Second grow ever need some help

So i think i shocked my plants like 2 weeks ago i think i have got them to recover cant seem to get the PH right in the water keeps saying its like 7.2 shouldn't it be at like 6.5? I am new to hydro i usually go Dirt but i hear hydro tastes way better.i am posting pics of the nutes i use an the ladies i have growing the are about 3 weeks in the veg stage i got them as clones from the local place next time i think i am gonna get seeds these clones were rough when i got them had no choice... any help would be great think.... side note think i can start to flower these in a week want to crop them in june before the family reunion don't need them all seeing it lol. if you need more pics let me know thanks for any input

Hydro ph should be between 5.5 and 6.2. If you run it out of that range you will have problems for sure.

Best course of action to lower it ? the PH that is

You need to do some reading because. You don't even know the basics. Ph is completely different in hydro, 5.6-6.1, and lower on the range for veg and higher for flower. You are getting ready to have a bad algae problem if you don't cover that rockwoool.

cover it never been told that ok is there anything i can do to get ride of the algae that is there already?

Biggest thing you're gonna run into as for PH fluctuation is your res temps.. If you don't keep those low and steady.. Your PH is going to jump all over the place.

it stay pretty much at 7.2 never lower or higher

MMMsticky420 said:

it stay pretty much at 7.2 never lower or higher

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Yeah that is pretty much the pH range for tap water. So now asking what brand/model meter are you using? Do you know how to calibrate it and, if you do, when is the last time it was calibrated? Also you say it is "staying" at that range. How are you adjusting it?

Well i am using a strip tester an it seems to just be staying at that ph range i ordered a meter offline should be here monday.... i check the water 1 time a day before i feed them..i am hoping with this new meter i can get a better reading an then figure out how to lower the ph to safe lvls cuz 7.5 is high. i am doing my flush next week to start them flowering an i want everything to be perfect for that thanks the reply's. i am new to this only second grow an first hydro grow i have been reading alot be its easier for me to ask ? then read for them in pages of pages of notes

MMMsticky420 said:

Well i am using a strip tester an it seems to just be staying at that ph range i ordered a meter offline should be here monday.... i check the water 1 time a day before i feed them..i am hoping with this new meter i can get a better reading an then figure out how to lower the ph to safe lvls cuz 7.5 is high. i am doing my flush next week to start them flowering an i want everything to be perfect for that thanks the reply's. i am new to this only second grow an first hydro grow i have been reading alot be its easier for me to ask ? then read for them in pages of pages of notes

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So are you using some acid to bring your pH down? I'm not that experienced at hydro but just chopped a White Skunk this morning. No matter what I did, the last 2 weeks she stayed at 6.0 - 6.1 which was cool for calcium and magnesium both. That was with me trying to bring her down to 5.7 for any length of time. Then pulled it apart and she had literally swallowed the air lines and the stainless tow hook I had them weighted down with. I mean she had literally pulled that snatch hook up into the root system which was massive! So I am seeing how she kept adjusting her own pH.

well i got some PH down an gonna try that when i get my meter on monday from amazon so i will update then for now just keeping it at 7.1 till i get a better meter these test strips are not doing it for me

so heres an update got my ph straight an all got my meter after the truck charring it got stuck for 2 days in a snow storm my luck as usual. but running my shit 1450-1500 ppm plants looking great ph at like 5.8 thanks all for your help sub me ill keep you updated on grow

get yourself a p.h pen.and try and keep it 5.9 to 6.4..and i wwould get some books on hydroponics mate no offence but it seems you are out your depth

Thats pushing serious limits on the ppm for such little plants. I dont even go over 1050 in full bloom.

bidi said:

get yourself a p.h pen.and try and keep it 5.9 to 6.4..and i wwould get some books on hydroponics mate no offence but it seems you are out your depth

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Depth? i am confused

superstoner1 said:

Thats pushing serious limits on the ppm for such little plants. I dont even go over 1050 in full bloom.

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I am using Bc Nutez an my plants are thriving i water on time a day so i think the high nuts is good once a day i am growing in rockwool so i dont have to water as much as most they seem to be ok these clones were almost dead when i got them I am in Maine an people here suck at grwoing clones just got some good seeds i can start for my next crop sux when you cant get good clones to start i had to bring these back to life

bidi said:

get yourself a p.h pen.and try and keep it 5.9 to 6.4..and i wwould get some books on hydroponics mate no offence but it seems you are out your depth

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Anybody giving this ph advice should read the book first.

They may be thriving now but when the massive amounts of salts build up it will only take a few days for them to look not so good.

Superstoner1 is right! 5.9-6.4 is IMO to high. My girls get very unhappy over 6.2 and even that is pushing the limit of my strain 5.8 is just right for them. Watch your TDS levels and see what they do but it does seem abit high, but it is my understanding that some strains like low PPM and some like it high. I watch mine and adjust according to how it fluctuates. I have just started growing hydro myself and yes keep asking questions, you'll soon learn to distinguish the good awnsers from the bad ones lol.

Yea my PH is 5.8 an i dropped myppm to 1100 due to some concerns it was to high we shall see my first hydro grow an i think i may be a lil lost but i will figure it out i am running a flush next week.... then its on to flowering