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put the meter in the soltion an turn the screw counter clock wise untill the meter reads 800 PPM. If it will not come down to that something is wrong with the meter. Is this the meter that came with the setup ? And is this the solution they gave you ? The instructions called for a different solution.
To be honest, the tester & solution where bought from tha same website, but not from where the system was purchased. So your tellin me that 800 PPM solution is NOT for that meter I'm using? A friend was tryna help me out from destroyin anymore seeds so they figured they purchase some new supplies so he bought the tester & the solution, its crazy because niether 1 of us kno crap about growin anything, I guess he figured that I should have something to test the water, so he bought them supplies... So am I juss better off using spring water or tap water for my rez? Its easier for me to use tap but if its safer to use natural spring water I do that..
Ok I tried it again, I turned on my tester set it in a cup of that solution, I set it for 800, then I took it out the solution, put it in a cup of tap water, I got a readin' of 117... But your telling me that solution is not the right 1, so should I even be focused on what the tester reads since that 800 ppm Genesis Solution Standard Solutions Total Dissolved Solids is not the recomended solution for tha dist 3 conductivity tds meters with automatic temperature compensation HI98300/1/2/3/4 ... I about 2-3 days away from filling up my rez so I need to find out if I can use my tap water or do I have to use spring water....
Hey LOC NAR check out what I did... Please scroll up to my post before this 1.. Can u tell me if what I did sounds right? Thank u man...
It's not what is recomended to calibrate ,BUT if your meter can adjust and read the 800 PPm solution then it is telling you right. If your tap water is from a well that is not to bad. 200 is considered hard water. My little bro's well water is 160 and he runs it through a britta filter and gets it down to 90. It's working for him. I got a water distiller from sears for 100 bucks ,it's a pain to make water all the time but the water test about 8 to 10 PPM's and low PH. RO filters to hook up to your house water will do about the same, just replace filters 1 or 2 times a year. Look around there are good deals on them . The one I want is about 200 bucks but you can find them cheaper on ebay. If you buy water go distilled water , spring water is not regulated. Your almost there. The meter is good if it reads what the solution is. How's your PH ? My bro had just started and his PH was 7.6, I brought it down to 5.8 and his plants took off.
Oh yea, you might as well get some calmag plus. The plants need it . Maybe some B-52 for b-1 vitamins and some h2o2. You can get that at drug store or super market, hydroge peroxide. I think you got GH 3 part nutes. The only other things I got are bud blood and big bud additives.
Hey willie, Hey Loc,
Loc, I was going to tell you: Thanks for taking over the help of Willie's thread. It isn't that I didn't want to, but I trully found it very hard to help him, as all I was telling him I had never done before.
Not to worry, I'm reading all your posts/replies... most interesting thread.
Willie, as to Loc's help... Now you're good to go! His help is as good as they come!
Later,
-turtle420 :coo:
So, basically my tap is cool, I tested my tap its close to 6 Ph. So that calmag, b52 for b1 & h2o2 is needed before or after I put my cubes in my system. I'm still waitin for my seeds to pop out the cubes, I did 5, I can see the seed of 3 of them peekin out the top of the cube. They been in tha cubes for 2 whole days. So I kno within a few days they'll be ready for my rez.. Are those (calmag, b52 b1, h202 ) any different from that stuff I already have Supernatural Excellofizz http://www.ecogrow.com/index.cfm/pro...id/0/home.html ?
Thanks, turtle420
I'm kind of new to hydro but I must have read everything I can. We all help as much as we can. I just got a little time right now, so I try to take some pressure off. There will be times I'm not to active but I'm always around. I got a little daisey cloner and it seems real warm to me. It only does 8 clones and holds a little over a gallon of water . It has a pump twice as big as my 8 gallon 6 plant drip system. Anyone know what the temp should be ? If it's what the hydro should be I got to get it down.
So can I use hydrogen peroxide? I was told the sell it at our local CVS charmarcy.. For a 17gal rez how much would I need, & how do I use & when do I use it... I guess u guys suggested using calmag + or B-1 B-52 or hydrogen peroxide.