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I don't think it's the nutrients that need flushing as much as the waste ions that should be washed out.
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to enable the roots to function more effectively.
Does when I hit my head on my lights...lolI wanna know if it hurts when they hit their heads on the lights?????????
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Howdy BigD and to my grow Journal! Very brave of you to jump into a journal this long .Hey guys. I'm a soon to be new grower. I'm trying to learn as much as I can so my grow will be successful.
@InTheShed The ProMix Director states: "A plain water irrigation leaches out the elements that are not used or any waste ions..."
So it sounds like any/all excess nutes & waste ions will be leached out......correct?
He goes on to state: "Generally, a good practice over a course of a week is to irrigate with fertilizer solution three times and follow the fourth irrigation with plain water to leach excess nutrients/salts."
That means you are irrigating with a fertilizer solution basically every other day. Isn't that a lot? Are you guys watering with nutes every other day? Are you guys even watering every other day?
I plan on using and have already bought the FF trio as my nutes. It list on each bottle to only use them every other watering, when you incorporate them in your feeding schedule. So if I follow FF recommendations, I would be leaching out excess nutes and ions every other watering, not every 4th watering like the ProMix guy suggested....correct? So I guess I don't need to incorporate a specific leaching, since I would already be doing it. Does that make sense? What do you think?
Does when I hit my head on the hoods.............. Damn near put an eye out the other day banging into a hood.................
Might be helpful, but probably an add-on rather than a replacement to the cleanse. Here's a question: do mycorrhizae thrive in synthetically nuted soils. I feel like I read somewhere that the salts disagree with their digestion.
Thanks for the compliment and the plant Age . Seems like it's pistil time outside these days!Hey Shed, that bebo i got outside is showing pistils, i’ll grab some pics at lights on...
Yours is looking great!
You've been everywhere and done everything Norcali, so this is not news...Been there done that..........
What about fungus though? Do mycorrhizae thrive in salt based ion environments?From an article I have posted in my journal:
Do Salts Kill Microbes?
Plants and animals all require ions as a food source. Microbes are no different. They need phosphates and nitrates to build DNA and proteins. Without ions, microbes can’t live and just like plants, too much of a good thing becomes toxic.
When fertilizer is used in reasonable amounts it actually causes the microbe population in soil to increase – not decrease – contrary to what so many organic followers believe.
Thanks BL! The guy did say, "This would be applicable to all growing media" so soil is included. And watering with plain water without a lot of runoff wouldn't really clear the soil. My plants don't seem broke based on past harvests, but I'm willing to do the next watering as a flush/feed to see what happens.I tend to alternate feedings with just plain water, and being outdoors the plants are wanting water every other day. When I do water without the nutes I do give them enough for some run-off (not sure the %). I think this probably keeps any type of salt build up to a minimum. Of course, my plants are in soil, not Pro-mix, and maybe the size of the pots has some affect as well. My plants seem to be doing fine with this method so for me... "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
By the way, I remember some bud pics somewhere... very nice looking buddage - especially for just 4 weeks into flower!
I guess it drys them out and constipation death for the little guys.Might be helpful, but probably an add-on rather than a replacement to the cleanse. Here's a question: do mycorrhizae thrive in synthetically nuted soils. I feel like I read somewhere that the salts disagree with their digestion.
What about fungus though? Do mycorrhizae thrive in salt based ion environments?
Hey Madd! No going back indeed. Just take a look at the family portrait here and you're as caught up as you need to be . There's no late here, so any time!... Holy big ass thread... No going back on this one, LOL I will just join in EXTREMELY LATE... Eh hmmmm ... Hope you are well Shed... Green days to all
Preach that low P farside! Thanks for the link and the info.If I understand THIS correctly, it's not that the mycorrhizae die off, it's that the plant regulates the interaction between it and them in high phosphate environments, natural or otherwise. Seems it would be another reason not to overfeed P.