How important is knowing the EC / having an EC meter?
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thizz13
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Check this out
http://www.highestseeds.com/en-us/ph-and-ec.html
I don't have one or think I need one however I monitor temp ph and ppm. Never had a ec meter.
http://www.highestseeds.com/en-us/ph-and-ec.html
I don't have one or think I need one however I monitor temp ph and ppm. Never had a ec meter.
Cali chronic
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Looks like a great tool for dialing in a certain strain or grow formula. I would not use it personally. I have a ppm meter but because I am soil guy I do not bother with it. I thought to use it for clones and a bubbler but it seems that I just wack the ph down to 5.5 and 10 days later I got what I need. i am a biker and live by the creed "if it aint broke don't go and try and fix it" With all the data here on this site why bother to start from scratch. Grab someones grow journal and if you think you can do it better then by all means get your meter and fine-tune it. Please keep a journal so we can share your triumph and tribulations
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Silky Shagsalot
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growing w/o a ppm/ec is very doable. for me though, a ph meter is a must.
northeastern lights
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EC and PPM are the same but different. It's like a meter, or 3 feet. They measure the same thing.
Silky Shagsalot
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i just meant a meter of some sort. and there's 3 feet in a yard, not in a meter, lol...
northeastern lights
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A meter is 3 ft dumb ass. A METER as in metric. Learn the fucking metric system.
Silky Shagsalot
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3.3 feet! i will bet you a thousand dollars you are under 20 years old, or younger. anyone that would claim to know the metric system, get it wrong, call someone names, and claim to be right, is a child. let me answer you on your level, f.u.!
REDI JEDI 420
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i use the E C meter and always seem im too high but m plants are doin good im as lost as u are
northeastern lights
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Since we're splitting hairs BOY,1 foot = 0.3048 meters
More precisely, it is 3.2808399 feet.
slomoking13
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EC and ppm are essentially the same difference. EC is just more universal because it will be the same whether your ppm is .5 or .7 conversion. If you have an ec of 2.0, then ppm at .5 conversion will be about 1000 and .7 will be 1400 while EC remains constant. As long as you are monitoring ppm or EC you can do a rough conversion to figure out the other. If you are monitoring ppm then you need to know the conversion ratio of the meter to get a rough estimate of your EC. the conversion factors are essentiallyt he difference between standard and metric. .5 conversion is most commonly used in the U.S. , .7 was rooted first in Australia, and least common .64 is a European conversion. Different brands of meters use different conversion factors. For example, Hanna, Milwaukee 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 500 ppm, Eutech 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 640 ppm, Truncheon 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 700 ppm. All brands share the EC of 1.0 but use different conversion factors for their ppm calculation. EC is more universal, but if you know the conversion factor of a ppm meter, you can calculate EC or vice versa if you want to use an EC meter and calculate your ppm. Hope this helps.
Silky Shagsalot
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round up is the rule fool! time for bed, night, night! oh, and i changed my mind. more like 18, right, lol???Since we're splitting hairs BOY,1 foot = 0.3048 meters
More precisely, it is 3.2808399 feet.