overachiever
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What is this from? Anyone know what would cause this? I'm looking for people to just trow things out there, kinda like that House show, when they are trying to figure out what's up with a sic person. 
I seriously need help, things are getting worse!!! Please help
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filthy piglet
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Cal/mag def.......thats the final answer......hit those babys with some mag. And fast...goodluck
overachiever
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That's kinda what I thought also, last night I raised the ppm of my nutes by 250 with just calmag and already from last night the ppm went down from 750 to 600 and ph dropped from 6.0 to 5.4 what's that mean???
overachiever
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Will those leaves recover or should. Just focus on the new growth to see if anything is fixed? How long will you think it takes to see any difference?
filthy piglet
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Check your ph make sure its in the range you want 6.5 for soil 5.9 for hydro and if your good then hit them with cal/mag.......but you100% have a cal/mag def......
filthy piglet
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The dead spots wont recover but the taco leaf will go back to normal......you will see improvement in 3day to a week......and dont do anything else it 100% cal/mag so dont just start tossin stuff in there.....if your in soil use some lime and that will never happen again....plants use a ton of calcium and mag.....
overachiever
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Why would my ph be dropping? I usually have to add ph down a lot. Do you think I need more then 250ppm of calmag?
filthy piglet
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After giving it cal/mag the plant will grow normal again....yayyyyyyyyyh
overachiever
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You have no idea how much you just calmed my nerves...everyone was telling me it was from heat, or my lights too close. I did some research and though calmag sounds like what I got. I'm hydro and my res is 200+ gal I've added half a quart of calmag and it raised ppm 250
overachiever
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Ask and ask and ask and you shall receive!!!!!!! I've been posting about this for a bit now
filthy piglet
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I would go with 150ppm cal mag.......and ph swings can be caused be numerous things.....organic material being broken down will be acidic, a plant using more of one nutrient, it happens thats why you have to add lime so the swings will be buffered and you ph will stay put.....
overachiever
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I'm hydro so. Guess ill be adding ph up
overachiever
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They have also drank a lot in a day 150ppm and a lot of water wish there was a way to see what ppm was just cal or mag or nitr wouldn't that be cool
filthy piglet
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You got lucky, when i have spare time not tending my girls i help people on here with their problems...well good luck and glad i could help......i would pick a better base nute that has a balance of amm and nit n sources that way it will stay balanced.....cations an anions being balanced is how good nutrients are made one has +ions and one is - and when the base nute is made rite it will balance out so you dont get that swing.....lol....im a weed nerd....
filthy piglet
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They do.....i have the test kit so when i wanna check my rez i can see all the elements that are in it....and i look at what i added b4 and i can see what the plants are using most of....hehehe
overachiever
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Where did you get that I really want that? What system are you using? Mines undercurrent. Using current culture nutes.
filthy piglet
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I do my personal tlo...and the rest flood and drain mapito........the best.....people dont really know about mapito but its the best iv done so far....you can find the kits online ...just type in kits to test nutrient values in water.....i found mine for $490
overachiever
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alright thanks a lot one more question for you.......when should I add more calmag
filthy piglet
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Are you a chick grower.....if so thats dope.....
filthy piglet
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Depends on the stage of growth.....late veg and the first 3 weeks of flower the babys need lots but i cut back in week 4 till the end and go easy on the cal/mag when the plant is young they dont need that much. In a rez i only top up one time with plain water and then i do a full change , i dont like adding this and that when you dont really know whats left....i can use the kit but who wants to do that everytime......use a smaller rez and change with a fresh batch more and you will have better results....