jondamon
Well-Known Member
Hey Folks
Well i just thought i would check in and let everyone know whats been happening with these plants. I have decided to do picture updates only on mondays from now on (getting a bit of earache off the MRS) So since the EC rise last week i have now settled everything back down, i might add without having to flush these plants! Because my EC had risen so sharply i added plain water to my res to control the EC and wait it out for my new pH pen. The RES change i done before the sharp rise in EC was at EC1.6 so when i dumped the RES i refilled with EC1.2 pH5.7 thus lowering my EC gradually rather than a massive EC0.0 flush.
During this time the plants were using EC0.2 each day from the RES so i knew i had to increase my EC on my next res change.
So i changed my Res this week and refilled with EC1.4 pH5.7. The EC is holding pretty steady again at the present time. What i have noticed now that i am using a pH meter that works my pH is drifting from 5.7-6.2 and at this point i correct this back down to 5.7ish, Now am beginning to understand how far out my old pH Meter was as this drift i know is perfectly normal and can be a good thing as the different nutrients are available to the plant at differing pH ranges.
Anyway enough babbling for now.
Cant believe how quiet this journal is lol.
J
Well i just thought i would check in and let everyone know whats been happening with these plants. I have decided to do picture updates only on mondays from now on (getting a bit of earache off the MRS) So since the EC rise last week i have now settled everything back down, i might add without having to flush these plants! Because my EC had risen so sharply i added plain water to my res to control the EC and wait it out for my new pH pen. The RES change i done before the sharp rise in EC was at EC1.6 so when i dumped the RES i refilled with EC1.2 pH5.7 thus lowering my EC gradually rather than a massive EC0.0 flush.
During this time the plants were using EC0.2 each day from the RES so i knew i had to increase my EC on my next res change.
So i changed my Res this week and refilled with EC1.4 pH5.7. The EC is holding pretty steady again at the present time. What i have noticed now that i am using a pH meter that works my pH is drifting from 5.7-6.2 and at this point i correct this back down to 5.7ish, Now am beginning to understand how far out my old pH Meter was as this drift i know is perfectly normal and can be a good thing as the different nutrients are available to the plant at differing pH ranges.
Anyway enough babbling for now.
Cant believe how quiet this journal is lol.
J