Feeding soil plants with hydro nutes

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Gastheblast

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Hi i am feeding my plants with hydro nutes.They are 24 says into flowering and grown in soil. Just wontering how often should i feed it nutes. I fed it 3 days ago some nutes now today i just fed with plain water and my runoff water was in 700 ppm around so lets say 500 ppm cause my water without anything added has 189 ppm. Any help would be great
 
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spek9

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Gastheblast said:
Is my runoff okay thow
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Don't worry about runoff. Stay concerned with the pH and PPM going in, not coming back out. I've seen way too many people over fertilize or over compensate on pH because they rely on runoff, causing even more harm to the plants.
 
Gentlemencorpse

Gentlemencorpse

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spek9 said:
Is it really soil? What kind?

I grow in Sunshine #4 inert peat-based medium, and I give nutrients at every single watering.
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You need to answer this question if you want any actually useful advice. Specifically, what soil/medium are you growing in?
 
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Gentlemencorpse

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Ya, so like @spek9 suggested I wouldn't worry too much about runoff in soil myself. I feed every other watering in basic potting mixes like HF unless the plants are showing signs of toxicity or deficiencies. Worry about the ppm of your mix going in and just watch the plant, she'll tell you if you need anything.
 
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spek9

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Gentlemencorpse said:
Ya, so like @spek9 suggested I wouldn't worry too much about runoff in soil myself. I feed every other watering in basic potting mixes like HF unless the plants are showing signs of toxicity or deficiencies. Worry about the ppm of your mix going in and just watch the plant, she'll tell you if you need anything.
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Other than 95% of my outdoor plants, I don't grow in soil. Because of that, I am unsure of how often to fertilize soil, especially without knowing what kind of soil. For all we know, it could be pre-loaded with a month of stuff.

My outdoor soil requires sporadic fertilization, but after a month (like a couple of weeks ago relative) I have to start adding some nutrients due to certain species showing some N def.

Some plants outdoors are using my indoor medium (Sunshine #4), so they need fertilization every watering.

I just got into my third beer, so I might not be making sense any longer though ;)
 
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Gentlemencorpse

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spek9 said:
Other than 95% of my outdoor plants, I don't grow in soil. Because of that, I am unsure of how often to fertilize soil, especially without knowing what kind of soil. For all we know, it could be pre-loaded with a month of stuff.

My outdoor soil requires sporadic fertilization, but after a month (like a couple of weeks ago relative) I have to start adding some nutrients due to certain species showing some N def.

Some plants outdoors are using my indoor medium (Sunshine #4), so they need fertilization every watering.

I just got into my third beer, so I might not be making sense any longer though ;)
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What do you drink up there Spek? You a Molson guy? :D
 
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spek9

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Gentlemencorpse said:
What do you drink up there Spek? You a Molson guy? :D
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Not really, no. I prefer craft beers by local brewers above all else. Otherwise, I like a beer that is a bit over the top hoppy with a sharp taste to it. I prefer IPA-style beers. I don't like darker beer that much either.

My go to, be all pint to have as a fallback is Alexander Keith's. Nice and smooth. Found out about it during my first time I was in Nova Scotia. It was a Sunday, and at that time (2003, I think), stores were still not allowed open. However, the Keith's brewery had an "open house", where you could tour the facility, and buy beer at the end, even though it was Sunday. So I went in, hopped the line immediately toward the exit, and bought a 15 pack.

Loved Keith's ever since.
 
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Gentlemencorpse

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spek9 said:
Not really, no. I prefer craft beers by local brewers above all else. Otherwise, I like a beer that is a bit over the top hoppy with a sharp taste to it. I prefer IPA-style beers. I don't like darker beer that much either.

My go to, be all pint to have as a fallback is Alexander Keith's. Nice and smooth. Found out about it during my first time I was in Nova Scotia. It was a Sunday, and at that time (2003, I think), stores were still not allowed open. However, the Keith's brewery had an "open house", where you could tour the facility, and buy beer at the end, even though it was Sunday. So I went in, hopped the line immediately toward the exit, and bought a 15 pack.

Loved Keith's ever since.
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I see we have similar taste in beer sir ... we actually have a trip to Nova Scotia planned for *hopefully* next year ... I'll have to see about visiting this Alexander Kieth's!
 
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spek9

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Gentlemencorpse said:
I see we have similar taste in beer sir ... we actually have a trip to Nova Scotia planned for *hopefully* next year ... I'll have to see about visiting this Alexander Kieth's!
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If you go to the production facility (if it's at the same place as it was years ago) you'll have gone through Halifax. The very best part of Nova Scotia is Cape Breton Island, particularly the Cabot Trail.

I have gone there to travel and camp out on that path since 2003, missing only the odd year here and there (this spring was a miss, again due to holidemic).

I kind of enjoy being able to give travel directions to people that relate to the opposite side of the country I live at. I guess I appreciate the value in the travels I have under my belt. My brother and his wife were looking for a place to visit, and I recommended that area to them, as opposed to where I was living in a mountain range out west at the time.

Now, if you ever decide to visit Quebec/Ontario, or especially the Rockies or any other mountain range west of Calgary, I know those more than I know any other geography, and I know them down to their geology and even how the areas were formed :)

I guess I do know a bit more than just growing weed ;)
 
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