Lighting Second grow, 2 fruit auto from dinafem

[Larky.Derry]

the ph is between 7 and 8 im sure, i havn't checked in a while and cant remember exactly. i dont know the ppm iam trying to get myself the bluelab truncheon. sorry for this noob question but when you say distilled water is that just plain bottled water? lol

 

[DubV]

My tap water is 7.5 and 355 ppm everyday so I cant use it and refuse too because I have no clue what that 355 ppm is. Distilled is basically boiled water and the steam is collected and bottled. 100% neutral ph and 0 ppm basically. Its a clean slate. If you dont have access to another water source try ph downing the mix to 6.2 and see if it holds. Make sure the nutes are mixed throughly and wait 10-15 minutes for the ph to settle. 1.5 to 2.0 ml is good for most autos as an average but some are heavy feeders. This you wont know till the ph is sorted :thumbs:

 

[Larky.Derry]

cheers dude so i should get my ph down to between 5.8 and 6.2 and then sort out my feeding?

 

[DubV]

Sounds like a plan to me mate :smokebuds:

 

[TaNg]

I've found Plagron works best with the soil PH between 6.5 and 7 and the feed at 6.6, I would say your feed strength is a little low go up to 1.5ml per L and feed daily. How often are you feeding?

 

[Larky.Derry]

around every 2-3 days i went up to 1.5 ML/L today

 

[User K]

JT do you mix up you feed (into however many litres) and split that over the week etc, by feeding daily?

 

[TaNg]

All my feeds are mixed in 5L bottles. I try to feed my plants just enough for the day the only time I soak the soil is mid grow flush or testing run off (have a accur8 now so dont need to test run off) and that takes 2 - 3 days to dry. An average size plant in my room will drink 800ml a day.

I'm not sure why Plagron light works best at 6.6 as it is soilless, I first thought it because I use PH perfect but then I (by mistake) got the old pre PH perfect AN Connoisseur formula and that works at 6.6 too, it's a head scratcher lol.

 

[User K]

Thanks JT. I didn't realise Plagon light want soil lol.

 

[Larky.Derry]

Another quick update guys, i have increased my feedings up to 2 ML/L of AN grow - 1.5 ML/L of AN cal-mag grow and i also picked up some B-52 at the weekend and i have been going with 1 ML/L with that, i havn't noticed any more yellowing appearing so hopefully by upping my feed it won't get any worse, i think i have around another week of veg left but i was unsure, should i wait till vertical growth stops and i have staggered nodes? heres a few pics of my ladies, let me know what you think, any comments are welcome