Pyreonfire
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Just purchased a TDS meter. Should be arriving tomorrow. In the meantime I'll do some research on what the numbers should be! Haha..forging new territories here. Seriously, my husband is going to think I'm crazy. Pretty sure I check on my "baby" more than I did my real children when they were newborns.Ohh nice, keeping ph in its range is crucial or you will start to see a range of deficiencies.
If your fairly new to growing then definitely get a tds metre!
It not only shows you your nute strength but can assist in solving issues like salt build up (ppms not going down when topping up with plain water)
Great tool to dial things in.
and yea looks like your running your res a bit hot feed wise. Salt build up can also cause this. How often do you do a bucket change??
Maybe cut your feeding back a bit until you can get a tds metre!? And do a bucket change out with fresh nutes and ro water....
Alot of cheap LEDs claim to be higher wattage than they actually are. You may find your led light is a lot less than 300 watts!?
I've been doing bucket changes every 7-10 days and just topping off with light nutrients (half strength) and PH corrected water in between. Usually a gallon at a time.
Sounds good. I'll do a bucket change tonight with some RO and drop my nutrition down. Should I expect my PH to fluctuate much more than usual with the RO compared to well water?
I wondered about my light. We've talked about grabbing another since we also grow veggies hydroponically and are needing more lights for our lettuce already. Suppose I'll research lights once I figure out the TDS numbers! Thanks for all of your advice!
So you think my problem is nute burn primarily? I have been studying images of sick plants for days and can't figure out if it's burn or a deficiency. I'll scale back the nutes and see if that helps! Thanks!i'd figure out what the exact problem is first. water source would be secondary for me.