yeah i have been noting that my ph has been rising, seems to take a few days to rise past the ok point. at first i thought it was the tap water so i switched to distilled water, but that rose too, so now I dont know what is causing it, so i just keep a daily check on it now.
I tried 4 minutes off and 1 minute on. I've also tried 5 minutes off and 30-45 seconds on. I didn't notice any difference in growth rates. I think any time that is close to 5/1 will work.
I've been growing for over 14 years. I've always been a hardcore organic soil kind of guy. I never found the taste of hydro to be as good as soil. I wanted to switch but I wasn't willing to give up the flavor.
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Im thinking i need to do some emergency work.
That's why I run a dual container system on my veg unit. Even then the roots will grow all the way down to the pump in three weeks.
If you put an air stone bubbler in the res. you will be ok. Also add some Hyd. Peroxide. to keep the roots healthy and white.
I'm feeling like I should go and check the PH on my cloner. As of now I just set it to 5.8 when I fill it and I never check it again.
You don't need any stones! Just buy another container and build my veg unit. You don't want the roots setting in water. That's the whole concept behind aeroponics. The roots need the air time.
I have a plan for all those extra clones!! tray sale! lol.
Don't sweat the small stuff. As long as you don't have pests you are golden. Trust me on this, before long all you guys will be writing asking what to do because you can't take a shit with all the clones coming out your ass.
I changed the res this morning and added Hydroguard per the Botanicare schedule. The pH had risen to over 7 again even though I had just lowered it and there was all sorts of brown junk growing in the water.
Hey Stinkbud -I'm feeling like I should go and check the PH on my cloner. As of now I just set it to 5.8 when I fill it and I never check it again.
Yea the leaves will twist and turn and sometimes turn a little yellow but eventually they all pop roots.
Remember this basic concept about the cloner. The idea is to withhold nutrients so the plants are forced to grow roots to get some.
The whole idea of watching the PH is to avoid PH lockout. At certain PH levels nutrients become unavailable to the plant.
Same thing happens outdoors when it gets cold. The nutrients become unavailable to the plants. That's why we see the natural colors come through that are normally hidden by chlorophyll.
We don't use any nutes in the cloner so in theory PH shouldn't matter much. It seams to me that there are no nutes to lock out, right?
And the truth is, clones are a non issue in my system. I have clones coming out my ass and I never check the PH in my cloner.
Don't sweat the small stuff. As long as you don't have pests you are golden. Trust me on this, before long all you guys will be writing asking what to do because you can't take a shit with all the clones coming out your ass.
Hey dirt - if you look at the plans for the veg unit it is two seperate rubbermaids on top of each other. The bottom rubbermaid is the resevoir. The top unit is like your cloner with the exception of a small hole in the bottom to run the PVC up from the pump. Therefore the roots will not get down into the resevoir. You see?
Just cut them off. It won't hurt them.
I bought one of those bathroom sink screens and cut a hole just big enough for the 1/2" pipe to fit through.
Actually all the plants roots will get long enough to come out the pipe. You just cut them. I know it sound harsh but all the long roots are just tap roots not nutrient roots.
My transfers are based 100% on harvest. As soon as I harvest I bring my veg plants in no matter what size they are. Some I had to top during veg to keep them under 12" (State Law). You could let them go bigger if you wanted.
Wait to you see the first 2 weeks in flower. The plants shoot up like nothing you can imagine. They triple in height!
My tap water is 175-200 PPM out of the faucet. There are some of you that will have to use RO water because your tap water is nasty. I'm still not sure that it matters though.
The brown junk is what's causing your PH to rise. Hygrozyme will take care of that.