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What do u mean watering WITH run off?If growing organically in soil you shouldn't have to monitor pH as the soil microlife will regulate the pH and make nutrients available to the roots as needed. That being said, you are feeding a bottled nutrient regimen. This is kind of a hybrid style and can cause issues like lockouts and soil toxicity because of the added pH up/down. You can mitigate this by watering with run off.
The bottled FF stuff is just liquid fertilizer and not salts, not readily absorbed , I thought, to amend the FF soil.If growing organically in soil you shouldn't have to monitor pH as the soil microlife will regulate the pH and make nutrients available to the roots as needed. That being said, you are feeding a bottled nutrient regimen. This is kind of a hybrid style and can cause issues like lockouts and soil toxicity because of the added pH up/down. You can mitigate this by watering with run off.
I’m using general hydroponics. 3 partBottled nutes will build up unused salts in the soil, causing toxicity. Your soil microlife is probably dead and you are essentially growing hydro with soil being your medium (not ideal). You need to flush unused nutrients out of the medium and replace with a balanced nutrient solution. So, water with a balanced nutrient solution until you get 20% runoff out the bottom of the container. What brand of nutes?
All salt. You need to treat your soil like inert pro mix from now on if you are going to continue the bottled nutes. 20% runoff.I’m using general hydroponics. 3 part
Bottled nutes will build up unused salts in the soil, causing toxicity. Your soil microlife is probably dead and you are essentially growing hydro with soil being your medium (not ideal). You need to flush unused nutrients out of the medium and replace with a balanced nutrient solution. So, water with a balanced nutrient solution until you get 20% runoff out the bottom of the container. What brand of nutes?I
I have only fertilized three times with the bottle nutes so I don’t think there would be enough salt build up to cause any problems.All salt. You need to treat your soil like inert pro mix from now on if you are going to continue the bottled nutes. 20% runoff.
I’m using PH up.Are you adding pH up/down to your watering?
This last watering I used 4 gallons for 3 plants and got a bunch oh run off The other times I only used 2 gallons for the three plants and got hardly any runoff.It's all salts. The pH up, cal mag, nutes. It all builds up if the plant doesn't use it. PH up is mostly potassium salts. Cal mag isn't usually needed if using tap water. If no runoff, toxicity occurs
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