Day 8
2022-10-31
A few developments since the last update.
Issue 1: PH. I will be using the ph perfect line of nutes from AN so I have not been checking my ph level. Which means, the genius that I am, I have been giving straight un-ph'd water up to this point since seedlings don't need much of anything nute wise. Unbeknownst to me, my tap water is a whopping 8.7. I noticed the issue because the leaves were beginning to turn green. Thankfully I caught it pretty much instantly and was able to flush the pyramids with water ph adjusted to 5.8. So, hopefully I'm back on track with this issue. This would have been a major problem with soil but with the pyramids I can get ph problems fixed instantly!
Issue 2: Mold. Yep, leave it to me to find a way to screw up the easiest method of growing known to mankind. Not sure what happened but one of the pyramids began forming really smaller, light white circles which looks a lot like the beginning of mold growth. I added some H202 to the water at 30ml per 10 liter so hopefully that will take care of it. I plan to keep H202 in the res the entire grow to keep all the boogey-boos at bay.
Other than those two issues everything is going smoothly. I lowered the light a coupe of inches and it is now at about 15k lux. I will begin feeding nutes in the next few days after the lockout clears up and the leaves (hopefully) turn back to their normal green.
A few developments since the last update.
Issue 1: PH. I will be using the ph perfect line of nutes from AN so I have not been checking my ph level. Which means, the genius that I am, I have been giving straight un-ph'd water up to this point since seedlings don't need much of anything nute wise. Unbeknownst to me, my tap water is a whopping 8.7. I noticed the issue because the leaves were beginning to turn green. Thankfully I caught it pretty much instantly and was able to flush the pyramids with water ph adjusted to 5.8. So, hopefully I'm back on track with this issue. This would have been a major problem with soil but with the pyramids I can get ph problems fixed instantly!
Issue 2: Mold. Yep, leave it to me to find a way to screw up the easiest method of growing known to mankind. Not sure what happened but one of the pyramids began forming really smaller, light white circles which looks a lot like the beginning of mold growth. I added some H202 to the water at 30ml per 10 liter so hopefully that will take care of it. I plan to keep H202 in the res the entire grow to keep all the boogey-boos at bay.
Other than those two issues everything is going smoothly. I lowered the light a coupe of inches and it is now at about 15k lux. I will begin feeding nutes in the next few days after the lockout clears up and the leaves (hopefully) turn back to their normal green.
