HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!

[williebounce]

Using this system Caddy Turn Key System http://www.sunlightsheds.com/cool_cab.htm Using a 17gal tank to hold the water. Using Rapid Rooter Natural Plant Starter for growcubes. Also using Hydroton Clay Pebbles. For nutrients using EcoGrow "L" 5-0-3 (npk) (part A) & EcoGrow "L" 3-4-5 (npk) (part B). Also have Supernatural Excellofizz http://www.ecogrow.com/index.cfm/pro...id/0/home.html Also using Hydrofarm CO2 digital Tester. Genesis Solutions Standard Solution Total Dissolved Solids 800 PPM electrical conductivity 1.14 mS. Any tips can u offer me with these products? My problem is the Genesis Solutions Standard Solution Total Dissolved Solids 800 PPM electrical, now do I use this for the CO2 Tester? Ifso how do I use this solution to read the CO2 ? This solution didn't come with any directions so I do not know how much to use to read the levels.. If anybody can help me step by step I would deeply appreciate the help..

williebounce Reviewed by williebounce on 11-17-2005. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!! Using this system Caddy Turn Key System http://www.sunlightsheds.com/cool_cab.htm Using a 17gal tank to hold the water. Using Rapid Rooter Natural Plant Starter for growcubes. Also using Hydroton Clay Pebbles. For nutrients using EcoGrow "L" 5-0-3 (npk) (part A) & EcoGrow "L" 3-4-5 (npk) (part B). Also have Supernatural Excellofizz http://www.ecogrow.com/index.cfm/product/639/mid/16/nid/0/home.html Also using Hydrofarm CO2 digital Tester. Genesis Solutions Standard Solution Total Dissolved Rating: 5

[turtle420]

Darn dude... I'm just bumping, cause I have no idea....

CO2 tester... for the air? I guess... Um... can't you just turn it ON and get a reading? Why do you need a solution to read your CO2 levels?

Let's see if we're illuminated by some other people here on these boards...

[williebounce]

Sorry I got a lil mixed up, the 800 PPM solution I guess is used with the EC-pen (TDS) digital tester. Ifso so I have no idea when & how to use this tester.. (It came wit no instructions for tha solution use) I don't kno when & how to test the water.

[Zandor]

You need to find the companies website and DL the PDF version of their instructions.

What make and model are you using?

[Stormcooker]

Nice cabinet purchase. I hope you have fun with that. It looks like it could be pretty awesome once you get to know it. Don't be disapointed if your first couple of grows are disapointing. We all must crawl before we learn to walk, and walk before we learn to run. Take notes, make observations, ask questions here in the Hydroponics board. I will help you the best I can. My setup is not unsimilar. You're in the right place for gaining knowledge. Everyone has a little bit different of a technique, but thankfully cannabis is a very forgiving plant and responds well to many combinations of care.
Good luck to you. Some times I wish I was starting over again, it was fasinating to me to learn and watch from my methods. I envy you. Nowadays, if us experienced growers want to change it up, shake it up etc, we try different seeds, or change hydro systems like aeroponics or NFT. Again.....good luck to you

[williebounce]

dist 3 conductivity tds meters with automatic temperature compensation HI98300/1/2/3/4 That's the model of my tester.. Just need major help as far as how to use it & when to use it. I also have a question on this bottle of 800 PPM solution, how & when do I use that? Please help a good brother out... Thank you...

[Zandor]

That's a Hanna part number I think. Check www.hannainst.com and get the directions.

[turtle420]

That's a Hanna part number I think. Check www.hannainst.com and get the directions.

If it's the Hanna... as Zandor said, visit their site and download their instructions and manuals.

If you need more help, let me know and I'll scan my manuals and post them here. But please, please, try and download them... I will scan them, but if I can save those minutes of my life, all the better.

I'm almost 100% sure that your 800ppm solution is for calibration... The situation is the following:

You have your meter. Well, those meters get off-scale. So you need to "calibrate" them. You do that with a solution that has a specific value (800ppm in your case). You must try and get your meter in 'calibration' mode or something similar... then, you place the probe in your solution.

Many things can vary in this. My meter (Hanna) can be calibrated with one point, or two points. Two points is more precise. For a two point calibration, you would have, for example, (a) 800ppm solution and (b) 400ppm solution. (The 400 is made up, it's probably another value). The meter uses these two known, specific concentrations (ppm) for calibration.

Think of it this way, your meter doesn't know what it's reading... It's unsure if 500ppm is really 500 or it's 700ppm because it's off by 200. So, you tell your meter; "Look meter, I'm going to give you an EXACT 800ppm solution..." And the meter then calibrates its self to that 800ppm... now, all other measurements should be accurate.

In addition, meters can have 'automatic identification' of the solution, or manual. My meter for example, I can use the calibration solutions, and it will automatically know which solution I'm using. Some meters, you need to specify to it which solution you're using.

I hope this helps... and I hope I'm not blatantly wrong.

Best to you,

-turtle420

[williebounce]

I still don't kno when to use the tester. Do I test the water before & after I add nutrients to the water?. As far as the 800 PPM solution, if I need to use it how much do I add? Teaspoon? Tablespoon? A cup? Can I use this tester to read the PH levels? Is there anyway somebody can guide me step by step with using my system? I'm like so lost at the moment... I got all this stuff & don't have a clue what to do... There has to be somewhere & someone that can break it down step by step for me...

[turtle420]

Willie,

Step by step... we're trying... we'll get there

Your 800ppm solution, you use to calibrate your meter... I'm on my 1st grow, but I would calibrate the meter @ the start of everything, and every 1 month. Let's wait for Zandor's input on this.... more experience.

When do you use your meter...

Ok, after/while mixing your stuff. Let's say you want to fill your rez (reservoir).

1. Water into the rez
2. Use your meter to check your water's ppm (if it's tap water, it will have some 'stuff' in it... 200, 320 ppm... depends where you live)
3. Add your nutrients one by one, according to their instructions... At any and all times, you can now use your meter to actually "see" the exact ppm amounts you're adding of your nutes...

4. When you finish mixing everything, you can check (with the meter) your solution's ppm... There... General Hydroponics (GH) has a chart that I plan to use, as per Zandor's advice. It has the ppm levels plants should have for every week of their lives.

After you're running your solution through your plants, you can check (with your meter) the ppm to know what your plants have consumed. So, if you mixed everything and had 800ppm, and after 4 days your plants have consumed (example) 2 gallons of water and... your reading is now @ 550 ppm... soooo.... your plants have taken up the difference in ppm.

Willie, I'm on my 1st grow, and, my meter, I've actually never plugged it in yet. I hope this helps. Please read all replies, as I may be wrong in some of the things I said (C'mon guys! I can't be wrong in everything!!!).

Keep posting, and, slowly but surely, you'll get all your questions answered.

-turtle420