Education is expensive.
Education is expensive.
pH was stable for two days, then climbed to 6.1 (could be irrelevant and simply the accuracy of the pen). Maybe more nitrogen is being taken up as the plant's chemical needs are changing (transition into full flower / rebuilding roots), or the pH rise is the result of the root decay in the system, or because the month of June is the six month of the year, or some combination of the three. I really don't know.
Rather than petition to remove June from the calendar, I'm choosing to attack the crappy condition of the root zone with the chlorine methodology. It is cheap, but will it be effective? When I establish new and healthy root growth, I plan on another res clean out, debris removal, and then have considered adding beneficials to the system. My thought is not so much as a direct preventative measure, but as an effort to proactively keep the recirculating system stabilized and assist in the nutrient uptake; of course, in theory, this would generate a healthier root zone and thereby reduce the possibility of such nastiness in the future. Or, as a simpler alternative, I could just not poison my girl.
Passive res dropped ~1 gallon since yesterday, and ambient temps have been low. I'm choosing to interpret this as plant transpiration rather than direct reservoir evaporation. Certainly not the four gallon uptake that I was experiencing before this situation, but promising...
An observation: I experienced my first physical leaf burn of the run immediately following the lack of H2O uptake. This is consistent with Krunchbubble's description in the early part of his current MPB run that his plants were growing within 6" of a bare 1000 without burning. My interpretation: the positive pressure of fluid through active high levels of transpiration is protecting the leaf from immediate heat source...
????? Presuming I could sell my liver to raise the funds, should I consider some product like H&G root accelerator to try and regenerate my root mass?????? F'n expensive... not to mention that I have no idea what it really is...
No. I always try to fix problems with money. This is not a sustainable approach, considering the limitation of that resource.
Moreover, this is a learning experience. This run, although another shit-show, went better than the last. I feel like my system design is an improvement. For a moment, I caught a glimpse of the RDWC growth that is being made famous in the undercurrent and DD's MPB system. I am beginning to develop a sense of perspective on the strengths and liabilities of such a system, from medium through nutrient supply systems. I'm developing a perspective on the relationship between nutrient supplies and nutrient buffers. I am gaining perspective on root structures and their relationship to water levels, etc. This, in the end, is not a bad thing.
It may be true that learning derives from our failures rather than our blind and easy successes.
I just wish I wasn't learning so much.
Education is expensive.
pH was stable for two days, then climbed to 6.1 (could be irrelevant and simply the accuracy of the pen). Maybe more nitrogen is being taken up as the plant's chemical needs are changing (transition into full flower / rebuilding roots), or the pH rise is the result of the root decay in the system, or because the month of June is the six month of the year, or some combination of the three. I really don't know.
Rather than petition to remove June from the calendar, I'm choosing to attack the crappy condition of the root zone with the chlorine methodology. It is cheap, but will it be effective? When I establish new and healthy root growth, I plan on another res clean out, debris removal, and then have considered adding beneficials to the system. My thought is not so much as a direct preventative measure, but as an effort to proactively keep the recirculating system stabilized and assist in the nutrient uptake; of course, in theory, this would generate a healthier root zone and thereby reduce the possibility of such nastiness in the future. Or, as a simpler alternative, I could just not poison my girl.
Passive res dropped ~1 gallon since yesterday, and ambient temps have been low. I'm choosing to interpret this as plant transpiration rather than direct reservoir evaporation. Certainly not the four gallon uptake that I was experiencing before this situation, but promising...
An observation: I experienced my first physical leaf burn of the run immediately following the lack of H2O uptake. This is consistent with Krunchbubble's description in the early part of his current MPB run that his plants were growing within 6" of a bare 1000 without burning. My interpretation: the positive pressure of fluid through active high levels of transpiration is protecting the leaf from immediate heat source...
????? Presuming I could sell my liver to raise the funds, should I consider some product like H&G root accelerator to try and regenerate my root mass?????? F'n expensive... not to mention that I have no idea what it really is...
No. I always try to fix problems with money. This is not a sustainable approach, considering the limitation of that resource.
Moreover, this is a learning experience. This run, although another shit-show, went better than the last. I feel like my system design is an improvement. For a moment, I caught a glimpse of the RDWC growth that is being made famous in the undercurrent and DD's MPB system. I am beginning to develop a sense of perspective on the strengths and liabilities of such a system, from medium through nutrient supply systems. I'm developing a perspective on the relationship between nutrient supplies and nutrient buffers. I am gaining perspective on root structures and their relationship to water levels, etc. This, in the end, is not a bad thing.
It may be true that learning derives from our failures rather than our blind and easy successes.
I just wish I wasn't learning so much.
:k::4:8:7) Close enough?
