Seedling Problem
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BeaverHuntr
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Wow is that really the PPM of your Tap?? Thats excellent tap water my R/O water is in the 50's lol.
Yes if your tap is 43 subtract that from the total PPM, i wouldnt even bother though because its so freaking low. You dont have to be precise with your PPM readings you can be off a little. If you think you are too high let the plant tell you. Look for nute burn who knows maybe after a day your PPM will lower on its own, when that happens you will know your plant is eating. Dont harsh your mellow dude, great thing about DWC is you can just empty your res or dilute it to correct problems.
goten
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Thanks my man and yes its 43
I did not know that was good though lol i was thinking damn i gotta alot to go lol
Ok
I just did another gallon and i added a little nutes at a time
The ppm is now 378 , but the ph is 6.0
Should i add a little more nutes to drop it a few points or should i use my G.H ph down
I did not know that was good though lol i was thinking damn i gotta alot to go lol
Ok
I just did another gallon and i added a little nutes at a time
The ppm is now 378 , but the ph is 6.0
Should i add a little more nutes to drop it a few points or should i use my G.H ph down
wiimb
New Member
Goten if your getting your trying your best to get your ppm perfect before adding ph down, i think its pointless. As what about 2moro when you take your next readings and say the plant has drank only water and the ppm has risen and the ph risen, your are obviously going to put ph down in your res and that makes your ppm reading go up an you are not able to get your perfect ppm reading like you wanted so doing it in the first place is pointless, im not being funny mate just you getting loads of different comments and i really want you to get this right.
Im going to tell you what i do the best i can and then if you take my advice i will be over the moon and if you take someone else then i still will be pleased anything to get you going pal....
Empty Bucket
Fill it with 15ltrs of water an add my nutes miz it all up and take my ph readings, ph down the water and take my readings. DONE!
Topping Up!
The next day i will open my buckets check the ppm and calculate how much they have drank compared to the day before.
How i calculate.
say one day my reading was 600 and then the next it was 450 and she drank 1 litr i would add one liter mixed nutes back, but if she drank two ltrs and with the readings the same i would add 1.5ltr mixed nutes and half plain water, too balance it out to back around were i want it 600ppm.
But say the reading is 600 day before and you check them and its say 750-800 and they have drank 2ltrs, i would add 2 ltrs plain water, no nutes. but if she has drank 3 ltrs same readings i would add 2ltrs of plain water still but add one liter of mixed nutes to balance it out again.
say one day your ppm is 600 and check and its still 600 and she drank 1 ltr i would add 1ltr plain water just to dilute them a little but not loads.
and if she drank 2ltr one ltr of each added back mixed and plain.
How i increase my nutes weekly or fortnightly
say my plant has been set at 800-ppm for the week 1 i would check back on my readings i have wrote down every day, (this is why its good to right it down) And she how she has been doing on her feeds and if she has shown improvement i would add half a ml extra to the nutes and if no improvement just the same i would check back in a weeks time.
If the readings are poor you are going to know about it without even checking you readings, cause you have obviously over feed them in that week so i would decrease the nutes by a couple of hundred.
hope this helps pal!
Im going to tell you what i do the best i can and then if you take my advice i will be over the moon and if you take someone else then i still will be pleased anything to get you going pal....
Empty Bucket
Fill it with 15ltrs of water an add my nutes miz it all up and take my ph readings, ph down the water and take my readings. DONE!
Topping Up!
The next day i will open my buckets check the ppm and calculate how much they have drank compared to the day before.
How i calculate.
say one day my reading was 600 and then the next it was 450 and she drank 1 litr i would add one liter mixed nutes back, but if she drank two ltrs and with the readings the same i would add 1.5ltr mixed nutes and half plain water, too balance it out to back around were i want it 600ppm.
But say the reading is 600 day before and you check them and its say 750-800 and they have drank 2ltrs, i would add 2 ltrs plain water, no nutes. but if she has drank 3 ltrs same readings i would add 2ltrs of plain water still but add one liter of mixed nutes to balance it out again.
say one day your ppm is 600 and check and its still 600 and she drank 1 ltr i would add 1ltr plain water just to dilute them a little but not loads.
and if she drank 2ltr one ltr of each added back mixed and plain.
How i increase my nutes weekly or fortnightly
say my plant has been set at 800-ppm for the week 1 i would check back on my readings i have wrote down every day, (this is why its good to right it down) And she how she has been doing on her feeds and if she has shown improvement i would add half a ml extra to the nutes and if no improvement just the same i would check back in a weeks time.
If the readings are poor you are going to know about it without even checking you readings, cause you have obviously over feed them in that week so i would decrease the nutes by a couple of hundred.
hope this helps pal!
BeaverHuntr
Well-Known Member
Yeah let your nute soup chill for a good 15 -30 min check the PH and PH down to 5.8 ... In DWC 5.8 is money but dont worry about always keeping it there let it go up a bit to about 6.2 and then back down to 5.8 .. Use the PH down
BeaverHuntr
Well-Known Member
Goten if your getting your trying your best to get your ppm perfect before adding ph down, i think its pointless. As what about 2moro when you take your next readings and say the plant has drank only water and the ppm has risen and the ph risen, your are obviously going to put ph down in your res and that makes your ppm reading go up an you are not able to get your perfect ppm reading like you wanted so doing it in the first place is pointless, im not being funny mate just you getting loads of different comments and i really want you to get this right.
Im going to tell you what i do the best i can and then if you take my advice i will be over the moon and if you take someone else then i still will be pleased anything to get you going pal....
Empty Bucket
Fill it with 15ltrs of water an add my nutes miz it all up and take my ph readings, ph down the water and take my readings. DONE!
Topping Up!
The next day i will open my buckets check the ppm and calculate how much they have drank compared to the day before.
How i calculate.
say one day my reading was 600 and then the next it was 450 and she drank 1 litr i would add one liter mixed nutes back, but if she drank two ltrs and with the readings the same i would add 1.5ltr mixed nutes and half plain water, too balance it out to back around were i want it 600ppm.
But say the reading is 600 day before and you check them and its say 750-800 and they have drank 2ltrs, i would add 2 ltrs plain water, no nutes. but if she has drank 3 ltrs same readings i would add 2ltrs of plain water still but add one liter of mixed nutes to balance it out again.
say one day your ppm is 600 and check and its still 600 and she drank 1 ltr i would add 1ltr plain water just to dilute them a little but not loads.
and if she drank 2ltr one ltr of each added back mixed and plain.
How i increase my nutes weekly or fortnightly
say my plant has been set at 800-ppm for the week 1 i would check back on my readings i have wrote down every day, (this is why its good to right it down) And she how she has been doing on her feeds and if she has shown improvement i would add half a ml extra to the nutes and if no improvement just the same i would check back in a weeks time.
If the readings are poor you are going to know about it without even checking you readings, cause you have obviously over feed them in that week so i would decrease the nutes by a couple of hundred.
hope this helps pal!
See this guy Wimb is mass cool he pretty much took some time out to give you a broken down step by step way to monitor DWC grows... Very good info.
goten
Well-Known Member
Yes it helps alot much thanks my manGoten if your getting your trying your best to get your ppm perfect before adding ph down, i think its pointless. As what about 2moro when you take your next readings and say the plant has drank only water and the ppm has risen and the ph risen, your are obviously going to put ph down in your res and that makes your ppm reading go up an you are not able to get your perfect ppm reading like you wanted so doing it in the first place is pointless, im not being funny mate just you getting loads of different comments and i really want you to get this right.
Im going to tell you what i do the best i can and then if you take my advice i will be over the moon and if you take someone else then i still will be pleased anything to get you going pal....
Empty Bucket
Fill it with 15ltrs of water an add my nutes miz it all up and take my ph readings, ph down the water and take my readings. DONE!
Topping Up!
The next day i will open my buckets check the ppm and calculate how much they have drank compared to the day before.
How i calculate.
say one day my reading was 600 and then the next it was 450 and she drank 1 litr i would add one liter mixed nutes back, but if she drank two ltrs and with the readings the same i would add 1.5ltr mixed nutes and half plain water, too balance it out to back around were i want it 600ppm.
But say the reading is 600 day before and you check them and its say 750-800 and they have drank 2ltrs, i would add 2 ltrs plain water, no nutes. but if she has drank 3 ltrs same readings i would add 2ltrs of plain water still but add one liter of mixed nutes to balance it out again.
say one day your ppm is 600 and check and its still 600 and she drank 1 ltr i would add 1ltr plain water just to dilute them a little but not loads.
and if she drank 2ltr one ltr of each added back mixed and plain.
How i increase my nutes weekly or fortnightly
say my plant has been set at 800-ppm for the week 1 i would check back on my readings i have wrote down every day, (this is why its good to right it down) And she how she has been doing on her feeds and if she has shown improvement i would add half a ml extra to the nutes and if no improvement just the same i would check back in a weeks time.
If the readings are poor you are going to know about it without even checking you readings, cause you have obviously over feed them in that week so i would decrease the nutes by a couple of hundred.
hope this helps pal!
Im still trying to get this down but i think im closer now then what i was an hour ago lol
So lets say my ppm is at 400 , i check it the next day if it is up to 600 that means they drank up some nutes so i just add a little more to get it back to 400 ?
Or do i have that backwards ?
I keep having to read what you wrote over and over trying to get a better understanding lol
wiimb
New Member
youve got it back wards m8ey if ppm goes up the drank water ppm goes down they drank nutes
im just about to get my readings now as well and put a update on, ill let ya know when they on
goten
Well-Known Member
youve got it back wards m8ey if ppm goes up the drank water ppm goes down they drank nutes
im just about to get my readings now as well and put a update on, ill let ya know when they on
ohhh ,
ok i think i understand you now lol
So if ppm is 400 and the next day its 600 then they only drank water and i just need to replace the water they drank ,
But if the ppm is 400 and the next day its 200 then they drank nutes so i need to add nutes also to get it back up
Is that right my man ?
BeaverHuntr
Well-Known Member
Thats right but if they are only drinking water than you have a problem. A) too many nutes B) PH Problem
You want your PPM to go down that means the plants are eating.
goten
Well-Known Member
Thanks my manhere you go goten watch this mate
[video=youtube;jsGty-DX0tQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsGty-DX0tQ[/video]
I watched the whole vid , man you love some em dont you lol , every vid i seen of yours you have playing lol
I got my ppm to 428 and ph is 5.8
Thats as close to 400 that i can get it and keep a good ph lol
Thanks so much for your help my man
i will rep you again when im able to
goten
Well-Known Member
ok i got you
Much thanks for every ones help
rep to who im able to lol
to who im not able to i will when im able to again
Once i get my ph right and ppm right in my gallon container will it stay that way when i pour it in my res ?
I know it will change afterwards once the plants start drinking though
goten
Well-Known Member
Which one my man ? the out with the old ?you gt it m8
anything else m8 ask
update coming on my thread and my cuttings i have been ashamed to show lol
I just filled my res up and took readings
410 ppm , 5.8 ph
So now i just got to wait till tomorrow to check it and see if it goes up or down
goten
Well-Known Member
Man this shit is irritating
After i filled my res back up yesterday the ppm was 410 and the ph was 5.8
Now today i just checked and the ppm is 526 and the ph is 6.4 ugh
According to what i understood from you wiimb if the ppm went up that means they only drank water and did not get any nutes
What causes this my man
After i filled my res back up yesterday the ppm was 410 and the ph was 5.8
Now today i just checked and the ppm is 526 and the ph is 6.4 ugh
According to what i understood from you wiimb if the ppm went up that means they only drank water and did not get any nutes
What causes this my man