Dutch Passion my first grow journal by smokerjoker

[seymour-buds]

yeah my ec's are high because im only running base nutrients with no additives and my water has a background ec of .4

your ph wants to be 5.8-6.0 in flower and the leaves curling could be heat stress or the fan blowing on them but thats just an educated opinion

 

[smokerjoker]

thanks for looking in seymour.i read have a question for any hydro head why when bubbling in your res. do the bubbles get very white looking and take longer to disappear,just curious if anyone knows sj

 

[DutchPassionTony]

yo SJ, the presence of long-lasting foamy bubbles is probably just due to trace amounts of 'wetting agents' that can allow a surface-action in the buckets. Nothing to worry about really i think

 

[smokerjoker]

View attachment 137319View attachment 137318View attachment 137317thanks tony, curiosity and the damn cat.View attachment 137316latest pics my ec is 1.6 and ph 5.8 scary how they are not changing leaves are still droopy at the bottom im thinking of cutting them in half like when your cloning. any suggestions when does anyone think the stretch will start i think im on day32sj

 

[smokerjoker]

your ph wants to be 5.8-6.0 in flower and the leaves curling could be heat stress or the fan blowing on them but thats just an educated opinion[/QUOTE]
thanks seymour my ph always drifts up so i start it low at seedlings 5.5 and let it go up, then ph it back down. as the weeks go on i start higher. thanks for pointed out that i was too low. appreciate u looking in sj

 

[smokerjoker]

View attachment 138781View attachment 138780View attachment 138779day 38 ph 5.9 but falling ec 1.8 rising slightly going to change res tomorrow reading on other threads cal/mag @.4 ec this would be 1/3 recommened dose im trying to keep ec @1.4 so im putting in the pot 1.75 ml per ltr of grow bloom and micro. the recommended dose is 2.8 ml per ltr plus 1ml of rhizo per litre any comments welcomesj

 

[smokerjoker]

this ec is kinda wrecking my head,done a new res today put in 2grms of cal/mag per ltr that gave me a ec of .6(my base is .2) put in an micro 72mls, grow 60mls and bloom 60mls in a 50ltr res ec 1.5 which is half the recommended doses.put no rhizo or silica in.advice very welcome, insert when ur ec was 1.2 what had u in the ressj

 

[komach]

cal/mag rise ec much. I add it first 6/10 of needed dosage and check my ec from this point it is 0 ec for me, than I add all the rest of my nutrients. Maybe it is difficult to understand with my words, will make an example.
EC of water + ec of cal/mag = 0.8. I don't look on it just make a res to be for example ec 1.1 what in fact is 1.1+0.8 but I don't look on ec of cal/mag+water.

 

[agito]

If you want my input you dont always need cal mag in hydro but if you dosing it keep it at the same dose just increase your feed until it stops dropping ec as there eating more food than water if its dropping its the other way around
your getting confused because of all the boosters your using are not npk even though there adding to your EC

you need to set yourself a base level

forget recommended dose just do as the plants ask

 

[smokerjoker]

of course i want your imput agito you are a master gardiner.my camera is shite but the plants are showing signs of cal/mag def, so in a nut shell i only worry about the ec after cal/mag is put in? does this also include rhizo and silicasj