Joint Monster
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[Yellow Leaf Tips / High PPM / 3 Days after res change]
This may seem like a really simple answer and I am probably just over thinking things...
I did a res change (1/2 empty the res, add ro water and nutes at full strength according to the entire system size. Then add my Tea.)
PH 5.8 / PPM 2000 -> It has stayed stable here, has not really gone down or up. PPM will go up and down by like 20-30-40-50, but always comes back at 2000.
3 to 4 days later I have yellowing tips/leaves. Definitely looking N / hungry. It's nothing crazy, but they're definitely hungry...(If they are yellowing, is it safe to say the girls have used all the nutrients or at least the Nitrogen available in the nutrient solution?)
I don't want to keep putting more nutrients in there as I feel It's pretty high PPM already, and it feels like I'm throwing nutrients down the drain. (i.e.: 300ml CalMag per Res Change...) Should I top off water with 1/4Strength Nutes? Or should I do a res change early? (1/2empty and add full str. nutes). Or just ignore it until next res change?
And then next res change maybe bring it up to 2100 or 2200PPM?
(Otherwise, the only off thing is low humidity - however I mist hourly to make up for it, for now. I do have a humidifier. But that shouldn't make them eat that much more?)
This may seem like a really simple answer and I am probably just over thinking things...
I did a res change (1/2 empty the res, add ro water and nutes at full strength according to the entire system size. Then add my Tea.)
PH 5.8 / PPM 2000 -> It has stayed stable here, has not really gone down or up. PPM will go up and down by like 20-30-40-50, but always comes back at 2000.
3 to 4 days later I have yellowing tips/leaves. Definitely looking N / hungry. It's nothing crazy, but they're definitely hungry...(If they are yellowing, is it safe to say the girls have used all the nutrients or at least the Nitrogen available in the nutrient solution?)
I don't want to keep putting more nutrients in there as I feel It's pretty high PPM already, and it feels like I'm throwing nutrients down the drain. (i.e.: 300ml CalMag per Res Change...) Should I top off water with 1/4Strength Nutes? Or should I do a res change early? (1/2empty and add full str. nutes). Or just ignore it until next res change?
And then next res change maybe bring it up to 2100 or 2200PPM?
(Otherwise, the only off thing is low humidity - however I mist hourly to make up for it, for now. I do have a humidifier. But that shouldn't make them eat that much more?)
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