Needing to use too much pH down

i am using canna aqua for vegging and each morning i have to put in a lot of pH down to adjust it from 7.0 back to 5.5 range. if my plants seem to be growing okay should i need to dump all the water and put in new water?

i have read that using too much pH down locks out nutrients, but if they seem to be growing fine do i need to do anything about it?

does anyone know how to use canna aqua without needing to adjust the pH? i know that this is one of the selling points of canna aqua but i have had to adjust the pH every day.

thanks

bruceirons said:

i am using canna aqua for vegging and each morning i have to put in a lot of pH down to adjust it from 7.0 back to 5.5 range. if my plants seem to be growing okay should i need to dump all the water and put in new water?

i have read that using too much pH down locks out nutrients, but if they seem to be growing fine do i need to do anything about it?

does anyone know how to use canna aqua without needing to adjust the pH? i know that this is one of the selling points of canna aqua but i have had to adjust the pH every day.

thanks

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you might just have too many plants or too small of a reservoir which ever you wanna call it. larger res will be much more stable in temps ph and ppm all around easier to grow with .....space providing of course.

bugsrnme said:

you might just have too many plants or too small of a reservoir which ever you wanna call it. larger res will be much more stable in temps ph and ppm all around easier to grow with .....space providing of course.

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tru

and sum hyrdo nutes r just more pH stabile than others
AN is supposed 2 have some new shit that goes past buffers and actually reacts 2 ph to keep it rite

we might all b sellin our meters b4 long

aeroman said:

tru

and sum hyrdo nutes r just more pH stabile than others
AN is supposed 2 have some new shit that goes past buffers and actually reacts 2 ph to keep it rite

we might all b sellin our meters b4 long

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holy shit that is fuckin awesome!!!!! i grow sterile though.....you know, chem nutes and h2o2. i wonder if they will make it for mine or just for organic growers. that's still fuckin cool though. i might have to switch to organic.

http://www.3rlighting.com/tutorial/nutrients/pH2.html


Q: How do I keep the pH at 6.0 to 6.5?.

A: The pH is always changing, so you should measure it at least once a day. The most common way is to use a liquid kit to measure. There is a small vial which you dip into the nutrient solution and fill up halfway. Then you add three drops of the tester solution, put the cap on the vial, and shake it a bit. The liquid in the vial changes color. Now, take the color of the vial and compare it to the color chart that comes in the kit. Try to use as close to natural light as you can because the colors given off by grow lights can throw off how the colors look.

or spend the $ and buy a ph pen and never wonder again. and 6.0-6.5 is too high in hydro....... 5.8

bugsrnme said:

holy shit that is fuckin awesome!!!!! i grow sterile though.....you know, chem nutes and h2o2. i wonder if they will make it for mine or just for organic growers. that's still fuckin cool though. i might have to switch to organic.

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u can check out teh links here https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/139961-huge-changes-advanced-nutrients.html

cupple pages in r sum links 2 copies uv the pamflets
looks 2 me liek they made it from teh Sensi, 3 part and Iguana Juice so u can gro organic or not whatever u liek

this is a problem that i always had with my aquariums. if you have hard water from your tap, (tds's) are very high and this will cause the effect that your descrbing. this is called ph rebound. acidic elements will reduce ph but it will"rebound" after a period of time, usually well within 24hrs. if acidic elements are added over a period of time, this will break down tds's in your water and it will eventually stabilize at lower ph, but this can take some time and is a pain in the ass. this is a problem i have been wrestling for years, trying to find ways to soften my tap water. no living thing deals well with wild ph swings, including our plants. R/O system is an expensive oprtion. you can also get cation resins that are present in r/o units, and create your own r/o filter by placing resin in bags and running your water over it. problem with this is, if you don't monitor it closely, it can get too acidic and crash ph. lucky are those of us with soft water from tap. i might try experimenting with the brita water purifiers that you hook up to your tap, this should soften water to well within desirable limits. probably have to replace tap filter frequently though.