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Yes would this be better suited for the 8/16 formula...i bought a ph pen so I can monitor that better thinking I have salt build up lock out I flushed the other night with a 1/4 strength nutes and oh 6.5ish since my runoff water has been orange on my ph test kit...hopefully just a salt ph issues which I'll be addressing fully tonight. Any input is still greatly appreciated!! Thanks and happy growing!!Hurricane you in airation mix? It's coco + pearlite?
This is something I've been working on more than a fancy feed schedule the area is dialed in 78 degree temps on canopy with lights on maybe 70 atnight humidty 40-50% humidity. 420cfm intake fan in a room 504cf room. Environment is dialed until summer gets here lol.... my runoff was very acidic on my last couple watering leading me to believe they are not eating all the food and that there is nute build up within the media?? I will be using a watered down H3ad formula tonight maybe 600ppms compared to my usual 700 reading. Hope I'm on the right track to becoming one of those top notch growers is thoroughly enjoy this project hope to continue learning but def need a good harvest this time my last coupl3 were very upsetting do to some root aphids in organic soil no bueno...peace love n weed!!what are your temps ? How is the area set up ?
All the top growers have this under control and its the reason they are the " top ". No matter where or what u grow.
https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/understanding-transpiration.82240/
I believe the whole issue was not using a p.h meter I finally and broke down and bought one (long time organic farmer). Last piece to the puzzle I believe I hope!!
So glad to hear your back on track! With soil you get a nice buffer zone. Us guys in coco not as much. The ph on the runoff is higher many times because you are flushing some of the salts out that the plant didn't use. Usually the extra florabloom she didn't drink. This is totally fine. We like to think we are giving our girls exactly what they want all the time but really we line her up at a buffet and let her eat. Sometimes she just drinks the water and deposits those nutes right in the root zone. So we know that our ph and ppm climb on the run off. This means she is getting more nutes than she can drink to me. So if you see anything funny at this point it's not a deficiency. It's probably a ph problem due to the salts in the medium. Now if your ppm and or ph is lower on run off. She needs more nutes. She is drinking them up faster than giving em to her. And if stable run off you hit the sweet spot. That's where I let the ppm creep on runoff I was talking about. You watch it close first run (every strain diff feeding) and when you see the first signs of tip yellow or burn you know that's too hot. And then you can just push her to the max every run cause you know that she burns at a certain ppm at certain weeks. Your plants are looking really good man. Keep it up. Now that your not double feeding cal mag it probably freed up another 100-150 ppm you can use for more liquid kool bloom. Start with your 3/6 base and check ppm. Then add some liquid kool bloom to get where you want the ppms. Mine has been running 3/6/9 with no burn but I don't know what your cookies can handle. I picked up a pack of csi humboldt bubba girl cookies so when those finally take off I'll be able to have a lil more insight on how cookies grow.Well I flushed over 50 gals of 1/4 strength h3ad formula thru 36 2gal smart pots they sure needed that finally got the run off down to 500ppm and p.h was 6.2 when I was watering 5.7ph not sure why the p.h was a tad high on run off? 36 hrs later they were drying out and watered with @Bearfamfarm 3/6 suggestion! Looking nice and happy this evening!!!
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