Another calcium, magnesium question/problem

[Clk55r1d3h]

ph, ec, watering practices

coco you feed every day not every other, ec was high and ph could go a little lower 5.8 would be ideal

also you may benefit from low 80's when running led

Ph today was 5.8 runoff still 2.1. Temps between 78-80 I would say. Humidity is 55-60

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

I use to water everyday then read somewhere it's not good because not enough o2 when the coco is too wet. I read on these forums you add your nutes to your starting ec and just ignore. So it's all confusing. Wish there was a correct answer. Still gonna lower the feed though.

 

[Herb & Suds]

I use to water everyday then read somewhere it's not good because not enough o2 when the coco is too wet. I read on these forums you add your nutes to your starting ec and just ignore. So it's all confusing. Wish there was a correct answer. Still gonna lower the feed though.

I grew in coco for years and never let it dry
It’s basically hydro

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

I grew in coco for years and never let it dry
It’s basically hydro

When you say dry how dry are you referring to? If I feed today and next day come back and weight them, they are still pretty heavy, I would say 75% of the original weight. But I dunno that could mean it's dry. Like I said. Alot of misinformation and everyone does it differently.

 

[Herb & Suds]

When you say dry how dry are you referring to? If I feed today and next day come back and weight them, they are still pretty heavy, I would say 75% of the original weight. But I dunno that could mean it's dry. Like I said. Alot of misinformation and everyone does it differently.

What pots I use plant warriors which have lots of aeration once your plants mature and go in too flower I can’t believe you can skip a day

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

What pots I use plant warriors which have lots of aeration once your plants mature and go in too flower I can’t believe you can skip a day

I use 5 gal plastic pots. It just has the holes on the side.

 

[Herb & Suds]

is growing in coco a form of hydroponics

I use 5 gal plastic pots. It just has the holes on the side.

no good water must be holding in bottom
Just google
is growing in coco a form of hydroponics

 

[Wastei]

What is the pH of your runoff? It's more important than your input IMO.

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

What is pH of your runoff? It's more important than your input IMO.

At the moment it's 5.8

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

What is pH of your runoff? It's more important than your input IMO.

Have used fabric pots also, didn't see a difference to be honest. As far as deficiency and what not.

 

[Herb & Suds]

What is pH of your runoff? It's more important than your input IMO.

I’ll be curious as well as what he is testing with

 

[Wastei]

At the moment it's 5.8

Raise pH of your input til you reach 6.3-6.5 on your runoff. Coir is better at 6.3-6.5 in flower in my experience. Runoff that is.

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

I’ll be curious as well as what he is testing with

I use the blulab ph and ec monitor. Over 300$ also have the bluelab pen style ph meter and ec meter.

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

Raise pH of your input til you reach 6.3-6.5 on your runoff. Coir is better at 6.3-6.5 in flower in my experience.

Why so high? I try to keep it around 6

 

[Herb & Suds]

I use the blulab ph and ec monitor. Over 300$ also have the bluelab pen style ph meter and ec meter.

Then who in the hell is telling you to allow coco to dry?

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

Raise pH of your input til you reach 6.3-6.5 on your runoff. Coir is better at 6.3-6.5 in flower in my experience. Runoff that is.

I see

 

[Wastei]

Why so high? I try to keep it around 6

Because it's more optimal, especially in late flower. I just do what the plants tell me to do. Do whatever works for you. You have enough Calcium in the medium. Runoff pH doesn't tell you how much it may be lowered til next watering. From say 6.0 and then to 5.3 before being "corrected" by 6.0 but not enough.

The pH of the medium may be out of range, the runoff is just an indictator of what you should do. I feed at pH 5.3-5.5 because my pH keeps raising slightly on me in flower. The same goes if the pH were to go lower on me I adjust and add more carbonates "Calimagic" to the mix.
Ca is way more accessible at pH 6.3.

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

Then who in the hell is telling you to allow coco to dry?

I never said they are dry I asked what you consider dry and said after the day of watering the next day the pots are still 75% heavy

 

[Herb & Suds]

I never said they are dry I asked what you consider dry and said after the day of watering the next day the pots are still 75% heavy

Then I would check roots

 

[Clk55r1d3h]

Then I would check roots

I did they look fine. The plants in general are doing fine (if you wanna call it that) they're still stretching the leaves look fine. It's those few leaves here and there that I'm seeing this issue. The problem is not throughout.