Organique04
Well-Known Member
First off I have the el cheapo DWC growers choice kit. It has a 4 Gallon reservoir. I am wishing I got a 5 gallon bucket at this point....but let's move on. So I filled the water level up to the bottom of the net pots with 4 gallons of distilled Walmart water. NOTE: I did not PH the water as I hadn't received my PH Pen. I know... anxious...kinda dumb! From this The seeds sprouted in the Rockwell. So I immediately put 2 CFL's (bright white 23 watt 100 watt equivalent) an inch over each seedling. The seedlings are small....picture a set of cotlydons on the bottom and two more sets of leaves above branching out. My problems is that they have stopped growing. They are green and don't appear dead so I continue to nurse them. Now onto the PH! Finally I receive my meter two weeks into my grow. Test my water and it is a 4.5. I calibrate my pen by putting 6.86 PH powder in water solution and reading it with pen (it was close so, I adjusted a hair) then I did the same with the 4.5 powder. I don't know if that was right I never calibrated a pen. Now I am SOL as I have no more calibration powder. My question is how to nute and calibrate PH when you change the water? I mean step by step! My fist attempt was way off and the water looked cloudy and bubbly this morning with a high 8.0 PH So I dumped that water cleaned everything, and now have some fresh distiller water with half strength veg notes and adjusted to a 5.8 PH. Hydro has got me more frustrated than anything.