loftygoals
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Take a pic of roots please. Before anything else...
HELP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
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onechance1212
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Idk what the temp in water runs I don't have anything that keeps track of that I know it's cool to the touch. The room temp runs 84. This is the pic of the roots. they have always been this color. Thought it was just the nutrients.
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loftygoals
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Your roots look good which is good news. Running DWC in hot weather is risky but you've been lucky.
Your room temps are too high but you know that already. Having said that 84 isn't the end of the world if you can't get the temps lower.
Your nutes look fine for flowering. What dose/ppm are you running?
pH 5.8 is perfect for DWC. Acceptable range being 5.5-6.2.
You need to start adding some calmag as your plants look deficient. Do you know your tap water EC/PPM? The damage won't repair but it'll stop getting worse if you have that sorted.
Try to keep fans from blowing directly infront of the plants. Have at least a few inches gap if possible. You may have a little wind burn from being too close but only you can tell for sure.
In summary... get your nutrient dosage right, add some calmag, don't let high powered fans blow within a couple of inches of your leaves... and you should see some improvement IMO.
Your room temps are too high but you know that already. Having said that 84 isn't the end of the world if you can't get the temps lower.
Your nutes look fine for flowering. What dose/ppm are you running?
pH 5.8 is perfect for DWC. Acceptable range being 5.5-6.2.
You need to start adding some calmag as your plants look deficient. Do you know your tap water EC/PPM? The damage won't repair but it'll stop getting worse if you have that sorted.
Try to keep fans from blowing directly infront of the plants. Have at least a few inches gap if possible. You may have a little wind burn from being too close but only you can tell for sure.
In summary... get your nutrient dosage right, add some calmag, don't let high powered fans blow within a couple of inches of your leaves... and you should see some improvement IMO.
onechance1212
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Thx for the advice. I just got my calmagic in gave first dose last night. I don't know the ppm I'll get a reader on order Thursday. I don't know how to understand the city's ppm results but here some pics of the report.
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Steve Man
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Ppm meters give you a accurate reading on your total dissolved solids, i treat it like lifting weights i start my plants at 0-100 and just keep adding more weight each res swap. How many times you change your res a month?
onechance1212
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I was changing them weekly because I was letting too much light hit the water causing it to grow alge but after fixing that o change it out 2 times a month.
loftygoals
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That report doesn't tell you anything. But I used it to find the city you live in and think I have found the information you need.
Your tap water PPM should be around 350ppm (Only way to be sure would be to test it with a TDS meter yourself.). Ca around 40-50ppm, Mg around 30ppm. As your total ppm is on the high side you have both nute burn from adding full strength nutes without testing ppms but still are needing to add calmag.
Ideally you could do with a RO unit to get the total ppm down and then add calmag. If you're not able to get a RO unit then you should still add some calmag but then drop your nute strength down so that the final solution is around 700ppm (1.4EC).
onechance1212
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Is there a way to tell what my ppm should be at during the plants lifetime. You want to increase your ppms as your plant gets older correct? I think I read somewhere to start out at 300 and eventually get up to 900 does this sounds right?
Steve Man
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you can get a feed schedule from anyone you buy nutes from just go to their website
http://foxfarmfertilizer.com/images/pdf/hydroenglish2015.pdf
im just using ff as a example, whatever brand you use google it and add feed schedule to the end of it
onechance1212
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So. I got my ppm meter in. My reseviors are running 1000+ my tap water is running 600ish. So.... Anything I can do to lower this.
Steve Man
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600 seems high for tap water. Did you calibrate it first?
onechance1212
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Says it was factory calibrated
Brooklyn215ish
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You need to filter the water you are using. Your ppm is way to high. Good luck man. Don't stress your self. Sit back and relax. Take your time. The more you stress the more problems that can be easily made.
onechance1212
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So I think everything is gonna be good from here on out. I started getting water from a local well that uses ro. although it kind of suck I have to go feel up my 5 gallon buckets its well worth it until I can get a ro at home. I don't think my ec reader was off because the water from my local well reads 9-10 my tap water is running right at 600 ppm and my plant water was up to 1150.Crazy I know I feel so sorry that my plants went through that. haha. But it should be better from here on out. its no wonder why my plants looked like shit. fucking 1150 ppm. I have been feeding them calimagic and my nutrients. they are sitting at 600ish ppm right now. Thanks guys for all your help. It was really needed and I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks for also being patient with my ignorance. lol
smoke on.
smoke on.
Shawn Dotson
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Yeah.. I would say a touch of nute burn and it needs some calmag. Also kind of looks like you slightly over watered it. Water it with 6.2 ph all the time.