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Ec rising in hydro (6th week flowering - closed circuit tank and drip)

Maskedcucumber
Maskedcucumberstarted grow question 2 years ago
At the end of every day, EC rises by 0.2 at least. Starts at 1.60 and then in their evening it goes up to 1.83 ! So I have to add water (2L) in order to go down. Does it have to do with the fact they had overfeeding, toxicities and deficiency so they don't feed well ?
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Slurpy_Terpy
Slurpy_Terpyanswered grow question 2 years ago
Is your water level going down? Then maybe the EC is rising because they drink more water than nutrients? Did your temps increase? Considering you are in week 6 of 12/12 I would slowly reduce the nutrients anyway (if you are going to consume your own flowers at least). It could have to do with past problems causing them to not feed well, try reducing the EC to 1.2 as a default diagnosis measure then see what happens. Furthermore this link can be useful: https://percysgrowroom.com/ec-and-ph-fluctuations-in-hydroponics/ And the chart found here: https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum/growing-community/373012-ec-rising-ph-rising-water-stable-in-dwc-leaves-yellowing
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Slurpy_Terpy
Slurpy_Terpyanswered grow question 2 years ago
Hey bro I just checked out your journal, most importantly, how are the roots doing? I did a dwc grow a year ago (my first diary on this site) where I got root rot which gave me random symptoms that were not easy to diagnose but I basically had to cut the plant down... How is your water res after a few days? Any foam on top or slime on the edges? Do your roots feel normal or slimey? If your roots have problems I recommend starting again unfortunately there is no good repair solution. It looks like your plants have been on the border of overfeeding the entire grow, I found in dwc it is better to feed a bit less then when the plants go light green to increase the feed, then they are super responsive to the increase of nutrients. I got root rot from using plagron power roots nutrient, which is supposed to be ok for hydro but did not work in dwc (in nft it did work well). I hope this helps you
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GMSgrows
GMSgrowsanswered grow question 2 years ago
In hydroponics when the ec rises, reduce feed. When the ec lowers increase feed
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 2 years ago
Usually I find it's when I have fucked up and over fed and had toxicity. Tried all sorts to remedy but with no success.
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