Having a bit of a problem,maybe. Ph was all over the place with rising ppm and ec. Did a rez change but ppm and ec still rising, so she's leeching, she is drinking but not eating current ppm 1190 and ec 2230 ph58.1. Im on day 33. Three fan leaves have that brown dot,..
Little concerned, first grow any advise
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rkymtnman
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add enough water where that is almost half that.
the brown dots are Ca deficiency. but i would make sure your pH is in range first. 5.5 to 6.1 the Ca issue could be nute lockout too. surprised you don't have more tip burn than you do to be honest.
Thanks I use cal mag her whole life, and haven't paid any attention to ec until I got on this forum lol. This girl started from a throw seed in my out door garden, she popped up I throw her my hdyro..she is in 8 gallons of water, does she look alright other then what you mentioned, and thank you.
rkymtnman
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yes, keep doing what you are doing. just feed lighter. i think you'll see her start to eat again once the EC is cut in half.
3 secrets to hyrdo/DWC:
1. pH
2. don't overfeed
3. don't get root rot.
rkymtnman
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it should take even less than that normally. keep posting and we'll try to help you. and you're welcome.
Distilled water...and thanks im going to back it down ,hopefully get her eating again.
I was not ever paying attention to ec, just ppms...then I got on here and ec is a thing..lol my ppm is at 1010 gh nutes plus cha ching, and sweet..8 gallon and two air stones...
rkymtnman
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here's the thing about EC vs ppm. they can both be used. but EC is universal. if you say your ec is 2 , then we know what that means. if you say your ppm is 1000, then we have to ask you what conversion factor your meter uses to convert EC to ppm. (your meter uses the 0.5 scale 2EC is 1000ppm) but some meters use the 0.7 scale so 2EC would be 1400 ppm, some meters use a 0.64 scale so 2EC would be 1280ppm. see the difference???
if i were you, i'd scoop out a bunch or pour out a bunch and add back just distilled to get down to 1 or 1.2 EC and see if they start eating again
Thank you, im working on that today, also side note, I have two ec meters so I totally understand what you are saying, both have different readings. I have used the same one through this grow, was just curious so I checked with the other one, sure enough two different readings...lol I will post new readings once I pump out some water and replace..thanks eveyone.
guitarguy10
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Here's a conversion chart, stupid PPM, I wish people would use the physical characteristic (EC) and not silly conversions but here they are:
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Should I still be doing cal mag at this point, sorry for all the questions brothers, I just trying to dial this in so I can finish strong and for the next grow..
AdubM
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Not people, just us Americans ...lol