Deep Water Culture Tutorial for Newbies

##################Welcome to week 4 ################################# This week I will briefly discuss nutrient mixing. *The first thing I do before making a nutrient mix is to make sure everything Im using is cleaned such as the ph and tds meters, Mixing bucket/s and measuring cup/s *Next I use only natural rain water as my H2O base, you can also use RO filtered or distilled water or even plain tap water provided you let it sit for atleast 12 hours to let any residual cholrine dissipate. * First thing I mix in is the Cyco silica which will raise the ph to about 9 I then use a few drops of ph down to bring it to as close to 5.8 as I can , the silica seems to act as a buffer because you can now mix in the remaining nutrients one by one and the ph will stay very close to where you set it after adding the silica. Amazing right !! 😀 It's important to always thoroughly mix your nutrients into the water and never mix nutrients together always add them one at a time mixing well between each part added. The 10 litre Mix of nutrients for this weeks growth are as follows 2mls / litre Cyco Silica 2drops ph down 1ml / litre Professors nutrients A + B 0.5mls / litre Seasol PPM 450 PH 5.8 That Concludes the Hydro how to part for now Next week will focus on the Plant itself as she has been showing signs of some sort of nutrient deficiency and I will attempt to rectify it. ##### Update 18/7/19 The Rust looking stuff on the leaves is not a cal mag or any other nutrient deficiency as I first thought, It turns out it is Rust fungus 😱 Fuckity Fuck fuck!! Anyway I am attempting to fix the problem and will update again at the End of the Week