That is not normal.Is it normal for organic hydroponic nutrients to have pH problems? I am in week one and the pH won't stabilize. I'm having to add pH down every couple of hours to keep things below 7.0. This can't be good for the young seedlings. I never had this happen with Dyna-Gro.
After conditioning the hydroton, I ran RO water plus SM90 and Physan-20 for 10 days prior to transplanting the seedlings into the waterfarm pots. I am using RDWC. The pH was stable around 5.8 or so. Water temp is about 69 degrees (chiller). Air is about 75-80 degrees.That is not normal.
What is the ph of your water without nutes.
Its normal for ph to climb as tge water sits.
Sorry, water pH without nutes is around 7.5.After conditioning the hydroton, I ran RO water plus SM90 and Physan-20 for 10 days prior to transplanting the seedlings into the waterfarm pots. I am using RDWC. The pH was stable around 5.8 or so. Water temp is about 69 degrees (chiller). Air is about 75-80 degrees.
Sorry, water pH without nutes is around 7.5.
After emptying, flushing, adjusting the pH, and returning the nutrient, ph seems stable. Maybe adding pH down to the recirculating pump area caused unequal distribution. Will turn off bubbless next time.pH after adding nutes to reservoir is about 6.4. Nutes in reservoir are stable vs. nutes in circulation. I'm using . I want this to work but I'm thinking of flushing and switching back to Dyna-Gro as a test.
Using the 8 bucket wsterfarm eh?After emptying, flushing, adjusting the pH, and returning the nutrient, ph seems stable. Maybe adding pH down to the recirculating pump area caused unequal distribution. Will turn off bubbless next time.