It goes fast, you’ll b there soon.
Oh shit That's sucks! She will probably be ok got my fingers crossed.
Currently 4 days into a 6 day trip. Did my best to set the indoor system up to last the entire time I'm gone. The PH of the main res tends to drop over time, so I tried to account for that by increasing the PH of the top-off res AND I added a ~25% strength nutrient solution to the top-off res as well. Hopefully that will keep things going smoothly.
That makes me nervous just thinking about going on vacation I done told the wife no vacation for me lol. I'm having ph issues so up sized my rez to 9 gallons from 3 so hope that helps it stabelize. Also gonnaale it recirculating so that will increase h20 volume as well
yeah I was preparing myself for disaster, but turns out they fared well. Debbie was very low on water, but survived and the indoor plant is great. Top-off res kept it in good shape with a healthy PH and nutrient balance.
awesome, good luck!
Nice, yeah PH is tricky. Mine tends to drop over time so I tried to account for that by making the PH in the top-off res higher. It worked, just too well. Instead of my PH dropping, it began trending higher, so just need to lower the PH in my top-off a bit.
This article helped me understand how pH changes due to nutrient uptake.
I hear ya and I’m of the same mind. I’ve had pH drop right after a res change and my changes are very gradual so I disregard that. A major point for me is “This is a change but is it a trend?” I’ve got to fight of my somewhat OC/newbie-helicopter-plant-daddy behavior to hold off until it becomes a trend.
The two conditions are not exclusive. You might find that upping TDS will stop the pH from dropping. A key phrase that’s missing is “will tend to”. When nutes are taken up, pH will tend to rise but other factors in the res may cause pH to fall. The only other thing that I’ve read about that drops pH is decaying plant material. Any chance that there’s some vegetation in the res?
This article is an interesting read, especially "The preliminary results of NCSU’s research imply that vegetative stock plants of cannabis have a wide substrate pH range in which the plants will optimally grow. That range appears to be as wide as pH 5.0 to 7.0.” I need to re-read it but, IIRC, the argument is that cannabis will do well in a much wider range of pH than conventional wisdom tells us.
Yeah I killed 2 males that were in that same reservoir, it's possible that some of their roots were not removed because they had become interwoven with the remaining plant's root system. This could be contributing to the PH drop. The PH has been remaining steady recently since i have a higher PH that's feeding in from the top-off res.
Interesting! Will give the article a read soon.
Heh, I’m in a similar situation. Yesterday, I harvested 1 plant out of 4 in the res and had to cut off the roots. I did a res swap and it went from 310@6.0 on Saturday afternoon to 290@5.8 this morning. That's a very gentle drop in a res that has, otherwise, been very stable for 97 days. Sounds like sprinkling in some Up might do the trick.
Agreed. Huge fan leaves and really nice looking plants!
That's awesome didn't know there was such a thing. Looking to order thanks
Delps8
I used one with my iPhone XS Max and it was great until you switch to telephoto. At that point, the screen goes dark. I tried moving the sensor in every location and got the same result. I contacted MethodSeven and they were skeptical at first but they emailed me and said that they were able to reproduce the issue and were going to be in touch with Apple re. that issue.
You're welcome!Delps8
Thanx for posting the “wonder charts” they explain quite well what’s going on in day to day readings. Got em hanging on the wall!
