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Each plant is in its own 12g tote. The entangled roots I was referring to was a single plant who's roots were entangled. I didn't untangle any roots. 10ppm, really? It's good to know I don't have to worry about overdoing it. I completely understand what you mean by keeping chlorine levels up...

I will have to try that. I defoliated one plant but leaves are still touching each other on the top of the branches where one branch is just below another and just below a fan leaf. They all three blanket each other. Was thinking about removing the bottom branch in those areas as light isn't...

About to hit them with 5ppm chlorine. I opened a tote that i haven't opened in a few days and was greeted with transparent slime/goo on portions of the roots. I only noticed it because I had just finished defoliating that plant and wanted to make sure the roots were still submerged after...

Thank you for sharing that. I appreciate when members share additional info incase I'm not aware of something. Mold is a concern that's been on my mind. Mostly because some of the big fan leaves blanket the top growth on branches. I'm not sure how to combat that since the big fan leaves are...

That info is hugely helpful. Thank you for breaking it all down and explaining things so thoroughly!

I'm not sure what constitutes leaves of no use? Smaller leaves on the branches, below the top 2-3 nodes?

Thanks man! I backed off the idea of upping the calmagic the moment I read your comment and viewed the graph you shared about calcium uptake and ph levels. My issue isn't a lack if calcium, it's that I've prevented the optimal uptake of available calcium by keeping ph pinned above 6.0. I believe...

Thank you rkymtnman, OldMedUser, and everyone else who has been investing their time and knowledge to help me thru the learning curve of understanding hydroponics. You all are fa It's a relief to know that if it drops below 5.5 it's nothing to be concerned about! Thank you for the advice to...

Can I bring it down to 5.5 range at one time or do I need to do it slowly?

Thank you! I was obviously looking at a bad chart. What you are saying makes complete sense. I am starving them of calcium by keeping the ph around 6.0-6.1. I kinda suck at this hydro stuff lol

I do have a booster pump running but it's a 75gpd system that takes about and hour and 40 minutes to make 5g.

You have incredible timing! I was at the hardware store picking up some buckets and lids for that exact purpose when your reply came thru. There is an ro service station in the town next to me. That water comes out in the 60° range, whereas with how slow an ro system produces water, the water...

Do you think 4:8 would be a good starting point for the current stage of growth? Or should I start with like 2:4, see where that gets me ec/tds wise, and adjust based on the plants response and tds/ec consumption? Sorry for the million questions, man! Just trying to make sure I don't screw...

I notice the tip burn and have been trying to research the cause. So many things resemble each other that I'm having trouble deciphering the cause. What's your conclusion. Nute burn? My system is 20g of water total and I use ro that I make at home. The ratio of waste water to ro when making ro...

Come to think of it, I may have inquired about the lucas formula a while back. Its something I've been considering since day one when I decided to skip water changes. Is it too early to start the lucas formula? Would those concentrations cause nute burn at this stage of veg? Im down to do a full...

Absolutely! I'm not doing water changes so it's difficult to provide an exact number for nutes considering some of the tds is calimagic and I'm unable to judge how much of that has been consumed. Nutes were adjusted to 450ppm approximately a week and a half ago and calimagic was assumed to be...

A quick Google search shows that calcium uptake happens at the higher end of recommended ph levels for hydro. @6.2 and above Edit: correction it's 6.0 and above with closer to 6.5 being more of a maximum uptake

That makes sense considering the ability to uptake each nute/element is based on the ph level. Should I hold off on the calimagic and drop the ph closer to 5.5 to see if climbing and dropping corrects the calcium deficiency?

I only upped the calmagic to 50-60% of the recommended dose. I'm sure it's lower now as the plants have been consuming it and are deficient

Ph has been climbing 0.1-0.2 daily. I've been adjusting daily to get it back to 6.0-6.1. I presume it's time to up the calmagic a bit? I wasn't 100% sure its calcium related as the spots start lower on the plant and work their way up.