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eps

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Plant has today, just become extremely stinky! I walked into the room and bam! I was hit with this potent weed smell. YAY :D. PICS SOON

I have also, been almost daily lowering the PH from about 6 to 5.8.

I think the final flush will be in the next 2/3 weeks or so.
 

purple stanky

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Plant has today, just become extremely stinky! I walked into the room and bam! I was hit with this potent weed smell. YAY :D. PICS SOON

I have also, been almost daily lowering the PH from about 6 to 5.8.

I think the final flush will be in the next 2/3 weeks or so.

so why do you lower your PH i havent heard of this before
 

eps

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PH (The Acidity/Alkalinity) of your water/nutrient matters to the plant. Too high PH and you are basically pouring acid on your plant. They don't like this and it can cause nutrient lock-out(Stops some parts of the nutrients from being absorbed such as magnesium) which leads to a nutrient deficiency, or even death if the PH is too high or low.

It works the same both ways. The target is 5.8. (5.5-6.0 is okay).

PH is a lot more important in Hydroponic systems as it varies much more than typical soil mediums. The soil acts as a PH buffer and already contains nutrients, but it still does matter if the PH rises/lowers.
 

purple stanky

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PH (The Acidity/Alkalinity) of your water/nutrient matters to the plant. Too high PH and you are basically pouring acid on your plant. They don't like this and it can cause nutrient lock-out(Stops some parts of the nutrients from being absorbed such as magnesium) which leads to a nutrient deficiency, or even death if the PH is too high or low.

It works the same both ways. The target is 5.8. (5.5-6.0 is okay).

PH is a lot more important in Hydroponic systems as it varies much more than typical soil mediums. The soil acts as a PH buffer and already contains nutrients, but it still does matter if the PH rises/lowers.
oh i understand all that but i always thought a good PH was 6.5 i was just curious as to why you were lowering it
 

eps

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At higher PH(6.0-6.5), my plant was looking quite upset and was curling his leaves.

So I tried lower as suggested by some people as it is apparently the optimum range for the plant to absorb all nutrients. Since I have kept it between 5.5-6.0 she has been happy :).
 

eps

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Anyone got any idea for time left on this plant. It is in its eighth week of flowering:
 

eps

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Plant a is now in its final flush stage and being fed with 1ml/l of Raw sugar + citric acid. I have noticed a lot more crystallization on the bud sites and surrounding leaves.
 
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