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Shawnery
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I'm super new still considering I'm only 2 months in to my first grow but I'm a little confused why.
It's pretty much the accepted norm to change out your res every 2 weeks at the least. Maybe some people go a month at the most but even they are considered REALLY pushing it. There's belief that it will cause an imbalance in your nutrient levels because of the different uptake by the plant. I've also read that it can cause algea or bacteria problems. Then there's the belief that it will cause ph fluctuations. But what if the above has nothing to do with the life cycle of your solution?
I've been reading SO MANY threads and websites concerning the swapping out of hydroponic solution that my eyes are going bad from the screen time.
I've read one growers, there are many more, account of his experiences that put this practice into question. He started out changing his solution on a weekly basis but began to question it. He then switched to once a month and saw no change. He then switched only at the flowering phase and still no ill effects. He finally said screw it and decided to try an entire grow without switching out his solution and to his surprise absolutely no ill effects AT ALL. It didn't matter in the end how often he changed it or at all. In the end his harvest had the same quality and yield independent of clean outs or no clean outs.
Besides saying, this is how it is because this is how it's always been, or, it's what I've always been told or any other subjective argument. Does anyone have any actual experience attempting to run a system with no solution changes vs. running consistent and often solution changes?
I find it hard to believe that all the stories I've read are either bullshit or purposeful misleading.
It's pretty much the accepted norm to change out your res every 2 weeks at the least. Maybe some people go a month at the most but even they are considered REALLY pushing it. There's belief that it will cause an imbalance in your nutrient levels because of the different uptake by the plant. I've also read that it can cause algea or bacteria problems. Then there's the belief that it will cause ph fluctuations. But what if the above has nothing to do with the life cycle of your solution?
I've been reading SO MANY threads and websites concerning the swapping out of hydroponic solution that my eyes are going bad from the screen time.
I've read one growers, there are many more, account of his experiences that put this practice into question. He started out changing his solution on a weekly basis but began to question it. He then switched to once a month and saw no change. He then switched only at the flowering phase and still no ill effects. He finally said screw it and decided to try an entire grow without switching out his solution and to his surprise absolutely no ill effects AT ALL. It didn't matter in the end how often he changed it or at all. In the end his harvest had the same quality and yield independent of clean outs or no clean outs.
Besides saying, this is how it is because this is how it's always been, or, it's what I've always been told or any other subjective argument. Does anyone have any actual experience attempting to run a system with no solution changes vs. running consistent and often solution changes?
I find it hard to believe that all the stories I've read are either bullshit or purposeful misleading.