Soilless Media - Flushing Before Use?

Underground Scientist said:
I wasn't aware of that, thanks though. You are correct.
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No prob bud ive burned out ny equipment before and hate it.

Btw, dont rip the power cord out of your ballast, unplug it from the wall. Even if your in a hurry an have another cord where your taking that ballast :(

Lost my fav electronic ballast that way...
 
You are simply feeding the plant more tham it uses causing a build up of nutes just water for a day or two will drop the ppm of your run off thus changing the ec ph and all the good shit
 
And as far as flushing it I've never done it but I'm a light feeder (just enough does just fine) I flush before harvest but never planting but I mix my own soilless mix 5 parts peat 5 parts coco 6 parts perlite and 4 parts verm and I add zero nutes before planting just water in with 100 to 150 ppm nute solution then proceed as usual
 
St1kybudz said:
And as far as flushing it I've never done it but I'm a light feeder (just enough does just fine) I flush before harvest but never planting but I mix my own soilless mix 5 parts peat 5 parts coco 6 parts perlite and 4 parts verm and I add zero nutes before planting just water in with 100 to 150 ppm nute solution then proceed as usual
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Right, I actually planted some with just microbes, and 8ppm water. First watering, I'm not sure why I checked it, but the run off was over 300. Existing salts in the peat. I checked a cup of just peat. Over 500 ppm came out with 1 flush straight out of the bag.
 
Just got some GROW!T Clay Pebbles (Hydroton). I want to experiment with using these with Peat. I want to try using this as a drainage layer. I've noticed my 1 gallon pots dry out quite a bit and get quite dry but it stays moist in the bottom inch or two. I'd like to even out that moisture distribution, and make sure I'm not choking the base roots out with water when it is watered. I might back the perlite off a little and mix a few pebbles in the mix itself to help with aeration.
 
Underground Scientist said:
Just got some GROW!T Clay Pebbles (Hydroton). I want to experiment with using these with Peat. I want to try using this as a drainage layer. I've noticed my 1 gallon pots dry out quite a bit and get quite dry but it stays moist in the bottom inch or two. I'd like to even out that moisture distribution, and make sure I'm not choking the base roots out with water when it is watered. I might back the perlite off a little and mix a few pebbles in the mix itself to help with aeration.
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Try doing the mix with the media first, at a 3:1 soil:hydroton ratio. Imo this is better than a base layer, but base layers help in 5g plus.
 
I think I found the soilless medium I'm going to like. Sunshine Mix #4, I like how it feels with the coco in there with the peat, plenty of perlite, biologicals, trace silica. I tossed in 10% hydroton. I'm not flushing it.
 

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