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KGBudman
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Hello all, New here but not to gardening.Been a few years,but it's kinda like riding a bike(except for the memory part).
Set up a new Flow-N-Grow 12 days ago.First time with Hydroton.First F-UP,Not rinsing the hydroton well enough.
Using Botanicare Pro-Grow(organics)
Even though the Hydroton was not rinsed well enough,I can't even get my water/nutrient solution stable. It's municipal water supply. I let the water sit 24 hrs(ph 7.5,ppm110,added nutes(1.5 tsp/gal) to bring the ppm to 540,ph down to 5.25(a bit low).Mixed with pump at least an hour.Let sit 24 hrs,ph went to 5.5. Added a pump with hose to circulate in the can(water falling back into can for a good mix and O2.After 24 hrs ph is 6.2. WTF
12 days and doing 2nd res change due to CONSTANT PH RAISES!
Running just ph'd water last 12 hrs(trying to get shit outta my HYDROTON,and help my girls which are suffering from nute luck-out from the ph I believe.
I put 1.5 gals of just ph'd water in a bucket last night with a circ pump.I will be headed over to check out the ph after this post. I'm thinking that if the ph changes in that water,the problem is the water supply. If not,probably the nutes since the nute batch gained almost 1 full point just circulating in the barrel.
Oh yea,First planting day ph at 5.8,next day 6.7.SHIT ,beatdown from day 1.Continuosly adjusting down. Thats why the 2nd res change already.Some girls oookaaay,some not so much. Left my camera at the room,so I'll post some pics when I return.
Peace guys!
Set up a new Flow-N-Grow 12 days ago.First time with Hydroton.First F-UP,Not rinsing the hydroton well enough.
Using Botanicare Pro-Grow(organics)
Even though the Hydroton was not rinsed well enough,I can't even get my water/nutrient solution stable. It's municipal water supply. I let the water sit 24 hrs(ph 7.5,ppm110,added nutes(1.5 tsp/gal) to bring the ppm to 540,ph down to 5.25(a bit low).Mixed with pump at least an hour.Let sit 24 hrs,ph went to 5.5. Added a pump with hose to circulate in the can(water falling back into can for a good mix and O2.After 24 hrs ph is 6.2. WTF
12 days and doing 2nd res change due to CONSTANT PH RAISES!
Running just ph'd water last 12 hrs(trying to get shit outta my HYDROTON,and help my girls which are suffering from nute luck-out from the ph I believe.
I put 1.5 gals of just ph'd water in a bucket last night with a circ pump.I will be headed over to check out the ph after this post. I'm thinking that if the ph changes in that water,the problem is the water supply. If not,probably the nutes since the nute batch gained almost 1 full point just circulating in the barrel.
Oh yea,First planting day ph at 5.8,next day 6.7.SHIT ,beatdown from day 1.Continuosly adjusting down. Thats why the 2nd res change already.Some girls oookaaay,some not so much. Left my camera at the room,so I'll post some pics when I return.
Peace guys!