Day 64 ph 6.1 ec 2.2 temp 73F plants dropping water level hard, consuming about 10 gal a week right now. Had to perform a moderate defoil to open the canopy, all were thick and smothering each other and bud sites. Growth may have stalled, 🤞🤞🤞
Day 66 ph 6.1 ec 2.4 temp 73 added 2 gal tap water to res new ec 2.23. No new vertical growth 3 days now.
Day 68 added 2 gal tap to res. Ph 6.1 ec 2.2
Day 69 res change new res ph 5.8 ec 2.15
Day 70 ph 6.4 ec 1.95
Total cost of all nutrients used to date = $9.54
@Med_in_Tropic, organic ph adjusting works well with soil, unfortunately from my experience with hydro, it's not as stable. It was shocking seeing GHE ph down per ML is more expensive than my base nutrients. Thanks for sharing 👍👊. Being able to meet and use local stuff is amazing. I finally got invited into a local circle of long time local growers (most have grown 10+ years).
Hi @Ga4rd2en0er, I am treating pH as an indicator not the underlying cause. Don't kill me. With my soil, I think not enough N and P will have too high pH.
To lower pH during Cal Mag addition, I addeed wood vinegar (pyroligneous acid). And around where I live, wood vinegar price is is reasonable and are made by farmer co-op's.
I have this thing. I try to buy from farmers and coop's. And this can unneccessarily complicate things for people.
@Med_in_Tropic, it's rather interesting to see where the greatest expense comes from and for me its ph down. Now I am searching for a better alternative. Thinking growmore ph down 30%