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    E.C and hydro

    It seems to happen when I switch to bloom nutrients. I switched to bloom nutrients after week one of flower. I used dynagro bloom which has an npk 3-12-6. I’ve noticed that if I use veg nutrients longer while in flower that the buds do not get big and ripe. I flood every 2 hours now, I’m...
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    E.C and hydro

    I can’t drain to waste, it would be too wasteful. Basically my 55 gallon drum floods the buckets from the bottom and then after 30 min they drain back into the 55 gallon drum. My roots are not constantly in water, they are being flooded every 2 hours. Any more tips?
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    E.C and hydro

    I flood with clay pebbles. Man those things are so fucking hard to clean!!! I feed every 4 hours during veg but then in flower I bump it up to every 2 hours. You flood less with bigger plants?
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    E.C and hydro

    Can you link any of these? I’m searching and can’t find anything
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    E.C and hydro

    Do you think that I’m running into these issues because I’m flooding too often at every 2 hours?
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    E.C and hydro

    When I’m in veg and have tried to feed at .5 ec, my ec seems to slightly go up within 24 hours, water level doesn’t move much ( if any) but my ph kept just shooting up from 5.5 to 6.3 within 24 hours. I noticed I was getting deficiencies and I bumped up the ec to 1.6. And my plants looked a lot...
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    E.C and hydro

    I have a 55 gallon drum
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    E.C and hydro

    My plants drink a ton of water… but I find it strange that ideally the water level should drop and ec should remain constant.. I would think that if the water is dropping that the concentration of nutrients just gets stronger. I can’t go a whole week without adding water
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    E.C and hydro

    That’s why I ask questions… too much shit on the internet that contradicts itself
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    E.C and hydro

    I just add in a little bit of nutrients. I use dyna gro bloom and since my water level Drops and the ec is 1.8, I add in enough nutrients to get it back to 2.3 just read this on a website “ One problem in hydroponics solution maintenance is that as water is being taken up by the plants (as well...
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    E.C and hydro

    so how do I maintain an ec If I’m constantly adding water that is dropping it? Should I not be topping off with more nutrients to keep it at a certain level?
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    E.C and hydro

    how often are you feeding them? Every 3 hours or what? What’s the max ec that you givethem
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    E.C and hydro

    Okay so let me get this straight.. if the water level drops and the ec is still the same from the day prior then we are in the sweet zone? I was under the impression that when the water level drops that the ec would automatically go up because the plants are just drinking the water and not the...
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    E.C and hydro

    I use RO water, so hardly any ec there
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    E.C and hydro

    okay gotcha! Do your nutrients recirculate then? If I constantly top off with water, I noticed that my ec dropped to .8 last run and then the leaves got wayyy yellow and dried out
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    E.C and hydro

    I just entered week 4 of flower. So basically if you were in week 4, and every morning you check the water level and notice that it’s down you then add more water to correct the fluid level, right? At that point you then measure the ec of the resevoir and then do you top off with nutrients or...
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    E.C and hydro

    Purple stripes on the stems and I have purple petioles. I was told that the leaves have a potassium deficiency since the edges are looking burnt
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    E.C and hydro

    Am I suppose to measure the ec after or before adding the lost water to get the water level back up?
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    E.C and hydro

    My ec always lowers after top ups because I’m adding water to dilute the nutrients… idk man I’m just confused. I was told the other day that I should be feeding at 3.0 ec.. that’s a lot different than 2.3 ec
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