Follow along as I try my hand at my first hydro grow
After much research I have got my dwc setup and started my first seedlings. I soaked in 1% h202 for 18 hours then into paper towel in a bag.
I think I made a mistake by putting it on my stereo, my temp gun read 95 when I checked 
I got a seedling mat and theyāve been at 78f for 48 hours now.
Only the Swazi gold popped. Iām hoping the others do as well.
The Swazi has been planted into rockwool
The grow begins
Best of luck, growmie! Hope it goes well! 
95 * F isnāt outside of tolerance for germination. Bit towards the high end of comfortable, but definitely not in the danger zone. Youāre doinā great so far from the sounds of it.
Color me intrigued at the mention of DWC.
Looking forward to following along. Youāve got this.
Stay up
Coffin_Dodger
Congratulations on starting your grow. Hereās some reading material while you watch them grow.
You may come across LITFA during your grow.
Much success to you.
Swazi gold says hello to the world @Guitarzan
Nice! Good luck with the grow.
Little Guy is looking great. how tall does it get before you think itās stretching? Looks good to me so far
Not much to update. The Swazi gold is looking strong, still growing itās first set of real leaves.
I successfully germinated a strawberry cough directly into a rockwool cube. 18 hours in h202 then into a cube at 82f worked really well.
My germination setup is probably overkill. I have a temperature controlled heat pad under a pot of water, inside one of those Styrofoam coolers. With the water set to 82, humidity holds at 99% and the seeds stay 81 ish. Eventually I will test germination directly into hydroton, but not this round.
Hereās my September run;
Iāll be running at least one male and female from @AdvancedGenetics cross with @deep_rob who made a northern lights cross that Iām super excited about
One strawberry cough that I got from a bag of dispensary weed, hoping itās a fem photo. If the swazi is female I might run that too.
Iāll be testing a awesome looking gmo from @BirD who made it here.
The rest of my photos will be some fast flower from RQS or a clone from archive genetics. Iām leaning towards the blue dream at the moment because spending $80 for the rainbow belts 2 doesnāt seem worth it.
In my veg tent Iāve got room for two autos. One will be a northern lights from RQS that Iām going to breed with the northern lights photo. I think this makes it a āfast flowerā. If the smoke from the auto cross is decent I might breed some old school nl5 autos so I can grow them outdoors.
The other auto will be a cross made by @ChinookKing . A mix of Double Whiskey x Peach Crescendo which sounds great. Iām curious how his auto will compare to a commercial NL RQS. Iāll germinate both at the same time, they will be in the same tote getting the same feed. Genetics will play the biggest difference. My theory is the smoke from chinooks will be better than rqs. Seen here Lets Grow Some Autos! - #520 by ChinookKing
Thatās the plan. Things might change a bit depending on how many males I get. I have space for one more so who knows what I save.
More updates in a few weeks
Today is the first day of hydro for the baby swazi gold.
Iāve got another seedling, a strawberry cough, growing itās first set of real leaves.
Hopefully the swazi turns out to be female, otherwise itās getting the chop when I germ the rest of my seeds later this month.
These first two plants are a test. If they donāt immediately die then mission successful
As this grows make sure youre not pouring water directly on the rockwool cube and water it from the bottom up. Edit: looks like you got them established in the dwc system.
Itās got almost inch long roots poking through the bottom of the rock wool cube. I set it just above the water line on hydroton so it should be kept moist by the bubbles.
And if not, then it was a good test lol
Thatās a cool guide, thanks
No problem, looking good so far! Only thing i see that is a possible danger is constant moisture on the stalk sometimes will make them rot and flop over, and if the first bit of hydroton isnt dry green algea will grow on the cube, and white dust bs will start developing on the hydroton.
Best seed starts I ever ran in hydro I kept the water pretty low - maybe psychological but they reached for it faster. big difference with autoflowers youāre on such a timer.
unless youve got fifteen feet of height Iād top that thing you got goin wicked early like third node and flip to flower two new nodes each head after the top takes. once established and really drinkin you can CRANK the lights in hydro. super psyched to see this one go 
I started 25% strength master blend with some agsil 16h. .5 EC at 5.9 ph. My waters cold at 62f and the tent is only 65f. Gonna order a aquarium heater and get my tent heater setup. I think these temps are slowing growth
Found a little scare yesterday with some algae growing in my tank thanks to the people in sick pants. It was starting the cover the roots and was the start of root rot. After fixing the light leaks and swapping out some water, I think weāre in the clear. Checked the roots today and thereās no more goop.
I think the yellow leaf edges are nitrogen deficiency from the algae or light burn or vpd burn. Not sure really
Edit. It was vpd. The leaves are happier and itās growing faster with the increase in temp
