Taking over a hydro grow. got a ton of questions! please?

sharl

Active Member
first off, thanks to anyone and everyone who replies to this.

ive taken over an indoor hydro grow and its my first time. got a room full of new veg, some rooting clones and a bloom room. big operation. i know a good deal about starting and growing flowers and vegtables and stuff, but the rest, well...

okay. also theres not much money to spend until i can get these ladies flipped and done, so... first question i have is about water. theres and ro system, but its needin some filter/membrane replacement and its puttin out 350ppm/7.5 water. cant buy the membranes and filter yet, they are pretty pricey. the nutes i have (a bunch of it too) is this "growmore" brand powder stuff. package says to run the ph at 6.5-6.7 at 1400ec. high huh?? i dont get the high ph . it says its formulated to run high to be able to use up micronutrients. i kinda have to use these nutes cause of the money thing. have you guys ever heard of a nute base like this? the grow formula is 20-6-16, bloom 9-30-12. im worried about magnesium lockout from the hard water. the ph is drifting a ton. the plants are looking alright. still green, some mites. some a little droopy, few yellowing leaves. actually a small amount of mayble almost every deficiency, just not very bad. a little leaf thinnin, new leaf curl. over all they look pretty good though. not amazing though. just worried theyll get worse. im using two 30 site ebb and gro (rockwool/clay). that was along story. thanks if you read that. i need to figure out how to shrink some pictures to post. any advice bout the water would be great. i have a ton of questions. im really excited about learning how to do this and especially at being successful and makin some buds.
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

smallclosetgrowr

Well-Known Member
althought 6-5 - 6-7 is kinda high its still okay your plants will do fine. i use normal tap water in my hydro at a ph of 7 and no probelems.first off make sure your lowering the ph using a propper ph lowering powder "no vingar / lemon juice " or your ph will rise within hours.make sure u get a ph bufferd nutrient solution next grow. as long as u replace your tap water every 2 weeks u dont need a filter or RO water.
 
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