Hydroponics made simple, By MimbresValley

[MimbresValley]

well you can also have a shift in ph up naturally if you are using tap water, lots of variables.
Are you using tap, or RO?

For instance my starting tap water ec is .4 when using RO water its .0
I personally go by ec, as ec is universal, where as ppm changes depending on who manufatures it, for instance I believe blue labs 1.0 ec equals 700ppm
But on a hanna its 1.0 equals 500ppms.

:wtf:

[MimbresValley]

Always better to have to little nutrients than to much, IMO

[Daddynobucks]

to get folks to use EC. :beatdeadhorse::beatdeadhorse:
but you see where we are with that

Daddy

[avon211]

Is measuring EC better than ppm? Should I cancel my order and get an EC meter?
About my water~ I am using well water which is using a softener since I have a lot of Iron in my well. My toilets and bathtub water would have a reddish color in the water before I had a water treatment system put in. I have absolutely no chemicals in my water. I use salt in my brine tank which takes the iron out. I suppose my water has a high level of sodium in it. What effect will that have? Thanks for joining in Daddy.:thumbsup:

[MimbresValley]

If you can get a EC meter, yes it would be better to have that, but if they have already sent it out, its not that big of a deal.

I am not super familar with sodium and don't want to give you incorrect advise, from what I remember it is bad for your plants. I am not sure at what levels it becomes a problem though.

Might want to do a little research on the subject, if you find some interesting articles, post them up here too.:thumbsup:

[MimbresValley]

"if the ppms are rising and ph dropping you are feeding to much. as the plants drink the water there is more nutes in it and the ph buffers are then lowering your ph as the water lvl drops.
it will be the exact opposite if you feed to low. your ppms will lower and your ph will rise."

Further clarification

These are not the only two options by the way, for instance you can have ppms rising and ph going up as well, which could be because of the water, or the nutrients you are using causing the ph to go up.

Like if you have root problems(pythium,etc.), your ph will generally go down regardless of what the EC/PPM is, brown algae will cause your ph to go up.
So there isnt just one set of rules, as there are lots of variables that come into play.:rastasmoke:

[littledevil661]

so glad this is here . im switching over to a single dwc bucket from soil. i have 2 plants in there flowering stage. this is definatly a good write up

[camoxnhx]

nice log so far man. ive been debating hydro for a little while and im posted up here watching. i think you have persuaded me to do hydro.

[MimbresValley]

Some harvest pics coming up tonight.

[Lynhal]

Some harvest pics coming up tonight.

Hi! I can't wait to see your harvest pics. Been reading this thread tonight and am so happy to know you'll have some pics soon.

Best of luck on your yield! :rastasmoke: I'll bet right about now your fingers are covered in GOO!