tst2015
Well-Known Member
Hey all...
I got my clones put into my buckets about 7 days ago. They seemed happy with no noticeable shock and are still happy looking....other than the discoloring mentioned below.
My setup:
3 gall buckets
75% coco/25% perlite
Bottom: river rocks/perlite
I started with a Coco brick... rehydrated and run off was over 800ppm. So I flushed down to about 80. Then I buffered it with some Calimagic and let it sit...also pH to 6.0. Runoff from the buffering was about 200ppm
I also rinsed the perlite and river rocks.
I ran out of the coco...so I bought a bag of Just Coir from a garden centre and used some of that...un-rinsed/un-ph'd. Maybe that's where my problem came from....
I put my decent sized clones in and fed them at about 350ppm and 5.8ph using MegaCrop.
Then I fed at about 170 each day until I got runoff. I did skip one day to let it dry a bit.
All times were ph at 5.8
Today, I noticed the tops of one plant turning a pale green and some bottom leaves getting brown spots.
I tested my runoff and it's at 2000ppm and my ph is 7.0....
I don't know what I did wrong...I fed light and somehow my runoff is extremely high.
Should I flush it down again to get it down around300ppm and reset the pH at about 6.0? Or just feed water with 30ish% runoff for a few days?
Thanks for any advice. This is my first try at Hempy or any type of Hydro for that matter. I've only used peat based mixes up until now....so I'm a little out of my element.
I got my clones put into my buckets about 7 days ago. They seemed happy with no noticeable shock and are still happy looking....other than the discoloring mentioned below.
My setup:
3 gall buckets
75% coco/25% perlite
Bottom: river rocks/perlite
I started with a Coco brick... rehydrated and run off was over 800ppm. So I flushed down to about 80. Then I buffered it with some Calimagic and let it sit...also pH to 6.0. Runoff from the buffering was about 200ppm
I also rinsed the perlite and river rocks.
I ran out of the coco...so I bought a bag of Just Coir from a garden centre and used some of that...un-rinsed/un-ph'd. Maybe that's where my problem came from....
I put my decent sized clones in and fed them at about 350ppm and 5.8ph using MegaCrop.
Then I fed at about 170 each day until I got runoff. I did skip one day to let it dry a bit.
All times were ph at 5.8
Today, I noticed the tops of one plant turning a pale green and some bottom leaves getting brown spots.
I tested my runoff and it's at 2000ppm and my ph is 7.0....
I don't know what I did wrong...I fed light and somehow my runoff is extremely high.
Should I flush it down again to get it down around300ppm and reset the pH at about 6.0? Or just feed water with 30ish% runoff for a few days?
Thanks for any advice. This is my first try at Hempy or any type of Hydro for that matter. I've only used peat based mixes up until now....so I'm a little out of my element.
