Freskshow Hydro Grow (First Hydro Run)

***Feb 15 Saw some calcium uptake issues, so I checked my reservoir, and there were some big changes. PPM was 1000, and ph was 6.3 I added 1 tsp of Fish Head Farms Fish Shit, and fixed my ph to 5.0, making my ppm around 1600 (take away 460 from well water). I also lifted my plant up onto a platform, because the floor is quite chilly. My lights are now delivering 500ppfd, and I will be increasing this over the next couple days to 1000ppfd. **later Ph raised to 5.8 after a few hours, going to check it again tomorrow to make sure it's not rising like crazy again! ***Feb 16 Had a little accident when I flipped over the top to check the roots, the whole rockwool cube flipped out and broke in 3 pieces 😅🙄 I only broke 1 root tip, but its okay. Put back together, and it's a little taller now (so don't think it grew over night bahahah). Tested the ph at 6.4, and lowered it down to a nice 5.6 (it'll probably just rise again though...) I am only using Fish Shit because I was recommended to introduce bacteria to my reservoir for the roots (Fish Shit packaging tells you its okay to use it in hydro) but I'm not liking it so far because my water keeps splitting and the ppm isn't very stable (constantly lowers, I think the nutrients are binding) so I will keep an eye on it for now, but next reservoir swap, I am thinking to stick with 100% "hydro" nutes to avoid having to stir the bottom sediment every day or more. I noticed more brown spotting starting on the second set of leaves, not very happy about it, but I am keeping my ph monitored to stay around 5.5, and I dipped my cube into the reservoir to rule out a ph balance issue in the cube itself. It did end up growing a bit overnight, and the new leave growth looks nice. Staying hopeful things will fix now with the ph, and if not then I will start considering refreshing the reservoir! ***Feb 17 Ph was up to 6.3 again, lowered to 5.9 ish. I'm going to be redoing my reservoir in the next couple days using RO water instead of the well water for a better ppm reading this time. PPM is sitting at 1600 right now (-400 for well water). There are also new roots out of the net again already, and they look a lot healthier this time around! (Root pictures coming soon). I am making sure the ph stays between 5.5-6.5 but holding it around 5.6-5.8 as much as I can, while the ph is constantly rising and fighting against me haha. All in all, looking hopeful and hasn't stopped growing. ***Feb 19 Reservoir is finally a stable 5.9-6.0 All I can say is explosion! No new issues popping up, I would say we're looking good. ***Feb 20 Roots took off again, going to refresh my reservoir tomorrow to make sure it's getting enough nitrogen. Inner branches aren't growing much, but I figure it's working on root development right now. ***Feb 21 Refreshed the reservoir, I'll add nutrient list in tomorrow's update in the new week information. Roots are still developing very fast and are getting fuzzy! 😀