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Suspect for sure, scope the bottom of the spotted leaves with a jewelry loupe or microscope.
Ph stability issue. Have a read here. You need some alkalinity bud.
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Yeah I wouldn't use that tap.Really appreciate the feedback, Trips. I have a crappy magnifying glass that I was able to use to check out the bottom of the spotted leaves. There were some suspicious black dots toward the bottom where the fingers meet. I'm going to get a better scope tomorrow though to be sure.
Thanks for passing this along, Aqua. I am giving it a read now. I used PH Up to bring my water to an adequate level after adding nutrients and CalMag, but should I be PHing the distilled water before I add nutes to get it to the 75ppm buffer? Please forgive my ignorance, just want to get a proper grasp on it. Thought about switching to tap water, but just tested it and the PPM was super high at 505 so thats a no go
Generally PH should be fine for mixing nutrients. The only time its usually an issue is if adding potassium silicate which can raise the PH very high . Over 9. In that case you add it forst then ph down to like 6.5 before adding other nutrients. You also wanna give the potassium silicate 10-30min to mix well before adding anything else.Really appreciate the feedback, Trips. I have a crappy magnifying glass that I was able to use to check out the bottom of the spotted leaves. There were some suspicious black dots toward the bottom where the fingers meet. I'm going to get a better scope tomorrow though to be sure.
Thanks for passing this along, Aqua. I am giving it a read now. I used PH Up to bring my water to an adequate level after adding nutrients and CalMag, but should I be PHing the distilled water before I add nutes to get it to the 75ppm buffer? Please forgive my ignorance, just want to get a proper grasp on it. Thought about switching to tap water, but just tested it and the PPM was super high at 505 so thats a no go
Yeah I wouldn't use that tap.
What ph up and down are you using? I would add it to the RO first then cal mag then nutrients and then ph down.
If using bicarbonate source ph up do not use citric acid based ph down. Add 50-75ppm first to the RO water then add 100-150ppm of cal mag then add desired nutrients and finally ph down to desired PH.
See how the ph swing goes over 24 hrs. Its possible you may need to start at a higher ppm of PH up but start low and see.
Generally PH should be fine for mixing nutrients. The only time its usually an issue is if adding potassium silicate which can raise the PH very high . Over 9. In that case you add it forst then ph down to like 6.5 before adding other nutrients. You also wanna give the potassium silicate 10-30min to mix well before adding anything else.
What light period are you using?So I ended up changing the res early yesterday afternoon and hit her with another round of Neem before her dark period. She was looking good this morning and I took some readings tonight.
Initial readings were PH 5.9 and PPM 809. Tonight’s reading — about 30 hrs after res change — were PH 5.5 and PPM 887.
So slight change but not nearly as dramatic as before. She had drank about a quart of water I think I’ll top her off with some PH’d water tomorrow and remeasure.
Also scoped the bottoms of affect leaves and didn’t see any mites. But gonna hit her with the Neem one more time in a couple days to be sure.
If you guys have any other tips, I’m all ears!!
What light period are you using?
Also take ph readings at lights on and lights out. Ph will change over the day and night from ion exchange.
What nutrients are you using again? Im wondering if there is any ammonium in them.
Try lowering the ppm a little bit like 600ish may help stabilize the ph.So right now I’m in 18/6 but likely going to move to 12/12 once issues are resolved. Will take two PH readings today/tonight — thanks for the tip!
And I’m using General Hydroponics’ 2-part nutrients. Just that and CaliMagic for now.
Try lowering the ppm a little bit like 600ish may help stabilize the ph.
You are feeding equal parts if each right now?
I agree with both posters above, I think it's both bugs and some other issue, possibly pH
Mix the same and just dilute thw ppm down with water after.Will do! Yup, I’m using 1tsp of each right now. Should I decrease the amount of CalMag (currently at 1tsp/gal) I’m using to get the PPM lower?
Appreciate your input, man. Hoping to get em resolved quickly!
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