Grape Ape Medical Garden

Hello, so here we have it, a collective of 5 individuals, growing medicine. Grape ape is the strain, ive got alot of questions.

Here is the setup..

80 Net Pots w/ hydroton
NFT Drip System
4X8 Trays w/ custom lids 40 on each

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40 gal res under each..

as of 12/25 each is at
550 PPM and 5.8 PH
45% RH and 75 F


Problems are, PH keeps rising..
Seems like im getting neut deficencys
tips are browning, i have no idea whats going wrong..

I am using FLORANOVA and GH Root Stimulator,

Lot of stuff missing to answer ?????

What type of water? Reverse osmosis, tap, well, avian?

Ph is great. I use a PH conditioner such as Humic (or fulvic)acid to counter large swings (It will generally rise on you) It's good for roots too.

dieselhound said:

Lot of stuff missing to answer ?????

What type of water? Reverse osmosis, tap, well, avian?

Ph is great. I use a PH conditioner such as Humic (or fulvic)acid to counter large swings (It will generally rise on you) It's good for roots too.

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Ok, questions are as follows

What do you think the problems w/ the plant are.. I am using tap water, @ aprox 50-80 ppm out the tap, i let it airate for about 1 hr before adding nutes.. lamps are 3ft above canopy..im trying to figure out what they are lacking, or if im over ferting..

I would flush with RO water and drop the nutes down a lot, or just completely drop them until the plants get a better footing.

I can tell by looking at your res that's way too much nutes for those plants. Drop the Floranova and just use the root stim.

I would suggest GH's three part Flora (not nova) The micro will help with any deficiencies you run across.

I'd put a cover on the open part of your reservoirs, having them open to air and light is not a good thing, you're begging for algae and bacterial problems. Given the size of your reservoirs, you might also consider bigger/more air pumps.

What size are your lights? Three feet seems like excessive distance from the plants, given that you have cooled hoods.

Also, this setup has a big electrical hazard, your power strips are laying on the floor next to open water. this is a double naughty no-no.

brainwav93 said:

I'd put a cover on the open part of your reservoirs, having them open to air and light is not a good thing, you're begging for algae and bacterial problems. Given the size of your reservoirs, you might also consider bigger/more air pumps.

What size are your lights? Three feet seems like excessive distance from the plants, given that you have cooled hoods.

Also, this setup has a big electrical hazard, your power strips are laying on the floor next to open water. this is a double naughty no-no.

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Ya, im about to fix that right now, i use 1000w light, i have 4 of them..before i had low neuts, around 200 and they started yellowing...so ill flush tonight with tap, because i have no RO water?
-SO i fixed that, and the PPMs are @ 400, i drained half, and filled w/ tap water, then PH'd its now at 5.9 in both Res..
I took some more pics..