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Adjusting PPM

Dyus123
Dyus123started grow question 4y ago
How does a grower, adjust PPM if it's off?
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Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfanswered grow question 4y ago
@Dyus123 the diary says you are using soil? so if you have given too high a feed/ppm then use plain PH'd water to lower it if you underfed then remix the nutrients to a slightly higher ppm the next time they require watering .
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Hempy_The_Kid
Hempy_The_Kidanswered grow question 4y ago
Add nutrients to bring ppm up or add ph water to bring it down.
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