Ph is rising, can't seem to stabilize

[Weedhound]

Lol.....I KNEW you'd pick up on that MVP....I just picked out the cheapie one to draw you in...

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Here is the very same one I use....bought for about $48 at my hydro store.

Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on 12-06-2007. Ph is rising, can't seem to stabilize For the past 36 hours now I have had my clones in my aeroponic system. For the first 12-14 hours or so I did not have any meters yet and so the ph was around 8.6 and the ppm around 400. I have been keeping the ph between 5.2-5.8 but in the past 6 hours it rose to 6.7! I have been reading my eyes out of my skull it seems and I have found that my filter mounted on my tap might be contributing to a high ph due to the water softening process, so I have put a gallon of tap water plus 5ml / Rating: 5

[MVP]

I called the 2 best hydro stores in the area and one told me they stopped carrying them since they didn't sell well, and the other said it was ~ $70 for anyone worth a crap... $45 + shipping off Amazon doesn't seem too bad but I'm broke...

Santa - if you are out there - I have been very, very good this year... especially to the girls! :jointsmile:

[PharmaCan]

Your clones should be in a humidity dome.

PC :smokin:

[cmasfca]

I took the dome off to take pictures and I am spraying the dome 3 to 4 times a day.

[cmasfca]

So the girls had their first day of 12 hours and first night of 12 hours and call me crazy but I think they have already grown at least a half inch in the past 24 hours. I have increased the ppms to 500 and I think they love it I have attached a couple pics, what do you guys think?

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[Weedhound]

Looks like they are starting to take off to me. :thumbsup: You may want to start thinking about some supplements for them like Liquid Karma and Sweet. These aren't necessarily but most likely WILL help your plants grow bigger.

[cmasfca]

Weedhound, I'm down for anything that will beef up my babies

If I get both Liquid Karma and Sweet, what ppms should they be at?

Thanks!

[MVP]

Start slow with them, only a couple of ml/gal. WH will give you the lowdown...

[Weedhound]

When you turn them to flower you can start the Liquid Karma and then Sweet (like MVP said....go slow ) I would do you regular nutes to your regular ppms....then add LK at about 2-3 mls per gallon. If they do well with that you can add two mls of Sweet per gallon....then start working them up. It takes me several weeks to work them up to my top number for the supplements which is 7ml/gallon through about week 5 to week 8-9.

It's harder to nuteburn your plants with supplements than with regular nutes but it certainly can happen so do watch your numbers carefully.

[cmasfca]

Weedhound, thanks for the advice! :thumbsup: I actually turned them yesterday and I don't want to get things too complicated on this grow so I will definitely follow that advice my next grow

The girls are doing great and the ppms have dropped by only 10 in almost a day and a half! Tomorrow I am going to add a gallon of RO water with 250 calmag 250 progrow and then if the ppms are not up to 500 again I will top off as needed. In about a week and a half I will change the res completely and switch from about 400 progrow to 400 probloom and 400 calmag totaling 800 ppms. How does that sound?

Thanks for all your help, I wouldn't be this far without you