Nutadactyl
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My heaviest and largest plant along with this *ruffling~ they can't seem to hold themselves up! New growth has nice angles though small!
those plants are fine.View attachment 3442858 View attachment 3442856 View attachment 3442847 these might help! I hear what you're saying and encouraged to do as such! Does this still line up?
My heaviest and largest plant along with this *ruffling~ they can't seem to hold themselves up! New growth has nice angles though small!
those plants are fine.
most calmag has nothing in it but that (no NPK ) the only down side of it is most acidic so if the ph was right before u added 2 mls it is now off by aleast 1 pointAhh I love learning! I will find Roots Organics ratio today and see if I can find some str8 cal. Would str8 calmag without nitrogen still be more promising than not? I'll have updates with more pics. And some sidebysides as each plant seems to take its own swing with how to react lol. Thanks so much guys!
your time table has been altered by all thisSo... Tested my water that I had initially fed with. 700~ ppm and its through a water softener, so what's left is sodium? Put a half gallon into each plant with water w/calmag phd to 6.6. Waiting to see if anything lifts up... I have what a week left in veg? Only about 4 inches tall -.- are these worth fighting for? Ma babaysss
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get a beer or good bottle .....roll some joints or get a bong/blunt ........chill out watch some kung fu movies ......go zen and relax u will see the results in 2/3 days and go from there
Always worth fighting for in early vegSo... Tested my water that I had initially fed with. 700~ ppm and its through a water softener, so what's left is sodium? Put a half gallon into each plant with water w/calmag phd to 6.6. Waiting to see if anything lifts up... I have what a week left in veg? Only about 4 inches tall -.- are these worth fighting for? Ma babaysss
that hose filter i showed him should do the trick it is carbon based .........the only other choice is a 5 stage filter like zero water ....then comes a RO filterDoes the water softener worry you like it does me justugh?
700ppm before anythig added???? NOT good no?? imho
Do you have any other sources for water that doesn't get passed through sodium to soften it?
Always worth fighting for in early veg
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that hose filter i showed him should do the trick it is carbon based .........the only other choice is a 5 stage filter like zero water ....then comes a RO filter
npAhhh now, apologies, I missed your suggestion of the hose filter . . . . . I'll hunt that link down, nice one.
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Right but if you take your water to 0ppm you have also removed all of the magnesium and calcium buffering the water. Be sure to add cal mag back. You want water about 300-400ppm out of the tap or filter. You can assume this is mostly mag and cal as they are the major ions found in ALL water. This is not a bad thing, it's a good thing. The more alkaline ions in your water the more buffering capacity and the less you have to add (less $). Pick up a copy of Ed Rosenthal's grow book. It's all in there.
I have well water. It then goes through a softener as most well water in the north east US does. Takes my tap water to about 300ppm. I'm a scientist so I've measured my calcium and magnesium and am about at the low to normal mark. My issue is I have almost no iron in my water so I have to add chelated iron.
It's always something.
Ok what I think you are saying is the calcium in tap water is not the right type of molecule for the plant to absorb. You are partially correct. Typically the calcium found in tap water is in the carbonate form (calcium carbonate - CaCO3). This type of calcium is like garden lime (dolomite lime), or oyster shells. It is not for quick absorbtion but plants do absorb it as it is broken down by acids in the soil or hydro medium. If you need quick absorbing calcium you want calcium nitrate or calcium acetate or something water soluble like that. But overall the take home message is the calcium carbonate is utilized by plants. It also is great for buffering your water so it doesn't undergo large pH swings as you add different nutrient and fresh plain water.Though the calcium in tap water is far to big in molecule to be assimilated right ???
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Ok what I think you are saying is the calcium in tap water is not the right type of molecule for the plant to absorb. You are partially correct. Typically the calcium found in tap water is in the carbonate form (calcium carbonate - CaCO3). This type of calcium is like garden lime (dolomite lime), or oyster shells. It is not for quick absorbtion but plants do absorb it as it is broken down by acids in the soil or hydro medium. If you need quick absorbing calcium you want calcium nitrate or calcium acetate or something water soluble like that. But overall the take home message is the calcium carbonate is utilized by plants. It also is great for buffering your water so it doesn't undergo large pH swings as you add different nutrient and fresh plain water.
Hope this helps.