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I understand EC and as the plants feed it will fall. But what I’m not understanding is why is it fall so much?
Ill give my current scenario
A week ago I did a partial system flush because EC had fallen from 1.2-1.3 to 0.9, water level was falling and ph was static. I replaced the 7 gallons flushed from the system with a nutrient solution that was 0.2-0.3 EC higher than what was flushed and that raised the EC of the system to 1.3-1.4.
Next I refill the topoff res with an EC that’s 0.2 higher than the system with hopes of stopping it from falling so fast. It did slow it down but it still fell from 1.3-1.4 to 0.9-1.0.
Now this is where I’d normally partial flush, refill from topoff res with higher EC. Res change with 0.2 higher EC than system then wait and see the results, but this time I didn’t do anything. I let the plants eat and do their thing only topping off the res with full strength according to their feeding and after 3 days the EC is holding at 0.9 or 640-650 ppm.
Why is this???
What am I missing here?
The plants aren’t showing any problems and growing nicely. I’m just trying to understand the fall in EC then the level out and stability at a lower EC.
Ill give my current scenario
A week ago I did a partial system flush because EC had fallen from 1.2-1.3 to 0.9, water level was falling and ph was static. I replaced the 7 gallons flushed from the system with a nutrient solution that was 0.2-0.3 EC higher than what was flushed and that raised the EC of the system to 1.3-1.4.
Next I refill the topoff res with an EC that’s 0.2 higher than the system with hopes of stopping it from falling so fast. It did slow it down but it still fell from 1.3-1.4 to 0.9-1.0.
Now this is where I’d normally partial flush, refill from topoff res with higher EC. Res change with 0.2 higher EC than system then wait and see the results, but this time I didn’t do anything. I let the plants eat and do their thing only topping off the res with full strength according to their feeding and after 3 days the EC is holding at 0.9 or 640-650 ppm.
Why is this???
What am I missing here?
The plants aren’t showing any problems and growing nicely. I’m just trying to understand the fall in EC then the level out and stability at a lower EC.