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guyfromchi2004

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• Oct 20, 2010

• #1

I have a few grows under my belt.Today I m working with 5 plants.The one in question is a skunk variety.6 days ago,I sprouted it.I am using tap water 380ppm 7.6 (my problem started in R/O water),I am also using a "hard water" nute (Ionic Grow for hard water).Currently I am sitting at 5.5 PH and 580ppm.Why does my plant look like this?

 

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Weedler

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• Oct 20, 2010

• #2

It's getting fried! I have hard water too and from the tap its 250 PPM. I run straight tap water PH'd for the first week then add nutes to get them up to around 300-350 PPM. I run that then bump it up slowly by 50 PPM over the veg period until around 600 PPM. I would pour out some of your full strenght nutes in your reservoir and add back in tap water.

 

Weedler

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• Oct 20, 2010

• #3

Also, describe your setup, are the roots even getting nutrients any splashes from the bubbles below?

 

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guyfromchi2004

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• Oct 20, 2010

• #4

No roots yet,but my problem happened before I put them in the hard water.roots are not touching.plant is low in the basket though

 

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guyfromchi2004

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• Oct 20, 2010

• #5

Ok I took your advice,lowered the ppm to270.got rid of
most of the water in bucket.I added ro water.this plant looks stunted

 

Weedler

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• Oct 20, 2010

• #6

Yeah I'd take it very slow with this one until you get some good roots. Good luck

 

Dropastone

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• Oct 20, 2010

• #7

You shouldn't even be using nutes yet with your little seedling until it's at least 3 weeks old. After that use 1/4 strength and work your way up.

 

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guyfromchi2004

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• Jan 13, 2011

• #8

The cost of not using RO water is probably higher than using it.When you are using tap water it seems that you have to use more ph up or down to regulate the bucket.For example I was able to get my ph from 6.3 to 5.8 with 3 drops ph down in RO water,In tap water I would have to add 2 to 3 ml of ph down to get the same results!I took a couple of photos yesterday showing how this beauty looks today

 

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