sonmacharius
Member
Hey everyone I’m on my first grow, I’m trying to figure out what’s going on in my reservoir, I was hoping someone could help me out. My setup is PA Hydroponic’s Fallponics 8 gallon 4 site system. The girls have been vegging for a while and I was going to start flower but ran into this issue so haven’t flipped them.
I started my grow using Dynagro Foilage Pro and Protekt and had no issues with my nutrient solution staying stable.
When my bottles started running low, I decided to make the switch to Jacks(5-12-26)/CalNit and Protekt. Ever since I made the switch what looks/feel like fine sand(see pic) has been accumulating at the bottom of all my buckets. My best guess something is happening with the calcium, because some of the girls look like they might have a Cal deficiency(I think).
I use my tap water(110 ppm), and I run it through a blue RV filter. Besides the nutes, I use Southern AG fungicide for root rot protection which I don’t add until new batch is in the system. I’m sure I’m mixing everything in the correct order thanks to this forum. I keep my PH around 5.8. Water temp @ 72 degrees.
I mix my nutes in a 32 gallon trash can before I transfer it to the system. As a test to see if it was interacting with my tap water, I made a solution with Jacks and let sit in the trash can for two days and there wasn’t any precipitation. I dumped my old solution and added the stuff from the trash can and within a hour I got sand again.
I also thought it could be the silica but I have tried using a solution without the Protekt and I still get sand.
I apologize for the long post, any help would be greatly appreciated.
I started my grow using Dynagro Foilage Pro and Protekt and had no issues with my nutrient solution staying stable.
When my bottles started running low, I decided to make the switch to Jacks(5-12-26)/CalNit and Protekt. Ever since I made the switch what looks/feel like fine sand(see pic) has been accumulating at the bottom of all my buckets. My best guess something is happening with the calcium, because some of the girls look like they might have a Cal deficiency(I think).
I use my tap water(110 ppm), and I run it through a blue RV filter. Besides the nutes, I use Southern AG fungicide for root rot protection which I don’t add until new batch is in the system. I’m sure I’m mixing everything in the correct order thanks to this forum. I keep my PH around 5.8. Water temp @ 72 degrees.
I mix my nutes in a 32 gallon trash can before I transfer it to the system. As a test to see if it was interacting with my tap water, I made a solution with Jacks and let sit in the trash can for two days and there wasn’t any precipitation. I dumped my old solution and added the stuff from the trash can and within a hour I got sand again.
I also thought it could be the silica but I have tried using a solution without the Protekt and I still get sand.
I apologize for the long post, any help would be greatly appreciated.
