Hello fellow chiligrowers!
I have some problem with the pH-level in my hydro. It keeps sinking below 5, wich isn't really appreciated by my plants. I changed the nutrientsolution only five days ago, cleaned the inside of the hydro and flushed the roots of every plant. I added the nutrients and checked the pH wich was somewhere around 6.5 if I remeber correctly.
The plants are flowering but the foliage are falling of on one plant, and the others are showing nutrient deficiency symptoms. I have yet to discover if the flowers will just drop of or actually be kind enough to transform themselfs into peppers.
Why is this? Why is the pH sinking so fast? I added some bicarbonate the last time but it only solved the problem for a day or two.
And another question. If I were to plant them in soil instead, would that be a certain death for this years crop?
Thanks!
Mikael
I have some problem with the pH-level in my hydro. It keeps sinking below 5, wich isn't really appreciated by my plants. I changed the nutrientsolution only five days ago, cleaned the inside of the hydro and flushed the roots of every plant. I added the nutrients and checked the pH wich was somewhere around 6.5 if I remeber correctly.
The plants are flowering but the foliage are falling of on one plant, and the others are showing nutrient deficiency symptoms. I have yet to discover if the flowers will just drop of or actually be kind enough to transform themselfs into peppers.
Why is this? Why is the pH sinking so fast? I added some bicarbonate the last time but it only solved the problem for a day or two.
And another question. If I were to plant them in soil instead, would that be a certain death for this years crop?
Thanks!
Mikael