White Widow Waterfarm. 1st Journal on the forums.

[SCOTTYBALLS]

Every day top off with fresh water till the water level is at least up to the white line on the drain tube.. and like spoc said once you have added 2 gallons of fresh water you can drain and replace with a fresh batch of nutes.. I dont use PH balaced water like some.. When I top off with my tap water It will hit about 6.1 after adding fresh water.. a few hours later it will be 5.9-5.4 ... its ok to let you PH move around.. it allows the plant to pick up things it normally could not. If you forced it at 5.8 24/7 ... that would be like you eating chicken everyday for every meal for the rest of your life.. I love my baby mj's I would never do that to them

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

From what I've read from two other members jim, is to top off your rez daily with ph corrected water until the water you have replaced equals the capacity of the rez. It's a two gallon rez so when you have topped off with 2 gallons, next day drain and replace with fresh nute solution.

Thanks Spoc.

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

Every day top off with fresh water till the water level is at least up to the white line on the drain tube.. and like spoc said once you have added 2 gallons of fresh water you can drain and replace with a fresh batch of nutes.. I dont use PH balaced water like some.. When I top off with my tap water It will hit about 6.1 after adding fresh water.. a few hours later it will be 5.9-5.4 ... its ok to let you PH move around.. it allows the plant to pick up things it normally could not. If you forced it at 5.8 24/7 ... that would be like you eating chicken everyday for every meal for the rest of your life.. I love my baby mj's I would never do that to them

Thanks Scotty, I will probably set the Ph to 5.5 and let it slowly rise up to 6.0 so they can absorb everything.

Is Ph fluctuation not a problem in Hydro?

 

[SCOTTYBALLS]

Thanks Scotty, I will probably set the Ph to 5.5 and let it slowly rise up to 6.0 so they can absorb everything.

Is Ph fluctuation not a problem in Hydro?

can be depending on your water quality.. I use to live in a area where tap was 320ppm had so much calcium you could see it floating around in a clear glass.. I would bring the PH down to 5.2 and a hour later it would be back up in the 7's .. I fixed it with RO... I also beleave if you have decent quality water the plant itself can help adjust the ph to its needs.. I have not used PH up or Down in over 5 yrs.. The PH buffers in flora Nova are extreamly good compard to most nutes wich also contributed to me not having to use PH up and Down

 

[remi11]

Looking good jim about how mine looks and I'm on day 24 but I think I added nutes too early and got some nute burn which I'm hoping just caused it to grow slower not to mention not having a ph meter but there's still new growth coming up so I think I'm ok so far wish I had a way to get pics up but ya looks real good jim

 

[remi11]

Just read scottys post on here and eases my mind on not having a ph meter and yes SCOTTY the calcium in the water here in san antonio is baddddd like u say u can see it so I set it out for 24hrs before adding. Man I love this site lol

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

can be depending on your water quality.. I use to live in a area where tap was 320ppm had so much calcium you could see it floating around in a clear glass.. I would bring the PH down to 5.2 and a hour later it would be back up in the 7's .. I fixed it with RO... I also beleave if you have decent quality water the plant itself can help adjust the ph to its needs.. I have not used PH up or Down in over 5 yrs.. The PH buffers in flora Nova are extreamly good compard to most nutes wich also contributed to me not having to use PH up and Down

I am on a mission to find out my water quality, I have a sneaking suspicion it isn't that great but I hope I am proved wrong.

My Ph was 4.8 last night around 1a.m. and then this morning at 9 it was at 6.3 it does go up but if I just add a tiny tiny bit of Ph down once a day it seems to keep it stable.

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

Looking good jim about how mine looks and I'm on day 24 but I think I added nutes too early and got some nute burn which I'm hoping just caused it to grow slower not to mention not having a ph meter but there's still new growth coming up so I think I'm ok so far wish I had a way to get pics up but ya looks real good jim

Could just be the strain too what are you growing again?

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

I can afford to supplement RO water from the store probably 50% of the watering. I really hate wasting all that plastic though, I am using a Brita filter that should take most of the unwanted crap out of my tap water correct.

 

[upthearsenal]

I've heard mixed things about Brita, although I'm sure it improves the water. Idk about where you live, but where I live we have these things called "Water Mills" which are located on the corner of streets typically, and you just take a 3-5gal reusable jug and just fill it up with distilled water for about $1.25.

A bit off topic, but do you think it's a good idea to have two plants in a waterfarm?

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

I've heard mixed things about Brita, although I'm sure it improves the water. Idk about where you live, but where I live we have these things called "Water Mills" which are located on the corner of streets typically, and you just take a 3-5gal reusable jug and just fill it up with distilled water for about $1.25.

A bit off topic, but do you think it's a good idea to have two plants in a waterfarm?

I wouldnt put two plants in one WaterFarm incase one of the plants hermes or is a male or if it just dies you will never get the roots out and the dead roots will just rot causeing fungus to grow and eventually killing your other plant I am pretty sure that is a possibility.

I do have a water mill type place I have never been there but I saw on there sign some prices one day they weren't that cheap but I probably should go there and find out because they have a drive through window so I would love going through there.

So is distilled better for hydro or Reverse Osmosis?

 

[upthearsenal]

I have no idea if distilled is better, I'm sure someone more experienced can chime in, yet for me, it's a lot better than my tap. I get the Water Mill water with a pH of 6.8, and ppm of around 40, to me that's good for sure.

Good points as far as having two plants per WF, I would have never though about the root thing.

Great avi by the way!

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

I have no idea if distilled is better, I'm sure someone more experienced can chime in, yet for me, it's a lot better than my tap. I get the Water Mill water with a pH of 6.8, and ppm of around 40, to me that's good for sure.

Good points as far as having two plants per WF, I would have never though about the root thing.

Great avi by the way!

Yea I love that picture there is another one thats funny too. I am not trying to stir up trouble they are just funny pictures.

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[SCOTTYBALLS]

Just to let you guys know you can get a RO system for right around $100 here is a random buy now that I found on ebay there are some for under $100 beats the hell out of buying water.. I had a cheap system like this and it took my 340ppm tap down to 0.3ppm not even 1 part per million

http://cgi.ebay.com/Reverse-Osmosis-Water-Filter-Systems-4-stage-105-GPD-/140452349896

also I forgot who mentioned it in the page before but leaving the water out dose not help with PH it just lets the chlorine evaporate..

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

Just to let you guys know you can get a RO system for right around $100 here is a random buy now that I found on ebay there are some for under $100 beats the hell out of buying water.. I had a cheap system like this and it took my 340ppm tap down to 0.3ppm not even 1 part per million

http://cgi.ebay.com/Reverse-Osmosis-Water-Filter-Systems-4-stage-105-GPD-/140452349896

also I forgot who mentioned it in the page before but leaving the water out dose not help with PH it just lets the chlorine evaporate..

I cant afford it right now just invested over $300 into my fish tank(Stupid Fish). But I will save and after this is completed I will buy one, I need one anyways to make a saltwater tank. Thats a pretty good price too also free shipping is always good.

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

So after adding the nutrients it seems to be more green and growing stronger and faster. My Ph is still rising alot I think I will get some RO water from the store and see if I get better results.

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[remi11]

Hell ya looking good jim oh an I am growing seedsman ww which I've been reading and seems not to like nutes for the first month I can already see the yellowing on the tips going away and now can actually notice it growing have in mind I do visit my girl abojut 3-5 times a day. But yours is looking great

 

[jimbizzzale67123]

Hell ya looking good jim oh an I am growing seedsman ww which I've been reading and seems not to like nutes for the first month I can already see the yellowing on the tips going away and now can actually notice it growing have in mind I do visit my girl abojut 3-5 times a day. But yours is looking great

Yea remember its no longer White Widow I am growing Cole Train, I wish I could change the title. I didn't know if you were comparing them thinking it was still White Widow, that bastard seed was so weird just never turned green.

 

[remi11]

Oh ya na I know u started a diff strain lol but ya its looking good here's a pic from a few days finally figured just download the photobucket app lol its all crappy due to it being a camera phone

 

[remi11]