IslandGrower's 1st DWC Grow - White Widow

[Bulls]

You can do really well without scrog buddy.
Plant looks fantastic and yes, you Fuck I missed right lol. I would let her grow for a moment now until your next topping session. Also I would use Liquid Silicone instead of PH UP as It does the same job but it is more beneficial for the plants. We use EC in UK instead of PPM but it is the same thing. You should get your plant to feed(PPM should drop). pH is very important to be in the right place in water. I would try and stick for 5.5-5.8 at this stage of growth. Someone with more knowledge in DWC will be around to help you with that buddy.
Hope you have a great day too!

[i spy]

i will keep my beady eye on this, nice set up mate.

[islandgrower420]

You can do really well without scrog buddy.
Plant looks fantastic and yes, you Fuck I missed right lol. I would let her grow for a moment now until your next topping session. Also I would use Liquid Silicone instead of PH UP as It does the same job but it is more beneficial for the plants. We use EC in UK instead of PPM but it is the same thing. You should get your plant to feed(PPM should drop). pH is very important to be in the right place in water. I would try and stick for 5.5-5.8 at this stage of growth. Someone with more knowledge in DWC will be around to help you with that buddy.
Hope you have a great day too!

Thanks for the tips Bulls! The PH up wont be used. I ordered the kit and pH down is what I need. I tried adding lime, lemon, or white distilled vinegar and it just goes back up after 24 hours.

I plan on topping again I am thinking around mid Jan. I was gonna let her veg for 4 weeks but I may push her limits and get as many colas as I can before I start more seeds this winter to be transplanted outside in the spring.

I am way more concerned about my ph rather than my PPM. I know the plant is feeding well and its not too much in there, once my ph down arrives, I will be doing a change of water and adjusting again.

After I added my nutes last night I added some Advanced Nutrients PH Perfect which took it to 5.6, but its not recommended to use that with other feeding programs, or so they say...probably a marketing thing...either way it works for now.

Thanks for your input and I look forward to sharing more with you :)

Have a great day buddy!

[islandgrower420]

i will keep my beady eye on this, nice set up mate.

haha love it!! Thanks pal :)

[islandgrower420]

It's been a few days since I have done a FIM on the plant. She seems to have kicked into gear I think. I am not sure what I am looking for if it was done right or not, I will post a photo tonight of the results before I go to work.

I just ponytailed the girl for a few hours to get light under those big leaves

[Polarman_4]

Dude that’s awesome! I also love reading about guys wives letting them grow and smoke even though they themselves don’t Your plant looks amazing man! I’ll be following this as well,I am curious about all this hydro stuff.

[islandgrower420]

As promised here is the photo of the results from the FIM 2 days ago

There is progress. It seems it never slowed down any at all...





She is alive and well..very healthy.

Now.. Its my 1st white Widow.. And holy shit she is starting to smell already...very sour skunk with some fruit but it's great. Never had my plant give off odor this early before. To know I wasn't losing my mind I felt the leaf and under the leaf and my fingers were a little sticky..sticky already...wtf..i thought they only got sticky from trichome development in flower...and stinked bad. Fingers crossed she keeps the progress up!

[kbag]

Looks nice and healthy islandgrower. Keep up the good work mate.

[camkush]

Looking nice pal. I love the ole white widow, nice easy strain to grow with powerful smoke... What else could you ask for? :)

[islandgrower420]

Howdy everyone, geesh seems like I am throwing updates here daily now, i am sure things will slow down once we get into flower mode

Right now we are approaching the start of week 4 of veg which starts tomorrow.

I received my PH UP/DOWN today in the mail. I ran a PH reading and I was sitting at 6.2 which is not bad considering the mix is a week old. I did add a little PH down to bring it down to 5.8.

Here is a question I have about this FIM. They say (referencing internet articles) FEM should give you 4 colas. Seeing this is my 1st time I was not sure where the 4 colas would be coming from, but now I see. So my question is...is it possible to have 5 colas? The reason I am asking is because it looks to me like I have 5 colas growing instead of 4. Maybe I am looking at this wrong but here is a shot of what I am talking about






Again I am not sure what to look for when it comes to the colas after a FIM thats just how I see it...

The plant seems to be doing some crazy shit under the roof because the plant is giving off that crazy radioactive bright green color on the leaves which makes me believe that its rapid growth. Looks beautiful!

Here are a few pics I took today of her










Earlier this morning when I got home from work I decided to do more ponytail action on her. This really seems to be helping as I am giving the plant 4 - 6 hours of direct light under the big fan leaves. I can really see the difference in growth on the lower areas of the plant over the past few days. I will continue to do this as needed to get those bud sites growing as big as possible



and finally we have the shot looking down on everything in the tent, so far things are going good.



Tomorrow is Week 4 of veg and I will be changing the water and dialing the PH correctly now that we have the solution needed. Have a great day everyone...until the next update!