What ppm do you feed in coco duri g flower?
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larrypizzimp93
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With coco you’re going to see burning much faster so I would bump it to 1000 and just check for no problems. Go up little by little after 1000 till the tips are burning then you know
Bose
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When doing it this way do you still have 10% runoff each feeding?
Bose
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Thanks im going to try see how she responds
rkymtnman
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yep. always feed to min 10% runoff no matter if it's 1 or 10 feeds a day.
Is it bad for the plants to have more runoff?
Bose
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I always have 10 to 20 % runoff. No I don't think so
dwc420letsgo
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It’s actually good as it prevents salt buildup in your medium
rkymtnman
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as long as there are nutes in your solution (as opposed to plain water), i don't think so.
TCH
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Can confirm.
PopAndSonGrows
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I personally only check PPM and EC in the event of a problem I cannot otherwise solve. The genius of coco, you create your formula & you just repeat it, to runoff, and everything should run smoother and for longer than a Ford Taurus. There shouldn't be a need to constantly check it, unless you haven't perfected your mix. Hell, I don't even check my pH daily either again unless some problem pops up. I know that x ml of x products per gallon of my tap water is a specific PPM/EC and pH.
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calvin.m16
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PPM/EC is a good baseline reference but its not something you should always follow. Different environments and plant sizes, grow medium etc will all change how much PPM you feed. I would use the plants as your guide in how much to feed or how little to feed and feed.
If you feed by volume (e.g ml/gal or grams/gal etc) then you won't need a meter or any fancy electronics, Just some pH Drops to keep your pH in the desired range based on whatever your growing in coco/soil/soilless etc..
A fun example is I used MaxiGro instead of MaxiBloom in VEG and the amount of Nitrogen in it burned my clones but I actually viewed it as a deficiency, later found out I needed to use WAY less.
If you feed by volume (e.g ml/gal or grams/gal etc) then you won't need a meter or any fancy electronics, Just some pH Drops to keep your pH in the desired range based on whatever your growing in coco/soil/soilless etc..
A fun example is I used MaxiGro instead of MaxiBloom in VEG and the amount of Nitrogen in it burned my clones but I actually viewed it as a deficiency, later found out I needed to use WAY less.
budolskie
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Thats what i have done with my res, and put on my chart how many ml of ph down i need to add to the mix at the end to get it to the right ph i check that once after its sat for a bit before i feed then dont check anything untill next res mix
budolskie
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depends where your taking measurements from as going from the feed bottles will leave u with a very high ec... always best to start with a meter i would say then once u na whats what u can put the meters down