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Ok, here are some photos. It's an auto, my first grow. Definitely took some hits as I was learning about ph, hard water/soft water, etc. Killed off its buddy, unfortunately, but got another seedling going and I'm learning!

Ok, give me a minute and I'll grab you some. Just to give you a sense, my EC after adding nutes was 1014 (currently1163), PPM was 467 (currently 547) and ph was about 5.8. It went up the following day to about 6.2 and has been falling since. I didn't have to add any ph up or down. Growth had...

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm using a 6 gallon bucket, filled to about 4.5 gallons. I use a medical syringe for precise measurements. I added cal/mag first at 4ml/gallon and then the general hydroponics nutrients micro at 2.5ml/gal, floragro at 2.5ml/gal, then bloom at 2ml/gal. Added 1/2 ml...

Hi guys! So I switched my DWC 4 week old plant over to RO water, added cal/mag and southern ag fungicide (as a preventative; roots look healthy). My plant looks good. New growth looks healthy, but I'm not seeing much in terms of growth. I've been monitoring my levels since switching and I'm...

What kind of cal/mag woes are you referring to? I'm growing dwc if that helps. I'll check out the light!

Watching now... I'll touch points in 44 minutes or so, lol

I'm trying to pick out a new light for my 32×32 growing space. I'm growing 3 plants max at a time. I was considering Spider farmer sf1000 or 2000 but I really have no idea. Maybe 2 sf1000s instead of a single sf2000 even? Any advice?

Sorry for the confusion! Switching to RO water from the hard water I was using and also beginning to measure EC, rather than just following a formula with the hard well water.

Alright, I heard the masses and I'm on it. I'm switching my DWC to RO. I've purchased Cal/Mag supplement, a EC meter and a fungicide like hydro guard (from Southern Ag, I believe). The Cal/Mag and meter are arriving today and I'm planning on switching my girl over tonight. My plant is a 30 day...

Good to know! Thank you! Eager to get things straightened out. I sure have learned a lot today. Thank you!

So one more question for you guys... I went ahead and ordered a EC meter and Cal/Mag. It's set to arrive Wednesday afternoon. In the meantime, should I change out my reservoir for RO water even without the Cal/Mag or any idea where I stand with EC? Would I be safe to add in Cal/Mag in a few days...

Nice! That helps me to understand completely. Well, I went ahead and purchased Cal/Mag and a TDS meter, so I'll get rolling with RO right away. I'm excited and hoping that it helps me to get everything dialed in where I need it. I appreciate your help! (And you're right.. I was adding tons of PH...

That's great. Love free/cheap solutions! I'll start freezing some right away. Thank you!

I don't have any room to talk as this is my first grow, but so far (knock on wood) my roots and bucket look beautiful. That's one thing that I can say is going great here! Haha! The rest.... well, yeah. haha

That's interesting! However, that's contrary to the advice to scale down on the nutrition! Haha! I'm hoping the meter will give me more insight into what's happening and whether she needs more or less nutrition. Thanks for the chart! I'll save it and keep it handy. I wondered about frozen water...

Ahh, that makes sense. I'll do a bucket change and see if things start to straighten out from there. I didn't realize that autos needed fewer nutrients! That's good to know. Thank you! - bought a meter today... arriving tomorrow, so not yesterday but I'm on it! - I'll start on RO right away...

Just purchased a TDS meter. Should be arriving tomorrow. In the meantime I'll do some research on what the numbers should be! Haha..forging new territories here. Seriously, my husband is going to think I'm crazy. Pretty sure I check on my "baby" more than I did my real children when they were...

Ok! I'll grab a PPM meter while I'm at it then. Would I be okay to switch to RO water at this point in my grow? Or should I continue this grow with my well water?

I am using a test kit from general hydroponics... no calibration needed! Just mixing with the solution and checking the color. It's pretty straightforward.

Omg. I have no idea where that symbol came from! Haha