MickFoster
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Because you're adding too much nutes.
Your pH has nothing to do with ppm.
Is she ok
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Your pH has nothing to do with ppm.
MickFoster
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What's your run off ppm?
itsaliveterps
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I'm using Coco premium quality a+B
Instructions says add A 40ml+40ml B per 10 L water
itsaliveterps
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I've also just noticed it says stir well and let mixture stand for some hours ?
MickFoster
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Forget the recommended doses. Add enough A and B to your water so your ppm is around 500 - 600.
I'll ask again.......what is the ppm of your run off? That probably will answer a lot of questions.
itsaliveterps
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1040 ppm : / ?
MickFoster
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I suggest you run a weak nute solution through it until your run off is close to what you have going in. Then start feeding every day to substantial run off with a ppm around 600 and a pH around 6.0. I see you are using fabric pots........make sure you don't let them sit in the run off. They work best when elevated.......or better yet use plastic pots.........2-3 gallon is fine.
itsaliveterps
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Are you saying half the dosage of nutes? Adding Less ?
MickFoster
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Yes......adding less. I don't know if half dosage will put you where you want to be. Using trial and error......add enough nutes so your ppm is around 500.
itsaliveterps
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I just added half dosage & got 714ppm which is not perfect but abit better thanks
Also is 500 to 600 in general ideal level for ppm?
MickFoster
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Here are some tips you might find helpful for your next and future grows. I've been growing in coco for decades and this is how I do it. Not everyone will agree, but you'll find most coco growers do it this way......or close.
1. Don't grow autos until you are more experienced and can grow a plant from start to finish without issues. Autos have a pre-determined life and any setback will adversely affect your yield.
2. I start in solo cups using a 50/50 coco/perlite mix for aeration and fast growth. Start feeding daily to run off around day 3 or 4 from sprout. Transplant to a 2 or 3 gallon pot after 2 weeks.......when they're about this size. I use a 70/30 coco/perlite mix in the larger pots.
3. Add your nutrients to your water until your ppm is around 500.........then adjust your pH to around 6.0.
4. Feed at least once a day during veg and at least twice a day in flower........always to run off. (some growers feed multiple times a day)
5. Never use plain water and never, ever let the coco dry.
Hope this helps.
1. Don't grow autos until you are more experienced and can grow a plant from start to finish without issues. Autos have a pre-determined life and any setback will adversely affect your yield.
2. I start in solo cups using a 50/50 coco/perlite mix for aeration and fast growth. Start feeding daily to run off around day 3 or 4 from sprout. Transplant to a 2 or 3 gallon pot after 2 weeks.......when they're about this size. I use a 70/30 coco/perlite mix in the larger pots.
3. Add your nutrients to your water until your ppm is around 500.........then adjust your pH to around 6.0.
4. Feed at least once a day during veg and at least twice a day in flower........always to run off. (some growers feed multiple times a day)
5. Never use plain water and never, ever let the coco dry.
Hope this helps.
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itsaliveterps
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Well friend it certainly does help it's been a real learning experience for me today and I would like to just say thanks for the advice & nope not doing autos for a while like what you said practice with photos more control.
Smokenpassout
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Last grow I did one coco just to compare to my usual happy frog soil grow. I didnt do my coco research and just popped a bean in happy frog solo cup first and transplanted into cultivation nation coco 70/30 mix. One major thing I didnt know about was the watering frequency. I just let her go the same as my soil girls that I let dry out 5 days or so before watering. Surprisingly the coco plant was fine, it was lush, green, no deficiences and enjoyed her water, when everybody else got some. The only thing I did different from the soil plants, was the coco plants diet, which was always added calmag and equal parts A and B coco nutrients. End result was a 3 gallon coco girl that gave me the yeild of a 5 gallon nearly. Perfect fragrant, smooth smoking flowers. The genetic was humbolt jelly donutz.
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