Perhaps you went wrong here? - you did not gradually add the concentrated nutrient mix. You add a little, check the PPM's, and add a bit more until you get to the target PPM. You added all of it and it went over 2000 PPM.OK, I am ready to move my clones to my veg unit, I used the stink veg dual container system and put the recommend nutes in and my Hanna GroCheck is flashing 2000 PPM (that is it's limit, as it is for my veg, I thought one that went up to 2000 PPM would suffice).
What did I do wrong? I added the exact recommend VEG nutes and then set the pH. The PPM flashed around 1400-2000 for a spell when I first inserted probes but then it just started flashing 2000 PPM (which manual says that it is OVER GroCheck limit).
How do I lower PPM? What if I wanted to higher it, hypothetically, in the future?
THANKS et al!
On that note, many Hanna meters display EC up to 4.0 minimum - which is the equivalent of 2800 PPM (most Hanna meters are calibrated to 1.0 EC = 700PPM).
On that note - different strains do better at different PPM's. CO2 PPMs in the room will also govern nute levels, as more CO2 is used, higher levels of nutrients can be used. Obviously, people have varyinig opinions on what exactly is the best PPM level. I run lower than Stink on my nute levels - starting at just 750 for my first feeding after they root. At the height of flowering, 1 run as high as 1700 for my OG - but frequent res changes are required to avoid over-salting. I could avoid this by using bigger resivoirs (not possible) or running lower PPM's. Understand, it's hard to under feed - start lower and work up. Your Hanna meter will do you fine for now - as you do not need to go over 2000 PPMs until you really get all other variables max'd out.