Hey guys, I'm a first time grower and decided to start with hydro. I had been reading for months and thought I knew pretty much how everything worked. For the most part everything started great.I started in Feb and wanted to do a test run with some nice bag seeds so that I could get the hang of things. Ok so as far as equipment goes I am using one of those 45 gal rubbermaid containers,reinforced with six holes, water pump and plastic tubing and the floranova nutrient solution. As far as lighting is concerned I am using a 175 MH light with a couple flouros until my 400 HPS light and bulb come in. I am also waiting on my ppm meter so I am keeping the nute solution relatively low. My question is this. Before I went on vacation, checked the ph and it was 5.2-5.5. Everything seemed fine and the plants were doing great. When I came back ph was almost 10. Plants were stunted to say the least and it seemed that the nutrient solution was too strong. So after finding this board and doing so research, I decided to flush the plants and redo the water with half the nutrients i used previously. I checked it that night and the ph was 5.2. I woke up the next day and it was at 6.5. Is this type of ph change normal? It seems like I cant seem to balance the ph for more than a couple of hours. I went out yesterday and bought a water purifier(faucet kind) and changed the water using that. Still not sure if this will do anything but I dont know what else to do, other than check it like every 8 hours. Any suggestions guys?
Jdzzl03 Reviewed by Jdzzl03 on . Ph problem Hey guys, I'm a first time grower and decided to start with hydro. I had been reading for months and thought I knew pretty much how everything worked. For the most part everything started great.I started in Feb and wanted to do a test run with some nice bag seeds so that I could get the hang of things. Ok so as far as equipment goes I am using one of those 45 gal rubbermaid containers,reinforced with six holes, water pump and plastic tubing and the floranova nutrient solution. As far as Rating: 5