How would I go about doing that is it something I need to buy? And where? Thanks!Guy,
You need to do a water evaluation thing. What water and how many minerals. Then determine if more Ca++ is needed. If you're ok on calcium...then Epsom salts are what most guys use.
I'm in an awkward situation where I have to add half Epsom salts and half calmag to get both correct.
You can get brown spots from too much Ca too.
JD
Guy,How would I go about doing that is it something I need to buy? And where? Thanks!
Awesome thanks! I currently haven't touched ph and probably a week I was going to let it slide till I need, right now its at 5.8. Is there something I can do/add to help my current situation? Thanks!whoever you pay your water bill to can provide you with a water report of whats in your tap water
personally i think if you're feeding 1000ppm of megacrop its unlikely you have a deficiency and more likely you have a lockout/pH problem
i would reduce feed by 50%, make sure you're letting pH drift from 5.8-6.2. keeping pH too low can cause cal/mg lockout. as can excess of other nutrients. also make sure your heat/humidity are within range. <80F and >50% RH will help
ppms 1061 or ec of 2.1 on the 500 scale bluelab truncheonGuy,
If you have an EC tester...that's a start. That will tell you the total dissolved solids...but not what they are.
And most municipalities will post their water district quality report on their website. When you try to do hydro with sub par water...you get problems just like you did.
JD
i would probably do your next feed at 6.2 using pH up. i would reduce fertilizer by 50%. 500ppm should be more than enough for plants that size.Awesome thanks! I currently haven't touched ph and probably a week I was going to let it slide till I need, right now its at 5.8. Is there something I can do/add to help my current situation? Thanks!
Will it hurt anything if I just let it go till next feed is my concern? Could be a week or so. Looks pretty rough.i would probably do your next feed at 6.2 using pH up. i would reduce fertilizer by 50%. 500ppm should be more than enough for plants that size.
without pH up? its tough to say.Will it hurt anything if I just let it go till next feed is my concern? Could be a week or so. Looks pretty rough.
I have plenty of pH up and down I just thought I was good being in hydro that 5.8 was a good range to be in? if you are suggesting to up my pH then what should be it to help better the situation I'm in? Sorry about all the questions still kinda new and this threw me off when I saw it it literally happened over night!without pH up? its tough to say.
your water report is as expected. mostly calcium carbonate in there. and megacrop has calcium too. so the first thing i would say is pH up.
calcium is actually only absorbed above 6 pH. you can look on a hydro soil chart to see. https://www.growweedeasy.com/ph the blue chart about half way down
there are products you could use in a pinch as pH up, like baking soda. but its not ideal i think cause it has sodium in it. ideally you want to use a pH product from the hydroponics store.
no problem!I have plenty of pH up and down I just thought I was good being in hydro that 5.8 was a good range to be in? if you are suggesting to up my pH then what should be it to help better the situation I'm in? Sorry about all the questions still kinda new and this threw me off when I saw it it literally happened over night!
this is good advice. i'd give a 12hr flush with pH'd plain water first. after the flush, i'd foliar feed with cal/mg first and then start back on even less than 500ppm (250 to 400) and see how they react.i would reduce fertilizer by 50%. 500ppm should be more than enough for plants that size.