• Here is a link to the full explanation: https://rollitup.org/t/welcome-back-did-you-try-turning-it-off-and-on-again.1104810/

my 3 stages of flower

BleedsGreen

BleedsGreen

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OLD DUDE said:
Hey SS and well anybody I guess, you mentioned continuous meters are on your wish list. I just realized there is really no need for the multi meters!! We know what our ppms do, so the ph continuous one is all we really need, IMO! Saves a lot of money, well, not for me:):):)
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I am new at this so I would prefer to get both measurements at this time, at least until I am comfortable and think I know somewhat what I am doing.
 
OLD DUDE

OLD DUDE

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BleedsGreen said:
Hanna meters suck! I had mine about 2 months now, probably not even. Yesterday I check PH it reads like 8+, I am think no fucking way, yesterday it was 5.91. Got out the drop test kit and sure enough about what it was the day before. So I clean and re calibrate the Hanna seems ok, after 4 or 5 readings all wrong again. PPM still seem to read correctly, WTF. I know SS said something about Milwaukee, how about the Milwaukee Instruments MW802 Smart Ph/EC/TDS Combined Meter. Does anyone have any advise or recommendation for or against?
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I think that is what SS has used for awhile and I just picked one up at my local store for half price! Sorry, last one:(
 
BleedsGreen

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Ok I have problem, maybe? I just don’t know, I have never had this happen in soil and this is my first rail system/hydro grow.
As I said earlier in this thread, I inherited a rail system from a friend who was moving west. He helped me set it up and gave me some ¾ dead seeds to populate the two rails a total of 8 sites. I built another rail system from looking at his and then popped 8 seeds and propagated that system with those, vegged in the rails. Well he moved and I had a few questions so I started searching online, found the stinkbud then this thread read them both from start to finish before I even started posting.
Since then I built a cloner and have the materials for a veg system (haven’t built that yet).
Well back to my problem, the 2 rail systems were ready for flowering so flushed Saturday, then changed to SS week 1 of flower recipe. Res cleaned both times, PH and PPMs look good, temp looks good, roots look good. This morning I changed the lights to 12/12 when the light came on this evening my 4 biggest plants are all drooped over on to themselves, all 4 of these are in the one rail system. That system has 4 other plants that are smaller that were not affected like this. My other rail system wasn’t affected as severely either, plants are smaller but only 2 plants looked to have any droopy leaves but not bad. It is about an hour later and those 4 plants are starting to lift back up towards the light and actually look like they will survive.
Does anyone have any idea what I have going on here or how to prevent or help the situation? Should I have switched to 16/8 for a few days before hand? I am really scratching my head and not sure what I should do with the light schedule at this point.
Any input would really be appreciated.
Thanks,

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Sorry the pics aren't the greatest, phone camera is the best I got.
 
superstoner1

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BleedsGreen said:
Hanna meters suck! I had mine about 2 months now, probably not even. Yesterday I check PH it reads like 8+, I am think no fucking way, yesterday it was 5.91. Got out the drop test kit and sure enough about what it was the day before. So I clean and re calibrate the Hanna seems ok, after 4 or 5 readings all wrong again. PPM still seem to read correctly, WTF. I know SS said something about Milwaukee, how about the Milwaukee Instruments MW802 Smart Ph/EC/TDS Combined Meter. Does anyone have any advise or recommendation for or against?
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I have had the sm802 for about 4 years and love it. Keep the tip wet using only tap water. Very important .
 
superstoner1

superstoner1

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Bleeds, wait and see another night. Some drooping at lights off is normal, your arms would get tired too if you had to hold them up for 12-18 hours.
 
BleedsGreen

BleedsGreen

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superstoner1 said:
Bleeds, wait and see another night. Some drooping at lights off is normal, your arms would get tired too if you had to hold them up for 12-18 hours.
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Thanks SS, that is what I am going to do as they look perfectly fine now. They were way uglier then the photos when I first saw them but the light had just started warming.

Thanks again answering SS and OD, I was in panic mode when I saw em.
 
Crash/420

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Thanks for the reply's! Ok so I have been doing research on the mini-splits and I have a question about how they work.

If you have it set for 78 degrees, does it switch between heat and ac on it's own to keep your room at that temp, whether the lights are on or off?

Once again thanks in advance for the replys, I'm so glad I found you guys!!!!
 
OLD DUDE

OLD DUDE

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Crash/420 said:
Thanks for the reply's! Ok so I have been doing research on the mini-splits and I have a question about how they work.

If you have it set for 78 degrees, does it switch between heat and ac on it's own to keep your room at that temp, whether the lights are on or off?

Once again thanks in advance for the replys, I'm so glad I found you guys!!!!
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I don't think you could find one that switches from cool to heat automatically but Ideal Air makes a controller that has two temp settings, one for lights on and off! I guess they make them with heat and cool but I think you have to switch from cool to heat???? You want the lights out temps 10-15 degree lower than lights on!!!! Adding heat for lights out during the winter is much easier than cooling! I use a baseboard heater for that purpose!
 
nameno

nameno

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Old Dude,my name a long time ago was starrider56 did you have another name? Sound kinda familiar. Anyway have a great Day!
 
Crash/420

Crash/420

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ok thank you, I have read this post about 3 times now it is a lot to take in all at once, so sorry if I ask annoying questions. I do try to search and find the answer if I can first though.

Again Thanks a lot for all the knowledge shared with in this thread!!!!
 
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