PH Help??

JayY2015

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• Jul 31, 2015

• #1

I Have washed my coco with like 30 gallons of water then about 10 gallons of ph water and I cannot get the ph to drop below 6.4 wtf is going on I got canna coco it is supposed to be clean is there a trick to washing this crap or what ?

 

JayY2015

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• Aug 1, 2015

• #2

I just washed one of them with ro water like 7 gallons worth of flushing, run off ph is now 7 lol I tested my ph tester it was all good and the ro water is like 6.1-6.2 ph
I have some spots from what I think is a defiency from the ph being to high idk this is my first time doing this crap and I am going insane lol

 

Alexander Supertramp

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• Aug 1, 2015

• #3

If you are reading runoff thinking it represents the mediums pH, then yes you will go crazy. Because runoff pH tells just about zip of the mediums actual pH.

 

simply_slide

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• Aug 1, 2015

• #4

how i do it...
1). fill jug with filtered water
2). add nutes
3). ph water accordingly 5.5-6.0
4). feed plants.
checking runoff doesn't really do jack...and i killed a plant think just like that.
if you have only a few plants and mix your nutes per gallon ~like me~ then you will want to check the ph before every feeding.

 

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BuzzD2Kill

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• Aug 19, 2015

• #5

IMO dont check the ph of your runoff, but you can check your ppm's to see if your plants are eating enough. GL, just flush and go!

 

MickFoster

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• Aug 22, 2015

• #6

I don't wash my canna coco at all - I mix with perlite right out of the bag and use 1/4 strength MaxiGrow nutes, ph'd to 5.8. Never have a problem and I never check the run-off. Just my opinion.

 

mattisreal420

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• Oct 16, 2015

• #7

simply_slide said:

how i do it...
1). fill jug with filtered water
2). add nutes
3). ph water accordingly 5.5-6.0
4). feed plants.
checking runoff doesn't really do jack...and i killed a plant think just like that.
if you have only a few plants and mix your nutes per gallon ~like me~ then you will want to check the ph before every feeding.

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Like he said bro. Checking the run off pH is highly overrated, and its not an accurate representation of the coco medium. To get a better pH value of the coco do a slurry test. But the only time I check my Coco's pH is when I'm having savage defiencies, which is rare.
Do like I do. Use drip clean (house and garden) EVERY feeding, and you'll really never have to flush/rinse, until pre-harvest.
Good luck on your grow bro