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So i have a problem i can never find an answer to no matter how hard i search.
i am preparing a solution for future use (bean is in paper towel and i am having the solution ready to see how the ph acts day by day before i encounter theese problems with the seedling inside and suffering)
So my environment is absolutely perfect regarding temps, water temps humidity etc, everything is sterile as hell, my water is 0.3 EC and i added another 0.2 EC of Advanced nutrients connoiseur ph perfect for a total of 0.5 to begin with the seedlings. plus a little quantity of microbes(voodoo juice, like 2ml in 20 liters) my water is 7.8 ph from the ta
on a 20lt reservoir i began with 7.7ph after nutes, 1ml of ph down got me to 6.9,another 2 ml got me to 6.6, another 3 ml got me to 6.3,another 4 ml got me to 5.9 and finally another 5 ml got me to 5.7.
both buckets are in the absolutely same conditions, same bucket same everything, same nutrients same EC and same phdown ml yet one of the 2 dropped to 4.3 PH after like 15', while the other stayed at a solid 5.7
...the 4.3 ph bucket took 20ml of 7ph buffer to come to 4.7ph and another 30ml to rise to 5.5, i left it there.
And now the part that has me completely flabbergasted:
half an hour passed while i was doing all that, and the bucket that was originally a steady 5.7 now rose to 5.9, so i thought "why not give it 0.3ml of phdown to drop it back to 5.7 or a bit lower so i can counter the inevitable rising of the ph,and BOOM that 0.3ml dropped the ph of the whole 20lt bucket to 4.3 too.... it took 1 glass of 7.5ph of tap water and 15ml of the 7phbuffer to reach 5.4 and i didnt play with it anymore because i already had hedache haha.
2 days after both buckets are in the same 6.0 ph, looks steady, airstone at full blast, and i am about to plant.
An wizards with specialization to the dark arts of PH balancing? what do you guys make of this whole carnival of a situation?
i am preparing a solution for future use (bean is in paper towel and i am having the solution ready to see how the ph acts day by day before i encounter theese problems with the seedling inside and suffering)
So my environment is absolutely perfect regarding temps, water temps humidity etc, everything is sterile as hell, my water is 0.3 EC and i added another 0.2 EC of Advanced nutrients connoiseur ph perfect for a total of 0.5 to begin with the seedlings. plus a little quantity of microbes(voodoo juice, like 2ml in 20 liters) my water is 7.8 ph from the ta
on a 20lt reservoir i began with 7.7ph after nutes, 1ml of ph down got me to 6.9,another 2 ml got me to 6.6, another 3 ml got me to 6.3,another 4 ml got me to 5.9 and finally another 5 ml got me to 5.7.
both buckets are in the absolutely same conditions, same bucket same everything, same nutrients same EC and same phdown ml yet one of the 2 dropped to 4.3 PH after like 15', while the other stayed at a solid 5.7
...the 4.3 ph bucket took 20ml of 7ph buffer to come to 4.7ph and another 30ml to rise to 5.5, i left it there.
And now the part that has me completely flabbergasted:
half an hour passed while i was doing all that, and the bucket that was originally a steady 5.7 now rose to 5.9, so i thought "why not give it 0.3ml of phdown to drop it back to 5.7 or a bit lower so i can counter the inevitable rising of the ph,and BOOM that 0.3ml dropped the ph of the whole 20lt bucket to 4.3 too.... it took 1 glass of 7.5ph of tap water and 15ml of the 7phbuffer to reach 5.4 and i didnt play with it anymore because i already had hedache haha.
2 days after both buckets are in the same 6.0 ph, looks steady, airstone at full blast, and i am about to plant.
An wizards with specialization to the dark arts of PH balancing? what do you guys make of this whole carnival of a situation?
