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burnoutdev
burnoutdevstarted grow question 5 years ago
Hi, its my first grow and built DWC. Leaves are drooped and don't know the cause. pH 5.5-6.2 its raising frequently in a day and Im using ph down. Day 3 from sprout started Flora Trio 0.5ml each per Ltr. ppm was 270. Now day 5 lowered Flora Trio 0.2 each and 3mg Bio Root, ppm 130
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Leaves. Tips - Burnt
Leaves. Dropping off
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TheUk420Show
TheUk420Showanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hmmmm I would not worry about ph so much at this stage my friend. PH is something more for later stages of growth at the moment in a dwc system all you should be doing Ideally is spraying with normal tap water feeding with normal tap water and there is one good reason for this. PH up or down are nutrients the way they work is they increase or decrease the ph using things the plant will absorb naturally Ie: Phosphorus which a plant needs anyway unfortunatly seedlings do not need these so I would strongly suggest you have over fed them without relising. This is why i love to use an EC meter especially with DWC with the water being the key component. Pretty sure if you flush the water to tap or a neutral ph they should spring back Im not sure weather your roots are touching the water yet if not you should be hand watering with normal water until the roots get to the resivoir i usually do it twicee a day. Hope this helps bro the dropping of leaves could be a sign of under watering too. so check them rooty roots :) GL with your grow man :)
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burnoutdev
burnoutdevanswered grow question 5 years ago
Also, the second reason was overwatering as I see
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burnoutdev
burnoutdevanswered grow question 5 years ago
Thank you guys, I stopped giving her nutrients and leaves aren't drooped at least and I think looks way better.
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Valhalla_Akbar
Valhalla_Akbaranswered grow question 5 years ago
Your plant is fine - just give it lots of light (24hrs if you can) and keep it moist (not wet!). You'll see it will look much better in a few days. Lay off the nutrients for now.
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Darkwarsongs
Darkwarsongsanswered grow question 5 years ago
sorry correction the second set of true leaves not fan leaves.. Look at my grow Lsd-25 you can literally see three plants run without nutrients for the first week of growth..
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Darkwarsongs
Darkwarsongsanswered grow question 5 years ago
Seedlings don't really need nutrients. 1.5 weeks approx from being placed in water is when they need nutrients. When the second set of fan leaves emerge. I don't Buffer my clay pebbles either dude. I just rinse them off a few good times and use em. Pretty sure Clay is ph neutral and from research it is indeed PH neutral. At least the product I use is.. So I imagine with the rinse of the medium your gonna clean off any thing that would affect ph. The tips are most likely burnt from the Nutrients.. Pm me if you catch my drift and I can come help you come up with some possible solutions. https://www.advancednutrients.com/articles/the-main-benefits-of-hydroton-in-your-hydroponics-garden/
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burnoutdev
burnoutdevanswered grow question 5 years ago
No, I didn't know it was needed, just washed it with tap water and after 2-3 days I used it. I can take out that cup from container and water it with 5.8 ph water from up or soak it now if its a good idea. Btw my tap water has 7ph or little higher.
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OutForReal
OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
Did you buffered the clay balls to a 5.8ph by soaking them in a slotution until they rich the good ph ? if not then your clay balls could be at the wrong ph.
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