Hydro PH problem or low nitrogen?

DimeBagHero

DimeBagHero

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I was reading in these forums that hydro ph should be between 5.0 5.8 and 5.0 7.0
i've been keeping mine at 6.0 and havent been haven problems untill here recently. It started with the lower leaves and now seams to moved to some of the top ones. My leaves are droped and some curled as well, but the rest of the plant still looks really heathly with dark green leaves. I allso didnt use any bloom nuits for two months due to ingorance of listing to my friends that told me to wait till flowering stage. My plant is about two foot tal. here are some pics if they might help...all help is appretiated
 

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smokeybandit22

smokeybandit22

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best range for ph is 5.6-5.8. the pic of the entire plant- she looks real good- i would back off the veg nutes a bit-looks like she has all the N she could use for now.
bloom nutes for flowering stage- r u flowering? doesnt look like it, but now would bea good time.
 
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unity

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Cheers mate, I grew my first grow in those waterfarms. Your plant looks drunk, happened to mine as well while I was using the water farm.
I don't know where the guys up top see a N deficiency, to me the foliage looks rather dark. If anything I would cut back their watering a bit. Do you run airstones in these pots? What are your watering times? What do you feed/ EC?

Unity:hug:
 
Mammath

Mammath

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I agree with 'Unity'.
Plant looks pretty good other than a little moisture stress from over watering and maybe bordering on overnuting which is causing some clawing.
Interesting to know your EC or PPM.
Edit: Any folia spraying?
 
DimeBagHero

DimeBagHero

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ppm was 2330 but the reservor was low and needs water. i been using GH Floragro 2-1-6 floramicro 5-0-1 and florabloom 0-5-4 any sugestions? im also moveing to 12/12
 
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unity

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DimeBagHero said:
ppm was 2330 but the reservor was low and needs water. i been using GH Floragro 2-1-6 floramicro 5-0-1 and florabloom 0-5-4 any sugestions? im also moveing to 12/12
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ooookeeey, you are playing with fire at this nute concentration and a burn is most likely to follow unless you address this soon. I know that in the waterfarm your nutes concentrate very fast due to the small res. Your ppms at .7conv. should not exceed 1500ppm at any point. That will probably mean that you will have to either top off more frequently and/or start with a far weaker solution to begin with.

Unity:hug:
 
DimeBagHero

DimeBagHero

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Mammath said:
I agree with 'Unity'.
Plant looks pretty good other than a little moisture stress from over watering and maybe bordering on overnuting which is causing some clawing.
Interesting to know your EC or PPM.
Edit: Any folia spraying?
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2330ppm...whats folia spraying?
 
Mammath

Mammath

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Shit, that reading is off the charts. No wonder the fucker's green. I'm surprised it's not fried.
I don't think misting the plant(folia spraying) is something to worry about. Sometimes growers over do it with the spraying and cause a shit load of problems. I had to ask.
if your turning to 12/12 you need to flush and start your bloom nutes.
I'm not a water farmer but i am a hydro grower. Hoping a WF expert will chime in.
At this stage, when you start your bloom nutes, I recommend you want to aim for around 800 ppm to start with and work your way up to max 1500ppm over the first four weeks.
Depends on the strain what they like concerning nute strength.
You'll have to learn to judge by looking at your plants.
For future reference when your leaves start to 'claw' like it can be a sign they're getting over nuted.
 
Mammath

Mammath

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I don't use a 3 mix nute combo so I'm probably no help but i would start with what it recommends for the first stages of flowering then adjust your ppm accordingly.
If you end up with too higher reading just add more water to get it down and visa-versa if it's too low add more nutes. Check and adjust PH.
Record what you do so you can reproduce it.
Does that help?
 
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