Permanent Marker vs Fat Bastard!

Moving right along with the Thursday morning midweek update.

Still fighting the pH which remains stubbornly low with 6 drops per day of pH down seemingly only enough to keep it at 5.5, so today they all got 12, I swear they are eating the stuff!

Apart from that they seem happy enough, broom closet at 940 ppm, so just the pH down for it. Three of the tent totes over 1000 ppm and one under, so another litre of water for those and more pH down for all.

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Acquired a easier to use more scientific way to measure my nutrients, should have thought of it sooner and only $9 for two from eBay!

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Oops, I meant pH up added! :roll_eyes:

That’s bed head for yah :winking_face_with_tongue:

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How’s the bulb working out? I’ve bought many packs of these off the zon. Most have a slight dripping when using. I did get some replacement bulbs that had a few hold liquid true in the pipette

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I use the pipettes. Got 100 for 15$

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It seems a tight fit wasn’t easy to squeeze the bulb end on, though I have yet to use it as my grow is now at the add water and pH correct as needed stage. That said it’s got to be better than the syringes I was using.

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Snapshot…

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Today it’s wet, windy and rainy, got woken at 6am to thunder and lightning :high_voltage:

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Monday morning weekly update, 12 weeks in from seed, broom closet 8 weeks into 12/12 and tent at 6 weeks into 12/12.

Got serious about the low pH situation yesterday and gave them all 20 drops of pH up! Seems to have done the trick all totes at 6+ pH today. All totes at just under 1000 ppm except for two which were a little over 1100, so an extra litre of water for those.

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Monday morning weekly update, 13 weeks in from seed, broom closet 9 weeks into 12/12 and tent at 7 weeks into 12/12.

Felt lazy yesterday and didn’t do anything, sure enough pH was down and ppm up, nothing too radical totes at 1050 to 1150 and pH in the low 5’s so more water and pH up to correct.

Lights now at 75% and I will be needing to lower the ppm soon, which I achieve by pumping out 10 litres of nutrients and replace it with pH corrected water.

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Umm :flushed_face: wow!

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This is soooo cool. Amazing roots are so dang thick. Thanks for sharing.

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Well it proved I am a daydreamer, it’s actually Sunday morning today and now I know why the bicycle shop was closed today! :person_facepalming:

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I was going to question that but I started questioning myself like I was the one wrong, like I know your ahead but I was like a whole day now wtf
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Lookin Stellar My Brother!! :flexed_biceps: I thought you used silica for ph up? What is the highest you run your Ppms in flower?

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Usually I stop adding nutrients when it starts going over 1000ppm to 1100ppm, which would have been about three weeks ago, then it’s just a little extra water every other day or so and pH corrections.

I usually use silicon as pH up though this time I kind of overdosed them earlier when I didn’t notice the new silica phosphate I used was 20 times as concentrated, so just using pH up for now.

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Res dilution in progress…

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So your takin out some and putting 0 ppm water back in to dilute?

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Just my tap water, which is about 300ppm and in the high 7’s pH plus 50mls of hydrogen peroxide to sterilize and it also neutralizes chlorates.

Totes now at 650ppm, will check the pH once it settles and adjust if needed.

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That was 10 litres out and 10 in…

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