What is the sweet spot for ph for hydro?

WHAT IS THE PH SWEET FOR HYDRO?

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skate4theherb

skate4theherb

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[video=youtube;-jcislLc3sg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jcislLc3sg[/video]
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ROLLITUP.ORG THINKS?
 
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pinned

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5.8 - although I let my PH drift between about 5.4 and 6.1, since different nutrients become available at different values, and the window where they are all available is fairly narrow.
 
skate4theherb

skate4theherb

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Thanks for the input.please vote in the poll.i going to show the poll to a few people and would like to get as many people to vote.thanks
peace,love,and green bud
 
Vento

Vento

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I try and keep mine at 5.8 when i make up a feed ( only feeding 4 small babys right now ) I go to diffrent places and watch all manner of videos and you get diffrent people saying diffrent things ... I just take 5.8 as a good avarage between all the confusing numbers :)

Hope my input helps your poll :)

Good Luck and :peace:

V

PS .... Forgot to add ... Im growing on Coco
 
Vento

Vento

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By the way dude ... you never added 6.8 in your poll values above ....LOL ... keep it fair man :P
 
kevin

kevin

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the ph in my resivoir drops so i set it around 6.2 and when it drops to 5.4 i readjust. 5.8 with a .4 tolarance
 
Vento

Vento

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Ha! Im kiddin man ... this guy sounds like a clown .... Screw him ... But love hime to :)

But this Poll is WELL worth the effort ... good job and thanks for doing it .

V :peace:
 
patlpp

patlpp

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I go 5.5 to 6. I use hydroton mainly but sometimes coco for top drip. My understanding is that Zinc is one of those elements that needs < 5.7 for optimum uptake. So I will let er drift in that 5.5 to 6 range. I change out my res every 10 days. I put 5.8 as the sweet spot.

So this stickyfinger dude is sticking to 6.8 not 5.8? Tell him he might save some face if he says it was a typo !
 

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skate4theherb

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patlpp said:
I go 5.5 to 6. I use hydroton mainly but sometimes coco for top drip. My understanding is that Zinc is one of those elements that needs < 5.7 for optimum uptake. So I will let er drift in that 5.5 to 6 range. I change out my res every 10 days. I put 5.8 as the sweet spot.

So this stickyfinger dude is sticking to 6.8 not 5.8? Tell him he might save some face if he says it was a typo !
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hey thanks for the chart!! i like it a lot.
 
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NoDrama

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5.5 to 5.8 is the sweet spot, its not going to matter too much between them. Some strains might like 5.5 better than 5.8 so as long as you are in THE RANGE you are GOLD!!

The horticulture bible is full of BS, sometimes I think it was just thrown together from notes and published just to make a quick buck.
 
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