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But when I tested my run off yesterday, I notice it was significally lower ( 300 ppm ) than usual after I flush with Clearx for 10 minutes.
how low do you flush? i had the opposite thing happen to me, my ph fell out of range and locked some nutrients out and it cause my ppms in the soil to sky rocket. my initial runoff was at 1700+ ppms for most and a couple read at 1900+ ppms. i've flushed them twice back to back, the first time i brought the ppms down to 900+ and the second time down to 500+.Am I understanding you correctly, you flush with clearx for 10min. then check ppm of medium?
flushing will lower ppm in medium, so this is normal.
if your ppm's are lower in the runoff after you feed, like kushtrees said your plants are eating.
if they are higher you got salt build up and need to flush.
i apologize for leaving that out, promix is the medium and i am using flora series as my base nutes. the flora series has made my soil too acidic so i brought some hydrated lime to bring it back up. cant use it now due to the fact that i am flushing but will use it right after.what medium are you using?
Maybe someone with soil exper. can answer better, I am coco guy like I said.
But I would mix up a few gals of ph'd water at 6.5ph and 300ppm(0.5 scale) and keep flushing until I got the same ppm's as I was putting in. Then I would test the ph of the soil which should be accurate (6.5). if it's not then I would keep flushing with 300ppm ph'd 6.5 water unit it is.
then i would let my poor soil dry:(
shit that's quick. i've been water a liter at a time, then wait til the water drains. i post some pics to show you how the look pots, and girls. let me know what you think.i have 3 gal containers so I mix 6 gal up and run it through. you should be doubling the size of your container and flushing with that many gallons.
takes a while for the water to drain sometimes, but as long as your container has good drainage the whole process shouldn't take longer than about 40min.
What are your #s at final flush ?Hey Farmers
My plants have been looking like shit as of late and I believe its mostly due to the low RH and warmer than usual temps.
But when I tested my run off yesterday, I notice it was significally lower ( 300 ppm ) than usual after I flush with Clearx for 10 minutes.
How would you guys interpret this? Is my plant not absorbing enough food around its root zone? I normally feed 900ish PPM during Veg and whenever I flush them just to prevent salt build up, my run off is usually around the same concentration as the food I feed them.
never had this happen before and wonder if this means something else is wrong with my plants that is not RH and environment related.
Hey Farmers
My plants have been looking like shit as of late and I believe its mostly due to the low RH and warmer than usual temps.
But when I tested my run off yesterday, I notice it was significally lower ( 300 ppm ) than usual after I flush with Clearx for 10 minutes.
How would you guys interpret this? Is my plant not absorbing enough food around its root zone? I normally feed 900ish PPM during Veg and whenever I flush them just to prevent salt build up, my run off is usually around the same concentration as the food I feed them.
never had this happen before and wonder if this means something else is wrong with my plants that is not RH and environment related.
What are your #s at final flush ?
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