One Lonely Blueberry

I had a horrible time keeping my ph stable with the hydroton till the end of the first run and I just rinsed and reused the same stuff and all my issues were pretty much gone...I'm about to use a new batch of hydroton and I'm planning on ph as necessary shooting for 5.5 and make sure it's stable before using it on helpless seedlings haha

I'll put 4 gallons of water in a 5 gallon bucket at 400ppm maxigrow and keep phing it to 5.5 I'll see how long it takes to level out

Is it just pure baking soda? Brand? I use advanced nutrients pure concentrate and I can't plug it enough...it's the cheapest by far 15 bucks for 32 oz's and lasts the longest(bout a year maybe 2) and I don't think I've noticed any ppm change as a result (just wipe off skin as a heads up unless you've mixed it down it will burn)

how bout showing us you've mastered that new camera :cool:

Since I was GOADED into it by ASD :D ASD...Arm and Hammer is the only baking soda I've ever heard of....the ONE and ONLY!!!!! ;)

Well I've had to adjust my ph twice today so far....perhaps it will steady out when evening gets here and the water is a little cooler. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

In the bud photos the big one in front is my mutated bud....."Muty". Pretty huge (but has a double sized stem as well.)

The name kind of says it all....

I DO think that I finally understand this plant and how it will end up yielding when all is said and done and I'm thinking its going to be a pretty fair amount. I'm just starting to see the calyxes swell and based on the photos of Mark's grow ALL the buds should be pretty much like that by the end.....assuming everything finishes fine. :)

I've been meaning to come say :eek: :eek: :eek:

Very nice looking plant you got there, WH. You make me very interested in DWC... Those are sum monsta lobstas! lol

Almost there...now just the long wait for them to finish. Yea, looks like you're gonnna get a hell of a lot off that plant. IF we're making guesses...I'll throw a bud down on the 3.5-4.0 ounces mark. :D I'm probably wrong and it's gonna be more...but that's my conservative guess.

Bummer you're having a problem with pH. I wonder if it really is the hydroton rocks??? I dunno...I mean, they shouldn't be doing that...IMO...but hey, what do I know. Maybe it's the large amt of rockwool that buffers and keeps it steady because I have not seen those problems. Interesting...


The Fog :rastasmoke:

have you had any problems, with using Baking Soda to raise pH ? ... I liked it, but then I became concerned it may be building up salts in the soil, etc, so I quit using it ... I like it, and sure hope someone approves, so I can start using it again :D

I've always used it Image Reaper and never had a problem but I wouldn't say I need ph up very often or in very large amounts. Part of this issue is that the seedlings are on small amounts of nutes so already the ph isn't so stable. But when you adjust it (and I use a syringe and needle so SMALL amounts) sends 2 points off in the opposite direction and then you go back and forth which is a pita and I believe that's why I'm having salt overload issues. Normally it doesn't take that much either way but I"d say when I mix up a 3 gal batch of nutes a good pinch of baking soda goes in each one right from the start because the ph is always low before I adjust it. So my vote is yes.....but....me and soil.....well......you'd probably want to get some REAL info from someone who can actually grow things in it rather than take my word here.....

Update: Seems to be acting exactly the same now....rising at approximately 0.1 point an hour just like before. That's a shame because I had high hopes for it this time..... hydroton has a lot of good points but I just can't seem to work around this. We are leaving town for a few days and I will probably lose them to ph issues.....I have a friend who will be taking care of the animals but she certainly can't be here four times a day to play with the seedlings.....sigh. I'm bummed but they are only a few weeks in so if I do lose them I'll BIRTH ME SOME MORE RHINOS.....:D ;)

And ps IR.....I'll be going back to my baking soda I think as well......:thumbsup:

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have you had any problems, with using Baking Soda to raise pH ? ... I liked it, but then I became concerned it may be building up salts in the soil, etc, so I quit using it ... I like it, and sure hope someone approves, so I can start using it again :D

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pH up and down is so cheep and it last for ever. For 10$ you can eliminate this as a concern when to trying to problem solve with your plants. I have used Baking Soda my self, it raises the tds of the water. My plants save me money they don't cost me money. If I don't grow weed I buy weed. In turn I take this money to make better and better plants.

Damn that is seriously one beautiful plant :wtf:...lovely WH just lovely :)

Crispina huh , LOL
That sure is 1 pretty plant , lil white afros are everywhere .
Im glad Fog started throwin numbes around , Im gonna say 11oz. if that ones as dense as what Marc -n- I had done . W/H - what do you thinks there ? In the DWC club thread Latewood had said that 12oz-3/4 lb. bushes are quite common , and the yield numbers are quite respectable . I think your almost there Sis .:thumbsup: w/ a lil bit more veg. time your gonna hit the 1 lb. per plant mark , you watch . :)
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile: