Mine is still fluctuating up to 7.0 from around 5.8-6.0 ish. When I see that it is up I adjust it back down is this a bad idea? Changed the reservoir out 2 days ago and set the Ph'd water to around 6.0. I checked it last night and it was back to 7.0 again so I adjusted it back down. Is this much fluctuation detrimental?
Actually a bit of fluctuation is something good; different nutrients are available at different pH levels so having your pH fluctuate "a bit" makes more nutrients available all together hence a more healthy and nutrient rich plant. Of course this is only a bit of fluctuations, not from 4 to 7 in one day.
Sounds good I'm a total newb too so I'm learning a little bit every day haha.
Sounds good, my plant has started its first day of the 13/11 light cycle and so far the leaves have been very perky. I will continue to adjust the PH as I see it rise and I will change out the water every week or more to ensure that it stays fairly fresh. I'm also going to use the add back technique to keep things simple. Thanks as always for the input! I might post some fresh pictures tonight to show the progress of the secondary leaves.Actually a bit of fluctuation is something good; different nutrients are available at different pH levels so having your pH fluctuate "a bit" makes more nutrients available all together hence a more healthy and nutrient rich plant. Of course this is only a bit of fluctuations, not from 4 to 7 in one day.
About the droopy leaves; usually a sign of over-watering although with a Waterfarm the only way that would happen is if you turned your pumps off. The WF pumps must always be running 24/7. Another thing could be that your looking at them right before they go to their night cycle. Plants tend to get accustomed to their schedule and after a while they know when the lights will be going off and sort of calm down and drop their leaves just how someone get's tired after a certain time of night they start to get drowsy and sleepy. The opposite happens when they are just about to enter their light cycle; it's leaves shoot up into the air and spread getting ready to receive the light.
Anyway hope it helps friend. Keep us posted.
Sounds like you have a good handle on things friend. Yeah I also changed the reservoir about once or twice a week during veg and topping it off with pH'ed water only in between to keep the nutrients level. You don't want to add back water that has nutrients because (IMO) it creates a disbalance in the nutrients; let's say your plant is uptaking more N (nitrogen) than P or K (normal during veg) and you keep adding P and K while your topping off with nutrient water, this will cause the P and K to progressively accumulate and eventually cause nutrient burn because the plant is primarily uptaking N. What I do is if my ppm reading is at or below the initial measurement of the last reservoir change then I top with nutrient water (at the same ppm as the last reservoir change), if the reading is above the initial measurement of the last reservoir change then I top off with only pH'ed water (with no nutrients). Hope it helps friend, hope to see some pics soon.
Good thing that I know your ph is not causing you problems. I think mine's due to overwatering then. I made me a new ring with smaller holes and not so close to each other like the other one, I'll see how that goes.
That makes perfect sense I totally agree. I'm glad the ph is only fluctuating 1.0 or so. I can't wait to start introducing nutes to this girl.Sounds like you have a good handle on things friend. Yeah I also changed the reservoir about once or twice a week during veg and topping it off with pH'ed water only in between to keep the nutrients level. You don't want to add back water that has nutrients because (IMO) it creates a disbalance in the nutrients; let's say your plant is uptaking more N (nitrogen) than P or K (normal during veg) and you keep adding P and K while your topping off with nutrient water, this will cause the P and K to progressively accumulate and eventually cause nutrient burn because the plant is primarily uptaking N. What I do is if my ppm reading is at or below the initial measurement of the last reservoir change then I top with nutrient water (at the same ppm as the last reservoir change), if the reading is above the initial measurement of the last reservoir change then I top off with only pH'ed water (with no nutrients). Hope it helps friend, hope to see some pics soon.
I'm curious if this new ring will work better for you. I noticed the other day that the waterfarm drip ring doesn't have very many holes. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing, but I'm curious to see if you notice any beneficial results from your new drip ring.
