smartgrowalex
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I transferred this C99 female from soil to DWC roughly a week ago. For the first few days after transplanting I used only pH adjusted tap water ( I have decent tap water ~25 ppm) and she seemed to be doing fine...
I then added nutrients and additives raising the ppm to 800! This was obviously a bad idea. She suffered some nutrient burn. In response I flushed the system for two days and then replenished to 250 ppm. I thought she would get better but... she stagnated for a few more days before leaves began to droop and crumble as seen in the pictures.
I come to realize that my water level being nearly to the top of the bucket is probably to high. So I dropped my water level to an inch below the net pot. She seems to have worsened since I dropped the water 2 days ago, though not by much.
I am at a loss. My best explanation is that I was drowning her roots for many days and they just need to dry out... is this plausible?
Water temperature: ~72 (drops to low 60s at night)
Ph: Adjust to 5.5; Let rise to 6~6.2 then drop to back 5.5
Relative Humidity: ~40%
![DSC_0202.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338575-21fd5709b5a80e550df3f76a4219727a.jpg)
![DSC_0201.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338573-2798f03b9cf6d0250ab5c0c14e5abf3a.jpg)
![DSC_0207.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338571-304aa789563af3ce6b3cc8054865929c.jpg)
![DSC_0204.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338568-00ea2dd9162a35b584f2391f18d806bc.jpg)
I then added nutrients and additives raising the ppm to 800! This was obviously a bad idea. She suffered some nutrient burn. In response I flushed the system for two days and then replenished to 250 ppm. I thought she would get better but... she stagnated for a few more days before leaves began to droop and crumble as seen in the pictures.
I come to realize that my water level being nearly to the top of the bucket is probably to high. So I dropped my water level to an inch below the net pot. She seems to have worsened since I dropped the water 2 days ago, though not by much.
I am at a loss. My best explanation is that I was drowning her roots for many days and they just need to dry out... is this plausible?
Water temperature: ~72 (drops to low 60s at night)
Ph: Adjust to 5.5; Let rise to 6~6.2 then drop to back 5.5
Relative Humidity: ~40%
![DSC_0202.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338575-21fd5709b5a80e550df3f76a4219727a.jpg)
![DSC_0201.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338573-2798f03b9cf6d0250ab5c0c14e5abf3a.jpg)
![DSC_0207.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338571-304aa789563af3ce6b3cc8054865929c.jpg)
![DSC_0204.jpg](/data/attachments/1338/1338568-00ea2dd9162a35b584f2391f18d806bc.jpg)
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