Hey guys.
Im on my first grow with coco and im experiencing trouble. I read up on coco and the do´s and dont´s, and went ahead and bought a RO unit. Was told by a reputable coco grower at the site to mix tap and RO to ec .3.
I did and followed Cannas directions and i was amazed at how the plants grew. Soon i had to repot and i was so amazed by the growth that i might have gotten carried away and fed a little too much (ec 1.6). The girls started growing very dark and with mutated features similar to those of revegging. So i flushed with ½ strength nutes and fed lightly for the following days. Thats when the problems began.
I had been feeding at ph 5.7-6.2 and ec 1.2( except for a cpl of 1.6 waterings)
The girls started looking pale and with spots on the leaves accompanied by purple stems and petioles, and a droopy look to em.
I then started chatting with a very knowledgeable member who took a view at my water analysis, and concluded that i had some serious amounts of hydrogen carbonate in my tap. Per his advice i have been watering with straight RO and nutes, ph´d to as low as 2.0 at one point to wash out the bicarbonates. I have never gotten runoff lower than 5.9 even with 2.0 goin in. Currently i am watering with ec 1.8 and ph 3.5 and my runoff averages 6.2 and ec as low as 0.5. Im also beginning to think the plants are rootbound and im thinking about transplanting into 20 liter buckets to give them some more room. But like my "teacher" tells me, the bicarbs seem to be stuck in the rootmass...so any ideas?
Heres a few crappy phone pics of the situation...each pic is a different plant.
Heres my water analysis:
Tell me whatcha think?
Stay Safe
Im on my first grow with coco and im experiencing trouble. I read up on coco and the do´s and dont´s, and went ahead and bought a RO unit. Was told by a reputable coco grower at the site to mix tap and RO to ec .3.
I did and followed Cannas directions and i was amazed at how the plants grew. Soon i had to repot and i was so amazed by the growth that i might have gotten carried away and fed a little too much (ec 1.6). The girls started growing very dark and with mutated features similar to those of revegging. So i flushed with ½ strength nutes and fed lightly for the following days. Thats when the problems began.
I had been feeding at ph 5.7-6.2 and ec 1.2( except for a cpl of 1.6 waterings)
The girls started looking pale and with spots on the leaves accompanied by purple stems and petioles, and a droopy look to em.
I then started chatting with a very knowledgeable member who took a view at my water analysis, and concluded that i had some serious amounts of hydrogen carbonate in my tap. Per his advice i have been watering with straight RO and nutes, ph´d to as low as 2.0 at one point to wash out the bicarbonates. I have never gotten runoff lower than 5.9 even with 2.0 goin in. Currently i am watering with ec 1.8 and ph 3.5 and my runoff averages 6.2 and ec as low as 0.5. Im also beginning to think the plants are rootbound and im thinking about transplanting into 20 liter buckets to give them some more room. But like my "teacher" tells me, the bicarbs seem to be stuck in the rootmass...so any ideas?
Heres a few crappy phone pics of the situation...each pic is a different plant.
Heres my water analysis:
Tell me whatcha think?
Stay Safe