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these swings were of plant killing proportions
4 to 9+ within hours
I did 2 waterchange/flushes in 24 hours and went back with the new nutes AN sensi bloom a&b and bigbud

and thanks!

C5Rftw said:
The PH varies because the plant fluctuates its nutes usage threw the day. Hard water(200+ppm water) or bad nutes can cause this. try to get PH stabilized nutes the General Hydropnics Flora/Nova nutes


BTW, Good luck on the harvest!
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GD - yo sis, SH goofed one of my orders once. I called them and they made it right, no hassles. They might make an error, but their customer service takes care of it ASAP. I'm sure once you talk to them during business hours they'll hook you up. ;)

C5R - glad to see you on the boards, going to check out your journal now. :)
 
Green007 said:
GD - yo sis, SH goofed one of my orders once. I called them and they made it right, no hassles. They might make an error, but their customer service takes care of it ASAP. I'm sure once you talk to them during business hours they'll hook you up. ;)

C5R - glad to see you on the boards, going to check out your journal now. :)
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Thanks Green!

I'm going to call them as soon as I get up in the morning.
 
C5Rftw said:
thats your problem right there. a cheap fix is to go buy a pitch filter system from like homedepot or wal mart for 20$ and that will get you by for about 6 months... but I suggest a high quality RO system if you want to go large.
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I know that it's not ideal, but my PH problems went away when I went with new nutes and PH up/down

PH has been rock steady since then
daily swings of .1 or so, I assume that's from eating nutes, drinking water and evap.

I can live with that
 
GaladrielDreams said:
It's Sis, (I'm a girl) but it's all good. Thanks for the quick response!

I'm going to call them tomorrow and see if they can replace the blown up Ona gel, and send me out my Rockwool that I ordered with the kit. It's going to suck for them to have to send out a small package of Rockwool.

I'm just a little disappointed with the way it came I guess. Blown up ona gel over everything in the box. Dented reflectors, PH up and down in Baggies instead of tubs. Hopefully they make it right.
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Sorry Sis,
I don't think you will have any problems, hope they take good care of you.
:tokin:
 
C5Rftw said:
anything up to 50 ppm is fine most of the time.. The great thing about your system is that it will maintain ~10-20 for a long time.. good purchase man.

BTW, what was the PPM on your well water. I have heard it can be higher than 500ppm
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mine is about 120 but iam about 500yds from the river alot of iron and i mean alot turned roots dark brown and extreamly Hard water
 
Burple said:
I am using tap water.
I started my grow with distilled water and I was having PH problems.
Maybe now that the pump and lines (not to mention the dead gnat) are out of the res, maybe I'll try going back to distilled, but it's gonna kill me since I need at least 18 gallons a week (6 for the res change, and 2 chilled gallons a day). :yikes:
The whole idea of growing it was so I didn't have to buy it, and so far I have spent enough that I probably could have paid for it until the end of the year.

Thanks for answering! :thanks:
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I don't know what state you are in but do you have those cheap machines outside stores? I pay 15 cents a gallon or if I don't feel like going to the cheap store 20 cents. One gallon at a time is 25 cents.

How big is your res if you are using that much water it sounds too big. If you need to chill water you don't need new water just pull a gallon at a time from the res.

I will most likely lurk from now on or just pm.
 
GD I ordered from SH when they weren't as big so I got everything but the reflectors were banged up but I didn't say anything. I got new ones from HD which have much better clips anyhow. I don't think I am going to grow again since this site scared me whit all the warnings from the porn girls.

Burple I am with you on the work part. If you read my old post you would know that. I have found ways not to do work hence my comments to you a few weeks ago bout additives and lights ect. If you want easy and don't need more then a ounce per plant I will help you. I can't do the work involved as others do and had issues but survived them. I used about 6 to 7 gallons of water sometimes weekly or if I couldn't it could have gone 2 weeks. PM me if you want easy. I still think it was a mistake to do it in the heat cause that increases the workload 10 times if not more.
 
ol hippy said:
Burple, Don't forget once you get your setup going and all the bugs worked out you won't need to put much more money into it , but will be producing buds month after month ! So don't give up just take a bong hit and relax.... I've been out of work for a good part of the year so I know how you feel I've got a lot of time and money invested too, and thought about how much weed I could have bought with it , but soon my friend I will be harvesting again and be back in the weed ! I hate having to drive 50 miles each way to the dispensary to give them my money for their over priced weed ! :peace: Hope your feeling better soon... before you know it you'll be smoking that great home grown again !!
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That's what I say every time I spend more money! :)
I just laid out another $157 for rockwool, nutes, and an inline fan for my tent. :yikes:
I wish I could get weed from a dispensary, but the dumba$$ state I live in refuses to acknowledge the medical benefits of MMJ.

I'm committed to getting something out of this first grow.
What it will be, and how much I don't know, but I do know that at the very least I'll gain a bit of knowledge! :tokin:
 
barto said:
burple,
I had a similar situation midway thru my first grow, CRAZY daily PH swings, no rhyme or reason that I could ever prove.
my theory was:
old nutes and PH up/down product from a different company
I set all my old stuff on a shelf, bought brand new nutes and PH up & down, all from the same company... problem solved!
does this prove my theory? no... but it worked

good luck!

I'm harvesting this weekend and all the old stuff is going to the dump (I think)
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Hey barto, thanks for answering! :thanks:
I haven't really typed everything that I have done, but I am very methodical in how I approach things.
I change one thing at a time, looking for whatever may be causing my problems.
I have tried all kinds of PH down from the type used for aquariums, hot tubs, pools, and even one that was marketed as being specifically for hydroponic setups (very expensive).
Believe it or not, the one for the hot tub actually shows the smallest swings, but no matter which I used I still had the same problems of the wild PH swings.
I bought my nutes directly from the hydro store, so they shouldn't be too old, but I just bought new (bigger) bottles of them too.
I even keep the nutes (which are in black bottles) in a box so no light even hits the bottles!

What type of nutes & PH down do you use?

Thanks again for answering!:thanks:
 
Burple, You realize some things are reusable, right? LOL!

I spend a lot experimenting with different things but in reality I could grow for the next two years without buying a thing. Probably spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 3K for all my toys/seeds but then again I've grown between 60-75 oz and $50/oz or less for premo seedless ganja plus all the kief/hash I can smoke and all the vapes, pipes and bongs it's not a bad investment.
 
Olias said:
i had problems with my well water invested in a portable RO system avaiable on e-bay for about $65 makes a 1000gl . No PH problems and the TDS=10ppm (pics removed for brevity)
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Thanks for answering Olias! :thanks:
That seems a little large and technical for me, but I will keep it in mind for future reference.
BTW, I don't think I ever mentioned that my water out of the tap has a ppm of 164, but the PH is 8.3!
I think I just have some really sh*tty water! :laughtwo:
 
164 is borderline high but not horrific. For instance the GH Hard water micro is designed for 200 ppm or more and they state you can mix the hard water micro with the regular micro at your level. Mine's is 350-375 ppm with a 7.5-7.8 ph start point. Of that 164 some of it is good and some not so good. THe ph reacts to it all and it's a matter of playing with it until you find the formula that works for you and then you are set. Key for me was not overeacting to the ph swings as long as they were in range and micro dosing (5ml per tank not per gallon at a time) the ph down. I adjust the ph to 5.7 as a starting point on a res change and then adjust as needed but not a lot at once. You'll know you've gone overboard on the ph swings when your leaves get stripes.

The rule I follow is that things don't happen quickly in nature and they shouldn't happen quickly in my grow room.

For me a combo of cal-mag and one of the zymes compensates for any defieciencies my water creates. I tried RO but it had it's problems too.
 

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