medidedicated
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my bio shows my setup so i can just ask to refer to that for that info.
many here say not to worry what goes out just the inflow but im curious if anyone here grows hydro coco and measures there runoff to see whats normal (higher than inflow EC) and what to suggest if the inflow is 1.15 EC mS/cm and the runoff is EC .45 mS/cm and EC .56 mS/cm from two different older plants. just found out the 5 gal is in trade gallons so i water with .19 gallons instead of a quart and look for 6 fl oz of runoff to indicate 20%. just bought a great watering can that evenly waters the media but much quicker than before. i follow dr mj cocos advice from their site and listened to a two hr podcast with him himself but this doesnt come up, just that it indicates salt build up in the rootzone. this post is intended for others who follow this philosophy and perhaps have personal expirience in this media setup as according to that source mj coco, this is not a good sign but is self correcting in 4 feedings which im far past and its dropping even lower. not much of a indication that more nutes are needed, its already pretty high. please let me know what you think. 1.15 EC mS/cm = 1,150ppm on a 500 scale. so .45 EC = 450ppm on a 500 scale . things out of the ordinary: i misread the meter and fed 2.6EC mS/cm and then corrected new solution to 1.15 EC mS/cm but was watering a 3.5 gal with 2 gal of water (quickly learned that only need 5% by volume of gallons of the pot and watered accordingly) and week or two later, the ec is dropping a lot but when watering heavy with two gallons it was catching up but never was at or higher than inflow EC and now questionably low and cant for the life of me figure out why most people get normal readings. buffered the coco. the solution PH 6.2 or just under
many here say not to worry what goes out just the inflow but im curious if anyone here grows hydro coco and measures there runoff to see whats normal (higher than inflow EC) and what to suggest if the inflow is 1.15 EC mS/cm and the runoff is EC .45 mS/cm and EC .56 mS/cm from two different older plants. just found out the 5 gal is in trade gallons so i water with .19 gallons instead of a quart and look for 6 fl oz of runoff to indicate 20%. just bought a great watering can that evenly waters the media but much quicker than before. i follow dr mj cocos advice from their site and listened to a two hr podcast with him himself but this doesnt come up, just that it indicates salt build up in the rootzone. this post is intended for others who follow this philosophy and perhaps have personal expirience in this media setup as according to that source mj coco, this is not a good sign but is self correcting in 4 feedings which im far past and its dropping even lower. not much of a indication that more nutes are needed, its already pretty high. please let me know what you think. 1.15 EC mS/cm = 1,150ppm on a 500 scale. so .45 EC = 450ppm on a 500 scale . things out of the ordinary: i misread the meter and fed 2.6EC mS/cm and then corrected new solution to 1.15 EC mS/cm but was watering a 3.5 gal with 2 gal of water (quickly learned that only need 5% by volume of gallons of the pot and watered accordingly) and week or two later, the ec is dropping a lot but when watering heavy with two gallons it was catching up but never was at or higher than inflow EC and now questionably low and cant for the life of me figure out why most people get normal readings. buffered the coco. the solution PH 6.2 or just under
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