PPM too low?

Trippyness

Trippyness

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Hello mates.

EDIT too HIgh not too low.

im at week 4 day 4 and at 1000PPM hydro.

Under 400w MH was under t8.

had a nute deficiency and now seems to be getting better.

I am using lucas flora series.

Plan on using Lucas Maxibloom for flower.

Doing a scrog and a sog .
 
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Trippyness

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from this



I should be at 800 PPM
mainliner said:
far too high the're very weak recoveing seedlings


pictures of your hydro set up would help
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What PPM do you suggest? I udnerstand every plant is differant but I see tons of people at 1k ppm.

500 ppm OF Nutes?
 
Trippyness

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My setup is an ez cloner 64 11 gallon rez.

Grow tent 12 inch above air cooled with inline fan.
400w MH.
 
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Here is what I got.

Please give me advice on PPM.
They are doing much better.
Recovering .

Appriciate a good PPM for them had them at 500 and was told 1,000 was where they should be but you seem to know what your doing mate. Please advise me on PPM.
 
Trippyness

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I dialed it down to 500PPM of nutes plus my 2010 PPM of water so im around 710 PPM or so.

This seems ideal for them.

Will up 100PPM per week. And will keep in contact with members here
 
thenotsoesoteric

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Those are four weeks old? Mate, these are 38 days old right here.


And yes, your ppms are way to high. I flower at about 1000 ppms and we're talking 3-4ft plants. Remember, less is more and to keep it simple stupid (KISS). There are great threads on here so you'll have to do some research yourself to best figure out what will work for you. But for now you should be at like 250-300ppms right now. Just barely any nutrients until they start humming along. Plus you won't be able to veg those plants out in a cloning tub. I would recommend you maybe try running some soil grows first to get a hang of things and then move into so hydroponics. These plants I just posted are in coco, which is basically hydro but maybe a happy medium between the two for you. Like I said just read up on threads here and you'll get a good idea of what to try. Maybe search the KISS method or the lucas method, both are easy routines for beginners to get the hang of things and then move on from there. Cheers and good luck.

Edit. I just reread posts and I see you are going by lucas formula, but still don't go full strength till plants are healthy. Cheers.
 
thenotsoesoteric

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Trippyness said:
I dialed it down to 500PPM of nutes plus my 2010 PPM of water so im around 710 PPM or so.

This seems ideal for them.

Will up 100PPM per week. And will keep in contact with members here
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Still to high. If your water is 210, then only put in enough to bring total ppms to 400-500 ppm for at least two weeks. Your plants are stressing big time. Once they start growing real well, in a couple weeks, then bring it up to 700-800ppm range.
 
Trippyness

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thenotsoesoteric said:
Still to high. If your water is 210, then only put in enough to bring total ppms to 400-500 ppm for at least two weeks. Your plants are stressing big time. Once they start growing real well, in a couple weeks, then bring it up to 700-800ppm range.
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Plants are 3 weeks 2 days.

So total of 300 PPM?
There is so much misinformationa round.

Some say 1.0 EC is safe and from what your saying you are using seedling PPM levels.

I have ready so much and I own 99% hydroponics mate. This is a serious grow.

Thanks for your help.
you think 500PPM of nutes is too much?

Also I cannot see your photo.

Also i am using the lucas method with Flora and swithcing to maxibloom lucas upson flower.
 
Trippyness

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I have doen tons of research but seems everyone is giving me shit advice well most of them atleast some people are helpful.
 
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Can you give me a PPM scheduel that is good to use mate?
Big help as I am getting tons of PPM advice that is obv wrong.
 
Trippyness

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Im down to total 500 PPMs which is about 300 PPM of nutes.

Will \keep it here for a while until they perk up.
 
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thenotsoesoteric said:
Those are four weeks old? Mate, these are 38 days old right here.


And yes, your ppms are way to high. I flower at about 1000 ppms and we're talking 3-4ft plants. Remember, less is more and to keep it simple stupid (KISS). There are great threads on here so you'll have to do some research yourself to best figure out what will work for you. But for now you should be at like 250-300ppms right now. Just barely any nutrients until they start humming along. Plus you won't be able to veg those plants out in a cloning tub. I would recommend you maybe try running some soil grows first to get a hang of things and then move into so hydroponics. These plants I just posted are in coco, which is basically hydro but maybe a happy medium between the two for you. Like I said just read up on threads here and you'll get a good idea of what to try. Maybe search the KISS method or the lucas method, both are easy routines for beginners to get the hang of things and then move on from there. Cheers and good luck.

Edit. I just reread posts and I see you are going by lucas formula, but still don't go full strength till plants are healthy. Cheers.
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Nice plants!! I hope I can get that height in the next 15 days. Im at 500 total PPM now :)
 
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While I'm quite the newbie I can honestly say from experience that starting on a lower PPM (perhaps 400?) and seeing how your plants react is far better than starting with a higher PPM. You can always add if they react positively, but removing if they react bad is more hassle and a lot worse for your plants.

More isn't always best, in fact it very rarely ever seems to be. Just take it 1 step at a time, start low and work your way up until you reach that sweet spot where your plants aren't burning and they're growing nicely with a decent PPM. Take it a watering at a time, start at 400 PPM and make your way up in 50s seeing as they seem to be quite weak/small right now.

Hope everything ends well for you anyway, good luck and best wishes.
 
Trippyness

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Ya mate I spoke to someone on another forum who has been doing this for years. I got a very reliable chart he uses personally.

thanks for the suggestion
 
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