SweetHayz
Well-Known Member
Hello guys I come here to this forum to ask for help as i struggle with my hydroponics. I'm using 600w LED for veg and flower. Cabinet temp is 22-24 C. Humidity is at 50%. I started off from seed in soil. Kept it in soil for maybe 3 weeks from seed until i got my hydroponic setup ready.
I washed off all the soil from the roots and placed it in my hydroponic system. Which is 13L bucket with 3L/M airpump supplying 2 airstones.
The problem began here. At the very beginning the moment I placed the plant in my hydro I prepared my solution at 130ppm NPK 14.5.6 using mineral free deionized water with 6ppm. I lowered the pH to 5.8 using white vinegar. That is what i used to maintain my pH for my soil and it worked great. My plant just started recovering after the transplant but right then i started having very bad pH issues and building up slime. The plant started looking ill again. I did quick research and understood it came from the vinegar. And the bacteria that it grows. I flushed the tank. Took out the plant washed the roots. I had slime all around my hyropon so I have replaced it with fresh one. I've placed it in plain water with 6.5 pH for 2 days trying to find sulfuric acid perhaps in my country this substance is restricted and it is not being sold in the stores. We do not have hydroponic stores. And I tried ordering nutrients and pH down from the internet unsuccessful twice due leak in the package. So currently i'm using fish pH down to maintain my pH low and it works but its day 2 and my baby still looks ill.
My roots doesn't look that bad but slightly yellowish i believe it is due the pH problems that I had.
Plant looks still strong and its growing fresh leaves.
Any suggestions?
I also found a submerged flower growing on the bottom of my tank right under my airstones and I removed it. >.<
I washed off all the soil from the roots and placed it in my hydroponic system. Which is 13L bucket with 3L/M airpump supplying 2 airstones.
The problem began here. At the very beginning the moment I placed the plant in my hydro I prepared my solution at 130ppm NPK 14.5.6 using mineral free deionized water with 6ppm. I lowered the pH to 5.8 using white vinegar. That is what i used to maintain my pH for my soil and it worked great. My plant just started recovering after the transplant but right then i started having very bad pH issues and building up slime. The plant started looking ill again. I did quick research and understood it came from the vinegar. And the bacteria that it grows. I flushed the tank. Took out the plant washed the roots. I had slime all around my hyropon so I have replaced it with fresh one. I've placed it in plain water with 6.5 pH for 2 days trying to find sulfuric acid perhaps in my country this substance is restricted and it is not being sold in the stores. We do not have hydroponic stores. And I tried ordering nutrients and pH down from the internet unsuccessful twice due leak in the package. So currently i'm using fish pH down to maintain my pH low and it works but its day 2 and my baby still looks ill.
My roots doesn't look that bad but slightly yellowish i believe it is due the pH problems that I had.
Plant looks still strong and its growing fresh leaves.
Any suggestions?
I also found a submerged flower growing on the bottom of my tank right under my airstones and I removed it. >.<
