Ethos Banana Hammock comparative(exodus thread)

schmebulock

schmebulock

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Day 35:

CDLC in DWC - ppm was down to 5.5 last night so i squirted a pipette of pH UP in there and bumped it to 5.8. Topped the bucket off again - it's dropping about 2 inches of water a day... trying to keep the PPM around 500.

ever since @3rd Monkey said 2.5ml of each of the trio is 100ppm it makes it so simple lol.

"oh i've topped off my water and ppm is at 350 - guess i'll add 2.5ml of each and bump it to 450."

I defoliated after this pic - so tomorrow you'll see the defoliation

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Looking pretty happy. I love not having to deal with coco or any soil medium.


Now for the problem children...

Day 38: Forum Stompers in coco dtw - pumped about 3-4 gallons of tap water through each of the girls last night to flush the coco AND take care of any coco still trying to steal calmag.

After that I put about 4 gallons of RO into the reservoir to drop the PPM in the reservoir from 700 to 500. my pH controller keeps the res at 5.8 pH.

so with flushed coco and 500 (was 700) ppm water coming through, maybe they'll bounce back :(

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i still haven't topped the left and right forum stompers - they just don't look like they'd appreciate it lol
 
3rd Monkey

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Should be 1ml of each per gallon is around 100ppm, tds. If you are mixing 2.5ml of each with 2.5-3 gallons of water, total solution should be around 100ppm.

1ml/1gal
Micro-55ppm
Gro-25ppm
Bloom-25ppm
 
schmebulock

schmebulock

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3rd Monkey said:
Should be 1ml of each per gallon is around 100ppm, tds. If you are mixing 2.5ml of each with 2.5-3 gallons of water, total solution should be around 100ppm.

1ml/1gal
Micro-55ppm
Gro-25ppm
Bloom-25ppm
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that must be why it worked lol, i was putting the 2.5 ml of each into a bout 3 gallons of water lol - ppm always went up 100 each time so makes sense haha

good to know, thanks for clarification
 
iceman2494

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3rd Monkey said:
Should be 1ml of each per gallon is around 100ppm, tds. If you are mixing 2.5ml of each with 2.5-3 gallons of water, total solution should be around 100ppm.

1ml/1gal
Micro-55ppm
Gro-25ppm
Bloom-25ppm
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Now can I add 3 ml each to a gallon and use that to top off my res ? Or should I straight top off with water and add 1 ml each to get my ppm up to 300 . That would put me at 150ish in nutes . Also my ph in the skunk hero is dropping mad low . Starts at 5.8 and I’ll check it after work or in the morning and it’s sitting at 5.1 or lower .
 
schmebulock

schmebulock

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iceman2494 said:
Now can I add 3 ml each to a gallon and use that to top off my res ? Or should I straight top off with water and add 1 ml each to get my ppm up to 300
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I've been making a nute bucket that i sit next to the grow. I put 1 gallon RO in and then i overnute it slightly so that once it's mixed with the other 3-3.5 gallons of water in the tank that it levels out. This has resulted in me getting PPM back to 400 pretty easily but since i'm moving up to 500 now i've been adding that extra 3 squirts (one from each trio bottle) directly into the bucket and mixing/ph'ing there. I bought that electric pump that @Or_Gro showed us - really makes refilling the bucket that much easier lol

iceman2494 said:
Starts at 5.8 and I’ll check it after work or in the morning and it’s sitting at 5.1 or lower .
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set the pH higher then, set it to like 6.4 and see if it stays above 5.5 during the drop. I have been going up to about 5.8 or 5.9 and it settles back to around 5.6 when i'm checking in. It stabilizes a bit the more roots you get in there.
 
iceman2494

iceman2494

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schmebulock said:
I've been making a nute bucket that i sit next to the grow. I put 1 gallon RO in and then i overnute it slightly so that once it's mixed with the other 3-3.5 gallons of water in the tank that it levels out. This has resulted in me getting PPM back to 400 pretty easily but since i'm moving up to 500 now i've been adding that extra 3 squirts (one from each trio bottle) directly into the bucket and mixing/ph'ing there. I bought that electric pump that @Or_Gro showed us - really makes refilling the girl much easier lol



set the pH higher then, set it to like 6.4 and see if it stays above 5.5 during the drop. I have been going up to about 5.8 or 5.9 and it settles back to around 5.6 when i'm checking in. It stabilizes a bit the more roots you get in there.
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This one has a s hit ton of roots and is drinking a hell of a lot of water . Not sure if that’s causing my ph to drop cause the nutes are getting concentrated.
 
3rd Monkey

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iceman2494 said:
Now can I add 3 ml each to a gallon and use that to top off my res ? Or should I straight top off with water and add 1 ml each to get my ppm up to 300 . That would put me at 150ish in nutes . Also my ph in the skunk hero is dropping mad low . Starts at 5.8 and I’ll check it after work or in the morning and it’s sitting at 5.1 or lower .
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You can mix nutes however you want, separate jug or right in the res.

Ph is likely due to nutrient levels are wrong or they are drinking heavily.
 
iceman2494

iceman2494

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3rd Monkey said:
You can mix nutes however you want, separate jug or right in the res.

Ph is likely due to nutrient levels are wrong or they are drinking heavily.
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The water lvl drops fast . Usually I full about a half gallon every day or so . That’s where im confused at . My ppm is only 220 . I’m not sure how much of that is water since I’m using distilled to top it off . I mixed 3 ml each of the trio into a gallon of water and it barely raised my ppm . Might have to go with straight into res . I haven’t given any cal mag . Doesn’t show any signs of hurting except from the funky color from the start .
 
3rd Monkey

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iceman2494 said:
The water lvl drops fast . Usually I full about a half gallon every day or so . That’s where im confused at . My ppm is only 220 . I’m not sure how much of that is water since I’m using distilled to top it off . I mixed 3 ml each of the trio into a gallon of water and it barely raised my ppm . Might have to go with straight into res . I haven’t given any cal mag . Doesn’t show any signs of hurting except from the funky color from the start .
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Do you check ppm, top off with distilled, and check ppm again?

Or do you check ppm, top with nutes, check ppm?
 
3rd Monkey

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iceman2494 said:
Check ppm and top with distilled and check again
The ppm use to be in the 300s till the other day .
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Good, you're doing it the right way lol.

Your ph is dropping because your nute concentration rises. When you top off with distilled, check ppm and write it down. Check it again in 12-24hrs after you top off with distilled. That's how much it's feeding. That's how you match nute levels. I like a 10-20ppm drop over 12hrs.

Example. Check your res, ppm is 300. Top off with distilled, ppm is 250. Check again 12hrs later, ppm is 280. Top off with distilled, ppm is 240. That's 10ppm of feeding in 12hrs.
 
iceman2494

iceman2494

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Should I try 1 ml each straight in res to bump it up to the 300s again ? Ppm check first then add distilled water ppm again add nutes and check ph, then check ppm ?
 
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