Could someone please provide some general guidelines for ppm levels at different stages of plant life? Also, the theory on what to do/ what the plants want when ppm or ph increase or decrease?
I'm new to DWC, & just moves some mothers into 3 buckets with air lines.
In one bucket, I set ppm to ~ 450, and ph 5.8. In one day ppm dropped to ~380 and ph 4.4.
In another bucket, I set ppm to ~380 and ph 5.8. In one day ppm dropped to ~330 and ph 4.6.
Water level has dropped only slightly in both. Plants are AK48 & jack herer, all of them look as solid as when they will went in the buckets.
I found the following 'rules' on forum & have kinda tried to follow:
---PPM goes up, Ph goes down=plants require less nutes.
---PPM goes down, Ph goes up=Plants require more nutes
---PPM stable, Ph goes up=Equilibrium=Good thing.
No 'rule' for ppm & ph BOTH dropping
plants 4 weeks old & using botanicare nutes
Thanks for any input!
cbreeze
I'm new to DWC, & just moves some mothers into 3 buckets with air lines.
In one bucket, I set ppm to ~ 450, and ph 5.8. In one day ppm dropped to ~380 and ph 4.4.
In another bucket, I set ppm to ~380 and ph 5.8. In one day ppm dropped to ~330 and ph 4.6.
Water level has dropped only slightly in both. Plants are AK48 & jack herer, all of them look as solid as when they will went in the buckets.
I found the following 'rules' on forum & have kinda tried to follow:
---PPM goes up, Ph goes down=plants require less nutes.
---PPM goes down, Ph goes up=Plants require more nutes
---PPM stable, Ph goes up=Equilibrium=Good thing.
No 'rule' for ppm & ph BOTH dropping
plants 4 weeks old & using botanicare nutes
Thanks for any input!
cbreeze