it has been ten days and things are returning to normal ! yay ! this was my solution
first i drained appr. half of the water ( 12 - 15 gal 0r so ) when I topped up the water I actually lowered the ppm's but added more cal mg and some advanced GMB 1/4 strength but upped the M for added nitro.
water from my RO is 8ppm and after adding calmg 15ml/ 20ltr and GMB @ G 5ml, M 7ml, B 5ml/ 20ltrs - end result is ppm@ 160ish, 68'f , ph @ 5.92
After 5-6 days of recuperating from all the stress i caused them they started to come around
8 days and they are growing new leaves and are a lot greener( a little dark but that would be from the extra nitrog.)
This is my conclusion to my problem :
- when growth is slowed and young plants look ill , stop and flush your system including plants
- with ro water ( mine is 8ppm so very, very little macro or micro nutes- cal, mag, iron, sulpher etc. ) make sure enough calmag is added to the new water with 1/8- 1/4 nute strength. (cal mg is ur friend) lol needed for plant to uptake most other nutes !!
- mist occasionally with ph'd water w/ diluted calmg and little nute mix
- HAVE PATIENTS !
- let the plants settle in to their new conditions !! DO NOT give them more nutes because u think they looked STARVED. What I found is new plants from seed will grow fine with lower ppm's. No need to feed them more until the plant is producing good growth and has a good root base, then feed the girls as much as they will take !! wohooo !!! over fed young plants take longer to recover than a mature plant does !!!
- clones will grow faster and take in more ppm's when they are young and small because of their cloned maturity I just put an 8 day old clone into the same system I was having problems with and after 3 days it is already begging to grow !! wow
I hope this info can help anyone else with similar problems ? Feel free to debate anything that might not look right or to add any wisdom you mite have !??
someone was trying to tell me it was important to have the pots just above the water line in DWC but i dont think so !?? As long as the whole pot is not submerged and at least half of the roots are not in the water but in an oxygen rich zone( good air stone in each bucket and proper water temp 68ish) , things will work out fine .
Happy Growing
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