Runoff

Hi RIU im not new, to the site been a couple of months but unsure about my runoff.
All i want to ask is......im 4 weeks into flower from 12/12 plants healthy as can be but when watering my runoff is now crystal clear, is this what im looking for now or does it mean something is a miss.
Any helpful replies will be appreciated.
Thank you
Im growing indoors in a tent and growing in soil...ph is fine as i said there healthy as can be and budding

As long as your plants are doing well I don't think I would worry too much about it.

What does run off have to do with anything? Especially in soil!

Coco is a whole n'other story....

Dr. Who said:

What does run off have to do with anything? Especially in soil!

Coco is a whole n'other story....

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I was just asking as per the question didnt need sarcasm

Just watered my plants. Two got a flush (30% run off). Another got fertilizer( 10% run off). Both of the run offs looks clear.

After I cut a plant down and super flush the soil to be reused. It'll come out like tea halfway through the flush. Not at first. It'll be the clear you describe.

SouthCross said:

Just watered my plants. Two got a flush (30% run off). Another got fertilizer( 10% run off). Both of the run offs looks clear.

After I cut a plant down and super flush the soil to be reused. It'll come out like tea halfway through the flush. Not at first. It'll be the clear you describe.

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Thank you for your reply appreciated

Tone24 said:

Thank you for your reply appreciated

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You're welcome. No problem.

Tone24 said:

I was just asking as per the question didnt need sarcasm

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how was asking you a question,sarcasm? He is trying to help you learn, not just give you an easy answer. I think you took it the wrong way.

Dr.Nick Riviera said:

how was asking you a question,sarcasm? He is trying to help you learn, not just give you an easy answer. I think you took it the wrong way.

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Probably but he said "whats runoff got to do with it" i was only asking if "in soil" is clear water runoff basically a good sign, as all my previous had been kinda dirt coloured..i appreciate the help and as this is my first grow as a new grower would just asking if it should be coming out clear at this point of my grow

Tone24 said:

Probably but he said "whats runoff got to do with it" i was only asking if "in soil" is clear water runoff basically a good sign, as all my previous had been kinda dirt coloured..i appreciate the help and as this is my first grow as a new grower would just asking if it should be coming out clear at this point of my grow

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cool, Sometimes txt can be taken the wrong way, but Dr.Who is a good guy with more info on growing than most could handle.

What are you feeding them?

When you first start watering. A lot of the color is silt washing out the pot.

The older a plant gets in the same pot, the more the roots will take over and bind everything in the pot, so clearer run off. As long as your plants look healthy, all is good!

Chunky Stool said:

What are you feeding them?

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Im uk based, they have been in john innes #2 soil. Im using ff nutes at half strength at present minus the grow big now

Bugeye said:

The older a plant gets in the same pot, the more the roots will take over and bind everything in the pot, so clearer run off. As long as your plants look healthy, all is good!

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Thx bugeye

I give my plants humic acid

Tone24 said:

Im uk based, they have been in john innes #2 soil. Im using ff nutes at half strength at present minus the grow big now

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I was curious because some nutes are very dark -- and so is the runoff. For example, I use humic acid which is totally black.

Chunky Stool said:

I give my plants humic acid

I was curious because some nutes are very dark -- and so is the runoff. For example, I use humic acid which is totally black.

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Basically, unless your in coco/soilless, run off is simply wasting nutrient, and money.
I run some dark ass tea's.....sometimes a little does flow through.....It's rather dark....Kelp extract too.

Dr. Who said:

Basically, unless your in coco/soilless, run off is simply wasting nutrient, and money.
I run some dark ass tea's.....sometimes a little does flow through.....It's rather dark....Kelp extract too.

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I just finished a crop and I didn’t use any runoff, just a little bit comes out of the bottom of the bucket. Growing in peat moss in buckets, I didn’t have any salt build up and I fed them nutrients every time and right to the end (1/2 strength for the last week). I think of peat as soilless, should I use more run off in peat or stick with what is working?

Pulpit_ said:

I just finished a crop and I didn’t use any runoff, just a little bit comes out of the bottom of the bucket. Growing in peat moss in buckets, I didn’t have any salt build up and I fed them nutrients every time and right to the end (1/2 strength for the last week). I think of peat as soilless, should I use more run off in peat or stick with what is working?

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Your doing fine for Peat! Keep on truck'in...watch your pH if you reuse.....it can get "acidy"...

Pulpit_ said:

I just finished a crop and I didn’t use any runoff, just a little bit comes out of the bottom of the bucket. Growing in peat moss in buckets, I didn’t have any salt build up and I fed them nutrients every time and right to the end (1/2 strength for the last week). I think of peat as soilless, should I use more run off in peat or stick with what is working?

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Don't mess with what's working!
Runoff is needed if you do a full strength feeding every time you water -- like in coco. I think newer blends like Tupur are trying to change this by modifying the CEC with biochar. Some folks on this site love Tupur but I don't know if they run straight DTW or if they use it without any runoff.
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