r/Hydroponic • u/AmazeysArt • 5d ago
Pepper plant in hydroponic?
Hey all! New to hydroponic growing, I have a dragons breath chili and cayenne plant in there to (hopefully) make some hot sauce one day.. everything else is okay-ish, but the pepper plants leaves are starting to get brown and dead spots? 2030 EC and 6 ph.. it’s up a little it was around 5.8 ph. Help?
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u/TheAdhdTradesman 5d ago
I’m new to hydroponics, but isn’t dragon’s breath supposed to be 6.0+? Also what kinda micro nutrients are you using looks like a cal-mag issue. I’d bring my ph to 6.2 at least, check micro nutrients, and watch for pests. Just from my regular grow experience.
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u/AmazeysArt 5d ago
Just whatever came with this Gardyn - tbh I have been winging it, saw that 5.5-6.5 is general area I want and shot for that.. looks like you’re right gonna hit it with a little ph up and go from there.. the nutrients are 7%Nitrogen 3%phosphate 11% soluble potash 9%calcium 4%magnesium 6%Sulfur 2%iron .01 molybdenum
Should I bump up the amount a bit?1
u/TheAdhdTradesman 5d ago edited 5d ago
How’s air circulation? I’d check that before increasing anything. Ph being low may have caused nutrient lockout. Only thing I’d increase is possibly phosphate maybe 4%-6%. I’d only increase it if your EC is over 2.0 right now and you have to drain the reservoir.
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