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Thanks, that was a couple weeks ago.your plants look great. Btw
I use pH meter not strips.Bro, you will never be able to have a stable ph in dwc with low water capacity. Dwc is meant for entry level hydro growers, mainly grow just one. Once you complete one successful DWC, switch to RDWC. You can do it now if you want. I would buy these strips first. . understanding whats in your water goes along ways.
So if you want stability you need alkalinity and high holding capacity. I use 60 gallons of water for 6 plants. My Ph stays stable until late flower. I also have P and K testing strips/tritates.
For now, fill your res to the netpot, keep as much water in there as possible. Add around 70 ppm of ph up when your all done, then ph down to 5.6 or whatever your use to.
Rdwc is where you need to be, far more stable. You couldnt pay me to run a dwc bucket, let alone 4.
Yea I started with a junk ph meter like you and had all the same issues. I then got a decent ph meter that can be calibrated using calibration solution. My ppm meter also can be calibrated with my solution. So every few days I make sure they are accurate. The strips do mention ph, but they also give you nitrate and nitrite info, hardness, and most importantly, alkalinity which is what most lack. I can test the ppm levels of npk individually. Anyways no biggie..I use pH meter not strips.
Turns out the problem was the pH meter.
BTW this is my 5th (or more) grow using DWC. I generally get about a pound per grow in an 8'x7' grow room.
Don't you have to keep your buckets in a fixed position with RDWC?
If so I won't I going to RDWC anytime soon.
My plants are on on coasters and I can spin them to do LST and to get light to all areas of the plant.
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