Well what I have been doing is I have a trash can full of water that I keep ph at 6.0 .... my question is do I need to a just ph after I add my nutes to my water that was 6.0 before nutes.... And no I didn't get the fulvic/hymic .... I'm already like 5 or 6 grand into this grow.... my wife is Gona kill me if I keep buying.... if I dont really need it
..... but if u think I really need it tell me
Well what I have been doing is I have a trash can full of water that I keep ph at 6.0 .... my question is do I need to a just ph after I add my nutes to my water that was 6.0 before nutes.... And no I didn't get the fulvic/hymic .... I'm already like 5 or 6 grand into this grow.... my wife is Gona kill me if I keep buying.... if I dont really need it
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Well my tap water is around 9.0 or so but I just check my garbage can before I water and set it to 6.0 but from now on I will check it after I mix nutes in witch I haven't been doing. And I don't have and EC meter....
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Bleeeugh, ok so we'll get a general (lol) idea of the ph . . . . I guess the wife would literally hang you if you bought a Bluelab PH meter at 80+ bucks
Ok I'll have to wait until I feed in about 7~8 hours away.... the girls are asleep right nowI'm having a stab here and reckoning you might have been feeding just outside the PH boundaries; most nutrient companies, GH inc. bias their nutrients to an acidic level as this is what our plants like
There's every chance you could have been feeding at the 5.5ph or somewhere in that region if you've been adding acidic nutrients to 6.0ph water, we'll see.
As I've said, very interested to see the two PH readings asap dude
Yea really when I check my ph I make it yellow.... yellow can be some where around 6.0. ....... So I'll get a half ass readingAn hour after lights on, when they're awake . . . .wanna see if there is any clawing on her sugar leaves . . . .
Quality, sound as, with 9.0 tap, you ain't gonna be needing PH up . . . lol
Bleeeugh, ok so we'll get a general (lol) idea of the ph . . . . I guess the wife would literally hang you if you bought a Bluelab PH meter at 80+ bucks
Ok so;
a reading from a gallon of nutrient, that has had its water PHd to 6.0 like you normally do.
a reading from your new 5 gal feed that has not had it's base water PHd at all
We need to know the difference between what it's been having and what it's goonna be getting, if it's more than 500 to 800 times difference (0.5 to 0.8PH) then we need to slide in the new regime gently with 0.3 to 0.5ph increments, including , obviously, the waterings/light feeds inbetween . . . .
Hear from you in a bit m man
Well.... looks like they have been getting nutes fed to them at 5.0 ish......
. . . . excessive nitrogen and perhaps P and K getting locked out a little. Nitrogen is more available than Phos. and Pot. at 5.0ph levels you see
Ok I just right now mixing up nutes and I'm giving enzymes and 2nd nute atmooooooooofffffffff . . . . . wow, shows how resiliant your pheno of strawberry cough is though eh . . . .5.0 ph would kill many strains in soil after a shorter time . . . . . . .
Ok so we're getting to the bottom of it all buddy
So your next feed and a couple of waterings need to be 5.5 to 6.0 range, then after that up to 6.5 to 6.7, try to keep it there . . . . . a PH pen would make your life so much simpler.
Also, do you leave your feed out for an hour so the PH can settle for another reading before you feed? Dragging your tap from 9 down to 6.5 takes some doing, might be worth mixing up and testing it again after an hour's standing, just to make sure nothings changing after it hits the root zone . . . .
