polishfalcon420
Well-Known Member
so basically it is kinda what I am thinking is going on. the plants arent eating that much nitrogen at this stage of growth any more and the loss of p and mg and maybe something else causes the balanced ratio to become unbalanced and acidic. ok now what is a logical way to deal with this assuming that this is due to normal consumption of nutes by the plant. should I just use less base and more pk booster when I mix or mix the same and just use ph up for a couple of days until its time to change the res out. the guy at the dro store told me he recommends using calmag even with my tap water and that the extra amount of mag Im supplying will keep the imbalance from happening so soon as the plants will be able to consume more mag before it drops far enough for the solution to become unstable. he claims that mj uses more mg than a lot of people think. it made sense but this is the guy trying to sell me a product too, but he does seem like a pretty honest kinda guy. he also stated that he feels you should try not to use ph up in the solution if you been using the down to lower ph saying that it basically causes inbalance issues on its own. now that I didnt quite understand.