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All those little gimmicks that increase the female ratios say 3-4 weeks into veg period. What is the beginning so I know when 3-4 wks is?

It's all about the learning curve. The forum has been the key. Still trying to stabilize the ec\ppm, but getting closer. One bucket is using nutes the other is using water. Now have buffered water and nute buckets available...makes a huge diff thanks Goddess. Buffer was my new jargon word of...

Boy what a week and a little good advice can do.

finally stabilized ph with all your help. In 4 days my plants have grown 5 to 10 times bigger. Bushy as all get out. I am absolutely stunned what a diff pH has made. Even starting to get skunky smell. I luv youse guys.

calibrated meter it is fine. Did not rinse hydroton , but they have had ater poured over tem and were sitting in the water dang near completely submerged in my early days 4 wks ago. So altho I didn't rinse initially, they have effectively been, due to my lack of knowledge.

Not thru the water heater cold only

I must be doing something wrong. My Ph just keeps going up. I keep adding acid. She is growing like never before tho. I just thought the pH would stay at a level. I do let my water sit over nite now (first time this week). I also filter it now. PH out of the tap is 7.8.

I used sulfuric acid last night brought my ph to 5.8 12hrs later one bucket is at 6.9 anf my ppm went down. The other bucket is at 8.1 and the ppm went up. How do I keep ph at 5.8 and eating my nutes?

I got into this on a lark, thank the gods for you folks, and thank God for keeping my babys alive until I found this site. Truthfully I have made every mistake possible and you brought my Maria single leaf mutant to the attached pic in to weeks.

not long but the numbers on the 1200/7.2 held (@2 hours ). Just added sulfuric acid found under sink, hope it holds. Got ph down on the way. How long do these hold the ph for.\? I now know all about ph, ppm, ec, temperature. I guess I won't be needing any of your help, as all the problems I...

Tried MG didn't do anything but send ppm thru the roof

We used a test bucket and as we added more Flora Nova grow it lowered from 7.8 to 6.8 but unfortunately my ppm was 1850. at 1200 it was 7.2.

Ordered the first thing I found got an up and a down. The lemon juice lasts like 10 minutes. Anything else to hold me over whilst I wait

I can't believe I'm filtering water for my plants and not for myself.

Will do.

Am using extremely hard tap water. Don't have a hydro store in Northern MN. Have read that many use lemon juice?

Got my meter yesterday. Used strips to date. Strips had always read 'Ideal' around 6.5-7.0. Meter read 8.1, used lemon juice to lower to 5.8. 12 hours later the ph is 8.1. Used strips to see if they were just out of whack and the reading maxed out, so strips were working. What happened to...

Well why didn't you just say so. Hushpuppy you are amazing. Nobody has put it so succinctly. Appreciate the words, man.

So bucket 1 is 1160 ppm/ec 1.71, bucket 2 is 1210/1.78, the next swap out is sitting at 1200. Just got my meter, a Milwaukee. mw802 . So is any of this good bad ... relevant at all? Further reading on other sites, I am seeing folks tolk 300 ppm, 900, 1800. What do the numbers mean?

Okay thats fine. 1st timer. I have made almost every conceivable mistake and still have 3 growing. 2-3 weeks in.