plumsmooth
Well-Known Member
For a while now I have been chasing a relatively higher PH in my RDWC power Grower systems. I have attributed it to 1. Heavy Microbe Inoculants 2. Undersized reservoirs since my Plants are big. Howell once I got tired of it and couldn't make sense of it and I did a H202 Flush and actually even with reinoculated bennies saw a drop of at least .5 back to a healthier range. This time it is ridiculous; one of my plants albeit a little smaller and defoliated is for some reason maintaining like the dream PH of around 57-58 while my other larger plant about 2 weeks behind in flowering is doing this classic 7.1-7.2 shit again. I am starting to think I have some kind of algae or algae-like bacteria i.e. cya-bacteria or whatever growing in my systems dominating my PH. Through this however I feel I have established and proven to myself that a much wider PH range is tolerated especially obviously with chelated nutrients! This wide difference is unjustified and I please need help solving the mystery. What could be causing this. I might do a 24 hour h202 flush on the 7.1-7.2 plant and see if I can establish a lower ph range? I really don't like doing this unless I have some kind of rot though. Because I prefer to maintain a healthy Benny population as opposed to running sterile systems! Thanks for your time... I will add a couple of pictures...
