Blazinjones's Hydro - Ebb 'n Flow - Grow Journal - 2016

[FeralA9X]

Usually the packets you get with the pens will be a calibration powder that you mix with water in a small container to cal your pens, not sure if it will be strong enough to PH nutrients in a large res, would be much better off getting yourself a good PH down, i use growth technology PH Down which is phosphoric acid, beware of flairform as it is citric acid based and will break down a lot quicker, id only use it in organic

 

[415friendly]

No, I think those are calibration packs so you can make sure your meter is reading correct pH

Oops... Didn't see their was one more post in the next page

 

[Blazinjones]

Yea i see tht lol i got all excited wen thy fell out of the packing i been waitn the pas couple days for my ph down powder 2show up in the mail i been havn 2 use vinegar to lower the ph but it dont hav the nutrients the normal ph dwn does so my plants r lookn stressd i cant wait 4 tht ph dwn 2 show up if any1 can tell me shud i add nutes to this new water even tho i added thm in the old water on the 15th the stuff i jus took out

 

[FeralA9X]

Tbh i would wait till your PH solution arrives, the plants will survive a lot better on water than an un-PH'd nute mix, will also be a good flush for when you start adding nutes again, less is more

 

[Blazinjones]

K well i added 9oz of vinegar n brought ph dwn to 5.3 n the ppm is 271 n i didnt add any nutes

 

[Blazinjones]

These are all 30 min b4 i changed water in the res.

 

[Blazinjones]

These are all 2 hours aftr i changed water in the res. And used 9 oz of vinegar to bring ph dwn to 5.3 n ppm of 271 and i did not add any nutes

 

[Blazinjones]

I got this new light i thought it was for veging but the lite spectrum readout here is shown in the reds which i thought was for flowering so im wondering wud i b able 2 add this 2 my 250w hps for my plants tht i hav switched into 12/12 flowering stage or wud it slow there grow rate or hurt thm in anyway or is it safe 2 add it 2 my hps any1 with info on this n cud help me out i wud greatly appreciate it thank you

 

[Blazinjones]

K so i got the ff dirty dozen nutrient pack n its talkn about an ec rating what is tht n is it really important or will havn a ppm tester b gud enuf

 

[Blazinjones]

My fox farm nutes finally showd up in the mail 2day yay the ladies will love it im sure im wondering since ive been useing the vinegar to lower the ph n it dnt hav any of the gud nutes in it shud i use the boomerang n tryn boost the plants alil first or shud i jus start wit the normal nute schedule

 

[mooshu]

id pull these out and put them in soiless.

 

[Blazinjones]

They arent in soil its a hydro setup ebb n flow table

 

[FeralA9X]

K so i got the ff dirty dozen nutrient pack n its talkn about an ec rating what is tht n is it really important or will havn a ppm tester b gud enuf

EC and ppm are basically the same thing but give a different reading, Measurements are EC x 500 = ppm,
for example:
1.0ec = 500ppm
2.0ec = 1000ppm
and so on...

 

[FeralA9X]

My fox farm nutes finally showd up in the mail 2day yay the ladies will love it im sure im wondering since ive been useing the vinegar to lower the ph n it dnt hav any of the gud nutes in it shud i use the boomerang n tryn boost the plants alil first or shud i jus start wit the normal nute schedule

Awesome collection of nutes you have there Id start at a low nute schedule and up it as you go, they have been living off water so they wont need much to begin with max i would go is about 0.8ec (400ppm)

 

[Blazinjones]

Ok thanx n they been havn alil n very lil nutes by general hydroponic brand nutes but not much n nw i got the organic stuff im guna jus keep usen these

 

[Blazinjones]

K so an hour ago i gave them 5 tbsp of big bloom and 5tsp of tiger bloom and kangaroots n 1tsp of open sesame and tht was at 10:30 n the ph was 5.8 but i forgot 2 check the ppm thn but rite nw its 504 but i am still havn to use vinegar 2 bring the ph down since my ph down powder has yet 2 come in the mail

 

[Blazinjones]

R measurments different depending upon if ur growing hydro compared 2 soil cuz i hav a hydro setup ebb n flow table

 

[slamber670]

gorilla

 

[slamber670]

Dang, hydro looks like it might be hard to do. I know there hydro but look like they need water. But, I am new to indoors myself, so not sure. They really look water starved though.

 

[Blazinjones]

Yea its definitely tricky this is my first hydro setup ive done n yea i increased the water to 6 times a day for 7 min runs