Best DWC nutrients for keeping ph in check

bignugdoug

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I would like to get everyone's opinions on what DWC nutes are the best as far as keeping ph of my res in check. I been looking into the gh flora series and AN ph perfect notes. any any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated.
 

rkymtnman

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both will work fine. don't fall for the AN hype of needing 80 bottles to grow.

i've found pH will be much more unstable if your roots are always in the nute solution. which means you need to check pH of dwc constantly. i checked 2x a day. now doing drain to waste, my pH is solid for a whole week.
 

rkymtnman

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So there are none out there that truly keep ph in check at least for a whole day or even two
they will be stable for that long if not longer if everything else is going OK. i grew some big plants in dwc and i was filling up the 5 gal bucket daily. the root ball took up most of the space. i've also had root rot and my pH was all over the place.

i was being more general with my statement. you just have to stay on top of dwc. things can go really wrong really quick.
 

bignugdoug

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I went ahead and went and ordered some gh flora series 3 part. it's just the nutes I have now, have just been keeping my ph really high. this is only after about 30 hours, when I first add them though they are spot on but like I mentioned after 30 hours or so I have a really high spike in ph and takes a lot of down to get it under control I think this is due to my nutes being organic which sucks. Im having to change my res at least every 3 days. hopefully the flora series helps with this. also ordered new digital water temp gauges.
 
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Major Blazer

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If you're using city tap water it could just be pH buffers. When I switched to 50/50 tap/RO, my pH was significantly more stable, even with heavy nutrient uptake. This was with Blueplanet Nutrients.
 
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