canadiankushman
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
I'm having an issue here. Recently i started growing in Promix HP in 3 gal buckets. Things were going great but ive had some challenges lately. Ive had a bit of heat issues and while i was away my wife added another fan to the room which was blowing right on the plants and they were not enjoyin it. The room got up to 30C for a week and the added wind dried them out a bit but they have bounced back now that i added cool fresh air from my crawl space and moved the fan so its not blowing directly on them.
Ive been quite lightly with plant prod 20-20-20 1/3 (recommended dose) every 3rd watering but i flushed them good anyway thinking that my ph was off not allowing the plantd to take certain nutrients csusing a buildup. My city water's alkalinity is like 180 CaCo3/L so ive gad to add about 3 cap fulls of ph down to grt my water from 8.3 to 5.8. I think i may have aciified my promix by adding so much ph down or toxified it with phosphorous from adding so much ph down (phosphoric acid).
The plants have the claw look on some older fan leaves and they arent growing very vigourously right now. I added a bit more dolomite lime as a top dress about 4 dsys ago and they look a bit better so im thinking thst i will not ph adjust my next watering and see if some of the carbonates help bring my substrate ph back up.
Do i need RO water with an alkalinity of 180 in my tap water?
Am i even on the right track?
Im used to growing in organic soil mixes and watering with lake water but switched to soilless because i dont have access to lake water in the winter.
Any advice?
Am i over thinking things and it was all just the stress of the heat+windy enviroment?
I will add pics once i get home and can take some pics for you all.
I'm having an issue here. Recently i started growing in Promix HP in 3 gal buckets. Things were going great but ive had some challenges lately. Ive had a bit of heat issues and while i was away my wife added another fan to the room which was blowing right on the plants and they were not enjoyin it. The room got up to 30C for a week and the added wind dried them out a bit but they have bounced back now that i added cool fresh air from my crawl space and moved the fan so its not blowing directly on them.
Ive been quite lightly with plant prod 20-20-20 1/3 (recommended dose) every 3rd watering but i flushed them good anyway thinking that my ph was off not allowing the plantd to take certain nutrients csusing a buildup. My city water's alkalinity is like 180 CaCo3/L so ive gad to add about 3 cap fulls of ph down to grt my water from 8.3 to 5.8. I think i may have aciified my promix by adding so much ph down or toxified it with phosphorous from adding so much ph down (phosphoric acid).
The plants have the claw look on some older fan leaves and they arent growing very vigourously right now. I added a bit more dolomite lime as a top dress about 4 dsys ago and they look a bit better so im thinking thst i will not ph adjust my next watering and see if some of the carbonates help bring my substrate ph back up.
Do i need RO water with an alkalinity of 180 in my tap water?
Am i even on the right track?
Im used to growing in organic soil mixes and watering with lake water but switched to soilless because i dont have access to lake water in the winter.
Any advice?
Am i over thinking things and it was all just the stress of the heat+windy enviroment?
I will add pics once i get home and can take some pics for you all.