Recent content by ebgms

FF Ocean Forest.

I don't like to defoliate, especially during flower. As I wrote in the other thread, I like to tuck instead of pluck. Tuck the fans below any bud sites that they are shading. Those fans are your plant's solar panels that generate food (sugar) to feed the roots and the buds as they develop. I...

When the plants in veg are 1/3 to 1/2 the total maximum height you have available to you in your grow space. This doesn't include the distance the light occupies or the desired distance between the plant and the light. Little to none, except for removal of small sap-suckers in the shade at the...

Currently feed but would like to know the amount per gallon for both. Water is testing ph 7.0 with feed it is 6.5.

I have the ph drops where you fill the test tube 1/2 full of water, add 3-5 drops of test fluid, then compare to a color chart. It's in 1/2 unit graduations ie 5.5, 6.0. 6.5 etc. Would it work to just keep adding the Ph Down to a gallon of nute water until a sample turns the color of the ph I...

If there's one thing that really grinds my gears with regard to nutrient products, it's vague or incomplete instructions. This product, General Hydroponics Ph Down, really takes the cake in that department. The "instructions" just say to add the product "sparingly" until the desired ph is...

Jacks Classic 20-20-20, Flower Fuel 2-34-32, Cal-Mag. I don't know. I use 1/2-3/4 teaspoon Jacks, 1/4 teaspoon Flower Fuel and 5ml Cal-Mag per gallon. A local nursery brand potting soil for container and potted plants. The drainage is good. Taken today 9/13:

To ensure appropriate pH at the root zone to promote adequate nutrient absorption.

That's very good to know, thank you. That explains a great many things about my pH readings.

Coast Of Maine offers a dirt that supposedly doesn't require any fertilizer at all throughout the entire grow, however you have to use fifteen (!) gallons of dirt per plant, making it somewhat prohibitive for an indoor grow. FWIW I've always had horrible luck with their products, but have never...

I've never grown under LEDs, but I've put even freshly rooted clones under 600W HPS ~1.5-2 feet above the plant, no problems. When I looked at your plants in the pictures OP and saw the way they were drooping my first thought was overwatering. They look like they've been over watered to me.

It's not something I have ever done before. Sometimes I will flush 3gal pots with 3-6 gal of water if I overfeed or otherwise mess something up. I just wanted to see if I could get the pH in the right range, which I did eventually. Totally agree, but according to the nutrient chart, if the pH...

So the test I did immediately after collecting the water is more accurate than the test I did on it six hours later, due to the delayed action of the buffers?

3 gallon soil pots. Yes, that is what I noticed. With each 3gal flush the pH went up ~0.5. What I don't get is why the same runoff water that was testing at 5.0 a minute after I collected it is now testing at 7.0 six hours later, after having just sat in a glass on the kitchen counter the...

I've been growing for many years but I am totally new to pH and tbh I don't understand it at all. To make matters worse, I cannot seem to accurately measure it no matter which method I use. For example, I recently purchased a pH test kit where you fill up a test tube half way with the water...