Jacks321, RDWC HELP! Video description showing problems and setup!

myke

myke

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Works now, I run rdwc 5g pails.air stone in ea.Waterfall in my res.I top up every 2 days with about 33% nute strength.I use tap water,its 150ppm 7.2ph. I change res about every 3 weeks.Takes time to get ph to balance so i moved away from weekly changes.
 
rkymtnman

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zacuriah said:
All my info is directly from Jack's website.
If you go to their website and pick the cannabis category there are multiple kits depending on what kind of water you're using.
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it says to adjust the ratios of Jacks 321 "based on your source water"
 
myke

myke

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myke said:
Works now, I run rdwc 5g pails.air stone in ea.Waterfall in my res.I top up every 2 days with about 33% nute strength.I use tap water,its 150ppm 7.2ph. I change res about every 3 weeks.Takes time to get ph to balance so i moved away from weekly changes.
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If my ppm was on a graph over a month it would be a wave going up and down about 100ppm,so some days I add back 100% to bring it back up.Some days just straight water,so my 33% isnt always.lol hope that makes sense.
 
myke

myke

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Looking at your water level when you showed the roots,too low.I keep it just under net pot 100% of the time..Id raise the level and add an airstone.
 
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RCJR

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myke said:
Looking at your water level when you showed the roots,too low.I keep it just under net pot 100% of the time..Id raise the level and add an airstone.
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The day i fill it with fresh nutes is almost touching the net pot. As the plant drinks throughout the week i don't add nothing until 7 days the next res change. Should i be adding fresh water (no nutes to top it off during the week?
 
myke

myke

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RCJR said:
The day i fill it with fresh nutes is almost touching the net pot. As the plant drinks throughout the week i don't add nothing until 7 days the next res change. Should i be adding fresh water (no nutes to top it off during the week?
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Your res has a cover right? I see a white lid. So we can stop any evaporation. How much water does it drop in a day? Yes I add back. Play with it. Try just water try 50%. And see. But I keep the level the best I can. All my system is covered so I don’t loose much to evaporation.this way if ppm drops then I know plants are eating.
 
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RCJR

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myke said:
Your res has a cover right? I see a white lid. So we can stop any evaporation. How much water does it drop in a day? Yes I add back. Play with it. Try just water try 50%. And see. But I keep the level the best I can. All my system is covered so I don’t loose much to evaporation.this way if ppm drops then I know plants are eating.
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Couple inches a day or so. Everything is covered. Adding fresh ro water would dilute the nutes throughout the week right?
 
myke

myke

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RCJR said:
Couple inches a day or so. Everything is covered. Adding fresh ro water would dilute the nutes throughout the week right?
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Maybe maybe not. I can add straight water and check it 3 hours later and no change in ppm
 
Wastei

Wastei

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I would raise the light even more than what you're running and increase gradually. I've had very light sensitive strains. Looks like light intensity stress to me.

I've experienced light intensity stress at that distance with HID's, new high intensity LED panels supposed to be harder to dial in optimal distance.

I see a lot of light intensity stress with people using LED's. Most people don't even recognize it as such and just let the plants grow because they think they have to keep "optimal light distance" when there's no such thing. It's all strain dependent IMO.
 
myke

myke

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A couple inches a day is a big drop.Your airstone at water level in rez blasting away probably contributes to that water dropping.I would push it down.
 
myke

myke

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Wastei said:
I would raise the light even more than what you're running and increase gradually. I've had very light sensitive strains. Looks like light intensity stress to me.

I've experienced light intensity stress at that distance with HID's, new high intensity LED panels supposed to be harder to dial in optimal distance.

I see a lot of light intensity stress with people using LED's. Most people don't even recognize it as such and just let the plants grow because they think they have to keep "optimal light distance" when there's no such thing. It's all strain dependent IMO.
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These lights are intense,Lots of people with problems.You need 9' ceilings.
 
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RCJR

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Lights are at 50% and above the manufacturer recommended heights. But i made another video just now.
 
myke

myke

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Add back nutes to keep the same ec,This will change daily,one day its .5ec next is .7 next is .2.
You added ph up?Ive never added it.Let ph raise by it self.

That airstone in your res probably messing with your ph readings.
 
myke

myke

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I wish ya luck man. I know how frustrating it can be. I think your right about keeping EC at 1. I’ve grown probably 25 different strains and none of them would like 2 EC
 
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