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Gazza2005au
03-04-2006, 02:10 PM
heres my problem i have replaced nutrient with strait water to flush any unwanted salts etc i only have a strip PH tester kit PH reads around 6-6.2 i know im over watering but what is the browing leaves from?

Jdog7000
03-04-2006, 03:01 PM
Combo of overwatering and your ph is too low so your plant isn't taking up all the nutes it needs...6.8-7.0 is ideal for soil!very important.
Fix the ph but I think it's from overwatering.Don't overfeed or same thing will happen.:thumbsup:

karmaxul
03-04-2006, 05:47 PM
Since you are not growing in soil I would say that your problem is from a high tds. I say this as your leaves are curling, burning(browning) and algae is growing off the excess nitrogen on the perlite. Cut the tds in half at least and you should be fine. If you were growing soil I mix my nutes to 5.9-6.1. Your tips are not burnig so I wonder did you just up the tds? What nutes are you using?
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karmaxul
03-04-2006, 05:52 PM
They look heathy to me. Right on:thumbsup: :p :thumbsup:

britewire
03-04-2006, 08:49 PM
Combo of overwatering and your ph is too low so your plant isn't taking up all the nutes it needs...6.8-7.0 is ideal for soil!very important.
Fix the ph but I think it's from overwatering.Don't overfeed or same thing will happen.:thumbsup:



I always have a ph on soil of 6.0 and that´s the ideal ph.. It´s just overwatering.. don´t worry and give the roots a chance too breath

karmaxul
03-05-2006, 01:46 AM
Sorry but I do not agree. Over watering with a high tds sure. But to much moisture to the rhizoshpere will not cause your leaves to curl as much as droop. Your tips are not burning so maybe you are using alot of ions to adjust the ph with the right amount of NPK ions? Could you mention the feeding structure you are using?
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Gazza2005au
03-06-2006, 06:58 AM
sorry guys i havent been getting email notifications as i said i replaced the nutrient with plain water and little did i know my digital timer was stuck on 24/0 so theres my reason the plants were over watered and droopy i have since put them on 30min feeds once every 3 hours they are loving it tonight i will go back to 50% nutrients the nutrient i had been using was "Total Growth" made by R&D Aquaponics an Australian business i have changed to Europonics the PH did drop from 6.2 down to around 5.8-6

Jdog7000
03-06-2006, 02:31 PM
My PH is 6.8 but I use soil so a soiless medium should have a lower ph this is true.

karmaxul
03-06-2006, 09:07 PM
Glad to hear they are coming back around. Will you keep us updated with pics next week so we can see the difference if its not to much trouble?:thumbsup:
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Gazza2005au
03-07-2006, 07:35 AM
mate if i remember i will post pictures but your better off checking out my grow diary maybe even sign up for an account over at Ozstoners we even have a live chat room with plenty of growers in there day and night but heres the link to my grow diary
http://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/index.php?showtopic=11768