PH Swings in DWC? I Don’t Adjust My PH

Well my tap water is very alkaline, it sits on 8.0 pH. I guess most of you are using RO water which would explain why your pH swings are still within the safe range, but I have to use pH down to keep it in the 5.5 - 6.5.

I have never pH to my water and I have a healthy looking plant if it isn’t feeding time I just add freshwater to it I do a feed once a week .

P.H. Adjusting is always a good thing! It's important that you monitor P.H because if you don't your plants will suffer, and so will your harvest!

I dont adjust my ph and my plants do good

Older video, but 100% agree. I change once a week but I only grow a couple at a time. That said most of the people I physically see using DWC, depending on the strain, go 2 weeks with nothing more then adding water. They do use that reverse osmosis water though.

All that being said, the video out lined the number one issue people have: Worry to much!!! Keep in mind this stuff grows in the wild and most illegal grows are just outside. They don't PH shit and don't use anything as far as nutrients etc. So just chill, keep an eye out, but leave it alone!!!!

same bro. havent phd for years. dont even have a ph pen since i dunked my last. 6 weeks now. keep my ppm at 1100 done. till end of august then giving them organic bloom that smells like a french whore but well see how the girls smell. stay tunsd subbd

You're not my dad lmao.

Excellent

Also your plants inndwc dont eat food in all up in one week like u think your plants can actually go two weeks or longer before u need to change the food... plants only eat what they need so feeding it every week for no reason jusy to make sure u have strong solution whichbis really all your doing in veg.... until its really eating and drinking i n flower. I let a oreoz strain go dwc a 3 weeks to almost 4 weeks. Outdoor dwc started right beneath barely touching the pot... withbdyno grow... as an experiment so its not sceincetificlly proven 😂.. just something i did ounce and noticed that u can do and i saves on food and money...did the same in bloom .. just let it eattill the water got low low.. and it was fire... .. so if theres issues i could have had doin that please feel free to educate me ..❤

at 5.8 are some things not good avlible u should go for 5.5ph and 6.0-6.2 for later flower.just around 5.8 are the sweat spots. Btw there are some nutrients that are very ph stabile but even with perfect nutrients i got serious problems if the envorment is off. The envoirment can couse bad metabolism and that influence the nutrient uptake. Sine the nutrient uptake is differnt from what the nutrient producer expected the ph will fall or rise in a matter of hour some times. I learned this by exident with some vegetebles. Befor i was growing under 100% perfect conditions and never got this problem. I am glad that i tryed some differnt things. The goal was to use a very low amount of energy. The experiment failed :D

Agree with you 100%, But you must control pH level when plant is small and have smalls roots because easy to get chlorosis problem, and block nutrition, leafs start be brown -yellow colors, and plant can die. I almost lost 2 plants in dwc from chlorosis, but quickly change to pot with coco and they alive 😊

pH swing is only a problem if youre running low PPMs , only every have issues with iron def with high pH with vegging plants with low ppm , in flower im no longer bothering to check flower pH

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Didn’t work out for me!! Commented before I watched i understand what you mean 😊

Dope video! Thanks

I stopped chasing PH then the PH got Soo low that my house burnt down 😢

I only ph on top off mix or when I switch out the reservoir completely after that it is what it is and mines worked fine so far

You are a great font of information, but this one I don't agree, you gotta measure PH, primary for hydros...

I heard a theory recently which makes sense, but fungus in the air pump. Also low ph levels also cut into the plastic of whatever you using. Makes sense

canna coco A&B in dwc. 30ml per 10L water. never ph. never have issues,

That's why I use advanced nuts ph perfect

This guy is dumb my plants will die if I don't adjust pH so just let my pH drop to the low 4s it's not going to come back up🤷

So just to be clear you do pH your nutrients when you first put them in right? And then you just monitor it within that certain tolerance?

Hey brother good video. I've got a question for you. How do I do water changes in dwc if I'm scrogging? Not a new grower I've been growing for 15 years but I'm trying out dwc so id like to know how I go about water changes while scrogging.

Thank you DF!!

thank you !!

very important information ,i was tired to chase that ph

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Well I have not had such luck DWC. My PH falls low during week 4 and beyond in 12/12. I have been using the 5 gallon buckets. I was thinking maybe I need a larger reservoir to control the PH better. I have grown using organic Pure Blend Pro and chemical Advanced Nutes. All the same for me ph falls to low around week 4. Only hydro grow that I was able to manage ph was when I used an external reservoir outside the tent and use gravity to feed the plants. The system was called AutoPot Easy to grow.

Peeps gotta chill don't chase PH as ole mate said let the plant Do what it does stress if it jumps or dives down. Stop over thinking stuff✌🏼

The roots fluctuate pH to what they want most of time

Makes sense. When I feed with coco, I alternate Ph every feeding. Feed at 5.8, 6.0, 6.2, and repeat. And I rarely have to go above 500 PPM in DWC since its efficient and nutrients are easily available.

My ph is at 7 from the tap so I adjust overall water to 6.0 and let it ride

Thank you kind sir

People overcomplicate DWC. Great video.

Definitely good video, as always great content

I stopped chasing pH ,,,same results ,,plants are doing great

Thanks bro. I needed this video

I gotta try that because I am a PH feen…

It sounds logical but 5.8 is not the magic number. It is during veg but not flower. Flower likes 6.0. Just try to stay close to those numbers. The full range is 5.5-6.5. Your plants will do fine in this zone as long as you stay close to the 5.8 or 6.0.

Veg will lower pH and flower will raise pH.

To buffer pH mix nutrients with potassium silicate until you're close to target pH. The pH up or down is not needed. What you need to do is balance your nutrients. You might need a few drops of pH up or down but you won't burn through bottles.

I've got 25 years of raising plants knowledge and it's still changing. But what I can say for sure is scientifically pH matters a lot.

All fluctuations and all plant temperaments need this fluctuations. It's good stress :)

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 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! ❤

What’s your thoughts on using rain water?

Great video !!! So much help I was getting so tired of chasing that PH EVERY day.

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.

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

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.