has been the same aswell, plants look pretty good

@@HunterR1223 I have a cheat sheet, I will reply with the info. May I ask, why are you aiming for such a low ppm? Seedling/clone?

@@HunterR1223 If ppm goes up. It's too much nutrients. If ppm goes down little. Your in the sweet spot. If ppm goes down a lot. You need to feed more. Light Seedlings Clones Mothers need 250/400 umol Par/PPFD DLI 12 to 20 Veg 400/600 umol DLI 20 to 30 Flower 600 early/900 late DLI 30 to 50 Nutes Seedlings need 100 to 300 ppm Early veg 400 to 600 ppm Late veg 600 - 800 ppm Early flower 1,000 to 1,500 ppm Late flower 1200 to 1,500 ppm Flush (Last 2 weeks) 500 to 0 ppm *** OR *** 2 inches = 100 to 250 ppm 3 to 6 inches = 300 to 500 ppm 7 to 16 inches = 600 to 1,000 ppm 17 to 48 inches= 1200 to 1600 ppm This data hasn't did me wrong. My first plant did 12+ oz and #2 did a bit less. #3 is on the way and budding up. Getting ready to start my 4th ever plant. Advanced Nutrients perfect pH nutes and DWC is the way.

@@HunterR1223 Light Seedlings Clones Mothers need 250/400 umol Par/PPFD DLI 12 to 20 Veg 400/600 umol DLI 20 to 30 Flower 600 early/900 late DLI 30 to 50 Nutes Seedlings need 100 to 300 ppm Early veg 400 to 600 ppm Late veg 600 - 800 ppm Early flower 1,000 to 1,500 ppm Late flower 1200 to 1,500 ppm Flush (Last 2 weeks) 500 to 0 ppm *** OR *** 2 inches = 100 to 250 ppm 3 to 6 inches = 300 to 500 ppm 7 to 16 inches = 600 to 1,000 ppm 17 to 48 inches= 1200 to 1600 ppm

Go by ec count . Ppm is not accurate. Lol the answer to your question is , the plant eats, then it poops. Hope it helps

Every week, every 2 weeks MAX

1157 gallons per minute to run a 6 banger .

dwc doesn't give beneficials a substrate to live in. Sterile with a tiny bit of pool shock in your rest is best.

Bassilus aqualius microbe concentrate. By southern AG. Excellent , excellent product. White full thick mass of roots. Keeps dwc cultivars healthy as a horse. Even when temps hit the 90s...

Nvm you answered my question already

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@@DusaFarms Thank you!

How are you going to control water temp?

Coco coir, I've heard of some using perlite

Just buy them. They're not pricey and if your doing dwc have the correct ingredients.

I’m going to be running the hey Abby grow box until I free up some space in the tent after I do some breed and then I’ll grow out 1 DWC plant in the 4x4

@@DusaFarms dammm I'm so hype

What about it? Ec prefferred for , ppm is just parts per million. Ec is what matters .

Water chillers are fairly expensive, no? Say, just for one 5 gal bucket.

@@ewreck944 u can get one for 100 bucks off Amazon

@@scottskoi5592 it's been a year or so since I looked.. I'll have to look again. All the ones I saw were like $599 - $1000+

Ngl I ran out of ph up last grow and I just added silica after everything was added and it literally did nothing to the plants health or uptake (used with flora flex)

What brand silica?

Was it mono silicic acid?

@@squirrelmaster5485 I’m gonna assume it is its botanicare silica blast which I’ve heard isn’t the best silica around but it seemed to do ok

Its not as good. Silica blast is potassium silicate which has to be broken down to monosilicic acid

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