Ph in dwc

Budbreath

Budbreath

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I had crazy ph swings with 400 ppms. Upped it to 700 to 800 and now it’s stable and ppms aren’t dropping as fast either. So I upped it to 800 today. We will see. They are in early bloom. Anybody have similar experience? Also shouldn’t I keep increasing ppms til ppms stay stable also? My first dwc. Still in a 5 gallon tote.
 
icetech

icetech

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Budbreath said:
I had crazy ph swings with 400 ppms. Upped it to 700 to 800 and now it’s stable and ppms aren’t dropping as fast either. So I upped it to 800 today. We will see. They are in early bloom. Anybody have similar experience? Also shouldn’t I keep increasing ppms til ppms stay stable also? My first dwc. Still in a 5 gallon tote.
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I found in my buckets if the ppm is off it will swing.. I would just try not to go too high.. i don't don't worry bout a little swing, so unless it's bad i just leave it personally..
 
fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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Budbreath said:
I had crazy ph swings with 400 ppms. Upped it to 700 to 800 and now it’s stable and ppms aren’t dropping as fast either. So I upped it to 800 today. We will see. They are in early bloom. Anybody have similar experience? Also shouldn’t I keep increasing ppms til ppms stay stable also? My first dwc. Still in a 5 gallon tote.
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Transition and early bloom are a crazy thing.
I recently flipped a plant at 700ppm and it's been increased up to 1200 and still drops daily.
And you will have more ph swing at a lower ppm because you have less ph buffer. This is especially bad with ro water.
 
Budbreath

Budbreath

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fragileassassin said:
Transition and early bloom are a crazy thing.
I recently flipped a plant at 700ppm and it's been increased up to 1200 and still drops daily.
And you will have more ph swing at a lower ppm because you have less ph buffer. This is especially bad with ro water.
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Cool thanks for the input. Let's me know that I am on the right track in learning this growing method. It is my first time.
 
Budbreath

Budbreath

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Budbreath said:
Cool thanks for the input. Let's me know that I am on the right track in learning this growing method. It is my first time.
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I flipped 11 days ago. I also did major defoliation and top yesterday to slow stretch. Was wondering if that will affect the plants uptake of nutes and if I should keep them the same.20200323_183739.jpg
 
fragileassassin

fragileassassin

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The plant and its genetics will determine how much it wants to eat for the most part. The plant I mentioned before is the smallest plant I've flipped by at least 3 weeks of veg and wanted the same ppm her sisters wanted that were probably 20x the size.
 
Budbreath

Budbreath

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Ok good it's easier to keep them at the same ppms. Might even upp it a bit and see. Afghan kush....suppose to like strong nutes???
 
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