You need a ppm meter. Its one of the most important tools to get a good idea what your plant is going through in the root zone. Ppm in soiless and hydro is very important because the plant relies on you to make up or down adjustments to its needs at the different stages of growth and the increasing height of the plant.
Ok cheers I will buy a ppm meter, can I alter any harm done to my plants? Will they revert to normal/healthy plants?
This is what i suggest. Keep vegging. Get that ppm meter. Then when you get it, mix your nutes up like you have been and ppm it. To see what you have been giving them so far. This will tell you if your over or under or just right. Then take the ppm of your run off. Thatll tell you whats in your root zone and if you need to flush or add more food. In soiless you need to feed all the time. Like every watering almost, you can skip a couple if your running rich but not many. And as that plant grows taller you need to feed more, and in stretch she needs more, and in bulkening it needs more, and in ripening it needs less. See? Ppm and ec
Ok cheers, man this is complicated.
Hey, I'm using coco and have a nutrient chart from my Dutch grow pro nutrient pack, that I have followed religiously. I had planned to flip to bloom in 7-10 days. I dint know I had to flush them between veg/bloom stage, but I will do this now. I have been using tap water that I let rest for 24 hours and I ph it after I have added my nutrients (5.8-6.0).
It all depends on the size of the plants. The little ones like four inches tall only need like 300 ppm. One foot tall needs about 400. Two feet high 5 to 550. Three feet high id go with 750 -800. And then when you flip the plant starts consuming more food naturally regardless of the height. How much you feed is all in relation to how big the plant is. If you flip your plants at six inches tall and then feed them 1000ppm youll burn the hell outta them. And if you are vegging until you fill 20gallon pots and grow five footers in veg then 1000ppm in flower may not be enough.
Hey yeah, I'm starting to understand a little more now cheers. My plants are like foot and half to two foot and fairly bushy, as I've topped them and super cropped them so they have a lot of growth. When I get my ppm meter I'll start on 500-550 and go from there. I have been told good things about the Dutch go pro nutrients I have, so as long as I get the ppm, ph and nutrient levels correct for the next 8 weeks it should be good. You think they would put what ppm the plants should be on the nutrient chart.
Thats a sticky thing to dictate on a lable....some guys grow with cfls, some with 1000w hids. Some guys over water and they stunt the plants growth so week five of veg the plant is only where it should be at week three. Its all grower talent and expirience bro. Practice makes perfect. Im almost at the point where i can not even measure the nutrients, i just turn the spout on the gallon jugs and i know exactly what the ppm is going to be in the water. But ill probably never stop measuring lol
Yeah I guess I'll just have to try and follow the guidelines and see where I get, but least I've got a ppm meter on the way and my plants aren't looking too shabby. It's more of a science than I thought, but must be worth it when you get in the groove. Cheers for the advice. I'll load some pics up in a couple of weeks.
Awesome man, ya, its a groove and when you get it going you fly. Most peoples first grow is about learning. I learned first and then grew. Dwc, two six hundreds, i killed it with almost a pound a light. Quote me in on a post or send me an @Alienwidow and id be glad to see the update.