Bushmaster
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I'm new, first post, and I'd like to say "thanks" for all I've learned here so far. What a great site!
I'll try to be brief. Background: Sunshine Soil # 4. Two healthy strains, Power Kush, and Skunk clones doing well so far, and 4 seedlings sprouting 3rd sets of leaves, all in a mylar lined cabinet under 3 cfls, 500 watt equiv/4,500 lumens ea, at 6500k. I'll be using House-Garden Bio One Component Soil (first application last week - impressive!), along with their Root Accelerator, Drip clean, Magic Green and possibly Cal Mag (unchecked recommendation for the Bio One -experience anyone?) and probably their bud products when it comes time, at which time my 5'x7' bud room will hopefully be complete with a 400 watt hps (Agromax bulb) and a 400 watt MH, with some 2700k cfls to aid in spectrum.
So, I'm worried I'm going to f**k something up with my nutes. I'm checking my city water with a Sun Leaves ph vial kit. One drop per three quarters vial as instructed, (yes, I know I need a good ph/tds meter, just can't swing it yet), and I come up a strong blue, like ph8 or more. Tonight, I test distilled water, and three different brands of bottled spring water, all same result (blue/8ph). I mix a gallon of the city water with Europonics PH adjuster (phosphoric acid), and it does come down, but my first question is this: with all my tests coming out the same, can this type of tester be trusted? I did get a high ph reading off one of those instant test strips used for pools/hot tubs as well.
And my second question: if I do need to use the ph buffer for my water, how does that affect the efficiency of the nutrients? Would anyone out there use the water with these expensive ass nutes straight as is? Why or why not?
As a side note, there is a pet store in town selling reverse osmosis water by the gallon. As much as I'd hate to have to use it, I get the feeling how critical good water is from reading what I have here and elsewhere.
Thanks a lot in advance for any help, and especially anyones comments about this brand of nutrients, as I haven't seen much on them. Peace.
I'll try to be brief. Background: Sunshine Soil # 4. Two healthy strains, Power Kush, and Skunk clones doing well so far, and 4 seedlings sprouting 3rd sets of leaves, all in a mylar lined cabinet under 3 cfls, 500 watt equiv/4,500 lumens ea, at 6500k. I'll be using House-Garden Bio One Component Soil (first application last week - impressive!), along with their Root Accelerator, Drip clean, Magic Green and possibly Cal Mag (unchecked recommendation for the Bio One -experience anyone?) and probably their bud products when it comes time, at which time my 5'x7' bud room will hopefully be complete with a 400 watt hps (Agromax bulb) and a 400 watt MH, with some 2700k cfls to aid in spectrum.
So, I'm worried I'm going to f**k something up with my nutes. I'm checking my city water with a Sun Leaves ph vial kit. One drop per three quarters vial as instructed, (yes, I know I need a good ph/tds meter, just can't swing it yet), and I come up a strong blue, like ph8 or more. Tonight, I test distilled water, and three different brands of bottled spring water, all same result (blue/8ph). I mix a gallon of the city water with Europonics PH adjuster (phosphoric acid), and it does come down, but my first question is this: with all my tests coming out the same, can this type of tester be trusted? I did get a high ph reading off one of those instant test strips used for pools/hot tubs as well.
And my second question: if I do need to use the ph buffer for my water, how does that affect the efficiency of the nutrients? Would anyone out there use the water with these expensive ass nutes straight as is? Why or why not?
As a side note, there is a pet store in town selling reverse osmosis water by the gallon. As much as I'd hate to have to use it, I get the feeling how critical good water is from reading what I have here and elsewhere.
Thanks a lot in advance for any help, and especially anyones comments about this brand of nutrients, as I haven't seen much on them. Peace.
