occg.hydro
CA Prop. 215 Patient
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I've looked around the site and can't seem to find a whole lot of info on the problem I'm having. My res is 18 gal, RO water w/ botanicare Cal Mag, advanced nutrients sensi 2 part, piranha, and fulvix. I'm running a 9 bucket drip system using hydroton pebbles. The res temp stays around 76, 550ppm and I'm aerating lightly, but not too much. I just started my clones yesterday and my pH rises around a full point over 10 to 12 hours. Is it normal for it to rise this quickly? it doesn't seem to stabilize until around 7.2 - 7.4 but I've been dropping it back down to 5.5 - 5.6 and the first time I cycle it through the medium the pH starts to rise really quickly again. From what I've read It seems like it's best to try to maintain a pH of about 5.6 - to 6.5, is this correct? What's going on? I let the hydroton soak in bleach and water for 48 hours and then washed it 3 times really well. I made sure to run plain distilled water through my whole system. Could it be that the bleach buffered the pH of my medium? This is my first time with hydro. I can handle a plant in soil, no problem, and I thought I'd done my homework before starting on hydro but I obviously have plenty of learning to do. Any advice would be great. Thanks guys!