HARD WATER PROBLEMS
If you have scales in your bucket or what
looks like kettle rust then you have not been
maintaining your pH level. Scale is caused by
very acidic pH levels. Your local water company
will provide you with a read out of your water.
You can buy nutrient products to use with hard
water. If this problem persists just drain and
clean your reservoir and mix a new batch of
nutrients to the correct pH level. Some use a
Reverse Osmosis water filtering system to clean
their tap water. Distilled water has a stable
pH level of 7.0.
HOW TO KNOW WHEN TO ADD MORE NUTRIENTS
This is easy and not so easy. Beginners
rely on a ppm meter, but a veteran grower
learns to read the plant. The plant will tell
you if is getting enough or too much or too
little. It takes a few grows to learn to read
the plant but you can do it with experience.
The plant may have drunk all the nutrients up
or just some of them. Some nutrients are taken
up by the plant and stored within the plant
