my BlueBerry cuts are flopping

hi there. I've got 12 blueberry cuttings which i've been looking after for some weeks nows. i plan to run them in a 12 pot flood and drain system. my problem is that there just not looking healthy at all.

I think i may have caused this by putting my cuttings to early into my system's 9 litre buckets. My cuts are all around 1/2 to 3/4 foot in hight. their sitting in a 80% cocoa and 20% clay pebble mix.

when i transplanted my cuts the root hadn't fully taken hold of the pot they were in, which were 6 inch small pots, but still had a good few roots. i used a dry mix to transplant and made the mistake of flooding my system to wet the soil afterwards, and as a result i think i've over watered my pots and now they are taking FOREVER to dry... they've been left like this for the past week and a bit, with no signs of picking up.

on top off that i think i may have been giving the wrong nutrient and ph levels from the begining. think i've been using to high a nutrient. i've been using 1.5-1.8 EC on my small cuts. And my PH level i've been using the ph tester liquid kits, but i just bought myself a new PH meter the other day and tested what i thought to be good PH levels to be way to low in my opinion. i got readings of 4.8-5 on my old nutrient mix i was using.

I'm using Canna Hydro A+B, Rizotonic, Cannazym and a chemical called "Revive" which i purchased from my local hydroponics shop.

I've now started giving nutes of 1.0-1.2 and PH levels of 5.5-5.8 in very small amounts while i wait for them dry out.

I've also been using a 18/6 hour light schedule, which i've changed to a 24 hour schedule because i read 18/6 hours is for when your plants are healthy and big enougth. I'm currently vegging under 3 600watt HPS bulbs at around 2 1/2 feet distance with a 125watt growking CFL bulb thrown in for good messure.

I also need advice on how to make up a tank of nutrients as I'm having difficulties getting my EC and PH to stay when mixing. What do I do first the PH level?

Sorry for making it long winded. I'm going to take some pics right now and post them soon as. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
walkers22

Your using canna hydro nutes?.... you have a cocoa system which will not go with the nutes you are using. You need to go out and get some good coco nutes, canna also have a range for this...

I dont know about your other problem though sorry, I hope this helps...

Cheers kwaka

You should P.H. your water that you mix the nutes with... also every other day check the P.h in res.

I would think just keep on doing what your currently doing now hopefully you'll be fine, but if not its always best to create the enviroment BEFORE you add any clones/plants.

Cheers kwaka

kwaka80 said:

You should P.H. your water that you mix the nutes with... also every other day check the P.h in res.

I would think just keep on doing what your currently doing now hopefully you'll be fine, but if not its always best to create the enviroment BEFORE you add any clones/plants.

Cheers kwaka

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yeah i know mate, wish i had put more prep into my room, but i'm doing this with a couple of friends, so things some times get rushed when people get impatient

kwaka80 said:

You should P.H. your water that you mix the nutes with... also every other day check the P.h in res.

I would think just keep on doing what your currently doing now hopefully you'll be fine, but if not its always best to create the enviroment BEFORE you add any clones/plants.

Cheers kwaka

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When I'm making a batch, the nutes send my PH levels right down and give me a right head ache to sort. i've always used ph down, but since moving home my ph levels need raising instead of lowering. is this normal? are nutes ment to alter water ph that drastically? E.G. I get ph to 5.8, then add like 1.2 EC worth of nutes and the ph has dropped to 4.9 and below.

I usually try add more water to get the PH back up but then my EC drops and so on, its a vicious circle.