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manfredo

manfredo

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curious2garden said:
That's normal and what it's telling you is you have been over feeding which is pretty normal and why you start lower on nutrients than the nutrient maker suggests. Hence why I never worried about GH's nutrients mixing lower/weaker than what their measurements forecast.

About every 2 weeks I flush my relatively inert substrate to empty it of too many retained nutrients since I don't bother checking my run off EC. Flushing as done by many when they starve a plant a week or two prior to harvest isn't useful. However in hydro unless you have your nutrients dialed to your plants uptake you will retain salts.

I'm lazy and since I never run just a single pheno or strain I can't dial my nutrient reservoir. Therefore every 2 weeks I run a lower osmolar solution (roughly .3 EC) through it at high volume. I don't measure the amount but I get significant run off. Your run off EC should drop back down to no more than what you're feeding it. Then when I've finished I immediately reset the CEC by feeding it with the new reservoir that has just been mixed and pH set.

Also this retained salt in an inert plant substrate is why if your substrate dries out you can end up with an odd burn pattern that resembles K deficiency but isn't.

I hope that helps.
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This helps a lot. Thank you!

I have learned a lot this run, and the plants are still looking good. Hopefully the next run will be even better.

I know I didn't have consistent runoff this run... I did do one good flush, but will do them more often in the future.

I actually tried to cancel my new EC meter last night but too late. I'm also pretty sure the one I have is accurate. I think I have a pretty good handle on what my mistakes were this time.
 
Laughing Grass

Laughing Grass

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StareCase said:
@Laughing Grass ... we know about your noise ordinance violations followed by the denial of water craft usage - but I don't recall hearing about the more pressing matter.

How did Beanie like his little vacay last weekend? Was he glad to be with you guys or was it more like "Hey - this doesn't smell like all my normal stuff!"
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I think he would have rather went to the sitters. Our cottage was the only one that was pet friendly so I had three dogs for the weekend. Beanie does not like sharing... that's his can we go home now mom face.

God he was filthy lol.

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StareCase

StareCase

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Laughing Grass said:
... He thoroughly enjoyed his walks and peeing on new things... and sleeping ...
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He had some fun times then.

Interestingly, the Little Spud loved to walk and piss on everything new as well. His flow rate at the end was nearly as good as the start. So I have been wondering this for a while ... where do those little male dogs STORE all that pee?
 
Jeffislovinlife

Jeffislovinlife

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Laughing Grass said:
We probably smoked a couple grams before it was weighed too.

There's such an awesome story behind that plant.

@curious2garden gave me seeds from her reversed Josey Wales cut and a couple other strains.

The seeds arrived pretty much decimated. Canada Post is rough on the mail

I tried a bunch of the GG and only one seed managed to pop.

It grew it's first node properly then self topped! Lol I've never seen that before.

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I figured it was a goner but I let it continue to see if I would get a new shoot at the node.

And boy did I... I got four nodes. Never saw that before either!

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So that one little mutant seed has made me 1,074.5 grams of killer weed and I still have the mother going.
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Next stop the flower tent :hump: :weed: 16917682849511286846760.jpg1691768319958164414094.jpg16917683626722065673840.jpg
 
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