Help with DWC! Gold Leaf grow.

Merkn4aSquirtn

Merkn4aSquirtn

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Lil Skunky Breath said:
Plant was great yesterday, watered and fed yesterday, and now she is going to shit! Beginning of the 3rd week of flower! Same amount of of nutes that I have been useing from the start. Lotus grow nutrients.
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Sure it's not sleeping? Was that pic taken right at lights on or right before lights out?
 
Lil Skunky Breath

Lil Skunky Breath

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Useing a bubbler bucket I just got for this grow. My ph is 5.7, and my ppm is at 1250. My water source is just tap water, but it’s never really been a problem.
 
Skewbong

Skewbong

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Lil Skunky Breath said:
Useing a bubbler bucket I just got for this grow. My ph is 5.7, and my ppm is at 1250. My water source is just tap water, but it’s never really been a problem.
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Do you switch out your water every couple weeks....empty reservoir....new water and nutes?

Ppm is hard, as there are multiple scales used. There are websites that explain it more. Ec is much easier to gauge as its the same universal scale. Ppm seems high though, based on my ppm ec/ec meter. Im at about 700 ppm, and an ec of 1.4, ph of 5.8 for veg and 6.4 for flower.

FYI you have to hit reply to my last message for me to get notified, otherwise it will get lost and I won't notice. No worries I know your new here.
 
Skewbong

Skewbong

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Sorry dude, but your roots don't look healthy. This plant is in veg with relatively healthy roots20200712_143131.jpg
 
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Mak'er Grow

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I also noticed there is clear tubing going in to the bucket...is that an air line for air stone(s)?
You could have algae building up from light leaking through those tubes, which will lead to root rot.
Those roots do look like they are about to turn very nasty very soon.
As said above...res change and clean system completely...add some root protection nutes and cover the tubing or replace it with black...you dont want any light getting in.
 
Lil Skunky Breath

Lil Skunky Breath

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Skewbong said:
Do you switch out your water every couple weeks....empty reservoir....new water and nutes?

Ppm is hard, as there are multiple scales used. There are websites that explain it more. Ec is much easier to gauge as its the same universal scale. Ppm seems high though, based on my ppm ec/ec meter. Im at about 700 ppm, and an ec of 1.4, ph of 5.8 for veg and 6.4 for flower.

FYI you have to hit reply to my last message for me to get notified, otherwise it will get lost and I won't notice. No worries I know your new here.
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Skewbong said:
Do you switch out your water every couple weeks....empty reservoir....new water and nutes?

Ppm is hard, as there are multiple scales used. There are websites that explain it more. Ec is much easier to gauge as its the same universal scale. Ppm seems high though, based on my ppm ec/ec meter. Im at about 700 ppm, and an ec of 1.4, ph of 5.8 for veg and 6.4 for flower.

FYI you have to hit reply to my last message for me to get notified, otherwise it will get lost and I won't notice. No worries I know your new here.
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i change my water probably about every 4-5 days, plant was drinking a lot of water. I use the lotus grow chart and keep my ph between 5.5 -6.0, i also add the required amount of cal mag that it says on the bottle. My ppm is usually at 1250-1300 after I mix everything up. This happened on my second grow with a blue haze plant, Ended up chopping her down.
 
Lil Skunky Breath

Lil Skunky Breath

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Mak'er Grow said:
I also noticed there is clear tubing going in to the bucket...is that an air line for air stone(s)?
You could have algae building up from light leaking through those tubes, which will lead to root rot.
Those roots do look like they are about to turn very nasty very soon.
As said above...res change and clean system completely...add some root protection nutes and cover the tubing or replace it with black...you dont want any light getting in.
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Yep, there clear, it came with those hoses. I never thought of that. Wonder why a company that sells buckets don’t know that, Gonna buy some black hoses.
 
Lil Skunky Breath

Lil Skunky Breath

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Merkn4aSquirtn said:
Definitely need a res change and probably some hydrogaurd. Do you know what your water temps are? If the temps get above 72f in the res your asking for issues. 66f-72f helps with keeping the bad bacteria at bay
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I’m really not sure what my water temperature is, it seems like I change it so often that I really didn’t think to check it. Gonna get a temp reader, there’s so many different things too check lol
 
Merkn4aSquirtn

Merkn4aSquirtn

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Lil Skunky Breath said:
Yep, there clear, it came with those hoses. I never thought of that. Wonder why a company that sells buckets don’t know that, Gonna buy some black hoses.
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Honestly I'd just put some tape around them. I use a reflective type of tape. Basically foil colored duct tape. I put that around any possible points light can come in. All hoses, seams, entry points, everything. Imo using black hose could cause a slight temp rise since black absorbs light and heat. You could probably get cooler temps by wraping your buckets and all with reflective tape.

Edit: I'm not even growing dwc right now. That's what i do for my reservoir holding my tap water. Nice aeration for 2 days in a 7.5 g tub before feeding.
I pretty much treat that as if I did have roots in it. I clean it out once a week, no slime, no smell, notta. I could probably drink it if need be lol
 
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