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Originally Posted by Liflow
I wanted to start hydro simple, so I chose 5-gal bubbler bucket and Lucas' formula.
I have had constant problems with what appears to be a cal/mag deficiency. (Tiny yellow spots on the sunleaves)
Every time it happens, I dump my nutrient mix and start over w/ RO water and GH Micro/Bloom @ 8/16ml per gal. Everything looks good for a week or so, and then it starts getting wonky again: My PPMs will start to go up even though I'm topping off w/ just RO water. My water will also start getting cloudy / milky looking.
I'm wondering if I'm maybe having some kind of bacterial problem... So I tried using H2O2 but it has not helped. My PPMs still go crazy at about 1 - 1.5 weeks and I have to dump the batch and start over or the spots just get worse and leaves start dying.
So right now, my PPMs are 1340 @ .5, PH is 5.7, I haven't added any nutes since I mixed up the batch about a week ago. I am about 4 wks into 12/12 and I really don't want to lose my girl, she's looking pretty!!
What do I do? Dump my batch again? This is really getting old... I thought I could keep my nutes longer than a week...
Anyone have any idea of what's going on?
Thank you!
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Hey Liflow,
if your post above is not a type error, then you are burning your plants. 1340ppms @ .5 conversion is over 2.6EC. You should be under 2.0EC.
bring your ppms down under 1000 @ .5 conversion. Are you having to add PH up or down to your reservoir or topoffs?
Regards,
linedrivr