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Leaves drooping a bit

XxNinjaxX

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Flush ur soil with ALOT of water @ 6.2
THe leaf curling down like that is from the PH in the soil becoming too high.
 

Devlove

Active Member
Even if it is in coco/perlite? I am running e&f and the first time I flooded them I checked the ph AFTER and it was over seven, from then on it's been around 6.3, is it possible the first flood a few days ago is still affecting the soil?
 

snutter

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6.3 is too high for a hydro system. You want to be in the realm of 5.5 to 5.8, no lower than 5.3 and no higher than 6.0. With such a high pH level, you may be experiencing nutrient lock out... Maybe. Then again, your plant may be needing more nutes. have you started feeding her yet? If not, start with around 1/4 strength nutrients or so.. definitely not higher than 1/2 strength. She is a young clone. My guess is she's needing to be fed. :) Good luck..
 

Devlove

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So either the pH is causing the plant to have nute lockout or she needs more nutes? I have been feeding her flora nova grow with ppms around 500 for less than a week. Any advice would be great thanks
 

XxNinjaxX

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It is a definitely because ur PH is too high. It is causing the plant to not be able to uptake the nutrients it needs. Please for the love of god flush ur plant.
Use lots of 6.0 water. You are using Coco, which can handle anything upto 6.3 comfortablly.
A handy hint is try to use twice the volume of water to what ur pot can hold. So if ur pot holds 3 gallons, then use 6 gallons of water.
 

Devlove

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I read two different ways to do a flush in ebb and flow, I am leaning towards the second one as my ro system pumps out 2 gallons an hour and it would take twenty hours for 40 gallons.

1. Drain the system, and refill with straight water at the proper PH.
Run thru your flood/drain schedule for a day, then drain your resevior again, and refill with proper nutrient and Ph.

2. Disconnect rez line, re connect so it will flow to floor drain sink etc. Hand water from the top down each plant and let gravity do the work. Simple, but a bit of work.

I'm kind of thinking I might drain my res and disconnect my res line and flush by hand watering then start out with new water.
 
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