patjack
Well-Known Member
Ok,
So I started dwc with 5 gallon buckets, had to go on vacation and switched my buckets to a 35 gallon rubber maid he he. So long story short I use the lucas method but the newer version where you just top off the water instead of doing complete res changes and keep the ppt @ 1300 @7 conversion. So I use ro water and the ph has been great and everything has been decent except for a little budrot (high humidity).
So now I am into my third grow with the same water, and I am finding that my ppt is staying constant @ 1100, ph is constant at about 5.5, but the thing is iI have not added nutes to my addback water except about once in the last 3-4 weeks.
I have examined the ask lucas thread and I know he says that he has run 3 flower cycles with the same rez, the issue he says he finds is fluctuating ph after 3 runs.
So, it seems as if my ppt is not going down anymore even when i add more ro water it barley budges. Either my new set that has been in there (purple power and nlxbb) does not eat almost any nutes or something is goign wrong.
Other problems I have (i know I am working on them) rez temp fluctuates from 72 to 78 right now, (damn it's hot) and room temps are at 85 at the highest...
any suggestions or experencies besides what I am probably going to do wich is drain the rez and start all over with new water ( this I don't want to do it is a pain)?
Thanks in advance I know this is a long winded read.
So I started dwc with 5 gallon buckets, had to go on vacation and switched my buckets to a 35 gallon rubber maid he he. So long story short I use the lucas method but the newer version where you just top off the water instead of doing complete res changes and keep the ppt @ 1300 @7 conversion. So I use ro water and the ph has been great and everything has been decent except for a little budrot (high humidity).
So now I am into my third grow with the same water, and I am finding that my ppt is staying constant @ 1100, ph is constant at about 5.5, but the thing is iI have not added nutes to my addback water except about once in the last 3-4 weeks.
I have examined the ask lucas thread and I know he says that he has run 3 flower cycles with the same rez, the issue he says he finds is fluctuating ph after 3 runs.
So, it seems as if my ppt is not going down anymore even when i add more ro water it barley budges. Either my new set that has been in there (purple power and nlxbb) does not eat almost any nutes or something is goign wrong.
Other problems I have (i know I am working on them) rez temp fluctuates from 72 to 78 right now, (damn it's hot) and room temps are at 85 at the highest...
any suggestions or experencies besides what I am probably going to do wich is drain the rez and start all over with new water ( this I don't want to do it is a pain)?
Thanks in advance I know this is a long winded read.