Hopefully there are some experts out there that can help out as I can't figure my problem out. I used to grow in an aero system so I don't have much experience with RDWC. I vegged 12 plants in a DIY veg that simply sprays the roots every 15 minutes or so and works very well for cloning/vegging. My plants were all vegged to about 12"-18" tall with roots that were about 12". At this point I transferred them to my new CCH2O system and switched the lighting from 24/24 to 18/6.
It has been about 12 days now and ever since then I have been seeing very slow and unhealthy looking growth. I was expecting them to just take off. I am seeing a few curls on the leafs am also seeing some of the older leaves yellow up which is unusual in veg in my experience. Here is the initial nutrient line up that I use (Mostly Botanicare nutes) which brought the PPM's to about 375. I wanted to start low as CCH2O says to start with half of your normal PPM's. Also this nutrient line up has worked very well for me in the past in an aeroponic setup.
Added to tap water @ 170 PPM out of tap:
Pure Pro Grow 480 ml
Karma 180 ml
Cal Mag 120 ml
Silica Blast 600 ml
Aquashield 900 ml
Great White 12 ml
After about a week I thought maybe they were being starved due to the yellow leafs and what I thought might be some other things that looked like nutrient deficiencies. I doubled the dose, which brought the whole system to about 570-580 PPM's. The PH has remained between 5.6 and 6.4 the whole time and hasn't had much swing. It has been a couple days since I upped the dosage but I haven't really noticed any changes.
I just can't for the life of me figure out why they aren't showing explosive growth? They were doing so well prior to the transplant. Any help would be greatly appreciated? What am I missing?
It has been about 12 days now and ever since then I have been seeing very slow and unhealthy looking growth. I was expecting them to just take off. I am seeing a few curls on the leafs am also seeing some of the older leaves yellow up which is unusual in veg in my experience. Here is the initial nutrient line up that I use (Mostly Botanicare nutes) which brought the PPM's to about 375. I wanted to start low as CCH2O says to start with half of your normal PPM's. Also this nutrient line up has worked very well for me in the past in an aeroponic setup.
Added to tap water @ 170 PPM out of tap:
Pure Pro Grow 480 ml
Karma 180 ml
Cal Mag 120 ml
Silica Blast 600 ml
Aquashield 900 ml
Great White 12 ml
After about a week I thought maybe they were being starved due to the yellow leafs and what I thought might be some other things that looked like nutrient deficiencies. I doubled the dose, which brought the whole system to about 570-580 PPM's. The PH has remained between 5.6 and 6.4 the whole time and hasn't had much swing. It has been a couple days since I upped the dosage but I haven't really noticed any changes.
I just can't for the life of me figure out why they aren't showing explosive growth? They were doing so well prior to the transplant. Any help would be greatly appreciated? What am I missing?