Indoor Hope's perpetual Skyline grow

[hope2grow]

White cheese day 40.. starting to get frosty and buds forming a bit quicker..

 

[2budz]

Hey brother… I know I’ve asked you this a few times already but have you actually checked your PH this whole time you’ve been growing in Rockwool? I’m curious to see if your Advanced Nutrients are actually PH perfect and I’m sure you would be interested in knowing too. IMHO I can’t see how a nutrient line can be PH perfect when there are so many different things that can throw it off. I also think more companies would be selling PH perfect nutrients if there was such a thing and so far I can’t find any except for Advanced Nutrients that advertises PH perfect. I’ve been hand watering all my plants only twice a day for over 2 months now and haven’t had any major deficiency issues so far… that’s making me wonder if it could be a PH problem you’re dealing with. If you haven’t checked it yet I would stop at your local hydro store when you get a chance and get a $10 PH dropper test kit to see where your PH is actually at. Wouldn’t hurt to exclude one more variable.

AN PH Perfect only works if you’re water is less than 8 and more than 5. And if you’re using the trio you have to use all 3 every feeding. And you shouldn’t add anything else to the mix. I use it and still ph most of the time, unless I have a particular mix I’m using and I’m familiar with. I recently bought a kelp additive and used it 3 times before I checked ph. Even with the ph perfect it was dropping my ph down to 4.5. Glad I checked it before I did any damage.

 

[2budz]

Gold leaf is ph perfect as well. Same deal with that. It works by itself. But when you add other stuff you have to ph it.

 

[hope2grow]

AN PH Perfect only works if you’re water is less than 8 and more than 5. And if you’re using the trio you have to use all 3 every feeding. And you shouldn’t add anything else to the mix. I use it and still ph most of the time, unless I have a particular mix I’m using and I’m familiar with. I recently bought a kelp additive and used it 3 times before I checked ph. Even with the ph perfect it was dropping my ph down to 4.5. Glad I checked it before I did any damage.

Yea i had read that about the range that it works in so to speak. I'm using the Sensi 2 part m8. I've used it for over a decade in soil and never checked ph.. haven't had any issues other than maybe the odd fussy plant over the years.. so for me for soil its always done exactly what it said on the tin.. of course that's based on results.. I can only assume that it held ph stable or my plants would have died.

 

[2budz]

I'm using the Sensi 2 part m8. I've used it for over a decade in soil and never checked ph.. haven't had any issues other than maybe the odd fussy plant over the years.. so for me for soil its always done exactly what it said on the tin.. of course that's based on results.. I can only assume that it held ph stable or my plants would have died.

Soil is a buffer. You lose that buffer in rockwool. Only reason I haven’t tried rockwool/hydro/dwc is soil is so much more forgiving and I’m a lazy grower. I can’t be bothered to ph every jug of water I put through my plants. But unfortunately it’s necessary in those grow styles.

 

[hope2grow]

If I were to have to start measuring pH I probably wouldn't use AN nutes at all BTW.. I only use them for the ph perfect factor. I'd probably stick to soil rather than start measuring ph tho so not sure I'll ever get to that point.

 

[hope2grow]

Soil is a buffer. You lose that buffer in rockwool. Only reason I haven’t tried rockwool/hydro/dwc is soil is so much more forgiving and I’m a lazy grower. I can’t be bothered to ph every jug of water I put through my plants. But unfortunately it’s necessary in those grow styles.

I'm still confident the AN will hold in rockwool without measuring ph m8.. I guess we'll find out within the next few weeks and that will settle it.. I haven't ph'd any of the mix that's gone into my rockwool crouton plants.. they've gone very well compared to the blocks.

 

[2budz]

I primarily use the AN trio so I feel ya. Takes a lot of the work out and tbh it’s pretty good stuff.

 

[hope2grow]

Soil is a buffer. You lose that buffer in rockwool. Only reason I haven’t tried rockwool/hydro/dwc is soil is so much more forgiving and I’m a lazy grower. I can’t be bothered to ph every jug of water I put through my plants. But unfortunately it’s necessary in those grow styles.

My sentiments exactly brother lol but the possible yields from rockwool have got me hooked to the point where I had to give it a go at least.. I may well end up back in big buckets of soil on easy street.

 

[2budz]

I'm still confident the AN will gold in rockwool without measuring ph m8.. I guess we'll find out within the next few weeks and that will settle it.. I haven't ph'd any of the mix that's gone into my rockwool crouton plants.. they've gone very well compared to the blocks.

If you can read your plants you’ll have success. I know you’ve been at this a while so I have faith you’ll make it work.