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The EC is jumping to 3.8 ,why ?
Philindicusanswered grow question 5 years ago
First thing is to clean and calibrate your EC meter to make sure it's accurate. Next flush your pots until the runoff ec is down to a reasonable range say 1.2 ec. Weather your in coco or peat you should always check your runoff ec to make sure your plant is feeding what your putting into her if not it will build up which is what your dealing with. I check my run off at least once a week. Hope this helps.👍
DankGardeneranswered grow question 5 years ago
Cuz your plant is taking in more water than nutrients. I would just top off with plain pH water. Check your ec see if you are in the range you want to be. If not do a flush and change your reservoir to fresh nutes. Hope this helps
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souljasamanswered grow question 5 years ago
I agree with the other answer. Too many nutes and the plant isnt absorbing them. IMO you should do a heavy flush to get those old nutes out. Make sure to flush with properly phed water until the runoff EC is close to the EC of the water going in. Once flushed, next watering feed again.
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OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
Because in coco you need to check the input solution and the output values. If you gives the plant a 2.0 Ec mix and the output is 3 it is because the plant did not absorbed all the last feeding nutrients. Give only water until the EC runoff get back to a lower value
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