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GringosGarden
GringosGardenstarted grow question 5 years ago
Fed first round of fox farm nutes today did 3ml of big bloom and 2ml of the grow big and tiger bloom into 1gal of r.o ph at 6.5 it ppm tested at 450 but after I watered my runoff tested around 1800 ppm I’m almost to week 7 just finishing the 2nd week of flowering should I flush
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JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowsanswered grow question 5 years ago
1800 is relatively high...but I would not put too much weight into those numbers. Lots of those ppms are soil matter/material being washed out, on top of excess nutrients and what not. I was obsessive about my runoff numbers until someone taught me to largely ignore them and focus on top side symptoms. Your plant looks great and if that feed had no ill affects, I'd wager everything is just dandy. I wouldn't go through with a straight up flush, but giving her a good feed/wash with heavy runoff, with 6.2-6.5, should help drop those numbers and you won't risk starving the plant with a flush. Quick example to make you feel better👍. I did my first run offs on my girls in 3 gallons. This was with three feeds, 4 waterings and no runoff. Those first ppm numbers I pulled were 3800... Hahaha! But the girls are totally fine. Just all that excess and soil material washing through. I'll knock those numbers down the same way I just suggested you can👌. Cheers and good luck man. I trust all will be well.
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MadeInGermany
MadeInGermanyanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hey you don't need to measure anything on the process, sometimes different values ​​come out. Keep it up 👌👍
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souljasam
souljasamanswered grow question 5 years ago
Sounds like you are in soil. If this was your first feeding and you got that ppm level I'd bet its just some of the natural nutrients that leeched out when you watered. How long has it been since you last transplanted? What soil do you use? Generally most soils will feed the plant all it needs until 3-4 weeks after your last transplant. Honestly your plants look pretty good, though a bit dark green but thats nothing to worry about yet. A little nute burn isnt an issue if it happens, youll see it pretty quickly before it gets serious. In fact i purposely nute burn my plants a small amount as im figuring out the nute doses my plants like. I do this because as im increasing my dosage i watch the plants for nute burn to know ive gone a little too far and need to back off. I see you flushed already. I dont think this will hurt the plant at all. If anything you washed out the nutes you just put in as well as washing out some of the nutes the soil already had in it. If you need any more advice feel free to message me.
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