PH and recovery time?

[Guest]

I had my ph of my dwc at 7 and just got to the store today to get some ph down and lowered it all down to 5.7-6.5, my roots where still growing fine ... when the ph was wrong ... but how long till you think the plants take off now that the ph is correct.

 

[sproutco]

5.7 to 6.5 is a very broad ph. You should get it to 6. Plants will receive the nutrients instantly. If you are really in to it, replace your nutrient solution and readjust ph to 6 to put fresh nutrients in. Micronutrients such as manganese that have become insoluble at a high ph will probably not rebecome soluble even if the ph changes. The reaction goes only one way and not is not a 2 way street. From the photo, the small plant doesn't look bad just pale.

 

[Guest]

I did change every thing out on the smaller buckets (i'll see if it matters), just is a bitch to try to get the ph right when they arn't linked togeather so actually ph of most buckets is 5.5-6.5 range more towards the lower rng is just hard to get it perfect as i'm just using strips for now for testing.

 

[sproutco]

I started out with ph strips. Then, I went to a digital ph meter. You might want to upgrade when you get some $. Just guessing by the photo, I would say your ph is high because, for example, iron would be more available at a lower ph and would give them a richer green color. No real problem yet...just lower your ph.

 

[MTF-Sandman]

just is a bitch to try to get the ph right when they arn't linked togeather .

You can "link" them together fairly easily with some 1/2" tubing, straight connectors and grommets...my first hydro setup was 3 18 gallon tupperware tubs "linked" like that...made the res much more stable and adding water to any single container added it to all of them.

 

[Guest]

I dind't want to link them as they are all diffrent plants just want get them large and mother them.

 

[MynameStitch]

you will see a immediate change in them once you change the ph back over, it doesnt look like it did much damage at all from ph being off

couldnt of been very long....

 

[Guest]

Yeah 4 seem to care less 3 are ph sensative, i have it stabalized around 5.7 now, i ussally don't have to worry so much when i switch over to bloom, so many ph buffers. They just hit thewater so they only had the improper ph since last friday.

 

[Growdoc]

All strains have different PH levels they like... flucuation is not bad as long as its controlled.

Hydro is from 5.2-6.2PH

Soil is from 5.8-6.8PH

Growdoc