Ok, so the bubbles did not work out and the system was reset to coco DTW yesterday. A couple hours worth of work, and all plants are on track. 3 weeks late, but on track finally.
Someone smart once said that “experience is what we get when we dont get what we want”
Also talked to my local hydro store owner and he said that a special, very resilient, brown algae plagues our region which is why almost nobody grows in DWC.
The experience of fighting with this algae is here:
Here are some pictures:out
Plucked them out:
Used disassembled buckets as stands:
Flood tray goes in:
Planted in fabric pots and in their final place. Short on coco so one is still in a solo cup.
This morning:
Clones grown in solo cups:
Clones grown in DWC with algae issues:
Gonna veg them another week or so, get them acclimatized, then flip and scrog I think.
Feed: MC + Calmag to about EC1.1-1.2; pH’d to 6.0