Day 15
2022-11-07
Not sure if the girls are having issues or not. They look healthy overall and I am pleased with their progress at 15 days but something is off. The green in the leaves is not a consistent color, there are variations of green (meaning the green color isn't completely even, sometimes splotchy) but nothing that makes me think we have a serious problem. Also, some of the leaves, especially the new growth, almost look like your fingers do when you've been in water too long. Kind of wrinkly like over-watering but without the droopy leaves. They also feel thin and paper like. I know they aren't under-watered because they are getting fed daily. I also know they aren't over-watered since that is impossible with the pyramids (at least that is what they say). For now I guess I will watch them, they are still growing great so not sure I should change up anything just yet.
Now let's talk about the ph perfect nutes. I am experiencing significant ph drift in my reservoir. Each day I have to ph down it to 5.8-6 and in 24 hours it is at 7.1. I am not giving up on the ph perfect system just yet. After digging around on their website I discovered that it is supposed to auto balance ph for water with a ph between 4.5 and 8.5, my tap is 8.7. I would assume starting at either extreme (4.5 or 8.5) likely won't produce the best results, so my plan is to ph down to 7 the next time I mix up a new reservoir, prior to adding nutes, and see if that works better. Fingers crossed.
One other note: RH is still at 70 so I am going to lower it to 60 since we are well into veg at this point. Maybe the high RH is preventing the leaves from releasing enough moisture and that is the cause of the wrinkly leaves? Temp is around 76-78f.
Not sure if the girls are having issues or not. They look healthy overall and I am pleased with their progress at 15 days but something is off. The green in the leaves is not a consistent color, there are variations of green (meaning the green color isn't completely even, sometimes splotchy) but nothing that makes me think we have a serious problem. Also, some of the leaves, especially the new growth, almost look like your fingers do when you've been in water too long. Kind of wrinkly like over-watering but without the droopy leaves. They also feel thin and paper like. I know they aren't under-watered because they are getting fed daily. I also know they aren't over-watered since that is impossible with the pyramids (at least that is what they say). For now I guess I will watch them, they are still growing great so not sure I should change up anything just yet.
Now let's talk about the ph perfect nutes. I am experiencing significant ph drift in my reservoir. Each day I have to ph down it to 5.8-6 and in 24 hours it is at 7.1. I am not giving up on the ph perfect system just yet. After digging around on their website I discovered that it is supposed to auto balance ph for water with a ph between 4.5 and 8.5, my tap is 8.7. I would assume starting at either extreme (4.5 or 8.5) likely won't produce the best results, so my plan is to ph down to 7 the next time I mix up a new reservoir, prior to adding nutes, and see if that works better. Fingers crossed.
One other note: RH is still at 70 so I am going to lower it to 60 since we are well into veg at this point. Maybe the high RH is preventing the leaves from releasing enough moisture and that is the cause of the wrinkly leaves? Temp is around 76-78f.
