BirchFarms
420 Member
Hi everybody,
First of all, thank you all for your contributions to this forum. There is an immense wealth of knowledge available here, without which I would have absolutely never made it to this point in my growing career.
Today I set up my first DWC system. I have grown in soil up to this point, with reasonably good success. I made the switch to DWC in hopes of achieving the porn-level results I have seen posted here.
My setup is pretty standard: two 5 gallon buckets with net pots, hydroton, and 4-inch air stones. They are in my 2' x 3' veg tent, lit by a 300w LED.
The ladies are Mint Cookies and Sour Diesel, clones were purchased from a local dispensary.
I set up the system about 6 hours ago. When I mixed the nutrient solution (tap water, botanicare pureblend pro grow, cal-mag, and pureblend tea, total EC 1.2), I pH'd to 5.9 using juice from a fresh lemon.
I checked in about 4 hours later, and the pH had risen to 7.0, I added more lemon juice bringing it back down to 5.9. I just checked again, after about an hour, and the pH has already risen to 6.7.
I have read that it is normal for the pH to rise slowly over time, but this seems much too fast to be normal. I am fearing a lockout on day 1.
Does anyone know what may be causing this, and how to fix it? Please help me my save my babies. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
First of all, thank you all for your contributions to this forum. There is an immense wealth of knowledge available here, without which I would have absolutely never made it to this point in my growing career.
Today I set up my first DWC system. I have grown in soil up to this point, with reasonably good success. I made the switch to DWC in hopes of achieving the porn-level results I have seen posted here.
My setup is pretty standard: two 5 gallon buckets with net pots, hydroton, and 4-inch air stones. They are in my 2' x 3' veg tent, lit by a 300w LED.
The ladies are Mint Cookies and Sour Diesel, clones were purchased from a local dispensary.
I set up the system about 6 hours ago. When I mixed the nutrient solution (tap water, botanicare pureblend pro grow, cal-mag, and pureblend tea, total EC 1.2), I pH'd to 5.9 using juice from a fresh lemon.
I checked in about 4 hours later, and the pH had risen to 7.0, I added more lemon juice bringing it back down to 5.9. I just checked again, after about an hour, and the pH has already risen to 6.7.
I have read that it is normal for the pH to rise slowly over time, but this seems much too fast to be normal. I am fearing a lockout on day 1.
Does anyone know what may be causing this, and how to fix it? Please help me my save my babies. Any advice is greatly appreciated.