Leaf problems

Omega7290

New Member
WW first hydro grow I accidentally fed too much nutrient on the first reservoir change. It seemed like heat stress caused the leaves to wilt but I don't know what to make of this... pH is at 6.5 and only using distilled water again
 

vostok

Well-Known Member
Flush and flush until you have all that out...then use specific measuring cups all marked and ready to top up when required
 

DeeTee

Well-Known Member
Your ph is too high for hydro, it should be 5.8, do you have a tds meter to check your nutes ppm's, ph and ppm's are important for hydro.
 

SableZen

Well-Known Member
WW first hydro grow I accidentally fed too much nutrient on the first reservoir change. It seemed like heat stress caused the leaves to wilt but I don't know what to make of this... pH is at 6.5 and only using distilled water again
Should post a picture or two.
 

Moishe

Active Member
Should post a picture or two.
Sounds like the feds. ;).

...but srsly pictures will help us help you.
http://www.cs.duke.edu/~narten/faq/chemistry.html
This is a great article to read. I would also advise cutting carbon filtered tap water with 1/2 distilled as opposed to running just distilled water. Running a system with distilled if you don't know wtf you're doing can easily kill your plants, or at least stunt them quite a bit. Take it from those of us who learn it the hard way. Return to a distilled system if you'd like when you have a good understanding of your hydro's chemistry.
Get that pH down too. You're probably locking out a lot of nutrients. Especially Phosphorous. Your solution needs to be in the 5.8-5.9 (6.0 might cut it) to allow Phosphorous to be available to your plants' root zone.
Good luck!
 
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