*SeeDLinG*
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How's it going everybody? This is my first actual post here but that doesn't mean I haven't had a lot of questions answered here already. Kudos to all the kind and knowledgeable growers here. Did some light searching and couldn't find anything on my current question so decided to make a new thread.
Being that this is my first post here's a lil info on the set-up(day 3 week 6 of 12/12):
-Plants are in a 4x4x8 sunhut
-22"x22"x7" (8 gal) botanicare tray with lid as my DWC reservoir, lid has holes for 5" net cups with hydroton. Started with 5 plants though only 3 are currently in the system now
-elemental 127 18w dual output air pump with two stones(runs 24hrs)
-400w hortilux plus a sunblaze 24(4, two foot t5 bulbs)
-4" hurricane fan with 4"x12" phresh filter
-hood is a 6" cooltube
-a few oscillating fans
-nutes are just the GH line, running the expert recirculating feed program;though I occasionally give them some calimagic. The only other non GH item is terpinator, just a 0-0-4 from potassium sulfate.
-PH is always between 5.5 and 6.0
-Don't have an EC meter but should be around 1,200 to 1,400 ppm
If I missed anything just ask. Now on to my question, kind of a two part-er. First part, at night my temps probably get down into the high 50's...I am noticing very minimal downward leaf curling just at the top of my plants. Wondering if it's just the air temp? Or perhaps my reservoir temp is getting a little cool as well?
The second question, to combat this I would love to use some armor-si (a 0-0-4 from potassium silicate) to increase the plants vigor and resistance to temperature. The only catch is that silica is a very potent PH up in my experience. Basically strong enough to put my PH around 10 I imagine, if I were to add it at the recommended rate. Would it be ok to just add enough PH down to level it out? Or is that just a dumb idea?
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated! Happy growing everyone!
Being that this is my first post here's a lil info on the set-up(day 3 week 6 of 12/12):
-Plants are in a 4x4x8 sunhut
-22"x22"x7" (8 gal) botanicare tray with lid as my DWC reservoir, lid has holes for 5" net cups with hydroton. Started with 5 plants though only 3 are currently in the system now
-elemental 127 18w dual output air pump with two stones(runs 24hrs)
-400w hortilux plus a sunblaze 24(4, two foot t5 bulbs)
-4" hurricane fan with 4"x12" phresh filter
-hood is a 6" cooltube
-a few oscillating fans
-nutes are just the GH line, running the expert recirculating feed program;though I occasionally give them some calimagic. The only other non GH item is terpinator, just a 0-0-4 from potassium sulfate.
-PH is always between 5.5 and 6.0
-Don't have an EC meter but should be around 1,200 to 1,400 ppm
If I missed anything just ask. Now on to my question, kind of a two part-er. First part, at night my temps probably get down into the high 50's...I am noticing very minimal downward leaf curling just at the top of my plants. Wondering if it's just the air temp? Or perhaps my reservoir temp is getting a little cool as well?
The second question, to combat this I would love to use some armor-si (a 0-0-4 from potassium silicate) to increase the plants vigor and resistance to temperature. The only catch is that silica is a very potent PH up in my experience. Basically strong enough to put my PH around 10 I imagine, if I were to add it at the recommended rate. Would it be ok to just add enough PH down to level it out? Or is that just a dumb idea?
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated! Happy growing everyone!