User24
Well-Known Member
most hydro growers can relate to this, fixing up a nute reservoir at the recommended level, only to have the leaves curling like crazy 6-12 hours later.
we are all trying to maximize our crops, so it easy to do.
If I mix my nutes at the level that they recommend for week 5 bloom, it is 1600ppm,
I have noticed that they seem to do best if I leave them around 7-800ppm, and top up according to changes in the ppm level. If the nutes drop more than 50ppm after I add water, then I add nutes to bring it back up, and rebalance ph. if they use more than 100ppm in 1 day, then I raise their base point by 100. (ie, they start at 800, then after drinking 3 gallons, I add 3 gallons back to them, and they are at 700ppm, I will raise them close to 900, because they have shown that they are eating more.
I also check them daily to see leaf color, margins, veins, tip curl, taco'ing, spotting, and all that stuff.
I bumped them up to 1000ppm a few days ago, and the leaves all started curling and burning up, plants are 5 wks into bloom. so I dropped it back down to 750.
I know they say 50% strength is what the ladies like.
anyone have similar experience? are you all doing the same as me? or do you have other solutions?
we are all trying to maximize our crops, so it easy to do.
If I mix my nutes at the level that they recommend for week 5 bloom, it is 1600ppm,
I have noticed that they seem to do best if I leave them around 7-800ppm, and top up according to changes in the ppm level. If the nutes drop more than 50ppm after I add water, then I add nutes to bring it back up, and rebalance ph. if they use more than 100ppm in 1 day, then I raise their base point by 100. (ie, they start at 800, then after drinking 3 gallons, I add 3 gallons back to them, and they are at 700ppm, I will raise them close to 900, because they have shown that they are eating more.
I also check them daily to see leaf color, margins, veins, tip curl, taco'ing, spotting, and all that stuff.
I bumped them up to 1000ppm a few days ago, and the leaves all started curling and burning up, plants are 5 wks into bloom. so I dropped it back down to 750.
I know they say 50% strength is what the ladies like.
anyone have similar experience? are you all doing the same as me? or do you have other solutions?