PPM...why so important/

FrozenChozen

Well-Known Member
Tools are a must. That is true trick is to choose the right ones. All I'm saying is that growing in the 70s we did not have all the fancy bells and whistles that are available today but somehow we managed to grow some nice bud both organic and hydro. Imagine that hydro long before there were any hydro nutes available. How did we do it?? All that fancy expensive shit out there is worthless without the knowledge to use it and if you have enough knowledge you will realize that you don't need all that shit to be successful.
Yeah there weren't digital scales either, you eyeballed shit or had a triple beam. Times change, so do tools...why argue over 2 $10 tools? is $20 a bad investment?
 

faller200

Well-Known Member
Tools are a must. That is true trick is to choose the right ones. All I'm saying is that growing in the 70s we did not have all the fancy bells and whistles that are available today but somehow we managed to grow some nice bud both organic and hydro. Imagine that hydro long before there were any hydro nutes available. How did we do it?? All that fancy expensive shit out there is worthless without the knowledge to use it.
Yeah there weren't digital scales either, you eyeballed shit or had a triple beam. Times change, so do tools...why argue over 2 $10 tools? is $20 a bad investment?

Well If you must have a meter at least get a good one. I don't think I would have a great deal of faith in a $10.00 meter.
 

churchhaze

Well-Known Member
ppm is equivalent to mg/L and is a unit of mass concentration.

Your ppm meter, however, is not actually measuring mass concentration. Instead, it's measuring electric conductivity, which is then used to approximate mass concentration.

why is it so important to regulate ppm, and is it necessary all the time in hydroponics? and what is it regulating the parts per million of?
 

J.Mike

Member
Seems to me, taking the advice of so many here, after carefully adjusting ppm and ph, during veg and so far bloom, my 20 dollars investment would not have meant a thing if the results didn't show. My second grow has and may continue from here on out. Good luck,
 

jonases

New Member
Yeah there weren't digital scales either, you eyeballed shit or had a triple beam. Times change, so do tools...why argue over 2 $10 tools? is $20 a bad investment?
Not so sure about what to say but if you are getting something better with a little investment like that then what's wrong. Digital scales are not so expansive either. I don't remember the model but I bought it is 120$ and its working fine.
 
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