Aussie Growers Thread
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Buck123
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Haha just cause its good for one doesn't mean it will work for the other dude! Get an ec meter gahhhhh you wanna grow hydro do it properly!
Buck123
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I hope so for you man.. Yeh being a stingey kent ends up biting ya in the ass learnt my lesson!
Supa smoka
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I would looks like either nute burn or calmag or a combination of both.... How come your ph is at 6.0 for veg?
flowamasta
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ph should be at 6 for hydro, that is fine throughout, i agree with it being a minor deficiency or spashback. I would bump food up if the ph is ok, just a little see if it perks the leaves up at all, you will see a change very quickly with this medium. I think they need food, they look kinda tired. (leaves a little droopy)
Ec meter is Not that important for a re-circulating res as you flush each week and the plant will only use up what it really needs. The level will drop with food usage also. You will be surprised how much a seedling can handle nutes, especially in a 100% perlite medium. Salts and foods don't attach themselves to perlite like soil or coco.
Ph with this system I find is perfect at around 5.8 - 6.2 no lower than 5.8 that's when i see mag deficiency, as mag doesnt get used up as well below 5.5
Ec meter is Not that important for a re-circulating res as you flush each week and the plant will only use up what it really needs. The level will drop with food usage also. You will be surprised how much a seedling can handle nutes, especially in a 100% perlite medium. Salts and foods don't attach themselves to perlite like soil or coco.
Ph with this system I find is perfect at around 5.8 - 6.2 no lower than 5.8 that's when i see mag deficiency, as mag doesnt get used up as well below 5.5
Supa smoka
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There ya go flowies the man when it comes to perlite
flowamasta
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In this sytem you do not want to run ph'd water alone unless you are flushing. this will starve the plant, and she will eat herself to survive.
It's a very simple system, you just need to find their balance while they are young, once they get older you will have a much easier time measuring nutrients as you will be able to go atleast half strength to 3/4 easily after week 2
Supa smoka
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Salts don't bind to the coco they bind to the roots and stop nutrient uptake in coco
Supa smoka
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It does look a little starved for nutrient
flowamasta
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nutrients will bind with anything when it dries out
Gorbzzz definitely deficiency, bump it up
i would say go 2-2.5 ml had a quick squiz at canna, in a re-circulating system they need their food early.
Do not worry they will take off, and flourish very soon.
sorry man, salts really do bind with coco, really bad I've seen the tops of pots, as it dries out quite fast, i've done a few trial tests, best to use the best quality for coco bigtime, perlite is great because it is full of oxygen but not porous as such( nutrients flows through easily ) the little holes hold the water, not the actual perlite itself
Gorbzzz definitely deficiency, bump it up
i would say go 2-2.5 ml had a quick squiz at canna, in a re-circulating system they need their food early.Do not worry
they will take off, and flourish very soon.
flowamasta
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you would of used some food by now, i think it would be safe to top up res to max, and add another 40ml. correct of each
Gorbzzz
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Ok lads looks like some extra nutes will be going in, I have trust in you haha.nutrients will bind with anything when it dries out
sorry man, salts really do bind with coco, really bad I've seen the tops of pots, as it dries out quite fast, i've done a few trial tests, best to use the best quality for coco bigtime, perlite is great because it is full of oxygen but not porous as such( nutrients flows through easily ) the little holes hold the water, not the actual perlite itself
Gorbzzz definitely deficiency, bump it up
Do not worry
Gorbzzz
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You scare me flo haha, my plants are in your hands
Well i guess desperate times call for desperate measures!Edit: They havent really drank any and i think it will drop the ph too low if i add that much :\
flowamasta
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and stick those rings under 
or add more perlite on top ( washed perlite ofcourse ) and check the feeding times, and get back to us on that very important you get that part worked out, just as important as how much food
or add more perlite on top ( washed perlite ofcourse ) and check the feeding times, and get back to us on that very important you get that part worked out, just as important as how much food
Supa smoka
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I can go a whole grow in coco with not flushing once and get no lockout or deficencies or salt build up. Only reason i do flush is more preventitive than needing to do it like it needed to be done .. Must be the coco they were using or they were not doing it correctly flowienutrients will bind with anything when it dries out
sorry man, salts really do bind with coco, really bad I've seen the tops of pots, as it dries out quite fast, i've done a few trial tests, best to use the best quality for coco bigtime, perlite is great because it is full of oxygen but not porous as such( nutrients flows through easily ) the little holes hold the water, not the actual perlite itself
Gorbzzz definitely deficiency, bump it up
Do not worry