Wet Rock: a journey to the Darkside

I loved switching to hydro. I find there is less bugs on the plant.

btw UR plants look killer.
and yah this would be about the time I'd start flowering.

heres to some good luck for both of us on hydro.:thumbsup: :jointsmile:

Looking good rock! I havent really read through your whole thread but I skimmed it a little :D
Youre at 1600PPM in veg? I usually keep it sub-1000 until flowering but hey if it's working for you, I can't argue with results.

Whats the hardness of your water?
Does your TDS meter measure EC (electrical conductivitty(?)) too? My TDS meter has long since been broken but I think the salt remnants from the nutrients will register as TDS and throw off the actual nutrient amount in your system based on TDS.

If your PH is in the mid 5s you'll be OK since it will creep up. Just remember you want the vial to look like pee.

The brown roots (dont know if youve solved this yet, i'm a little behind) could be a sign of light leakage into your res. Looks like algae to me, or if youre using organic nutes residue from that. Stick a capful of hydrogen peroxide 3% in your res and if it's algae it will destroy it pretty immediately. I've also read that hydrogen peroxide isnt especially harmful for your plants, it's never harmed mine, and it seems like it's actually beneficial.

what is that?!?!....coming back to the dirty side rock?...lol...plants looking lovely man..
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whiskeytango

Rock I'd back way down on your numbers....you seem to be having some sort of lockout thing going on.....I'd take them back down to 1000 as macros suggested.

Perhaps its your lighting.....but alot of the leaves seem darker in the middle than on the edges. I would seriously doubt a deficiency......especially at those numbers so I would suspect too much of one thing is starting to lock something else out.

PS...your funky edges also suggest overnute as well.

Good luck.

Hydro-thanks dude,

macro- thanks, but, if u pee orange, id see a dr..also, the GH FloraNova has kept the ph remarkably stable compared to other results ive read about. i havent really needed to adjust. as to the browning, no light leaks, i sprayed it all black, i thought it could be from the nutes because the nutes are terribly dark. dont know if they are organic, didnt read that part of the bottle. i might toss a lil peroxide, if recommended by my coach.

whiskey- i never 'left' soil, this is more like 'test driving a 2nd car';)

If you are using a zyme product skip the H202 otherwise its ok to use at 2 tsp gallon every other day to help the roots.

I didn't read your post before I posted....you pretty much already got to the answer by yourself.....props my man. :thumbsup:

I really do think you were born for hydro. ;)

PS....once you drop back numbers everything should begin to restabilize.

lol maybe not THAT orange, but THAT orange on the little ph meter is 5.0, we're aiming for 5.8

I'm not sure about the GH Flornova, I almost picked it up. But the PH really won't be fluctuating that much until your into flowering.

As for clones? I think they're ready age-wise but you may want to wait until it looks a little healthier.

I second WH on the nutrient concentration drop, you may want to kick down to 600-1000 PPM at their current stage.

Also did you check your res after you painted it for light leaks? I painted one of mine black w/spray paint and held it too a light and it leaked like mad. Algae doesn't need very much light to grow and can choke your roots

I agree about the spray paint....I did a layer and it sucked big time so I ended up redoing EVERYTHING with dark tape on my hydro buckets as well.

time for a water change.

M-II
Pre-change
1270 ppm (climbed again?):wtf:
PH 5.1, (went down?)

changed out-
2.7 gal H2O (190ppm)
+ drop ST (200ppm)
+ 2.5 tsp FN Grow (485ppm)

I also added 4 tsp H3O in case the roots needed it.
I also taped the tubs as a precaution.

SNLxNH
Pre-change
1340 ppm (climbed again?):wtf:
PH 5.1 (went down)

for some reason SNL's final PPM is 760.:wtf:
I thought I did the same things. maybe a lil less water, its wasnt an exact measurement.

I also gave these kids a Liquid Light shower.:jawdropper:
i had some left over from the 2 youngsters in flower.

what do you think of Maria-II's roots?

Time to add a zyme product......don't mix them but it should become part of your regimen at this stage.

Hydroguard is one thought if you can't get cannazym or sensizym. You should try and untangle that ball of roots when you can. How is the areation in your rez's?

Edit: By don't mix them I meant the peroxide and a zyme product. Sorry about that.