I have 4 mothers that I have just grown from seed, Pineapple express, white russian, LSD, and Rock Lock. I just took a clone off each plant to flower to ensure each mother is a female. All 4 mothers are about 6-8".
I have them in Pro-mix HP in 5 gal buckets. They are under a 4' 8bulb t-5.
I would like to feed with every watering, and water everyday, but I will only water enough that the plant will consume in 24 hrs to ensure no water rests in the root zone with no dissolved oxygen that could sufficate the roots and develop root rot and low pH.
I am going to use flora nova grow and RO water. I want to mantain a root zone of 1000 ppm @ .7. I was thinking of starting at about 150 ppm @ .7 with a ph of 6.3 for every watering would accumulate to 1000 ppm and I would slowly have to bring up the ppm of each watering as the plants grow and require more nutes.
I will check my root zone tds and ph by checking run off, which I would prefer to not do too much because I do not want water sitting in the pot for more than 24 hrs.
I will flush with RO water if the run off exceeds 1500 ppm and the pH is under 5.8 until the tds reaches 6.3 and tds is under 1000 ppm.
How often do you think I will need to check my run off? I was thinking about every 4th watering or if the plants show stress, which ever comes first.
Also, should I use my feeding solution to check my run off or just use RO water?
Does 150 ppm sound like enough for each watering or more/less?
Any answers to my questions and other suggestions for my plan would be well appreciated
GuFF
I have them in Pro-mix HP in 5 gal buckets. They are under a 4' 8bulb t-5.
I would like to feed with every watering, and water everyday, but I will only water enough that the plant will consume in 24 hrs to ensure no water rests in the root zone with no dissolved oxygen that could sufficate the roots and develop root rot and low pH.
I am going to use flora nova grow and RO water. I want to mantain a root zone of 1000 ppm @ .7. I was thinking of starting at about 150 ppm @ .7 with a ph of 6.3 for every watering would accumulate to 1000 ppm and I would slowly have to bring up the ppm of each watering as the plants grow and require more nutes.
I will check my root zone tds and ph by checking run off, which I would prefer to not do too much because I do not want water sitting in the pot for more than 24 hrs.
I will flush with RO water if the run off exceeds 1500 ppm and the pH is under 5.8 until the tds reaches 6.3 and tds is under 1000 ppm.
How often do you think I will need to check my run off? I was thinking about every 4th watering or if the plants show stress, which ever comes first.
Also, should I use my feeding solution to check my run off or just use RO water?
Does 150 ppm sound like enough for each watering or more/less?
Any answers to my questions and other suggestions for my plan would be well appreciated
GuFF