Ethos Banana Hammock comparative(exodus thread)

3rd Monkey said:
Sounds like a lot lol. I never changed my res everyday though.

Just curious, but why do you have to measure 6 times a bucket?
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Because I use a range of tester products, and I’m in the habit of PH’ing after I add in a new nute

Aka... add MegaCrop

Read ppm then PH

Add Canna PK

Read ppm then PH

Gives me a feel for how heavy every nutrient is and how it affects the pH by itself

I don’t know it’s just how I’ve always done it

That sounds like a super excessive or something? It’s literally the only way I know how
 
3rd Monkey said:
Nutes don't evaporate. When they drink more water, the nutes become concentrated.

That's why you check ppm. Then you know if they are drinking more or feeding more, so then you know how and what to adjust.
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I deal with this all the time

I larger flowering plants they drink their water up faster than they take up their nutrients so my ppm goes over 1000 all the time

Which is why I am in my buckets daily :)
 
ClydeWalters said:
Because I use a range of tester products, and I’m in the habit of PH’ing after I add in a new nute

Aka... add MegaCrop

Read ppm then PH

Add Canna PK

Read ppm then PH

Gives me a feel for how heavy every nutrient is and how it affects the pH by itself

I don’t know it’s just how I’ve always done it

That sounds like a super excessive or something? It’s literally the only way I know how
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That's a lot of extra ph'ing for nothing in my opinion.

I would just add them all in, stirring each one in, and then ph.

It's working for you, just seems like extra work lol.
 
3rd Monkey said:
That's a lot of extra ph'ing for nothing in my opinion.

I would just add them all in, stirring each one in, and then ph.

It's working for you, just seems like extra work lol.
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If you’re adding the stuff at same time, just pH after it’s all in....

If you’re adding stuff at diff times during day, ask yourself why...if you come up with a good answer, then pH after you do that bunch of additions...
 
Or_Gro said:
If you’re adding the stuff at same time, just pH after it’s all in....

If you’re adding stuff at diff times during day, ask yourself why...if you come up with a good answer, then pH after you do that bunch of additions...
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No I do it all at once

When I say I PH six different times, I just mean I’m reading it with my meter not adjusting it with pH up and down LOL

I guess I just like to see how the megacrop changes the PPM versus how my canna PK changes the PPM which are two totally different stories the megacrop is completely 10 times heavier than the Canna PK

I guess that’s what I meant by that

You guys are saying I can just dump everything in my bucket that I want to be in there and mix it all up and then pH once at the end and read my ppm once at the end?

Idk, i’d be playing the guessing game until I get to the PPM I want I guess that’s just how I’ve always done it

I also have three different size DWC buckets which changes all my ratios
 
ClydeWalters said:
No I do it all at once

When I say I PH six different times, I just mean I’m reading it with my meter not adjusting it with pH up and down LOL

I guess I just like to see how the megacrop changes the PPM versus how my canna PK changes the PPM which are two totally different stories the megacrop is completely 10 times heavier than the Canna PK

I guess that’s what I meant by that

You guys are saying I can just dump everything in my bucket that I want to be in there and mix it all up and then pH once at the end and read my ppm once at the end?

Idk, i’d be playing the guessing game until I get to the PPM I want I guess that’s just how I’ve always done it

I also have three different size DWC buckets which changes all my ratios
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If you're on your feeding schedule, you should know most of it by heart now to get close to ppm.

You can do it any way you want, it's working good for you.

I just believe in fluctuation. I don't think I've ever fed the same ppm twice lol. May not be spot on, but close enough for government work.

You're doing solid work, just saying that maybe your light leaves are from it being TOO perfect, if that makes sense.
 
Example.

If you were diligently monitoring ph, keeping it at 5.8 for 3 days straight. That might be enough to lock out mag for that plant, whereas others aren't affected.
 
ClydeWalters said:
No I do it all at once

When I say I PH six different times, I just mean I’m reading it with my meter not adjusting it with pH up and down LOL

I guess I just like to see how the megacrop changes the PPM versus how my canna PK changes the PPM which are two totally different stories the megacrop is completely 10 times heavier than the Canna PK

I guess that’s what I meant by that

You guys are saying I can just dump everything in my bucket that I want to be in there and mix it all up and then pH once at the end and read my ppm once at the end?

Idk, i’d be playing the guessing game until I get to the PPM I want I guess that’s just how I’ve always done it

I also have three different size DWC buckets which changes all my ratios
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I didn’t say anything about ppm....

And i don’t see anything wrong about reading your pH or ppm meters....read until your eyeballs fall out.....just no need to pH each time you add a diff item...

As for how to mix, you gotta be careful...there usually is a preferred way to mix items depending on characteristics, like form (solid, powder, liquid), solubility, compatibility, etc. One of my nutes must always be added first and mixed in by itself, others in a specific order...

So add your chems as directed, pH after they are in, add hg/gff/microbes (if any) after that.
 
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So In a sense letting ph fluctuate back up helps the cal be more absorb when it hits the 6.1 range ? Versus just keeping your ph at 5.8 all day ?
 
@Soil2Coco is there a specific order I’m supposed to be mixing these masterblend nutes in?

Good looking out @Or_Gro I didn’t t even think about that with my 3-part. I haven’t had much issue to date but I guess that’s still good info to know.

I mix my silica blast in first and then my nutes and then my Hydroguard/recharge/mammoth P depending on plant maturity.
 
iceman2494 said:
So safe to drop your ph in the morning and let it climb up to 6.1 during the day?
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Only if you guessed right on how much and in what direction it will go...better to set it where you want it and deal with the drift.

It doesn’t always move how you might guess...why risk it?
 
iceman2494 said:
So In a sense letting ph fluctuate back up helps the cal be more absorb when it hits the 6.1 range ? Versus just keeping your ph at 5.8 all day ?
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If you kept it constant at 5.8, you theoretically would not get cal-mag, since their availability begins above 6....google nutrient availability pH dwc
 
Can’t comment on that till I actually drop nutes in I guess . Ideally I’d set it in 5.8 or so in the am and check again late afternoon and reset it to 5.8 again and so forth ? How frequent am I putting in southern ag ?
 
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