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Im experimenting with different soils. The plants in question are in organic soil. The ph of the water was near neutral before i mixed the organic nutes. Does ph change after i mix in nutrients? Learning the signs still. Paying close attention to growth. Reaction. Writing down everything i do and when. Things are going relatively wellDepends on the soil u use. If u use a real quality soil, no real need for nutrients imo, go ewc teas and flood with microbes instead of ferilzer.. Hopefully u have a ph meter if ur mixing nutes. Go simple is my advice. Too much nutrients kills ur plant too little nutrients harvests smoke. U would rather have less than perfect than too much..
Ph absolutely changes when you add things
If ur edge teeth on leaf start to burn or rise up, nute burn. If tip of leaves burn it is as well. If tips of leaves point towards the ground, it's nitrogen toxicity, called "the claw".. ur leaf should be almost dead flat.. learn to read ur plant is what makes a good grower..
AW just flush that bugger good reeeeaaaal good..... gonna set her back a week or so cuz of stress?! u gotta either spend money on flush or just water that chick until you run water out the bottom testing both in and out from the very start and they match
Flushing with an actual flushing agent is what I commonly use. However I am sure they're are a few other ways to accomplish this you don't always have to turn to the bottle
^^^^^^^Is there a rule of thumb when it comes to changing the amount of salts your putting into your soil throughout its life. I measured the nutes at 400 ppm. They're in late veg. About to go into flower. Can my ppm increase over its life cycle?
Flushing with an actual flushing agent is what I commonly use. However I am sure they're are a few other ways to accomplish this you don't always have to turn to the bottle
I recently learned that i need to control the PPM in my feeding depending on not just the stage of life but also how healthy it is? Does this cause nutrient burn? Im a beginner so im trying to do this right. I bought a ppm meter, 30$... starting with water at 80ppm i added the 'light feeding' dosage of cal mag, 1/4 the dosage of my vegetative nutrient. (organic bio food) 1/4 the dosage of a vegatative nutrient (organic bio food rich in nitrogen. And a tsp of 'sparetime supply' trace mineral additive. This brought the ppm up to about 400. And i fed my vegging girls. Now. What im asking is, if I'm controlling ppm, will that help keep me from nutrient burn? Or is this just one of many factors to control when feeding.
Thanks in Advance for any and all advice. Sorry if this question is 'dumb' im just learning. First indoor grow right now. Thank you for letting me be a part of your community, what I've learned already is immense, im looking forward to cramming more info in the ol noodle!
Let get the story straight here:
-Water will flush salts out just fine without any additives though there are flushing products at the local hydro store that will assist the process. They are not necessary.
-Plants that have ridges on the margins of their leaves can mean multiple things not just high salt content- which translates into high PPM's (roughly). It can mean the lights are too close. It can mean the temps are too high. It can mean the plant is under stress from pests. It can mean the plant is in stress from transplant. The best thing to do here is to provide pictures so we can diagnose this further.
-Soil does not flush easily and before you do that get some pictures up
Heres my advice about PPMs
PPM pens are a bit of a misnomer. Part Per Million a measurement of salt concentration per million parts of water but the truth is PPM pens don't measure PPM, they measure electro-conductivity or EC and convert EC into PPM. This is a long story that can be googled but here's the synopsis: Start getting used to reading EC and not PPM.
This thread should probably be moved to the infirmary section @Seamaiden
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