Im using a homemade hydro system . I purchased feminized " purp" seed from BC . I'm using Farm Fox Trio and btw this is my very first time .. No BS..
I purchase TDS and I'm showing 1600-1620 ppm ..
To start I have a 20 gallon tote - I bought 6 gallons of distilled water . With each gallon I mixed 2-3 teaspoon of Grow Big & 4 tablespoons on Big Bloom per gallon .
Dumped them into tote and fired her up . I have 396 pump and 10" air stone .
That ran fine like that for a few week - then the weather got hot n humid . Naturally water evaporated .. Every few days I would mix up a gallon ( still using ratio as told in beginning ) dump it in and sprayers be misting at full spray again.
Plants are under 400 watt hps - house fans to cool things down ..
Now that I've purchased TDS handheld I've noticed my ppm is 1600 .. I read a bit on it and it seems I'm on the high side ( not in a good way ) .so I started add 1/2 gallon of Brita filtered water about everyday to keep sprayers misting at full spray with NO nutes . I thought by diluting that would help . However it's still at 1600 ppm . What should I do as far as ratio ? I'm in veg state still . Plants are healthy looking - nice long healthy roots . Nice big ( starting to stink) green leaves . FYI ... No I didn't check ph . I purchased the TDS by mistake when I was looking for ph meter on line . Lol
I know you guys here at RIU are pros and will help me out .
I purchase TDS and I'm showing 1600-1620 ppm ..
To start I have a 20 gallon tote - I bought 6 gallons of distilled water . With each gallon I mixed 2-3 teaspoon of Grow Big & 4 tablespoons on Big Bloom per gallon .
Dumped them into tote and fired her up . I have 396 pump and 10" air stone .
That ran fine like that for a few week - then the weather got hot n humid . Naturally water evaporated .. Every few days I would mix up a gallon ( still using ratio as told in beginning ) dump it in and sprayers be misting at full spray again.
Plants are under 400 watt hps - house fans to cool things down ..
Now that I've purchased TDS handheld I've noticed my ppm is 1600 .. I read a bit on it and it seems I'm on the high side ( not in a good way ) .so I started add 1/2 gallon of Brita filtered water about everyday to keep sprayers misting at full spray with NO nutes . I thought by diluting that would help . However it's still at 1600 ppm . What should I do as far as ratio ? I'm in veg state still . Plants are healthy looking - nice long healthy roots . Nice big ( starting to stink) green leaves . FYI ... No I didn't check ph . I purchased the TDS by mistake when I was looking for ph meter on line . Lol
I know you guys here at RIU are pros and will help me out .