your plants are looking very good 
they had a very good green color to them
all the best in your grow
be safe and stay free
Dequilo
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It also helps with stress too
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All the hydro folks. When you top off your reservior do you top off with just water only to keep your PPM/EC in check. Making it lower to make a transition into flower or just lowering the PPMs/EC.
The reason I ask is that Iām topping off and adding nutes. The plan is to top off with nutes then top off with water next time. After that it should be time to start the full bloom ratio.
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Man tell me about it 
Iāve also ran just 1 auto in a DWC andā¦ it wasnāt great 
same thing you said, first too hott, then too weak, finally got it mostly right by the time flower startedā¦ at 8 inches tall. Still pulled 35grams dried
I have been experimenting with the adding back method. I always drained and refilled my dwc every two weeks or so and was usually fun times with sterilization. But Iāve always heard of guys just topping off the whole grow and never draining the res. So thatās what Iāve been doing now with the flood and drain setup I built. Iām adding back water with full nutes. And maybe some extra ph down. So far ppms arenāt spiking or anything so think weāre good for the time being.
Big issue Iāve found is if/when the ph of the res starts tanking when itās totally full, thatās for sure drain and refill time. Donāt wanna be adding PH UP too.
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Yeah my girl drank so fast I just keep adding h2o and nutes back in. Never changed the whole grow. Just made sure my ph was good.
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Thatās not to bad. But ant it supposed to be better? Like at least 2 oz.? Itās my second time running autos so I donāt personally know. My knowledge is just from what Iāve read. The first time was GG4 auto from Herbies. It burnt up even when I cut the FFOF with coco. 2 parts coco, 1 part FFOF. I just would think it being grown in DWC you should have gotten more. Iām glad I did a test run with these Hopscotch to get a feel for how they grow. I might find 3 Rubbermaids for each strain. 3 plants each so I will be able to cull one plant in each container if I want to run regular seeds.
When I top off with just water I check my PH first because if the PH is low I wonāt add PH down unroll after. No sence in fighting yourself.
Now I touched base before on my previous thread and bring it up again about EC/PPM levels and what it means if drops or rises after your original reading.
ĀæIf youāre EC/PPMs drop then it tells you that your plants is feeding more so you can add more to your feed when you top off?
ĀæIf youāre EC/PPMs are higher then your original reading it means that your plants is leaving nutes behind. This can mean a couple of things. I know one is you need to back off you nutes obviously. I think the other reason has to do with bad things are going on with your roots.
Hey @JoeCrowe can you touch base on this a little bit please?
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they are going to just love me outside this year 
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Your starting them inside first so that will make them a lot easier. I know they donāt like being topped or transplanted. I got faith they will do good. If they came from @ReikoX they should be more resilient plants. I would like to try some of his gear.
If the ph drops and the EC rises, your plant is dying. If you refill the bucket with water and the EC has dropped since yesterday, things are doing great.
I experiment with the dose until I have the right EC levels min/max determined. Then I play within those limits. It can be very different with different plants, but it can also be exactly the same.
geranium - EC 2.0 - 3.2
meat breath - EC 1.4 - 3.2
hehheh you get the idea, right?
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I know exactly what you mean. I just knew you would be able to explain it better. I know that when the EC readings are higher could mean multiple things bad things.
Is there any good books about growing cannabis in hydro. It doesnāt have to necessarily hydroponics. Thereās a book @ReikoX recommended on his old seed cracking experiment that look like it covered just about everything. It seemed to be more advanced reading material. A lot of books are focused on attracting beginners.
I read books on botany and watched bugee. I find lots of things in the ācannabisā growing sphere is broscience/oldwives. Itās just another stupid plant. lol! Probably an offensive comment right there 
Organics I prefer elaine ingham, sheās the bug lord.
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What I learned is that autos require a quarter of nutes that photos require. That was the common theme in multiple sources as I gathered information for my first outdoor auto run last year.
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Dang l. That would mean 1/4 dose of the recommendation on the lable. I think that is how will run them for the first 2 weeks. I was at about quarter dose 3 days ago last week and it was showing N deficiency.
You are absolutely right. Especially starting this Blueberry from Mark. I will definitely start off with them 1/4 and every few days add a ml of nutes to the res. I think sheās liking what shes got right now. 875 PPM. She will start getting just water here soon to bring them back down so next week I can slowly start introducing her to her flower nute ratio.
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Yeah supposed to be a lot better, I never did get her totally right, but I figure not bad for a <1ft plant 
Was a Northern Cheese Haze from Mephisto
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Looks nice. See Iām in the same boat. If I knew some of my plants turn out as some do sometimes I would have added more. Nice insulation. Dose that work good. Iām looking for something to go straight across the bottom half of my tent. Like another room. I wouldnt need a chiller then for sure.
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Eh, donāt think it helped on temps. This was the one res I had that was hitting ~74, possibly higher, and going sterile kept her going till the end through it all. The aluminum tape was mainly to block the light from getting into the res
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Oh. I thought it was like a thin sheet of something. I see that it tape now. Iām used to the plain stuff.
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I wonder if something like a space blanket or hot water heater insulation might work at keeping temps stable.
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Good tip on the cow! I might have to try that out myself. I saw my local hydro store had those shale canisters you just fill water with but Iāve never heard any reviews on them.
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Exactly where my mind was at. On the money! Pand film would work. I would have to run a separate inline to the top to give that top of the tent air. All the vents are at the bottom.
I donāt think a heater is necessary.
Edit: Heater Insulator. I see it now. That would work too.
PVC would be a great way thatās not permanent to run air to the top half of my tent. It can easily be taken down if i donāt need it.
Bud Candy. Is that used for hydro? Is it worth using?