I don't use a ppm meter but I do ph checks daily and weekly res changes religiously
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Your prolly good then man like I said people say you gotta have em but iv had a couple successful Dwc with my only problem I ever had was root rot because I was Miss educated and Didn't know it has to be a certain degree
After looking at your plants I'm wondering if I really need this PPM meter. The plants seem healthy minus a few leaves twisting. They look healthy though.
Thanks for stopping by Chron
You could probably get away without one. But in my books the philosophy is as follows:
If I've got the equipment I'm going to use it.
Before I had a PPM meter I didn't check anything. But when I got it. I used it. And what do ya know? I've had great smoke!!
First time I really used it was when I was flushing my girls for harvest. I read that in order to have a clean smoke you want your PPM below 100. Well I flushed and flushed and my final reading was less than 60. So I was soooo satisfied with that smoke because I knew it was cleaned right out. **Maybe a mental thing** but it's gotta count for something?!?
Not to mention the times I've found my girls being a bit locked out. (I check ppm before watering and after and noticed no change in ppm. That told me that she wasn't eating, I was able to take the appropriate steps to right that wrong)
I guess I'm trying to say that even though you get by without it; imagine having all the right tools to dial in every aspect of your grow. Can you go wrong? Of course. But it adds to the adventure we call growing cannabis. And why not take control of every aspect of it?
Anyways sorry for the ramble. Just had my first rip and this was my first stop
Note: I am approaching my next rez change so don't mind the salty griminess. I am doing a rez change every two weeks instead of every week because I'm running 24 gal. Should I do it every week? Also I'm wondering why some leaves are twisting... some of them have almost twisted upside down. Should I defoliate?
PH is 6.0 as of this post. Iv'e been battling to keep it down everyday. It seems to jump from 5.8 to 6.2-6.5 within a day!
Grow tank temp is 68-69F and room tempeture stays between 75f-81f and averages %40-45 humidity.
Just noticed two of my "Surprise" plants are showing. I'll showcase them babies later tonight.
Thank you both for chiming in! I'll start weekly rez changes then. But let me tell y'all! My grow room is a jungle!!! holy shnikies! Plants are responding well to the LST.. Tomorrow ill be tightening the ropes a little.. their still over lapping each other!
iwltfum, kushtie and Master P thanks for the input fellas!
So today I start the grueling task of changing the rez. I say grueling because I have no quick water discharge connections. So therefore I pump the water out of the rez then drain the grow tank liquid back into the rez dump and repeat. Takes awhile because my 120gph pump is slow returning the water to the rez. Thinking about buying a whole new grow tank container that is all black and it's cheap. I'm striving to maintain darkness in the grow tank and would love to ditch these black plastic bags! I should also mention that I am using CLEAR hoses to transfer water between tanks. FAIL.. major fail. ALWAYS USE BLACK HOSES! Unless you want slimmed up hoses. One week after joining this site I figured out I needed black hoses and so I taped all the hoses with black tape. Although this works it only took me an hour to tape them up lol. So today I'm buying new 1/2 inch black hoses. A new black container. And i'll be drilling a hole near the bottom of the grow tank to attach a piece that has a valve and connects to a water hose so I can drain water straight from the grow tank to outside. Might take me awhile because I'll be documenting it for you all and i'll post my results. I should let y'all know that last rez change was extremely difficult due to me not being able to remove the lid in the grow tank. Ever tried cleaning a grow tank while working around roots? It's nerve racking and extremely difficult, not to mention having to spray the roots with ph'd water every 5-10 mins. Time to make this process a lot easier!
Also I'm worried about roots getting caught up in my in-tank pump in the grow tank. Some roots are well over two feet now and seem to be making their way to my pump. Never thought about this.. anybody else ever had this problem?
I just finished reading this entire thread and am subbed in now. Looking good so far except for those yellowing leaves that need some attention.
I really like using pipe cleaners for LST because they're easy to adjust the tension simply by twisting them and then they can be untwisted and reused. Strings or twine would require cutting to remove them which takes more time when adjustments are required plus require disposal of materials after the string is cut off so they also generate a lot more waste.