Half strength Nutes Rez topping?

I have read a lot of times here about topping off your rez every two weeks. In between I always read to top the rez one day with plain water the next with half strength nutes and so on. My question is what does half strength nutes mean??? I use a ppm meter and keep my rez at around 1600 so why would anyone say half strength nutes? You just keep the PPM where it is supposed to be so don't quite understand.

Come on someone anyone explain this. Are you supposed to let you rez ppm go down everyother day you top off with fresh water? and then what if half strength nutes, whatever that really means, doesnt bring your rez ppm back up to where you want it?? Why not just add and keep the ppm the same by adding nutes when you top off every time???? Ok some bright pot head explain....

So not one of you dumb asses knows. To funny. So many big mouth know it alls on here and not a single good answer. Why not just always keep your ppms the same? Why only fresh water every other day and then 1/2 strength nutes every other day to top off. Well because some people can't think outside of the box? and some people soak their head in the box. Like the sativa lover who said they like high humidity. To Funny!!! He said I did not know what I was doing and he actually thinks he annoys me. I could care less what the total idiots have to say. They think if you answer them that you care. Tito get me a tissue, he made me cry. I love homos..... All the little girls on here make me laugh...

hmm it smells like shit in here i think ill go to another thread

rockman1 said:

I have read a lot of times here about topping off your rez every two weeks. In between I always read to top the rez one day with plain water the next with half strength nutes and so on. My question is what does half strength nutes mean??? I use a ppm meter and keep my rez at around 1600 so why would anyone say half strength nutes? You just keep the PPM where it is supposed to be so don't quite understand.

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I grow in soil, so I don't know how much help I can be.

All I can say is that you should top off your rez with water, and not more nutes because it can over nute your plants, but as long as your ppm stays where you need it, and you flush/clean your rez every week or two, you shouldn't have a problem.

And you should calm down a bit too dude, just because you didn't get helpful replies doesn't mean nobody on this board knows the answer. 100 different people might be able to help you, but if non of them see this thread......

My plants suck the rez, 18 gal, like half in two days so don't really know why I would drain it every two weeks? The water is being used up so fast I don't see why dumping it is so helpful. I have gone 2 months without a rez change with no issues but as I said the plants take more than half in a day or two. If I leave them for 4 days the rez is almost empty so if I refill it it is almost all fresh new nuted water so why bother changing that?

Being abusive to people is not the way to get helpful replies. You must be quite young.

I'm a new grower and I even know the answer to this question. You dump the res so you can sterilize it and ensure a proper mixture. You're reading ppm but that doesn't tell you what's in the water and in what quantities. So, you fill the res up with a fresh mixture that you do know the quantities of. From there, you put straight water in one day and then a half strength nute mixture in the next. What's a half strength nute mixture? Well, you can either read the back of the bottle and divide the ml/g in half or you can figure out what your ppm/g is and then divide that in half. In other words, if your nutes call for 10ml/g you would use 5ml/g. If you figure that your 18g res with a ppm of 1600 has 88.88 ppm per gallon you would set it 44.44 ppm per gallon. That would be half of full strength, more commonly called "half strength".

Surely a master such as yourself already knew this, though.

So PPM of my 18 gal Rez after it has 16 gallons of nuted water added needs to be dumped because I won't know whats in it. HAHAHA. I think 1600 ppm is still 1600 ppm half or no half idiot. You add nutes up to your desired ppm not to half strength and then plain water and the half strength. The point is that if you read the botle, or if you don't read the bottle and add nutes you still add them till your meter reads where you want it to so still the half strength thing makes no sense be cause if you go by the label for ppm you what just never read it with your meter. I do this enough to not have to use a teaspoon like you noobs still doing the measuring cup routine. Also I hear Thai Super Skunk is the best strain around, just read what the real smart people are saying about the wonder plant that only takes like 6 to 7 months to finish in flower. A true winner there... 2000 watts x 12 hours x 31 days x 6 equals??? Thai is the best don't you think only cost you around $600 an oz to grow your own. hahahahahahaha

MrBlanco said:

Being abusive to people is not the way to get helpful replies. You must be quite young.

I'm a new grower and I even know the answer to this question. You dump the res so you can sterilize it and ensure a proper mixture. You're reading ppm but that doesn't tell you what's in the water and in what quantities. So, you fill the res up with a fresh mixture that you do know the quantities of. From there, you put straight water in one day and then a half strength nute mixture in the next. What's a half strength nute mixture? Well, you can either read the back of the bottle and divide the ml/g in half or you can figure out what your ppm/g is and then divide that in half. In other words, if your nutes call for 10ml/g you would use 5ml/g. If you figure that your 18g res with a ppm of 1600 has 88.88 ppm per gallon you would set it 44.44 ppm per gallon. That would be half of full strength, more commonly called "half strength".

Surely a master such as yourself already knew this, though.

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Wow your an asshole. You flush to remove a buildup of salts from clogging your equip for one. And some people half strenth to not burn. If a half strength mixture sounds too far fetched to comprehend then you may wanna stick to simple hobbies like pet rocks you insulant little fuck.

stop bein a cunt, you cant be calling the people your askin for help "noobs"
oh, and take the goddamn effort to change ur rez, dont u realize that if it gets emptied so damn quick then it should just be that much easier

-almost put some helpful information on here, but i deleted it cus i dont want someone so negative to be on this site or even in the cannabis growing world. dont worry, you'll probly think every useful hint u see if shit anyways and fuck it up

(we made this thread a lot more fun since this guy posted it didn't we guys?)

p.s. oh and your a dumbass for tryin to call the one person that tried to help u an idiot - do you even know what ppm means? fuckin ignorant little shit, why would u do a half mixture and then add till the....
im gonna stop you dont deserve it

FoolBloom said:

Wow your an asshole. You flush to remove a buildup of salts from clogging your equip for one. And some people half strenth to not burn. If a half strength mixture sounds too far fetched to comprehend then you may wanna stick to simple hobbies like pet rocks you insulant little fuck.

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oh, and pet rocks - deffinitely more suited for you, as the plants will just die from the cloud of asshole surrounding you and everything u touch

this isnt facebook or something its a fucking forum asshole, go talk shit to the mirror, find another place to piss people off

Well.......I'd say the guideline doesn't work for you due to small rez size. I believe that's newbie hydro 101.....intended for those without a EC/PPM meter....... If you figure a 30 gal rez loses/uses 3-5 gal a day.....if you top with water once and 1/2 strength the next.......it's essentially 1/4 strength......enough to replenish the higher use nutrients but not overdose on less used ones.......which is also the reason to change the solution each two weeks......... high concentrations of some elements can block uptake of others. The solution changes as the plant uses it at differing rates....so total rez changes reset the chemical balance. You say you haven't changed the rez at all in 2 months with no problem.....good for you.....but not recommended.

That being said.......I only top with water......and change it every two weeks......it works with my timing so the nutes are weakest when I take cuttings, switch to bloom and harvest........then change the rez's............. It works for me so I'll keep doing it.........

What an incredible lack of class..............

rockman1 said:

So PPM of my 18 gal Rez after it has 16 gallons of nuted water added needs to be dumped because I won't know whats in it. HAHAHA. I think 1600 ppm is still 1600 ppm half or no half idiot. You add nutes up to your desired ppm not to half strength and then plain water and the half strength. The point is that if you read the botle, or if you don't read the bottle and add nutes you still add them till your meter reads where you want it to so still the half strength thing makes no sense be cause if you go by the label for ppm you what just never read it with your meter. I do this enough to not have to use a teaspoon like you noobs still doing the measuring cup routine. Also I hear Thai Super Skunk is the best strain around, just read what the real smart people are saying about the wonder plant that only takes like 6 to 7 months to finish in flower. A true winner there... 2000 watts x 12 hours x 31 days x 6 equals??? Thai is the best don't you think only cost you around $600 an oz to grow your own. hahahahahahaha

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If straight tap water reads 200ppm, what's in it and in what concentrations? A ppm meter doesn't tell you that. It just tells you what the electrical conductivity of the water is based on the amount of total dissolved solids. Further, if you don't measure your nutrients you don't have a clue what percentages you're using.

You should really stop blaming your inability to grow on the strain. I'm growing my TSS outside, in the spring, where I don't have to worry about it getting tall or paying an electricity bill. I'll just have to spend a small amount of money on nutrients and some pre-planting soil amendments. $600 an ounce is a tax on your stupidity.

wow. And you call me a moron. What idiot, maybe you, thinks they can do hydro without a ppm meter,? as for stupid statements that one is one of the best... GL dopey....
Well.......I'd say the guideline doesn't work for you due to small rez size. I believe that's newbie hydro 101.....intended for those without a EC/PPM meter....... If you figure a 30 gal rez loses/uses 3-5 gal a day.....if you top with water once and 1/2 strength the next.......it's essentially 1/4 strength......enough to replenish the higher use nutrients but not overdose on less used ones.......which is also the reason to change the solution each two weeks......... high concentrations of some elements can block uptake of others. The solution changes as the plant uses it at differing rates....so total rez changes reset the chemical balance. You say you haven't changed the rez at all in 2 months with no problem.....good for you.....but not recommended.

That being said.......I only top with water......and change it every two weeks......it works with my timing so the nutes are weakest when I take cuttings, switch to bloom and harvest........then change the rez's............. It works for me so I'll keep doing it.........

What an incredible lack of class..............

You should really stop trying. You just keep making yourself look worse.

rockman1 said:

wow. And you call me a moron. What idiot, maybe you, thinks they can do hydro without a ppm meter,? as for stupid statements that one is one of the best... GL dopey....

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haha dumbass, what idiot (definitely you) thinks they can do hydro without measurements, and still have the right proportions (a.k.a. measurements)

-still tryin to rag on the people that gave u advice
for shame little boy, does your mother know you say such things?