I dont think so... I have seen more than my share of bacteria and algae/diatoms in my life which is what you had. The dust would be grainy and settle on the bottom not slimy and grow on tubing etc.
[Milson looked up from his screen. Of course AquaMan would be comfortable in hydro after years of balancing water chemistry for life with his aquariums.....]
If your ppm is staying the same and water level is going down then you are about bang on. A slight increase is also a good place but if its dropping you want to up the nutrients a bit. So I'd say your bang on because they are eating as much as they are drinking.
Makes sense man!
Didn’t I post a pic of the a water level/ppm/ec status and what’s it doing with details earlier on which could have saved this question ?
Not that I recall, I'll go back and look. If you did my apologies, there's so much information on here it's a lot to retain. And I'm not the sharpest bulb so some times I have to be told or shown more than onceDidn’t I post a pic of the a water level/ppm/ec status and what’s it doing with details earlier on which could have saved this question ?
I did it’s in like page 4 or 5 lolNot that I recall, I'll go back and look. If you did my apologies, there's so much information on here it's a lot to retain. And I'm not the sharpest bulb so some times I have to be told or shown more than once
Yeah I think so... its a good basic chart there is a bit more to it but as a general guide that chart rocks.
Yeah for just general use it’s helpful, kindof just gives the general idea falling res static ec and ppm means sweet spot “” and with the other tad bits if your having confusion on stuff. I would save it on your phone I did I got a whole album set aside for just nute charts temp humidity ppm ec charts and etc all just stuff to have on hand
Dude I even took a screenshot shot as a reference, I remembered as soon as I saw it!
thanks man!
Your res ph should increase daily as the plants are eating. This is absolutely normal and the drift you have is perfect IMO. I still feel like Phing down to 5.6 and letting it drift to 6.0 is a good idea. Should take about 2 days then PH back down. Not uncommon to have to ph adjust every 2-4days.
Good to know, I'll give it a try. I wouldn't have mentioned the ph drift except it's in the bucket with the seedling. I read something along the lines that as the plant feeds it raises ph because of the the positively charged ions dispelled from the roots? And different forms of nitrogen can have different effects?
Yes ammonia sourced nitrogen (which we want to keep below 5% of nitrogen source in hydro) will lower the media PH as the plant takes it up. Nitrate nitrogen will cause the media PH to rise as the plants take it up. As you said its due to the ion exchange. There are a lot of moving parts with ion exchange but as for nitrogen that's one effect the plants have on the media PH.
Yeah usually by day 10 you can jar them. Ive done it in as little as 6 with outdoor grown plants, indoors was about 8 days. I usually set a test bud to the side and in about 7 or 8 days i cut off a piece and see how it burns. Some stems just dont snap. Usually small branches are ready first and they wont snap. Just dont forget to burp the jars daily
