theslipperbandit
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Not to mention it's great for getting the ph up lol
Just for reference, I use tap water and the light feeding dosage on the bottle was plenty. With RO, you can probably run the heavy feeding schedule BUT... Work your way to that point gradually.Thanks so much for the reply and I have never heard of silica but def gonna research it now. Also since I am brand new I didn't realize using ro water takes out a lot of minerals or whatever so I need o double up on the cal mag I was told. Thanks so much for the help everyone. I am just trying my hardest to get some quality medicine
You just solved my problem ive been looking all day to find ! thank you man!! this site is Awesome!heat problem ?
Your temps can go upto 35c without any problems, if you humidty is low add a swamp cooler as this will increase the humidty and decrease the temps
Yeah, pH5.0 is pretty acidic, but seems pretty normal for an organic mix. Most (every?) base nutrient mix will be acid, and RO water (at 0ppm) has no pH buffer. Since you use RO water (presumably at 0ppm), adding fertilizer will produce high pH fluctuations. I don't use RO water but I think that most experienced people using RO water use some kind of pH "up" product.I have another question if anyone can help. I am growing in ffof using a bit of dolomite lime and Azomite. I use the General organics go box and follow all instructions which says no ph meter needed. I Ph my water which I use r/o water and after adding all the nutes the ph is at 5.0 the runoff is at 5.5. My question is why do I have such a low ph and would it be better to use tap water and just let it sit a day or to (to get rid of the chlorine) which has a high ph so my ph would probably even out or keep using the r/o water and somehow bring up the ph? And if so how should I bring up the ph without killing all the organic matter?