hydroponics 4 pot dutch kit

[Stix87]

hi guys and girls i need some help im still having trouble with my 4 pot dutch bato kit im only using 2 pots outa there 4 and not even running water / nutes threw the other 2 im not using. im trying to flush at ph 5.5 and comes out at 6  ph what does that mean? do i have to flush until i see 5.5 coming out or? lil help would be much appreciated cheers. ps last time i went to hydro shop i got a diffrent person who said it looks like ph outa wack so bought a new bluelab ph meter. also said the cube in the middile is getting to wet but not sure how when i have drippers as far as possible from the stems one plant is in a cube other is in a lil peat startern cube all resting in hydroton.

Edited July 6, 2014 by Stix87

[Ozzy420]

Dont know anything about that system but it would be fair to say if u want ya ph at 5.5 keep flushing untill the run off comes out at 5.5

 

In all honesty stix dump all this pot setups and what nots and go back to basic simple grow, with all your issues imo u need to start from scrach and rehone your skills.

 

Nothing fancy just good potting mix light and a bit of ferts here and there, get the feel again rather than being all frastrated because things aint working for u, chasing ya tail trying to fix thing all the time.

 

Just my 2cent worth...

[Stix87]

hey ozzy thanks for a response iv been thinking of just potting them up into a bit of coco i got laying round. if im still having trouble with them by next weekend im goin to coco just sucks i paid 200 for this kit and havent had a chance to use it . been trying to grow these girls since march is doin my head in.

[Ozzy420]

If was me i would take clones and get rid of anything hydro coco everything and use soil.

 

As i said ya need to rehone ya skills and listern to what the plants r saying to u.

 

And ya cant do that when ya tryin to fix shit in ya medium or root rot or what ever it may b.

 

Ya chasin ya tail all the time tryin to fix things and it doing ya head in.

 

That not what canna growing it about..

[Stix87]

iv never grown in soil only once at my old and didnt do much to it. i started growing in coco did for 2 years or  more then went to hydroton and done bout 5 decent crops running 2x pot with a pump recycle system. and by doin my head in i mean iv thought of everythng that is wrong and still not there yet. i do enjoy growing not much else i do really

[forgetiwashere]

hey stix dutch pots are no different to any other recirc hydro system, you should be aiming for around 5.5 -6.5 PH so if its coming out at 6 that should be fine.

 

get some pics up and as many details as possible. type of nutes. etc

 

basically hydro isnt as complicated as people make it. we can work you through your issues. personally i find soil growing much more difficult but then i seem to be the odd one out.

Edited July 6, 2014 by forgetiwashere

[Stix87]

hey stix dutch pots are no different to any other recirc hydro system, you should be aiming for around 5.5 -6.5 PH so if its coming out at 6 that should be fine.

 

get some pics up and as many details as possible. type of nutes. etc

 

basically hydro isnt as complicated as people make it. we can work you through your issues. personally i find soil growing much more difficult but then i seem to be the odd one out.

hey forgetiwashere i thought when flushing what you put in must come out the same so ifi put 5.5 to 5.8 flush it should come out like that? i will get pics now of nutes and pics of plants and pics of equipment im using brb

[forgetiwashere]

yeah get the pics up. but your right hydroton shouldnt affect PH if it goes in at 5.5 it should come out at 5.5, if its new hydroton its probably just still a little dirty, this can cause the PH to spike. running the system for a few days will flush the last of the hydroton dust out of it if thats the case.

[Stix87]

 

 

 

from day dot iv had the middle near the stems to wet iv moved the drippers as far as i could away from them the centre

 

this one dripper is normally a lil bit further away i bumped it taking pic and fixed it straight away

 

 

 

i use bluelab ph pen and blue lab trunchean meter ro water and mix 10% tap water in with it and i ph at 5.8. i use to leave pump running 24/7 now run 15 mins every hour half

Edited July 6, 2014 by Stix87

[Stix87]

yeah get the pics up. but your right hydroton shouldnt affect PH if it goes in at 5.5 it should come out at 5.5, if its new hydroton its probably just still a little dirty, this can cause the PH to spike. running the system for a few days will flush the last of the hydroton dust out of it if thats the case.

iv given the 2 x girls a heap of flushing already do you think i should run them of plain ph ajusted water for a few days then refill with nutes? or just keep flushing until i get the same ph as im putting in until it says the same coming out. hydrton was new when i got it but is neally 4 months old now. apprently my last ph meter was rooted i took it to local hydro shop and got them to do it for me in the end it wouldnt cailbrate right at all they spent 45 mins playing round with it until i said forget about it i want a new meter and got the bluelab instead