Steady's 220wat LED Grow (first grow)

Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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714steadyeddie said:
Alright any care to share some input. I'm venturing into unknown waters here.

I just did a mini flush with plain RO water, pored enough water to get an accurate reading.

My PH came back at 5.5-5-8
TDS was at 1750 PPM

So with this information is it safe to say I over fed my lady and now she's lockout ? And that's the reason why she's not taking in the Calimagic ?


What should I do next
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Flush more until you have less PPM and until you get more of the acidity out of your substrate. Maybe add a SMALL bit of PH up or dolomite lime. If you don't already, try using coco coir. It conditions itself.
 
714steadyeddie

714steadyeddie

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Olive Drab Green said:
Flush more until you have less PPM and until you get more of the acidity out of your substrate. Maybe add a SMALL bit of PH up or dolomite lime. If you don't already, try using coco coir. It conditions itself.
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I am in coco bro..

Just did a flush with low nutes and 2teaspoons Calimagic and watered down the soultion till I had it around 300ppm

Got the reading back its down from 1700 to 1070 ppm . PH is at 6.2-6.5

What's the range I'm aiming for? I'm in coco
 
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jaredlee

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Now that your feeding is bumped up now, to what everyday or close to it, you shouldn't have that probably. That's why for coco you need to keep your container small to where you at least water everyday. Your goal is to treat it like hydro, not to let it dry out and salts build up and to replace nutes and oxygen as much as possible. I went smaller than you and I think I should have went smaller but I think I'm ok for flower. My goal to water 3 times a day. Two of them are up to twice a day. If you don't or can't water that often. I would maybe think about keeping a eye on a regular flush schedule or just monitor the run off but you cant go by that a 100%.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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jaredlee said:
Isn't there a schedule to water like that. On day 1 feed, 2 flush, 3 rest? Like on commercial grows with huge coco containers
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I'm hearing about commercial grows in coco that don't flush or even let the coco drain. They do this to avoid having to capture and reclaim heavy metals in the runoff water due to local regulations. Instead, they just grow one run in a big pot full of coco, then throw the whole thing away as solid waste!
 
Bachomp

Bachomp

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jaredlee said:
Isn't there a schedule to water like that. On day 1 feed, 2 flush, 3 rest? Like on commercial grows with huge coco containers
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ttystikk said:
I'm hearing about commercial grows in coco that don't flush or even let the coco drain. They do this to avoid having to capture and reclaim heavy metals in the runoff water due to local regulations. Instead, they just grow one run in a big pot full of coco, then throw the whole thing away as solid waste!
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I concur. I've heard of coco grows with no flushing or flushing in the last 5-7 days before harvest. Never outside of a week though.
 
Bachomp

Bachomp

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jaredlee said:
Isn't there a schedule to water like that. On day 1 feed, 2 flush, 3 rest? Like on commercial grows with huge coco containers
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I've also heard of, feed, feed, water. From the limited knowledge I've gathered and how I interpreted it my plan is to feed feed and then use recharge instead of straight water. I've even been suggested to run Jack's 3-2-1 from day 10 veg to harvest.
 
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