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[Aaron385]

Also, I mixed new chems yesterday to 1100ppm (top of the band) and today I read the PPMs while testing ph and got 850ppm.. Did the plants get hungry?? I have two medium sized bell pepper plants in the hydrofarm bubbler (3 gal tank).

[latewood]

that's got to be a good sign the plants wanted nutrients. If they are thirsty and uptake water your ppm's would rise. They were hungry and took up nutes...I would say you had good photosynthesis...

Now are you sure about your readings? Check another batch when you are ready and see if you get the same PPM reading. How many gallons in rez?
what nutes are you using?
how much did your water level drop?

ps...If you are using pure blend pro (a pre-mixed 1 part)
then you can add...
before I answer this...I need to know A's to Q's
lw

[Aaron385]

3 gal res,

http://www.supernaturalbrand.com/ nutes (the aqua grow) plus dyna grow bloom and a drop of superthrive, and they are about to get a pinch of epsom salt.

Water level seems to drop steady a couple of cups a day.. though i think its mostly evaporation.

[Aaron385]

todays ppms - 810

oh and i have some translucent critters showing up on the leaves.. look like 1/4 the size of a grain of rice.. they will probably develope into something i can identify soon.. i just keep spraying them off it when I see them. . any suggestions?

[latewood]

put out plate of soapy water...need piks, to identify.

[Aaron385]

best i have is a 640 by 480 web cam at the moment and they will be one pixel at best.. but what about the PPMs?? should i adjust back to 1000 with nutes? The plants are growing off the hook.. have to move the two cfls twice a day now! GO HYDROPONICS!!

[stinkyattic]

This is a great topic.

Over the winter I started like 12 varieties of hot peppers in my growroom for spring planting outdoors. They were under 24h. MH light. They grew VERY fast and flowered...since I had a LOVELY greenhouse whitefly problem, guess what, they got pollinated and began to fruit.
When it was warm enough to plant I hardened them off and put them outside but I think they liked it better indoors!

Nice peppers. They are making me want nachos and beer, both in large quantity.

[latewood]

glad you are enjoying yourself stinkyattic

aaron, Yes mix a gallon and pour it in until you reach your desired PPM's, but
I see your problem now...you are in a 3 Gallon, right...Too Small...In order to get a good balance, you need to get at least a 10 gallon rez...peace lw

[Aaron385]

10 gallon res for 2 bell pepper plants?? Why so much?

[latewood]

10 gallon res for 2 bell pepper plants?? Why so much?

ph balance is more consistant, and 3 g rez does not provide enough nutrtion for the plants after a couple of days...