gnomecommentedweek 277 months ago
@TheUk420Show, Only time I have salt issues is when I go overboard on the ph up. I used to use General hydro dry ph up (potassium carbonate )till they discontinued it. That 1 kilo bag lasted me years the 1 gal liquid stuff goes too quick , so I got ph up from kelp4less (calcium hydroxide) cheap enough but it doesn't mix in like the potassium. Now If I need to raise ph I get kettle going and use almost boiling water to dissolve the calcium hydroxide and I add in potassium hydroxide so I can cut back on how much I have to put in. When I reuse coco my only issues is the old roots. I sift most I can out , but when the rest start to compost it starts to lower my ph. I love the fabric pots , I have times specially with the 5 and 7.5 gallon ones that they like to become meshed with the coco/roots . My 200 gallon raised bed is a huge fabric pot 1m x 2m x 0.5m. I run 150ish liters through it and long as it doesn't suck up all the fluid I let it cycle . That way EC and PH even out both in the media and the reservoir. I don't always fertigate this way as I think it would be wetter than the plant can handle. Maybe every other week or so.
Do you fertigate every watering or do you rotate with plain water? This plant is biggest I've flowered indoors but I've done the same size canopy with 3 plants and they seem to finish about the same time. No matter the size one grow to the next they've always finished 70-73 days from flip. When running my CO2 burner at 1200 ppm I did tend to finish more at day 69/70. I think when you grow, the size of the plant determines the need for higher EC and/or more frequent fertilizing. specially with potassium in both late veg and bloom it needs to be handy . Your user name nod to the youtuber or is that your channel?
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