Grow Mediums Advanced Nutrients PH perfect simplified anybody?
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Ph was at 7.4, ppm was 0 after filtering (I run all water through a Zero Water filter, I don't have a R/O filter yet but the Zero Water even came with a PPM meter, running a new filter on it). This was just one gallon for my seedling cab so I just took the syringe and mixed in 3.5ml each of all three nute's. Maybe it just needs some time to get equalized. Like I said I will check it after I get home from work... This is par for the course in my life LOL Everything works great and then I touch it:Stones slap:. Ah well, out of the shower and off to work. I will check back when I get home tonight!
I've never used AN, but what I know is.. pH Perfect does the pH almost instantly. There is a video on youtube demonstrating.
But, if you're filtering your water, and it comes out at 0 ppm, them it must be reverse osmosis, right? as its by this process all salt molecules are removed, giving you 0 ppm. When using RO water, or this equivalent of it, you absolutely have to buffer the water with very small quantities of cal mag (50ppm I think?) and make sure it mixes well, cal mag doesn't mix easy. Then pH becomes much much stabler as you add nutes.
But, against this argument, I was under the impression AN pH Perfect preferred RO water, but not sure...
[video=youtube;ElpsVkIHPUc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElpsVkIHPUc[/video]
But, if you're filtering your water, and it comes out at 0 ppm, them it must be reverse osmosis, right? as its by this process all salt molecules are removed, giving you 0 ppm. When using RO water, or this equivalent of it, you absolutely have to buffer the water with very small quantities of cal mag (50ppm I think?) and make sure it mixes well, cal mag doesn't mix easy. Then pH becomes much much stabler as you add nutes.
But, against this argument, I was under the impression AN pH Perfect preferred RO water, but not sure...
[video=youtube;ElpsVkIHPUc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElpsVkIHPUc[/video]
hey nben, a little more depth on your setup. Is there an air stone in you solution? If your water is buffered, cal/mag is a must and it ALWAYS goes in first before nutes!! Check out Jackal's threads. He is a DWC guy and a great dude with tons of info and he uses the AN nute line. I personally would drop the filter and run your tap water.( let it set with an airstone for 24 hours to burn off the chlorine). AN nutes will drop the ph fine. Remove as many steps as you can to acheive your goal. Gotta try something different if what you got going doesnt work. keep it simple, and be confident that you got this. Cheers mate!
Thanks for the responses guys! Good morning too!!
The setup is a little hydro cab, simple DWC setup with a net pot in a container which I lightproofed. It does have a bubbler in it.
I'm going to try again today. I wish I could use my water out of the tap but don't really know if I should. I have never had a chemical analysis but it's hard well water with calcium and iron. Lot's of iron, the shower will turn orange as well as the sinks and toilets... I drink it and have learned to like it but plants might not find it all that great. I have never used it straight with my other, larger DWC system.
Usually I get my seed started in an Aerogarden, then transplant that into a bucket. I like the smaller setup at first because water can be adjusted faster and the whole setup seems easier for me when the plant is getting going.
Need to get a thermometer for the cabinet as well... I ordered the thing off eBay last month and this is the second time I have used it, earlier last month heat was an issue in my test run but not so much now, our temps have dropped from last month considerably and fall temps are settling in.
I know I have to get something to monitor it however.
If anyone reading this has hard water like mine and have used it straight please let me know how your experiences were, I would love to hear some helpful hints!! (And admittedly am hoping for someone to say they use it straight and love it haha)
The setup is a little hydro cab, simple DWC setup with a net pot in a container which I lightproofed. It does have a bubbler in it.
I'm going to try again today. I wish I could use my water out of the tap but don't really know if I should. I have never had a chemical analysis but it's hard well water with calcium and iron. Lot's of iron, the shower will turn orange as well as the sinks and toilets... I drink it and have learned to like it but plants might not find it all that great. I have never used it straight with my other, larger DWC system.
Usually I get my seed started in an Aerogarden, then transplant that into a bucket. I like the smaller setup at first because water can be adjusted faster and the whole setup seems easier for me when the plant is getting going.
Need to get a thermometer for the cabinet as well... I ordered the thing off eBay last month and this is the second time I have used it, earlier last month heat was an issue in my test run but not so much now, our temps have dropped from last month considerably and fall temps are settling in.
I know I have to get something to monitor it however.
If anyone reading this has hard water like mine and have used it straight please let me know how your experiences were, I would love to hear some helpful hints!! (And admittedly am hoping for someone to say they use it straight and love it haha)
I should mention that PPM out of tap is running around 300. That really doesn't seem that high to me. I know I should probably start a seed in it and see how it goes but now that the seeds are getting confiscated I am really leery about experimenting with seeds that I can't recover!
