Hey Guys,
So for a few of you following this subthread, you may have seen I'm building an RDWC system ready to be used in about 11/12 weeks.
The RDWC system will be used for late veg to fill a scrog screen then flowered and then repeated. So I need my seeds/cuttings to be good and ready to be upgraded to the main groom.
Currently I use an auto pot system for flower, so I generally plant my seeds or cuttings in to little pots filled with 60/40, coco/perlite, then place then in a heated propagator, under 2-4 23w 6500k cfl's. 99% of them pop, I always plant 6 and then use only the strongest 4 to transplant to to larger autopots and the bigger lights.
I usually get the seeds down as I flip the lights, so I have 8-10 weeks for them to get to about 30cm high maybe more (I finding topping and training slows them down). I generally do the first top a couple of weeks before the transplant as well. I like to keep the veg time under the scrog to a minimum.
So now that's explained, and I hoped it makes some sense, I guess my first question is, what do you guys do to start your seeds/cuttings in Hydro?
I am enjoying to designing and building of the main system, so I'm thinking....
Plant 6 seeds in to rockwool cubes,
wait for them the pop,
take the strongest looking 4 place them in to 6" clay pebble filled net pots.
Then Build a DWC tub with 4 openings for the net pots,
drop them in, grow them up a little,
then once the main groom is ready take the net pots filled with plants out, and drop them in to there final homes.
Would this work? What kind of root mass should i expect from small plants like this?
I'm pretty new to hydro, and keep hearing how fast things are, would 7/8 weeks of veg from seed be a massive plant?
Also for the DO, i like the spray bar systems but for speed and ease (and price) I'm thinking of just sticking an air stone or two in the bucket for now.
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