Hey folks, as the title describes I have a RDWC system that I built.
I am new to hydro, this being my first go at it, but I been hard at it since 10/2013 and have been dealing with the same problem.
I am bad as describing some times so I will do my best to include all the information and facts that I can. Please ask me any question as to I have to get this sorted out, its my lively hood.
My system is a 6 site 27 gallon tote sys. and I run with about 70-75 gallons of water/nutrient solution.
I have a single 951gph pump and 160lph in air pumps.
I keep pH between 6.0-6.2 and and PPM is at 380 @ 500 conversion
Water temps are between 60-63f depending. I add bleach @ 1 drop per gallon.
So here is the deal....all of my plants seem to be frozen, growth is a crawl. My plants in bloom are 7 weeks in the buds loook like they are at week 4. The roots seem to fall apart and come off the root ball. My water has a lot of dead roots in it but the water it self is crystal clear. There appears not to be any type of disease or anything in the water. The roots just seem to fall off.
I have no idea what it is. I have been messing with the EC for the past 2 months and nothing seems to fix it. The plants in veg are they same. They are real slow to grow. PPM was at 350, so I backed it down to 240ppm and the leafs started to yellow, I went up too 320ppm and the leafs started to twist and the roots lost their whiteness.
Here are the plants in bloom. They look healthy at first glance but development is slow.
They are a 9wk strain and they are at wk 7 but look like wk 4
My last harvest plants did this same thing and yield very little. I need to get this figured out
I am new to hydro, this being my first go at it, but I been hard at it since 10/2013 and have been dealing with the same problem.
I am bad as describing some times so I will do my best to include all the information and facts that I can. Please ask me any question as to I have to get this sorted out, its my lively hood.
My system is a 6 site 27 gallon tote sys. and I run with about 70-75 gallons of water/nutrient solution.
I have a single 951gph pump and 160lph in air pumps.
I keep pH between 6.0-6.2 and and PPM is at 380 @ 500 conversion
Water temps are between 60-63f depending. I add bleach @ 1 drop per gallon.
So here is the deal....all of my plants seem to be frozen, growth is a crawl. My plants in bloom are 7 weeks in the buds loook like they are at week 4. The roots seem to fall apart and come off the root ball. My water has a lot of dead roots in it but the water it self is crystal clear. There appears not to be any type of disease or anything in the water. The roots just seem to fall off.
I have no idea what it is. I have been messing with the EC for the past 2 months and nothing seems to fix it. The plants in veg are they same. They are real slow to grow. PPM was at 350, so I backed it down to 240ppm and the leafs started to yellow, I went up too 320ppm and the leafs started to twist and the roots lost their whiteness.
Here are the plants in bloom. They look healthy at first glance but development is slow.
They are a 9wk strain and they are at wk 7 but look like wk 4
My last harvest plants did this same thing and yield very little. I need to get this figured out
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