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we all make these mistake. just do a little product research before diving in next time. live learn move on. I've had to give plants 5.5 nutes before to combat high substrate ph too. it does work but don't over do it.Tbh I didn't even flush the coco. There was no point, the runoff came out at 15 ppm. I know it was buffered to 6.8, but it getting as high as it did was my fault. Rookie mistake never testing runoff or anything. Seems to be staying where I want it now.
i think so too. No it's not the most accurate, but it'll still give you a great idea on what has built up in the coco during the grow.Right on!
Yeah testing runoff is just part of growing in Coco, IMO.
GH, Botanicare and others are full of salts that need to be rinsed.
You know thats closet grower mentality.
You know why this started? From people letting the medium dry to much and the salt residue is left behind.
I never rinsed my coco when I transplanted I think this why I'm have these problems newbie mistake so next time I feed just keep on pour feed in in till ph of what I put in is what comes out ??
Awwww. You couldn't supercrop and top and whack her down to a reasonable size?Eh didn't have room had to go plus it was saliva grew to big and didn't have space
Ya all Coco is buffered with with it to break the K bond and fill the cations with calcium.I never let my coco dry and it never gets just plain water till the last 10 days to 2 weeks.I not positive but I think any coco that says buffered on the package has been rinsed with calcium carbonate.I watch my runoff ppms more then the ph to see how much they eat,some plants are real hungry at times.
That's all you can do is learn brotha.I didn't think of it till it was to late I really didn't have the room man plus i got it free its my first time im learning every day i think it looks healthy i water mine every 3 to 4 days
Not saying you can't do it that way just watch closely for salt build upThat's all you can do is learn brotha.
Personally would water at least every day but like you say you're learning and what works for you is what you should do.
If you're doing it that way I would do a flush (low EC not straight ro) every 2 weeks or so maybe double pot size to high runoff to clear out build up salts. I bet it will build up feeding thag spread out
And be careful if it drys out the next time youbwater it will release a very concentrated very high ec solution to the roots from all the dried up salts re activating.
Daily watering to 15%run off and no flush necessary
That's awesome try to keep it at 5.8. Try to water daily if possible but whatever you do don't let t dry out.How will I notice salt build up so next time I feed just flush it out with feed I have been told you can't over water coco as I did with soil I had root rot but lesson learned I salvaged them I'm waiting on ec tester coming how will I work it out my tap water sits at 8.5 when I put feed into bucket it comes to 5.8 I rarely have to ph it
Overwatering isn't how much water you give at a feeding. It's more how long the media is saturated without oxygen. That's why you can't over water Coco. It holds so much oxygen.Right I'm need watering I'm going to flush plants give them there daily dose of feed as I have never don't flush I say it's over due I'm going going to test this watering everyday will the leaves not get droopy from over watering my leaves our droopy but when soil sets out half of crops leaves face up to light as should
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