ph problem

Lamafia ck

Lamafia ck

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i'll check the ph every night and every night is around 7 i always bring it down to 5.2 but it wont stay at 5.2 i checkd it this morning and its already 7
the bottom leaves r yellowing and i have no idea wat to do ???
i use around 4 gallon of poland spring water i never used tap water i sterelize my system every week and i have no clue wats making the ph go up :neutral:
 
bubblerking

bubblerking

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Lamafia ck said:
i'll check the ph every night and every night is around 7 i always bring it down to 5.2 but it wont stay at 5.2 i checkd it this morning and its already 7
the bottom leaves r yellowing and i have no idea wat to do ???
i use around 4 gallon of poland spring water i never used tap water i sterelize my system every week and i have no clue wats making the ph go up :neutral:
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what nuts are you using? i beleive spring water has minerals in it that could be your problem .whats your ppm out of your tap
 
Lamafia ck

Lamafia ck

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i'm using gh 3pack" floramicro floragro florablom i started using yesterday 5 week from seed i only use 1/3 of wats reccom.
 
bubblerking

bubblerking

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Lamafia ck said:
dont got a ppm meter how about if i use destiled water
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try to get a ppm meter you need one you might be able to use your tap water you can use dist water but can get pricey try to find out the ppm of your tap water and you could be golden
 
hazeyindahead

hazeyindahead

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Your OP basically is a giant cue to change your res, the ph is changing because your plants are using up more acidic nutes, therefore only leaving alkaline left.

Just change out the water and replace with fresh nute solution.

Ph changes several times int eh watering process.

Once when dechlorinated, once nutrients have been added and settled, and when the nutrients are running out and therefore unable to stay in balance.
 
Lamafia ck

Lamafia ck

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nah the problem was the mineral in the water i changed to tap water,my system,got a ppm meter and its all good now
i harvest that plant already i got 3 ww and 2 hashberry now 11 days old they look crazy nice
 
email468

email468

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i use G.H. three part (the micro is for hard water and i use tap water) and rarely have to adjust my pH.

My first recommendation would be do the same (get the micro for hardwater and use tap)
my second recommendation would be to immediately stop using spring or drinking water and start using distilled (or just plain tap).
my third recommendation would be to get an RO system.
 
email468

email468

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Lamafia ck said:
nah the problem was the mineral in the water i changed to tap water,my system,got a ppm meter and its all good now
i harvest that plant already i got 3 ww and 2 hashberry now 11 days old they look crazy nice
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Oops! never mind - i see you got it fixed! that'll teach me to just skim the other posts!
 
Lamafia ck

Lamafia ck

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yea everything is great my ph stays at 5.2 ppm 250 i lookd at your journal email i got alot of help from there
 
Lamafia ck

Lamafia ck

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i'm scared to add nutes i only used 1 tsp=5ml micro to 10g tap water the ppm was at 224 for 7 days now its at 250 9day i'ma change tha water tomorrow but i dont know how much nutes to add??
 
Lamafia ck

Lamafia ck

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i'ma get some pics
WW are 13 days old
theres 1# WW http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee43/lamafiack/GetAttachment.jpg i had to prun the first set of leaves because it got nute burn wen it was about 5 days old but its comming back to original color

WW 2# same thing nute burn but this one i had to prun first and second set of leafs but its back to normal color http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee43/lamafiack/jan02_005.jpg

HashBerry 1# http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee43/lamafiack/fhf.jpg looks real nice its only 9 days old and its growing nice second set of leafs came out 2 days ago

HashBerry 2# http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee43/lamafiack/fh.jpg looks good not as goo as 1# but its getting there second set of leafs came out 2 days ago

ph is at 5.2 ppm 250 changing water tomorrow wondering wat ppm should i keep tap water itself is 200ppm i kept at 224 and it stayd for 7 days for the past 2 days its at 250ppm ph stays at 5.2 5.5 and the ww is getting back to original color
 
email468

email468

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Lamafia ck said:
i'm scared to add nutes i only used 1 tsp=5ml micro to 10g tap water the ppm was at 224 for 7 days now its at 250 9day i'ma change tha water tomorrow but i dont know how much nutes to add??
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anything under 300 is pretty mild and wouldn't be too worried about damaging plants. the best i can recommend is add nutes slowly - yes nute burn is ugly and you don't want to cause it - but plants are pretty resilient and if you do burn them a bit - they usually bounce back quickly.

I'm not saying not to be cautious - just don't be overly cautious.
 
skunkushybrid

skunkushybrid

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Up the feed to 420ppm tomorrow (day 14) at least. You could even go as high as 560ppm... but at this stage that is the highest i would go.
 
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