Hey there,
I built a new hydro system. I only had half a bag of Hydroton left and went ahead and used it. Its not the big clay balls they are mixed small and medium. I was fine in aero before transplanting.
They immediately started yellowing from the bottom of the plant. I then started to get dark purple stems. New growth is light green. No burnt tips.
Top drip recirculating set up. I was watering every hour for 10 minutes as its slower flow than I would normally do. I just cut that yesterday to once for 10 minutes every 3 hours. That is what I normally run with bigger pump and higher flow rate on the drip. (this is a mini version of my normal setup) I think the smaller balls are holding a lot more water than I am used too also.
I flushed yesterday with Clearex and RO for 2 hours to ensure it wasn't lockout.
Feeding
RO
5ml Calmag+
then bumping ppm to 750 total with MaxiGro (was using maxi bloom before thought the gro would help but stayed the same)
Now I am getting purple showing up in the leaf veins and tiny purple dots on the yellow leafs. This has been going on for 2-3 weeks.
Awaiting parts for my RO filter then I am going to dump, flush and switch back to PBP.
You guys think its from overwatering? Fresh clones in 4 days look normal good green still. Does 750 ppm sound high enough with maxigro? Not getting burnt tips.
I built a new hydro system. I only had half a bag of Hydroton left and went ahead and used it. Its not the big clay balls they are mixed small and medium. I was fine in aero before transplanting.
They immediately started yellowing from the bottom of the plant. I then started to get dark purple stems. New growth is light green. No burnt tips.
Top drip recirculating set up. I was watering every hour for 10 minutes as its slower flow than I would normally do. I just cut that yesterday to once for 10 minutes every 3 hours. That is what I normally run with bigger pump and higher flow rate on the drip. (this is a mini version of my normal setup) I think the smaller balls are holding a lot more water than I am used too also.
I flushed yesterday with Clearex and RO for 2 hours to ensure it wasn't lockout.
Feeding
RO
5ml Calmag+
then bumping ppm to 750 total with MaxiGro (was using maxi bloom before thought the gro would help but stayed the same)
Now I am getting purple showing up in the leaf veins and tiny purple dots on the yellow leafs. This has been going on for 2-3 weeks.
Awaiting parts for my RO filter then I am going to dump, flush and switch back to PBP.
You guys think its from overwatering? Fresh clones in 4 days look normal good green still. Does 750 ppm sound high enough with maxigro? Not getting burnt tips.