Big Bang at 5.5 ph?

[aussie haze luver]

Hi guys I decided to do it by the rules on this grow and see what the difference is compared to when i grow in coir/perlite. I am doing this in an auto pot system with straight perlite and in the past i havent had a problem but after watching the grow vids for Big Bang it said ph at 5.5.. Are they serious? I have stunted plants with nute probs etc and i think it is because of this. I usually do it at 6.5 average with no probs but i am doing what franco said...

I am now going to bud mixture while still in vege in case of bad nutes..

Any feedback would help as i am just about to go back to 6.5 and totally scrap the grow and waste more money on GHS...

Dont worry about how floppy they are i just gave them a good flush...

Cheers

[Tokage]

Hey Buddy, nice to see you are still doing love.

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[Dust]

hi man, well full perlite pots yes normally it should be around the 5,5 perhaps increase a little around 5,7 5,8 in some cases but in yours precisly i don't know, what nutes do you use?

[aussie haze luver]

I think it was the grow nutes as they were a budget brand but i bought some Rock Ignight and they are doing heaps better buti upped the ph to around 6.2..

Had a bit of burn as the water ran low as we have 35 deg days here atm

[SukonmiSkunk]

those buckets drain right?

anyway.. yeah 5.5 is way too low.. aim for 6.3

and are you just using rock nutrients for flowering?

[aussie haze luver]

Also for vege, working heaps better. The buckets have heaps of drilled holes in the bottom and are exactly the same size as the hyro pack containers that they came with but a little higher but still cool and cheaper.

[Dfwi]

a lower PH is good for veg as it helps with nitriogen up-take. raise the Ph to 5.9 to 6.2 for flower. I slowly increase the EC over the flower cycle from 1.1 to 1.8 stopping all nutriants a week prior to finish.