myke
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So maybe a little high,what is your water?
Master Kush, first time 200W MH/HPS DWC with AN nutrients
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MF-Wizard
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Cali-magic or hydro products aren't exactly available locally where I live, like over 100 kilometers is the closest one... Can I grind up calcium supplements I can find in the pharmacy instead?
Edit: I somehow added this to an earlier reply I was writing about the fact I live within EU and in a country where misleading lables are considered a severe fraud, the label also says that they're manufactured in the EU. I'm not saying the deficiency isn't a possibility, since every strain and system of growth has their quirks, but I highly doubt that AN can pull 'muricah level of businesses savvy/scumminess
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MF-Wizard
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Good to know. What'd you think of the size of the plants or should I let the girls grow more? The tent is 60x60x120cm just for help. They're about 13 centimeters tall and each already have 6 flowering sites, for size reference the lid of the reservoir of 51x40cm. Would I get a decent yield from this? Master Kush has a flowering time of 7-8 weeks.
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Well, here's an update of sorts... Got epsom salt, added a teaspoonful of it into the current res water, can't change the water because my exchange pump is busted and can't get a working one until tomorrow. Today was hectic, so I felt I should at least throw shit at the wall and see what stuck, first being the spoonful of epsom salt but since the coloring of the leaves is NOT ideal and most likely sign of calcium deficiency that was agreed on, but since not one soul told me what to do about that without cali-mag as an option I was forced to take a little of the reservoir fluid into a misting bottle and spritz that onto the leaves as emergency foliar feeding...
Seriously though, I asked if I could've used pulverised calcium supplement tablets from the pharmacy as a way to curb it until my order of cal-mag comes in, which might finally arrive this Friday.
So yeah, here's pics of progress.
TL;DR
Busy stressful day, threw a spoonful of epsom salt into the res, water change pump fucked, sure looks awful lot like calcium deficiency, cal-mag comes by Friday probably, help or I'll play chicken with the traffic if my plants die
Oh and pH is at 6,0 I think. Still using the aquarium test kit, ordered a proper meter today
Seriously though, I asked if I could've used pulverised calcium supplement tablets from the pharmacy as a way to curb it until my order of cal-mag comes in, which might finally arrive this Friday.
So yeah, here's pics of progress.
TL;DR
Busy stressful day, threw a spoonful of epsom salt into the res, water change pump fucked, sure looks awful lot like calcium deficiency, cal-mag comes by Friday probably, help or I'll play chicken with the traffic if my plants die
Oh and pH is at 6,0 I think. Still using the aquarium test kit, ordered a proper meter today
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Okay, I managed to switch out 10 liters with a manual pump and got the PPM level down to 790. The PPM level itself didn't change that much from yesterday, but the girls are drinking water since I have to top off the reservoir every couple of days. After the 10 liter switch of clean water the pH is at 6,5 but I'm going to lower it to 6,0 as soon as my wrist stops pulsing with pain from using the manual pump... Also, in terms of the calcium I'm hoping to curb the deficiency with foliar feeding if it comes down to it until the additive arrives in mail. But thanks for reminding me to keep an eye on the newer leaves for changes
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MF-Wizard
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I just assumed that the pH changed from changing 10 liters of res water. It's just an hour till lights out, should I adjust the pH at this point at all or leave it like that until the morning?
MF-Wizard
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Here, this is probably the greatest problem maker. Not exactly accurate to a decent range I imagine
myke
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Photos of ph tests with drops.
If you have a ph test kit please post a photo of 6 ph or anything really.looking to compare thx.
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MF-Wizard
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Well, once I get a meter I'm going to use that until the damn thing rots to subatomic particles and get a new one. I hate checking pH like this... The rough numbers are just bad craftsmanship.
Any thoughts on practicing foliar feeding with the reservoir fluid until I get the cal-mag additive?
MF-Wizard
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Well I'm going to see about that tomorrow, since it's a matter of micro nutes I'll make the foliar feed separately with the micro maybe at 100 or perhaps a little less but add a full brunt 50 epsom, foliar feeding is surprisingly effective so I'll spritz the plants around 3 times a day at first and increase the rounds if the deficiencies start to show more.