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Anyone else dealing with a low ph runoff with athena? I'm on my 3rd grow with this blend and I've had this issue before but now it's not going away. Growth is slightly stunted and plants have purple stripes and some have red woody stems, a few leaves showing calcium deficiency, and some leaves showing what looks like phosphorus deficiency. My guess is that when you feed too much with this nutrient blend you end up with excessive potassium, which leads to low ph, which then leads to locking out. Also too much potassium locks out cal, mag, and nitrogen but I'm not really seeing any nitrogen deficiency.
I'm feeding 700 ppm and getting the same runoff but after a day or 2 the runoff builds up to 750 and I flush it back down to 650ish. Lowest runoff ph was 5.4-5.5 but I got it back up to 5.8-6 range and the issue is still not going away.
Anyone else using athena have this problem? I might switch to something else. I think athena puts too much potassium in their mix.
I'm feeding 700 ppm and getting the same runoff but after a day or 2 the runoff builds up to 750 and I flush it back down to 650ish. Lowest runoff ph was 5.4-5.5 but I got it back up to 5.8-6 range and the issue is still not going away.
Anyone else using athena have this problem? I might switch to something else. I think athena puts too much potassium in their mix.
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