bunkerking said:

news team assemble! lol.

She looks abit droopy ( normally does at the end of the day ) I dont think its from heat stress, light stress, or vapor pressure...
The older branches look decent enough. new nodes growing from the top branches do look stressed. (generally do, unless i pull the light way back)

Being i was feeding it so much ammonium. Nothing i can really do but wait it out. See what she does. Maybe doesnt have the root system yet to keep up with it?

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Enforcer said:

Looking good man! I’m glad you are having success

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bunkerking said:

Quick Q:

When i mix Calmag & GB hydro.

The PH drops down to like 5.0, and over 24 hours it comes back up to around 7 (starting ph)
Stays stable for days after that.

Within that 1st 24 hours while its stabilizing. Should i just use PH up?

I know that mix is going to be rapidly rising. (but then again its in the root zone at that point)

Note: for hand feeding

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Aqua Man said:

Are you on RO water? I wouldn't worry about the ph in the res. Low alkalinity makes for bigger ph fluctuations. Just ph take what you are going to feed and ph that just before feeding. If you wanna oh and have it stable over a few days I can help ya with that.

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illmatik said:

I should clarify that that with AN pH Perfect, pH stays in range of what coco likes, but in my last finding it does seem to creep a little bit as the reservoir depletes.

When mixing up a fresh res, the pH is pegged at 5.8 every time.
When my reservoir is just about depleted, pH is at 6.2.

So far I haven't experienced anything that looks like a pH related lockout so I'm pretty happy with this. I am not sure how this would fare for someone who's reservoir lasts longer than week though.

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02trueblue said:

This is what I like to do on a weekly basis - have the pH drift from ~6.8 up to ~7.2
That, along with a little bit of kelp - keep everything super green

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bunkerking said:

Any reason for the high ph? Thought most coco nutes run 5.8-6.2 ?
Your garden is amazing, so im sure you got this. But just for curiosity.

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bunkerking said:

news team assemble! lol.

She looks abit droopy ( normally does at the end of the day ) I dont think its from heat stress, light stress, or vapor pressure...
The older branches look decent enough. new nodes growing from the top branches do look stressed. (generally do, unless i pull the light way back)

Being i was feeding it so much ammonium. Nothing i can really do but wait it out. See what she does. Maybe doesnt have the root system yet to keep up with it?

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bunkerking said:

I see a lot of RDWC guys using those home depot storage bins.


Im thinking this would make a cheap solution for auto feeding DTW waste water collection.
More so if it holds enough water to just empty it on res change days.

at most, ill only lose an extra 6" of height. Can scrog if height becomes an issue.

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02trueblue said:

The droopiness can be normal an hour or two before the lights go off. Young plants won't do this, but as they get older and get used to the light schedule - some will droop. It saves energy. Then about an hour before the lights come back on, they'll be all perky and waiting. To me, it's a sign of a healthy plant!
Does she get nice and perky and pray during the day?

I bet in another week or so she'll be absolutely beasting. Looks like you're on the right track

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02trueblue said:

If you don't want to worry about emptying the reservoir, you cold buy a little water pump for an aquarium for cheap. Just have a little tube run into a separate bucket and BAM, you won't even have to move your plant. A shop-vac can also work well for removing small/medium amounts of water, and they're cheap.

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