understanding nutrients, JUST DONT GET IT!!! FUK

hey everyone,

sorry to sound so stupid but i dont understand how this nutrient thing works.

iv got 25 seedlings under veg currently being transplanted to 600wt hps being under cfls for 3 weeks.

i know after 3 weeks the nutrients should be given, so i started. iv got hydro a, and hydro b, im sorry to all, dont flame me i just dont get it. the company i bought my kit of dont want to help no more, complete twats.

iv read the directions and it said add 5-10ml per litre which i have done. my nft water base needed aprox 30 litres, so i added 10ml to each litre. and i used hydro a.


since doing this, the leaves on my plants are looking crippled and look like they wont grow outwards but more inwards cripplin. theres a slight colour change, and theyr looking darker green then the other seedlins i currently have under cfls.

im aware it must be ph fluctuation, but i dont know how to control this. people around here say, 1/4 or 1/2 strengh, what the hell is this all? im just following directions from the bottle.

also i have a cf meter, ph meter, both handheld electronic. i really dont know how to work these both. shop i bought from dont give a shit cuz they have my money now. they promiised help after sale but not keeping to their word.

i read somewhere i need to calibarate my ph meter in the calibrate solution whilst at ph 7 for 2 min. iv done this, and when i chek its not the same as using the drops with the chart which are accurate.

and this cf meter thing, i dont get it. i put it in the water with nutrients and it reads 7. im from uk guys, and honestly dont know what the hells going on.

please dont flame my post, i just need help. and sorry for my language, iv put so ,much time and effort and money into this, its killing me.l

thanks

You need to start using no more that 1/2 recommended dosage on the bottle. If it says 5-10 ml per liter, then I would do about 3ml per liter.
You ph pen will help you ensure your PH is the proper level. You need to check this after mixing up your nutes. Do you have grow a&b and bloom a&b bottles of nutrients? Grow is for vegative stage and bloom or flower nutes are for flowering.

Boneman said:

You need to start using no more that 1/2 recommended dosage on the bottle. If it says 5-10 ml per liter, then I would do about 3ml per liter.
You ph pen will help you ensure your PH is the proper level. You need to check this after mixing up your nutes. Do you have grow a&b and bloom a&b bottles of nutrients? Grow is for vegative stage and bloom or flower nutes are for flowering.

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hey man, thanks for the reply.

i have hydro grow a and b, and they have given me a bigger bottle of the small a+b stated. theres one other bottle which is called kanna, or canna. i think this is for the flowering period.

you stating adding 3ml, clearly says iv added to much nute. i need to flush it asap. thanks man, maybe this is my prob

im not at where the plants are now, so cant exactly iidentify what i have on the note of nutes. but from what i can remb its hydro a+b small bottles, and the same ones in a bigger bottle. only diff thing i have is the canna thing.

i also have the small bottles with the colour charts that tell me ph, but it doesnt read under ph 6.0 and im using rokwool. thats why im trying to learn how to use the elec ph meter, but i dont get it man. iv calibrated to 7.0 etc, dont get it dude, any suggestions?

thanks for the quick response