MICHI-CAN
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I've given you some basics. Well received. What are you actually growing in? Besides the fabric pot. See if I can assist.
Can I use cal mag in the same water as I have my vegging nutrients in?
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Nicholasgrows
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Thank you! You've explained it well!
I'm growing in promix
I'm watering using A tiny metal watering can
I was using a combo of these nutes for my vegging stage
this to balance my ph
And finally a variety of distilled and spring waters for food
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MICHI-CAN
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Here is my opinion.
1: Start lifting your pots to feel weight. Before and after water. Remember you have dense soil mix that holds water at the center while pot feels dry.
2: Get pens and feed about 500PPM every other watering. Always follow label instructions for when to add. And PPM at end otherwise.
3: PH to 6.4 for the first week of using pens.
$: Soil should be hot still. Give her a chance to relax and see.
6: Use city tap water. Distilled and spring lack minerals. Or are added to your tastes. Not plants.
Best wishes.
Nicholasgrows
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Should I start adding my nutes to the water I feed the plants again? I stopped because I thought I had nutrient burn
MICHI-CAN
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I would go the first week just PH'd water. See what happens. All good? Feed again. Just adding variables if not healthy.
Keep.It.Simple.Stupid. K.I.S.S.. Best advice ever.
kingromano
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no calcium or magnesium deficiency here
just too frequent waterings
plants will tell you by their color if they need more feed
just too frequent waterings
plants will tell you by their color if they need more feed
budman111
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Once you have your garden knowledge dialed then you don't really need to rely on one, for example I know when to feed canna flores at half strength and top up 2-3 liters with more nutrient water daily or its tip burn the next day without the top up.
Nicholasgrows
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I have a few more questions for you:
If the ppm meter reads out 750 ppm from my 16 ml/ 4L water jug, does that mean it will stay 750 ppm the entire time ? Meaning I won't have to add nutrients after I add them the first time?
And do I reduce how much of the first nutrients I add to the water because of the cal mag I add ?
kingromano
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you need to add calmag to your taop until you read 0.4-0.5ms. then you add your base nutrients until you read 1.5-2.5mS
kingromano
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Nicholasgrows
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Sorry didn't mean to add that part. O.5 would be the EC readout correct?
kingromano
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it's too low. add 1.0mS of nutrients no less
you need to measure the EC of your tap to know if you need calmag
Nicholasgrows
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So add calmag if too low from tap to 0.5 EC then add other nutrients until 1.5?
green_machine_two9er
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Wouldn’t say period. I haven’t used either pen in years.
kingromano
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yes
do you live in a calcar area ?
Nicholasgrows
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What is calcar?
kingromano
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is your water leaving a white deposit on dishes ... your car when you wash it ?
Nicholasgrows
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No there is no white residue from water on anything
kingromano
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then you must have soft water
need a ec pen to be sure
honestly i dont like calmag supplement
if you have soft water, buy a nutrient line specialy designed for soft water
ionic soft water ... green haze bloom .. ghe floraseries soft
it will save you headaches
need a ec pen to be sure
honestly i dont like calmag supplement
if you have soft water, buy a nutrient line specialy designed for soft water
ionic soft water ... green haze bloom .. ghe floraseries soft
it will save you headaches
Nicholasgrows
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Will I be able to check ppm and EC readouts from a 4l jug of water or will I have to pour the entirety of the contents into a bucket to test for ppm and EC?