I don't use anything but a ph meter in my grow so...I mix my res for my budders at 1/6 as what the fert recommends for dirt, then 5 days later it goes to the mother room. I use a drip feed on my moms. in the rock I can narrowly get by with one gallon per mom every third day. They will start to yellow if I keep this up to long. At the same time when I need them in action I'll drip them about a gallon each twice a day. The ph of the spent res water is 6-6.3ph. I do not re-ph the mix. When I hand feed with a gallon jug, I leave enough room in the jug to shake it to re airate it before I dump it on my moms. You shouldn't leave the drip on twenty-four seven. Give the plants a chance to breath. I also cut a hole in an aluminium pie plate with a slot for the plant and using a needle I perforate the bottom of the pan and the pan disperses the drip evenly around the plant instead of a constant flow on the tap roots only etc.