Moabfighter
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68F without adding any ice. Does it need to be colder?
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68F without adding any ice. Does it need to be colder?
Moabfighter
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Remember @Or_Gro was saying wait to 3 sets of leaves but idk
3rd Monkey
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You can add it if it looks like it's hungry, or just give it a light dose of calmag until it gets a bit bigger.
iceman2494
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That’s one reason I haven’t given anything .
3rd Monkey
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Nope. But if you come back and it's 70 and your ppm is different, now you know why.
iceman2494
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What’s a light dose ?
Moabfighter
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I wasn’t following you until now. Gotcha. So if temp changes PPM can change. Well. That’s terrible for me then because my house climate changes often. Sometimes ole lady’s hot. Sometimes she’s cold....
What do I do about that? Will a PPM spike kill my plant? You guys say a lot 150ish ppm is fine I just worry. When it spikes up what do I do? Make water colder if this is the variable causing it? Say PPM is high. Water is warm. I can add ice day and expect that PPM to go down?
3rd Monkey
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I always feed calmag from the start and haven't had any problems. Even in coco.
3rd Monkey
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Guess it depends on the calmag, but 1/8 strength.
Smokexbreak
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No 68F is perfect no colder. And I’m telling you it was your light. Period. The end.
You were blasting it with photons.
3rd Monkey
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Haha, relax.
It's normal. The more stable it is the better, but fluctuation within range isn't going to hurt anything. Anything 68-72 is the golden zone.
Ppm spikes from temp within range won't hurt.
If you absolutely NEED to make your temps stable, insulate the outside of your bucket for starters. Then check your temp in 24hrs. You may need to warm it, cool it, or leave it alone.
iceman2494
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I use the flora calmagic
Moabfighter
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Awesome man thank you. I keep thinking my DWC problems are when my PPM is at say 80 then I check it and it’s 120,130. I guess I’m wrong but I was always thinking any “up” in PPM ever was terrible.
Helps to know it was the light. I raised it as high as the ratchet hangers would go. I’ll get an exact measurement. Nothing crazy.
schmebulock
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@Moabfighter and the gang, how old are your seedlings at this point?
3rd Monkey
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Yea, whatever gets you to 100-150ppm range.
Moabfighter
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May4 I had a sprout
Moabfighter
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I’m just now from these few posts beginning to understand what I need to be doing here lol.
If it needs cal mag. Up the PPM. Of cal mag. It eats it. PPM is lower. It got fed cal mag. It’s happy.
Now I do this with 15 other things huh...
If it needs cal mag. Up the PPM. Of cal mag. It eats it. PPM is lower. It got fed cal mag. It’s happy.
Now I do this with 15 other things huh...
schmebulock
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coco cations, little bastards lol
even putting my forum stompers into coco last night i did full strength 5ml/gal because i know the coco's gonna suck half of it out
Moabfighter
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My roots organic soil is coco based. Wtf
Think I’m going to give one of my soil plants the lightest feed possible 1/4 the bottle recommendations strength. Has cal mag in it.
3rd Monkey
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Something like that. It gets easier once you get a solid setup and regimen going.I’m just now from these few posts beginning to understand what I need to be doing here lol.
If it needs cal mag. Up the PPM. Of cal mag. It eats it. PPM is lower. It got fed cal mag. It’s happy.
Now I do this with 15 other things huh...
Fix your light, keep the bucket as you are and time will heal all wounds.