warning signs

[friendowl]

i am going hydro but at the moment have no way of checking ph.
i got too excited and just started before i should've.
i use ro water with gh micro and gh bloom.8 ml/16ml
i have 5 gallon bux.with net pots and hydroton.
air stones in each bucket.
will they be ok like this or am i headed for trouble

friendowl Reviewed by friendowl on 02-24-2006. warning signs i am going hydro but at the moment have no way of checking ph. i got too excited and just started before i should've. i use ro water with gh micro and gh bloom.8 ml/16ml i have 5 gallon bux.with net pots and hydroton. air stones in each bucket. will they be ok like this or am i headed for trouble Rating: 5

[The White Snoop]

Ok, you deffinetly need a ph and a ppm meter, but under your circumstances (having RO) you can do without for a min. Your RO water should come out 6.0-6.5. The nutes your using have buffering solutions in them and will drop it depending on how much you put in. You gonna have to change your solution out a lot more than you would normally to keep control but You should be cool until you can afford one. But get a ph meter ASAP.
GL with the grow..I have a very similar setup so If you need help just ask. Later

[BigBlock]

I've grown several crops using Peter's 20-20-20 along with tap water. I almost never check the PH. They grow big, fast, and healthy.

[Gen]

White snoop, my r/o ph water is 8.1. I got a new r/o unit and the ph is really high. What does that mean? Did the water company change the ph level? My old r/o unit, the water came out 7.1. Funny.

[latewood]

You should be OK, I think...what he said. I find that if you use ROwater, once you mix in 3-part...you almost always get real close to 5.6-6.0 and I check mine every time... but if my ph meter broke and I was still using 3-part; I would trust it, until I got my PH meter..In closing the 3rd argument above was...GET a PH meter! LOL...lw