One of the best crop production techniques in the market today, especially for weed farmers is hydroponics farming. Many of the farmers that practice hydroponics growing of their plants use the DWC system. DWC or DEEP WATER CULTURE may sound strange to some people but to those that do hydroponics plant production, the term may not sound very strange. This method requires the suspension of plant roots in a nutrient rich oxygenated water solution. Others common hydroponics methods are are nutrient film technique, and ebb and flow. Among all these methods, Deep-Water Culture system, which is the simplest.
The reason why the method gets the name Deep-Water Culture is that the plants grow from a reservoir filled with the right amount of water. The more water the reservoir has the less maintenance the crops need and the more nutrients the solution holds.
What are the advantages of deep water culture?
Fast vegetative growth and bigger yields
Plants grown in DWC setups have easier access to oxygen and nutrients, which means they spend less energy searching for nutrients and developing roots. As a result, plants will reward you with fast vegetative growth and excellent yields. In a good DWC setup with the right nutrients and strain, cannabis can grow as much as 10cm in a single day!
Know that the speed of growth in a DWC doesn’t affect when your plants will be ready to harvest. The fast veg growth will result in bigger plants with fatter buds, but they will still require a normal flowering time.
Plants can grow larger
The lack of growing medium in a DWC allows your plants to take advantage of all the available space and nutrients to grow as large as possible.
Low-maintenance
Once a DWC system is set up and running, it requires very little everyday maintenance. You can even leave it alone for over 24 hours.
Do plants really grow faster in DWC?
Example of happy cannabis plants in the vegetative stage growing in a DWC hydroponic setup Yes, plants grow noticeably (and I mean noticeably) faster in deep water culture system during the vegetative stage than they do in soil or coco coir.
Why is that? Vegetative plants growing in soil spread out a huge system of roots, then they use those roots to search for and uptake nutrients from the soil in which they live. Roots in soil also need to find pockets of oxygen to prevent the plant from "drowning"(lack of oxygen is what causes plants to droop from being overwatered).
The reason why the method gets the name Deep-Water Culture is that the plants grow from a reservoir filled with the right amount of water. The more water the reservoir has the less maintenance the crops need and the more nutrients the solution holds.
What are the advantages of deep water culture?
Fast vegetative growth and bigger yields
Know that the speed of growth in a DWC doesn’t affect when your plants will be ready to harvest. The fast veg growth will result in bigger plants with fatter buds, but they will still require a normal flowering time.
Plants can grow larger
The lack of growing medium in a DWC allows your plants to take advantage of all the available space and nutrients to grow as large as possible.
Low-maintenance
Once a DWC system is set up and running, it requires very little everyday maintenance. You can even leave it alone for over 24 hours.
Do plants really grow faster in DWC?
Example of happy cannabis plants in the vegetative stage growing in a DWC hydroponic setup Yes, plants grow noticeably (and I mean noticeably) faster in deep water culture system during the vegetative stage than they do in soil or coco coir.
Why is that? Vegetative plants growing in soil spread out a huge system of roots, then they use those roots to search for and uptake nutrients from the soil in which they live. Roots in soil also need to find pockets of oxygen to prevent the plant from "drowning"(lack of oxygen is what causes plants to droop from being overwatered).
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