No matter what I do the ph in my 1 DWC rez is 6.3
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Hollatchaboy
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JMedi420
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IF the PH rises that means your Plants are intaking Nutes that is a good thing just stay on top of your res and keep it between 5.5-6.1
waterproof808
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Some growers use ph swings to their advantage.
Hollatchaboy
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I go as low as 5.4 and let it swing up to 6.4.
My swing is like 5.5-6.2... But like I said its stuck at 6.3 now .
Its a 20 gallon low profile ground rez.. I will bleach the shit out of it when the grow is over.
Hollatchaboy
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How much do you trust your probe?
I have 2 of them that are colibrated.
Mathiaus420
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Sounds to me like ya plants are happy at that ph. If there not showing any issues. Leave em be but monitor em. I having a similar issue at minute. My ph just won't stop dropping. 6.0 every morning . Next morning 5.7. Rest rinse repeat ph issue again. But ec is also going down too, and my understanding so long as ec is going down and ph is rises shits good.anything different not so good, but this time and last grow same issues and results last time was fairly good. And this time time with a tweak or two and a co2 bag, things have been kinda mind-blowing. But with same ph issue.
Blue brother
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No matter the size of the res id allways let it go from 5.5-6.5, the larger res just means it happens slower. Personally I would never add any stabilisers or ph down to an active res. Yes I would add what ph down I needed to set the res at 5.5 but would only let it swing once per change. Get yourself a bigger res, and this might take a week, get a gigantic res and you’re good for 2+ weeks.
Still doing this although not as bad as before were plants were dying. Why would I be having problems with my tap water all of a sudden for the last 2 months?? Its city tap water with a ph of 7.4 and a ppm of 160. I lived in the same house for 7 years and no problems.
My plants got lock out and stopped drinking. I cleaned everything and started over now its doing it again.... Could the ph have gone bad? But I will set the ph back down to 5.8 to 6.3 and the next day 6.3 again.... Here are pics from today. The previous plants 3 weeks ago all stopped drinking water and wilted and main stems got purple. I cleaned everything and started over... Its the ph that keeps rising to 6.3-6.4 range and then plant doesn't drink.
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