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Okay, got it going. only thing is my measurements are off I think....
My container farthest away has a PH of 5.4 and PPM at 98.....
Container next to the Rez has a PH of 4.8 and PPM at 112......
My Rez has a PH of 4.8 and PPM at 98.......
*PH Solution 7.0 has a PH of 7.2
*My R/O water has a PH at 6.7 and PPM at 27
What do I have to do? I am using the Flora series nutrients. Using the Lucas Formula.
yup 30 sounds about right,buy a 5 gallon bucket and mix the exact same amount of nutrient solution in each, now for your ppm and ph flux in each container,this will even out and they should all be the same after a couple of hours.its auctually the whole reason for using a recirculating system,to combat your left over water, first,pump out as much as u can with your water pump,member i sed it was a good idea to get xxx amount of feet for the half inch to do this,second.raise your 2 main growing chambers up off the ground using milk crates "anything will work".this will drain all the remaining water from the grow chambers to the rez via a gravity feed.third,this is were the 2 on/off valve on the rez come into play once the grow chambers are empty and the rez is now holding the remaining water kick your pump back on.dump what little bit of water u have left into the 5 gallon bucket your going to buy to mix your nutes with, take it 2 the sink.clean it out and add your new solution.this should be done every 7 days.
having some trouble with a couple....but got everything up and running
here is some homegrown from a buddy of mine...soo dank
i would deff hand water for the next week to help the root mass start growing.
Im still having trouble with these two plants... one of them look like they are doing a little better. Those are the two bubba kush plants the other two in the container are a different strand then the container with all the same plants look like they are doing good. The two bubba kush plants were in soil first and I had to transplant them into the hydroton. Thats what the problem probbaly is.
some more....
check your ph and tds right now. what nutrients are u using? if u dont act with the quickness those bubba kush cuttings are going to die.it looks like they are suffering from a major nitro def and your others are soon to follow. it looks like there are several problems.i think the main reason behind all of it is ph. also check your tds strait from the tap,with no nutes no nothing and post the number.
my PH level is at 5.48 right now and my PPM is at 1120.
Im using GH 3 part Micro, Grow, Bloom. I also have CalMag. I am using R/O water
whoa sweet jesus,ok u need to drain your system right now.drop your tds down to a i would say 450 -600 max.what is the tds of your reverse os water before anything is applied? .
ill be back in 10 and let you know. You think I should just drain some out and add just plain R/O water?
i would drain as much out of the system as possible,just to be on the safe side. A general guideline for TDS levels : seedlings = 50-150 ppm; unrooted clones = 100-350 ppm; small plants = 400-800 ppm; large plants = 900-1800 ppm; last week of flowering = taper off to plain water. remember u need to subtract the ppm's of your tap water from your nutrients.if your bottle ses 600 and u have 200 to start with.your overal number is now 800 ppm and not the 600 most people think is there.
my PPM without any nutrients is 8
okay just did a semi water change. My PPM is at 224 now and my PH is at 6.14
Im going to wait for about a half hour or so and check on it to see where the PPM and PH is at.
your lucky thats the lowest ppm num i have ever seen. based on your plants age,use the scale of ppm numbers i posted for you.auctually copy and paste that to your computer it will save u tons of trouble in the future i promise.with your system full of water and calmag only,start adding small amounts of nutes.test your water.then in 2 hours go back and check again.because u are doing a recir system u need 2 give it time to even out.after 2 hours check again if your numbers are low add a little more nutrients.basically it just takes time even your system out and mix every thing up..for the next 24 hours go in and randomly test your water through out your day/night.numbers change and especially right now u need to be on top of it. i would try and stick to the lighter side of nutrients for the first little bit.all of the plants have stress from transoprt and setting up a new home"it happends to every one" and then start upping your solution.as a personal note i do need to say that bubba is a light feeder during veg.so keep it simple and try and find a good number that both strains like.
PPM at 780
PH at 5.4
Bought a couple waterfarm buckets yesterday. Going to use them next time around. Got another nice size clone and replaced it with the one that was dying.
This is another great thread for DWC. Thank you Disrupt86 for the info sharing and thanks to Kronz for all the great questions and photos.