It will be interesting to see what happens with the test bucket re EC but the PH is confusing me being so low. I’ve never had to add up ..... my bottle of up is like 5 years old lol. I actually change out res when ph starts to drop as I’m figuring balance is starting to get screwed up. Interesting things happening here. Starting to really like my well water lol.
That’s good to hear. Honestly I learned that using rock wool starters and that I could get by with one, two waterings a day until roots were really rocking, transferred that to cubes, I start my clones under a dome in cubes and perilite so the roots are not well developed when they go in the pots unlike a bubble/aero cloner and it’s easy to kill them with water. Just think of a seedling in soil and how little water it requires
. As soon as I get them in pots there under HO T5’s at 6-8” and they rock ...., not 8lbs a light but they rock lol.
That’s good to hear. Honestly I learned that using rock wool starters and that I could get by with one, two waterings a day until roots were really rocking, transferred that to cubes, I start my clones under a dome in cubes and perilite so the roots are not well developed when they go in the pots unlike a bubble/aero cloner and it’s easy to kill them with water. Just think of a seedling in soil and how little water it requires
lol
Yeah, I’m not sure why its so low either ... I mean shouldnt ALL distilled water be equal?
As long as nothing is introduced it should stay stable... how is it doing?
Yes until you add CO2 ...... air stone
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so only water when the little plug begins to dry out
Crashing for the night folks; I’m toast!
. I would be interested in knowing what your test bucket does without an air stone as well, once you see what happens re ph with air stone, I would bet it’s more consistent. I loath airstones and ditched them pretty quick, I found ph was very unstable using them but for the life of me I can’t remember what it did, rise or fall, I’m assuming it fell by increasing the amount of CO2 added. I am always waffling about trying them again but haven’t needed to.
From what I understand, the DWC bucket pretty much requires an airstone ... mine has two in it and THAT bucket has been very stable. The Water Farm doesn’t *require* one since it aerates the water as the water drips through the hydroton. But THAT bucket is the one where I’ve seen those wild swings over the last week. Maybe it’s the system ovrall, maybe it’s the hydroton, maybe its that my meters were off ... maybe I screwed up somehow. Who knows, hopefully this week I’ll see some stability and then I’ll be able to breathe a bit!The top one is looking like it’s gonna be good just real rough start lol. The smaller one looks like it’s gonna make it as well but it’s not unheard of to have a runt of the litter and that may be what you have. Keep at it and who knows, it may surprise you
Fine..
Yayyyy!!! I can do my change-out!!!
Yep - that’s the case when learning any new skill ... PRACTICE!!!