New to hydro, cant diagnose/fix the problem. BlueMystic1000wHydro

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kharozan

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1000w Hps
55g Resivour, 6 , 3gallon buckets.
Outputfan/cooltube
Intake from other side of the house
temp 58-69 F ( I know its on the low side could this be relevant?) Its winter.
Humiditys usually low. 25%- 40%
I dont have any micro nutes, just general grow as of now
Reverse osmosis filter being used, ocassionally the waters ph reaches blue color and needs to corrected harshy, could the over salting hurt? i use minimal amounts still of ph down.
I havent gotten the ph swing down either i you have any adivce.


Maybe 2 months in? its been a hell of a learning experience.
 

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kharozan said:
I dont have any micro nutes, just general grow as of now
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What kind of nutes are you using? You cant not give it any micros and you're using reverse osmosis. I would say that is your problem.

Try dynagro. Has all the nutes and micros. Its designed for hydro and super cheap too.
 
zan,
I'm not familiar with the drop ph measurement...but isn't blue fairly basic and then you have to add ph down to get it into range? Ph is fairly crucial in hydro so please tell us more details.

With RO water, you're removing all Ca and Mg that is usually in tapwater and so it has to be replaced. Are you supplementing with calmag? The usual routine is to add calmag back up to around 200ppm and then add nutrients and then ph correct.

See if you can't get pictures with better detail and flash on. We don't need any shots of your RO filter or nute bottles.
JD
 
Too cold man. That's your first problem for sure. But yeah with reverse osmosis you have really got to be on top of micros. Those girls look rough. Honestly I think you are throwing money down the drain running 1k for them. I'm not trying to give you a hard time but.. you would be better to off spending that dough on a space heater and some proper nutes. Unless you have awful water you could have skipped the RO, no matter what people on here tell you. I ran hydro for years with tap water that got aerated for 24 hours prior to use. I would dump those plants personally. I see that you have grown in soil before. Why the switch? I recently switched back and let me tell you, I don't miss the headaches of hydro. To save those girls though you need heat and some micro nutrients and probably luck. I wish you the best man.
SC
 
Ok so spacious heater. Better nutes with micro. And calmag supplement. Cant trash them. Cant get any clones. Have no seeds.
could I add tap to try and help?

I really need to be schooled. I appreciate your brutal honesty
 
you can if its not too bad but even that will then need to be the right ph, its pretty vital for hydro bud
 
If your normal tap water is a ph of say 7.5 then u would add a drop at a time of ph down till it was at about 5.8 or 5.9 bud, I find it a lot easier to ph 10 litres of water at a time as its pretty strong stuff
 
Personally I would suggest you buy a ph meter and a tds meter, you have to be on top of your ph and ppm's for hydro, temps a little low, get a heater, strive for 75 degrees, also take better pics, it would help alot.
 
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