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Flushing soil due to tds ppm?

CannaIGrowstarted grow question 3y ago

I got a TDS meter last week and with my feeding 2 days ago I tested the run off and got a ppm of out of limits for the meter. I think it stops reading around 5000ppm. So now my next question is should I flush the soil. Thinking about using sledgehammer or flora kleen.

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Chow_13answered grow question 3y ago

As long as your plant looks good and is not showing any signs of burn then feed straight pH water until the runoff gets to a good ppm. Flushing all at once can wash away good microbes in the soil.

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OhioFarmsanswered grow question 3y ago

Everything looks healthy no need to flush. No reason to try and make a healthy happy plant unhappy. Just continue the lst on her. Looking good!

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gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 3y ago

Yeah. I got to a point where I hit 8500ppm. Its nutrient lock is all. All you can do is flush and restart your nutrients. Hard flush with water. Flush everything out. And let it dry out and then restart it. 1-2 base nutrient feeds a week. And follow up with water behind Good luck.

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