boredinmemind
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hey there guys, posted before but this is my 1st DWC, and 1st time hydro at all.
im running a 2 gallon bucket.
distilled water.
GH nutes (flora 3 part, also have diamond nector, floralicious + , and koolbloom)
been using GH's feeding schedule for DWC.
last week has been
micro 7.5ml
gro 7.5ml
bloom 7.5ml
diamond nector 5ml
and + was added starting the 26th, at 1ml (after my problems started i tried doing .5ml but no help)
my problem is that my PH keeps climbing.
example: the nute res i have been using is just another 2 gallon bucket and each day ill make up 1 gallon of distilled into my nute water, and i ph it down to 5.8. less then 24 hours later its shot up too 6.3.
like today before i left for work at 730am i ph'd it's bucket down too 5.7, when i came home from work at 530pm ish, it was at 6.3.
heres a clincher, this only seemed to start after i started using floralicious +. i fliped to 12/12 on july 22nd. and 1st watering with + was on the 26th with 1ml/gal. it seemed to start that day, as when i looked in the morning the top most fan leaf was burned to i checked the res to find 6.3, this is when i realized there was a problem.
so i guess here are some questions.
is floralicious + known to make ph climb?
is it ph buffered like the rest of gh line?
if not the floralicious, what might make the ph climb like this given my situation?
what ive done today to try to fix it was take the small eco66 water pump out as roots were growing in it, and i know i ripped some of the rootball getting it out (will that cause any huge issues? i imagine it will stunt it a bit)
i also had my gf hold the plant up while i rinsed the bucket out. lots of salt buildup on the bottom so hopefully this will help a bit.
and since the rootball encompassed my 1 airstone i threw a 2nd in to help airirate better
Update: i forgot to hit post, so this was sitting, but anyways, it's now 8pm and i ph'd a gallon of distilled down to 5.6 and had put it in the res to just rinse some more, within 20 min it was at 6.3 again....
i ph'd down to 5.7 in the bucket, then just coming upstairs (after about 2 hours and checking i see the ph is hovering at 6.3 again.....
now i check the bucket i left the other half of that gallon i made before going down, and just in the bucket it'sself with no nutes, the ph was climbing also?
im out of ideas, my lady needs some help or i fear the worst might happen.
any questions just ask, i know im all over the place, sorry about that.
im running a 2 gallon bucket.
distilled water.
GH nutes (flora 3 part, also have diamond nector, floralicious + , and koolbloom)
been using GH's feeding schedule for DWC.
last week has been
micro 7.5ml
gro 7.5ml
bloom 7.5ml
diamond nector 5ml
and + was added starting the 26th, at 1ml (after my problems started i tried doing .5ml but no help)
my problem is that my PH keeps climbing.
example: the nute res i have been using is just another 2 gallon bucket and each day ill make up 1 gallon of distilled into my nute water, and i ph it down to 5.8. less then 24 hours later its shot up too 6.3.
like today before i left for work at 730am i ph'd it's bucket down too 5.7, when i came home from work at 530pm ish, it was at 6.3.
heres a clincher, this only seemed to start after i started using floralicious +. i fliped to 12/12 on july 22nd. and 1st watering with + was on the 26th with 1ml/gal. it seemed to start that day, as when i looked in the morning the top most fan leaf was burned to i checked the res to find 6.3, this is when i realized there was a problem.
so i guess here are some questions.
is floralicious + known to make ph climb?
is it ph buffered like the rest of gh line?
if not the floralicious, what might make the ph climb like this given my situation?
what ive done today to try to fix it was take the small eco66 water pump out as roots were growing in it, and i know i ripped some of the rootball getting it out (will that cause any huge issues? i imagine it will stunt it a bit)
i also had my gf hold the plant up while i rinsed the bucket out. lots of salt buildup on the bottom so hopefully this will help a bit.
and since the rootball encompassed my 1 airstone i threw a 2nd in to help airirate better
Update: i forgot to hit post, so this was sitting, but anyways, it's now 8pm and i ph'd a gallon of distilled down to 5.6 and had put it in the res to just rinse some more, within 20 min it was at 6.3 again....
i ph'd down to 5.7 in the bucket, then just coming upstairs (after about 2 hours and checking i see the ph is hovering at 6.3 again.....
now i check the bucket i left the other half of that gallon i made before going down, and just in the bucket it'sself with no nutes, the ph was climbing also?
im out of ideas, my lady needs some help or i fear the worst might happen.
any questions just ask, i know im all over the place, sorry about that.