Quote Originally Posted by Radium
The pH was too high was was locking out certain nutrients from your plants.... now but just feeding them plain water they are going to lack even more nutrients than they need... I would get some half strength nutes in there asap also what kinds of nutes are you using and how are you mixing it?
To be honest, I don't know what's in the nutes. They're simple called Grow, Bloom and Micro. It's all in little premeasured packets for the quantity of water you're suposed to put into the res. I figured it would do well enough until I could decide what, if anything, would be better. It automatically balances the water to 6.5, and I thought this would be fine since the site I'd done the most hudro reading on said that was the area you should shoot for.
Also what are you using to adjust pH and how are you doing it?
I have this stuff called "ph up" and "ph down". I simply follow the directions for their use. So far, I've only used the down.
Also yes they do have a "gizmo" its called a TDS meter or PPM meter they have them on ebay u should be able to find one for cheap.
That's good. I rather thought I'd read about something like that somewhere along the way. I'll have to see if I can afford one. Thanks you.
Looks like you got ripped off already buying that poor excuse for a hydroponic system. YOu could have built one yourself by going to walmart for half the price and it would probably work better too.
Actually, the setup works rather well so far. I've just had a minor problem that any beginer could have. And, truth be told, I am not at all sure I could have built my own. I'm not very mechanically inclined. I thought about it and after researching what all I would need, including tools, and how long it would take, I decided that I would be better off with something made professionally. I'm sure it looks like a piece of crap to someone who's got loads of experience, but for someone who's never managed to grow anything at all under any circumstances, it's pretty nice because it lets me do what I couldn't do otherwise. Once I've gained more experience and understanding about how and why hydorponics works the way it does I might give building my own set up a go. Not right now though.

No doubt you shall castigate me for not knowing everything through reading before making a first attempt at growing, but I know myself well, and I know that I do not learn well from reading. I need to be doing a thing in order to truely understand the process. Certainly I need the liturature, but simply reading it will not let me absorbe it. I must be able to put it into practice right after reading, or even while I'm reading for it to make complete sense and to totally sink in.

So, I have my little setup, and I'm learning the tricks of the trade on it.
Also please stop calling it hydro juice its pissing me off lol... call it nutrients,nutes, nutrient solution or just refer to it as your res.
I've seen it refered to in that maner many places. It seemed to be what some people, at least, call it, so I followed suit. I can't imagine why that should be pissing you off. Does the term "juice" hove some sort of
connotation that I'm unaware of?