[bsgospel]

Oof. Yeah they're taking it kinda hard at the moment huh? Is it something to do with the temperature/new room or were they just so-so to begin with?

[Kaskadian]

Fingers crossed for a full recovery!

[Palindrome]

Originally Posted by bsgospel

Oof. Yeah they're taking it kinda hard at the moment huh? Is it something to do with the temperature/new room or were they just so-so to begin with?

They have been like that to begin with, my guess is they where taken from a N deprived mom to begin with. But as I mentioned earlyer, I got them for free from a friend. So no complains, I just got to get them back on track.

After the room temp got raised, they seem to have peaked up a little. But again I have a hard time feeding them, now collecting rain water in some small barrels. The RO filter and a new pH pen is on the way, and expecting as soon I get my water chemistry in ballance. The plants will take a drastic turn to the better, or so I hope

Originally Posted by Kaskadian

Fingers crossed for a full recovery!

I don't think all 12will make it, 8 im pretty sure of!

[Palindrome]

A few of my E-bay orders have arrived, like my thermostat for the heater. Perfect time, now winter is almost over
Also got a bunch of thermo and hygrometers, they where really cheap.
The difference in their reedings are zero point some celcius degrees, it's fine for a grow room.




Yesterday I was able to collect 60 liters of rainwater, and added 10 L tab water. Not much but should be enough, to feed all the plants with a 0.8 Ec nutrient mix for a week at least. By then the RO filter should be here, and I'm looking for 1000 L tanks to collect rainwater.



Finally I have started running the room on the timer, it's now running 20/4 veg cycle and not 24 hours light.

[Palindrome]

Installed my new thermo and hygrometers

The placement atm is a bit random, I think I will mount them along the wall, same with the thermometer.

[Palindrome]

The plants are peaking up, they are responding well to the pH adjusted rainwater and low nutrient mix.

It's been a troublesome start, with the high Ec of my tab water and clearly my old pH pen was broken. So had to relay on strips and liquid aquarium pH tests, that are not very accurat.
Got a new pH pen and a RO filter, that I need to connect to a water source.

I plan to setup a rainwater collection system, with two 260 Gal IBC's and use rainwater for my grow and aquariums when ever possible.
Saving me a lot of money, every quarter I get a extra bill around 100 $ due to my large aquariums. Along with hydroponics and an RO filter, id save enough money to make it worth the work.

For now as said the plants are starting to look better, show growth and it looks light green healthier.



It's not great, but it's improvement

[Itsmychoice]

It just takes a minute to get it all set up, then it's autopilot to frostiness. I am pretty strict with checking ph because I think it really makes everything easier. It's the first thing I consider when I see a problem especially in the coco. Looking forward to seeing them take off.

[Palindrome]

Originally Posted by Itsmychoice

It just takes a minute to get it all set up, then it's autopilot to frostiness. I am pretty strict with checking ph because I think it really makes everything easier. It's the first thing I consider when I see a problem especially in the coco. Looking forward to seeing them take off.

Yeah I like to check my pH at least once a day, it helps to keep the probe fresh and wet. But also tell's a lot about the nutrient mix, how stabil the pH is and if it moves up or down.

I hope im in the clear, and it's all autopilot from here. Tho I'm not expecting perfect results, with this first run in 10 years. But im deffently looking forward to see them take off, never grown in coco before. So thats totally new

[smokditup]

I agree the last run i checked ph daily. It definatley gives better nutrient uptake.

[OG_NoMan]

Checking PH often is great but more importantly calibrate your pen WEEKLY. Your ph can look perfect but if your pen is wrong your ph is wrong. I have learned this the hard way a couple times. Good luck