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Penguin
Penguinstarted grow question 5 years ago
Runoff was at 2200PPM. I flushed her with 5L of pH 5.8 water. I got the runoff to 1000PPM where I left it. The pH was at 7 though and was higher than before the flush. Why is that? I always pH before watering. Also, is the flush going to cause trouble for her? I kind of panicked.
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Athos
Athosanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi there. First of all, according to your posts, you are growing in soil, so the pH should be between 6.0 and 7.0, not 5.8. Secondly, soil will buffer your pH, which is why our run off is higher. Third, soil runoff of 2200 PPM is quite low, rich soil mixes can have a run off as high as 10.000 PPM (I'm talking from experience); as the plant consumes the soil nutrients, the run off will drop weekly. If you flush the soil, you could end up with soil devoid of any nutrient for the plant to take in.
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OutForReal
OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
1st. Don't panic 2nd. In coco the output ppm is always higher than the input , it's due to the nutrients accumulation in the medium so you always need to check the input and the output values as it's a constant management to correct the fluctuation between the input and output so if it's the first time you're checking I am understéanding your confusion. 3rd. The ph can jump like that , it recently happened to me with a Berry ryder ( auto ) that I've flushed because of a ph too high and a high amount of nutrients , the flush did removed the nutrients pretty quickly but the ph get from a high value to a ultra low 5.3 without any clues of what was happening. I still don't know what happened , what I know is that I've watered many time with the proper ph to get back to my 5.8 value and that I had to put nutrients back in the mix because of the multiple flush BUT my plant was better after less than 24h and even the smell were more powerfull. 4rd. Some nutrients are responsibles for the ppm in coco , when they are flushed then the ph is switching as there is no more buffer
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Budofpray
Budofprayanswered grow question 5 years ago
hi dude.....! give to an auto 2200pm (even with co² intra) i can understand you are panicked...but take breathe what is done is done......anyways flushing was a better solution than let the plant staying with that... u have to pray at this step sometimes a ph meter need oftently to be recalibrated.....whatevever next watering also with fresh water may be to the final flush good luck buddy
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