What is the lowest PPM/EC you've used for successful harvest?

Lowest PPM Through Harvest (assume 500 scale on PPMs)

  • 200-300PPM / 0.4-0.6EC

    Votes: 1 7.7%
  • 300-400PPM / 0.6-0.8EC

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 400-500PPM / 0.8-1.0EC

    Votes: 2 15.4%
  • 500-600PPM / 1.0 - 1.2EC

    Votes: 4 30.8%
  • 600-700PPM / 1.2 - 1.4EC

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • 700-800PPM / 1.4 - 1.6EC

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • Lower than 200PPM / 0.4EC

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    13
Hydro - DWC

I'm battling issues (won't get into it in detail here), and have been forced to lower my EC/PPM to combat the issues. I'm trying to work the EC/PPM back up now that I seem to be getting a handle on it.

I'm on Day 20 of Flower, and would like to hear from everyone what the lowest level of nutes they've successfully used. I see people saying to target around 800PPM in Flower, but others say they use less than that. (I'm using Lotus Nutrients, which says I should be at 1150PPM / 2.3EC and next week should be 1,300PPM / 2.6EC - which seems WAY too high - I was getting burnt tips and locked out at 1,100PPM / 2.2EC, but that was just before the flip.)

I realize every strain is different, and there is no "right" answer for a specific # of PPMs for everyone, but I'd like to hear what you did that worked. I use EC, so feel free to reply in EC, as PPMs can be on three different scales (I am assuming 500 scale here).

Thanks in advance, and apologies if I didn't see a post on this topic - I looked.
 
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Morbid Angel

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I've done successful harvests with flood and drain @ .8-1ec / 400-500 and 3 feeds during lights and one at dark. Depends on your plants I suppose. In my current D2W coco grow I am feeding 2 times a wk @ 1000-1200 with no problems. I burned @ 1300.

No experience with dwc yet, i do plan on dwc come this september.
 
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