sirsmokealot710
Well-Known Member
when i add my water and a Lucas ratio of 8/16ml, my ppm's are around 1200. i can put rooted cuttings in this ppm fine with no nute burn or anything. for the first 6 weeks, i would let the buckets drain down to approximately one gallon, and the ppm of this gallon would be 3000 to 4000 with a ph of 4.8, again with no ill effect to the leaves.
for the past three weeks, i have been letting them get down to 1 gallon, and adding two gallons of plain water. this brings me a little past the netpot and the ppm gets diluted to around 2500, with a ph of 5.3.
so, it seems lucas and my tap water get along fairly well with little maintenance. honestly, this is easier than soil groiwng, i have been adding plain water for three weeks and they are growing perfect.
another thing, i took my bubba kush out of the nute water and put it in plain tap water (ppm 175 ph 8.4) and the leaves are STILL solid green. why?? last round bubba tasted so terrible and i attributed it to the dark green leaves the whole cycle, so i am trying to starve it and four days now, it is still the greenest plant in the room at week 7 flowering.
is it bad to let my lucas formula get down to 1 gallon with such high ppm?? also, if people can emergency flush a soil plant for three days in water, why is any more than three days necessary for a DWC flush?
for the past three weeks, i have been letting them get down to 1 gallon, and adding two gallons of plain water. this brings me a little past the netpot and the ppm gets diluted to around 2500, with a ph of 5.3.
so, it seems lucas and my tap water get along fairly well with little maintenance. honestly, this is easier than soil groiwng, i have been adding plain water for three weeks and they are growing perfect.
another thing, i took my bubba kush out of the nute water and put it in plain tap water (ppm 175 ph 8.4) and the leaves are STILL solid green. why?? last round bubba tasted so terrible and i attributed it to the dark green leaves the whole cycle, so i am trying to starve it and four days now, it is still the greenest plant in the room at week 7 flowering.
is it bad to let my lucas formula get down to 1 gallon with such high ppm?? also, if people can emergency flush a soil plant for three days in water, why is any more than three days necessary for a DWC flush?