Baker1053
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Is there a devise to measure ppm?
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Is there a devise to measure ppm?
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Pat999
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PPM/TDS/EC pen
Hey pat best ph for soil is 6.3-6.5 in veg and 6.5-6.7 in flower.. if the ph is over 6.5 it tends to cause iron deficiencies ive noticed and experienced myself in veg. Incase you ever grow in it. I agree with you about the organics fluctuating a lot more.
Sup Blaze. Apologies bud I know the photo doesn't show that much. I wonder if it could be Cal deficiency, I am giving the girl some every feed. My CalMag was 60ppm this batch around so not too much but also enough. Perhaps it is only some burns from droplets that got onto the leaves. All the new growth looks good so far. It is both sides but I do try and water around her so sometimes I am a bit clumsy with watering because I try and get the solution to run through all the coco and have sufficient runoff.
With the coco bru it is treated as hydro, that is why the pH is much lower than yours. My sweet spot is around 5.7/5.8. I think it is the medium I am growing in. I know for soil around 6.5-7.0 is perfect. I will just keep an eye on her and hopefully it won't get worse. I am not too stressed but I prefer being on any problems that could arise and sort it out chop chopyour girls are looking sweet too!
I heard 6.3 hot spot expieriment ..
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Yo, so it has gotten worse the spots on my girl, I think Blaze was spot on regarding Calcium Deficiency but what do you guys think??
Then here is some photos about deficiencies that can be the cause I think also
My CalMag is at 60ppm, not sure that BioGrow has Calcium or alot of it in the nutes so could be that I need to raise my calmag to 90-100ppm??
Blessings to all
Then here is some photos about deficiencies that can be the cause I think also
My CalMag is at 60ppm, not sure that BioGrow has Calcium or alot of it in the nutes so could be that I need to raise my calmag to 90-100ppm??
Blessings to all
Try letting your ph go up as high as 6.2, a lot of nutrients are taken up best at slightly higher ph even with coco.
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I let the pH go up a bit while it is in the little container so will see how it is tomorrow. Not sure why it is giving me problems now. Must be wrestled again
Try pineapple chunk if you want to see what a touchy plant looks like lol
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Lmfao nah thanks I heard that strain was a prick
do you reckon I could increase my CalMag by a bit and see what happens if I get the pH to about 6.0?
Did you pretreat the coco? I give my seedlings like 75-100ppm of cal mag but as soon as they start growing I bump that up to 175-200ppm. PPM of my initial water is 25 without anything added.
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Yes I did pretreat the coco, perhaps with alittle too much but every feed I give there is sufficient runoff and I make sure the whole pot is watered. What would you say bru should I up my calmag to 100ppm or a bit more? I know there blurples make the plants use a bit more calmag also so thinking of making a new batch tomorrow morning when I get home. My tap ppm is 43-45 which is very good. Last place it was over 100ppm
I dont see it hurting anything, coco will bind calcium so the plants aren't getting all of the calcium we think they are.
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Thinking 45ppm for tap water, 100-110ppm for CalMag and then another 130-140ppm for BioGrow? Total would then be around 275-295ppm. The older leaves are turning a bit yellow. Wish I had a nice RO system for the tap but unfortunately can't afford one atm
I thought I had remembered that you did but I've had a long week at work and just didn't want to search for it. I'd bump it up to 100-125ppm. Plus the 50 from your tap makes about 175. From here on out I doubt you will go below that. I fill my buckets up with just water and then take the ppm and then add the cal-mag and take the ppm again. I think you do the same. 175 would be my cal-mag goal. Plants need calcium baaaaaaaad in coco in the earliest stages.
I use good old tap water lol
You don't need RO water and I would say 275-300 total ppm should be your goal so that should work perfect!
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Much much appreciated brother. I will aim for that amount of CalMag. Yeah I fill my little container then add the CalMag first then add the BioGrow. Thinking of when I can start adding my Silica into that mix. Not surr how hot I can go with that, perhaps start it out on 50-70ppm and see what effects it will have?
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Only the rich people that could go that route
Shot bro
I will make that batch first thing tomorrow morning when I get home. Still another 5 and a half hours to go, 1:20AM atm - Thread starter
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Should have just kept that first batch I made
ah well I guess live and learn right?! LoL
Nope, fix this first. Don't worry about adding anything else. It will just complicate trying to figure out the issues. Right now you only have water, bioGrow and cal-mag. Water is water (and since you know the ppm) its either cal-mag or bioGrow. It looks like a deficiency and not a burn so you are probably under. I wouldn't mess with anything else at the moment until you make sure PW and I are correct in thinking that bumping up the cal-mag will help/solve this issue.
