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Originally Posted by katana2k9  yea it definatly too high ur ph i keep mine between 6.0 and 6.4 and all is fine i try not to go over that which helps, depends wot colour the spectrum is if it blue or red the only way to know is by turning it on on unless you get a 4 2700k cfls for like ten bucks and some fittings that should be fine, im not sure if the ph will lower by simply adding peat it might i have never done it, ive always used a flush thats what worked for me keep your eye on them everyday till the ph is back down to 6.5 6.7 also check the ph of your water it might be an issue
oh have you any pics |
Don't CFLs require their own specific lamps though? I don't know much about CFLs, just MH and HPS and a little bit about Fluorescent. If it's cheap and easy to set up/maintain, I'd consider it.
And yeah, ran some more pH tests today and it was about the same as the night before. Granted, not much time to allow for an adjustment of pH, but I flushed them again earlier.
Checked the pH of my water...didn't really get a reading on that. Probably because I'm using a soil pH measurer. DId a round of pH tests on them earlier and got 7, 7.2, 7.2, 7.5, so no real difference so far, although it's not yet been even a full day. Perhaps I'm just overly anxious.
I took some pictures, but I have to find my camera's USB cord. They're some depressing pictures though. Sick plants always get me a little down, especially when they're my own.