PH Swings in DWC? I Don’t Adjust My PH
PH Swings in DWC? I Don’t Adjust My PH
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In Deep Water Culture (DWC) the water ph needs to be within the ranges of 5.5 to 6.5 and 5.8 will be the most optimal. The PH doesn’t always stay at 5.8 though, it can drift, swing, fluctuate on a daily basis or it can literally change immediately. In the past i always chased my PH and adjust it to make sure it stayed at 5.8 but sometimes this can be tedious with having to raise or lower the PH multiple times a day in my hydroponic system. I stopped adjusting my PH and just let the plants do what the plants do. Ever since i have not had to adjust my PH or even check it because my plants remain looking healthy. You want to make sure that you stay within those range still so you may have to adjust occasionally but as long as your in range just leave it be. If your PH rises too high or goes too low then that could be a sign that something isnt right in your reservoir and it could be due to a nutrient imbalance or some sort of additive. you can try leaving the ph alone whether it rises or drops and see if it stabilizes after a couple of days. common questions in Deep Water Culture Hydroponics relating to PH levels. Do air stones affect PH? why is PH rising? why is ph dropping?
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Like your videos. I have 4 DWC buckets going right now. How often do you have to add water to your buckets ?
Love these videos, thanks for the break down!
Dead organic matter can cause your bucket to drop ph something serious. I had the issue with my shit with my roots breaking off. Man I wish my plants didn’t have deficiencies when the PH goes off lol I tried to ignore it, def didn’t work for me lol now the ppm and whatever other numbers After I received 2 busted devices to measure it brand new I said fuck it lol in my experience as long as it’s not TO FAR off it’ll be straight. I’ve had dead organic matter drop my ph to the low 4s n start seeing issues. One love brother ✌️🤙
I’m on my third grow no ph pen. Besides these are outdoor plants anyway and God don’t have a ph pen that I know of.
Past growers should be able 2 grow without checking I mean you know your base n what’s in it a person that’s been growing yrs should be past this . checking h20
Never used it my plants are just fine is just for luxury
6.0 is perfect
I don’t really ph unless it’s a seedling, after they start growing I leave it be and just occasionally monitor it, never really made a difference, had some yellowing, my ro water is at 6 out the sink, I don’t even measure my nutes and Calmag, just feed some tablespoons every water change, managed a qp my first auto grow off one plant, it’s not as serious as people make it out to be, you end up just stressing yourself out spending hours watching leaves grow. Eventually you grow extremely tired of trying to chase perfect. People say dwc is hard, it’s not it’s very very easy, soil is what is hard, you legit have to be there nursing it everyday if not it dies, I’ve left my dwc for a week, came back it grew and was normal with nothing wrong.. do that with soil and you come back to a dried out plant if your using high temp lights.
In dwc if you rock Advanced Nutrients you ain’t got to worry about all that you ain’t got to check your pH if you know what you’re doing deep water culture
dusa how do u get more terps on dwc
if it keeps going down. I’d be looking at the root rot
I only ph when I make the reservoir.
I do suggest if you ever switch nutrients, to monitor to make sure. Your nutes may have some type of ph adjusting agent in there.
Great video !!! So much help I was getting so tired of chasing that PH EVERY day.
What y’all don’t realize none of this was around in the old days they just let the plant grow that’s the problem let the plant grow it’ll do its thing if you know what you’re doing all this fancy stuff pH up pH Down all you doing is adding more chemicals to your plant stop doing it you pH one time that water you know how to feed your plants you’ll be good
Reminds me of the BBQ hobbyists that insist you need to smoke at 225deg and no other temp…🙄
Interesting. Do you use microbes? Aka bennies
Ok look people. If you used distilled water. You would never need to fix the PH.
I use PH Balanced nutrients. Which never messes with the PH and my plants are happy.
good info 😎
Mine went down as far as I would let it. To like 4.5 it would happen in a light cycle..
I like my soilless medium but I’m revving up for dwc. My friend is like “you are going to be so much busier chasing your ph everyday. That’s why I went back to soilless medium.” I’m gonna just do what you say and roll with the punches. Thank you! ❤
Pretty much bud. I gave up after everything I did caused my PH to swing. I now only really worry about temp and ppm
I stopped chasing pH a while ago and realized I had less pH swings when doing so. I pH my water before adding nutrients and then maybe a small adjustment once in the system but I’ve noticed the same as you. It will swing!! But running an RDWC system my ph will also sit within a .2 range for a week or so. I went from checking it everyday to every few days to make sure there’s no issues.
Thanks for creating and sharing bro!
I would say the same with soil except you wouldn’t ever use a ph down product when you water.
I use pool ph up and down for my outside vegetable garden. Never had any problems saves so much money. $10 for a bag I have used one bag for two seasons and I still have plenty.
The water here will jump from 5.8-6 to way out of range. Up as high as 8. Not sure this would work in our area with tap water.
I read about this..the fluctuation is actually good for the plants. As you know, certain elements are able to be absorbed by the plant at different ph levels. The flux allows your plants to get the full spectrum available to it. 5.8 is just the level where most elemental absorption happens. Great video as always Dusa.
Edit: if I had watched the video all the way through…Dusa states this ✊🏼
Yo Dusa what camera do you use to record looks crispy
was chasing it at the begining as wasnt sure how any of it worked,,,but yeah soon got on top of things and had stable tap water which helped,,,,,but would keep at 6,,,and if it went over 6.4 would bring back down,,,but by the end it worked out the ph would rise slightly,,,the would feed,,,,which would bring it back into range,,,,,only needed the ph down at res change overs,,,then plant and feeds kept ph stable without using any ph up or down inbetween only on res change over,,,but just ran into to some early root root so think i got it early,,,,brought out the H202 worked great last time,,,we will see how it goes,,,,but was looking great till now lol,,,,running a Bruce Banner f3 this time round
Thanks Dusa. Simpler has been better for me this current run. I’ll continue to simplify.
I start with 5.5 and let it rise to 6.8. While keeping an eye on 6.8 because the plant won’t absorb if ph is to high so when that happens I re-adjust to 5.5 but advanced nutrients doesn’t require constant ph adjustment
💚👍you killing them with your love.🤣👍same thing here, ph once✌
Dropping one early
💚#1luv4dabudz
Thank you brother . This explains everything 🙏🍺
That hat is killer!!!
Love the video, and some great information about pH, I use Advance Nutrients PH Perfect, not had one issue, Thank you for all the information you provided to everyone, lots of RESPECT FROM THE UK 🇬🇧
Dead organic matter can cause your bucket to drop ph something serious. I had the issue with my shit with my roots breaking off. Man I wish my plants didn’t have deficiencies when the PH goes off lol I tried to ignore it, def didn’t work for me lol now the ppm and whatever other numbers After I received 2 busted devices to measure it brand new I said fuck it lol in my experience as long as it’s not TO FAR off it’ll be straight. I’ve had dead organic matter drop my ph to the low 4s n start seeing issues. One love brother ✌️🤙
Hey bro have u tried Cana nutes for dwc if not u should try it Cana will not disappoint u bro
Keep the info coming. Looks like a few people read the title and commented before ever watching the video. Gott love em.
What’s your thoughts on using rain water?
C02 injection can also make even bigger swings with PH. Most people with planted aquariums would already know PH drops at night in general and when you add C02 injection that PH drop is even larger so id expect DWC would be the same. Between my Aquariums, Aquaponics and Hydroponics systems I only change the PH of what I’m adding to the existing mix or fresh fill’s 😉 Morning reading of 5.9 would swing to around 6.2 by late afternoon with a low of 5.6 lights out (NO C02 injection) expect more change with tank C02 ;).. Never used the trash c02 bags so unsure if they would effect much compared to regulated tank injection which does more the more C02 gets into the water from gas exchange during water agitation. Added edit = info on high tech planet Aquariums can show you so much about water and what PH changes to expect with x=amount C02. Once you get your head around it you can closely predict the change via amount of C02 in the water column.
My yields have tripled since i started to pH. So long as it is in a range that’s one thing. Advising not to pH is not very good advice since you have no idea where someone’s pH was to start with.
Love the video never done DWC
I do soil all the time all organic never really worried about the pH is low as it was between 5.8 and 6.8 I was good
And whatever works for you might not work for somebody else . Right on ❤😎
I use Mantis buffered nutrients and haven’t checked ph in yrs