JSB99
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You're going to want to use your light to heat up the grow tent. During veg, I like low to mid 80s, then during flower I'll drop it down to high 70s.
Please help me get started
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JSB99
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Get yourself a pair of micro trimmers, for trimming during harvest...
JSB99
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10s! Wow, that seems kind of high. I think city water is usually around 7.0, which is what mine is.
Again, test your mixed water AFTER adding nutrients, as nutrients will effect the pH. Some make it go up, and others make the pH go down. I've had both, even from the same manufacturer, but being a different series.
Again, test your mixed water AFTER adding nutrients, as nutrients will effect the pH. Some make it go up, and others make the pH go down. I've had both, even from the same manufacturer, but being a different series.
Holy crap! I've never heard of tap water with that high a pH, let alone seen it.
Yup mine hangs in the mid 8's
JSB99
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Are you testing with a pen, or the drops?
JSB99
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Okay. If it was a pen, if say check the calibration, but you can't argue with he drops.
Frankiec17
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My tap water runs around 9.5-10. HOWEVER, not all tap water is "city" water. I'm running on well water. Happy smoking yall!
G Bear
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Im on municipal water, just very alkaline. When I first tried to adjust its pH I did it all backwards adding soda. No wonder it stayed blue on the chart. A bit of vinegar dropped it very quickly. I already purchased the pH down, but good to know I can use the vinegar in a pinch.
G Bear
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I left the lights on overnight and the temp at 6 am was 62 F. I don’t think the aquarium heater made much of a difference, if any. Space heater arrives today. I will run that at night and see how well it does. Seeds should be arriving today or tomorrow. Won’t be long now and I’ll be getting started. Glad I’ve used this time to prepare. I want this to go as smoothly as possible.
Also just ordered an inkbird. it arrives tomorrow.
Also just ordered an inkbird. it arrives tomorrow.
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JSB99
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What's the aquarium heater for? You want to avoid leaving your lights on out of schedule.
Are you saying that with your grow lamps on, the temp is 62F? That's much too cool for sure. If you meant to say the lights were off, then 62 is a little cool, but fine.
In my tents, the temperature is about 58F at lights off:
G Bear
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the aquarium heater in a bucket of water was a test to see if it would raise temps to an acceptable level. i am testing out the lights prior to germinating the seeds because i want to see how the temps are fluctuating. the heater has not arrived yet so i am just trying something different.
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