Plain water than nutrient enriched?

Hey, i was wondering if it is okay to use plain water to lets say fill up 75% capacity or even 100% and then water with a nutrient enriched water until runoff?

Out of curiosity, why do you want to do that?

Rsawr said:

Out of curiosity, why do you want to do that?

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Because it would save me time from having to mix up a nutrient solution for 4 gallons as i use a 1 gallon jug so i need to mix the solution 4 times. Also to save money if it is not needed.

It’s possible to survive a shotgun in the mouth. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea

kronicking421 said:

Because it would save me time from having to mix up a nutrient solution for 4 gallons as i use a 1 gallon jug so i need to mix the solution 4 times. Also to save money if it is not needed.

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It sounds like a recipe for potentially starving your plants! But it might work.
5 gallon buckets are pretty darn cheap. Might solve everything.
Good luck!

bubblescrogs said:

It’s possible to survive a shotgun in the mouth. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea

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So are you saying it isn’t a good idea? Why not? Does the plain water soak into the medium and the nutrient enriched water pours right through? If that is the case why does watering till runoff remove the salts?

Rsawr said:

It sounds like a recipe for potentially starving your plants! But it might work.
5 gallon buckets are pretty darn cheap. Might solve everything.
Good luck!

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Yea might be a good idea to just get a bigger bucket. Was hoping i could save some money on nutes.

If you are worried about spending money to buy a 5 gallon bucket, growing this plant may not be for you.

A real kronic king would have someone mixing their solutions for them, not try to get buy with a 1 gal bucket vs a 5 gal bucket.

Nope_49595933949 said:

If you are worried about spending money to buy a 5 gallon bucket, growing this plant may not be for you.

A real kronic king would have someone mixing their solutions for them, not try to get buy with a 1 gal bucket vs a 5 gal bucket.

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But Dude, they're like five dollars!

Nope_49595933949 said:

If you are worried about spending money to buy a 5 gallon bucket, growing this plant may not be for you.

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It’s not the 5 gallon bucket I was also trying to save money by using less nutes but if i need to spend the money it is what it is. I was growing organic and will probably go back after this run. This is my first time growing with synthetic nutrients and thought it might work.

kronicking421 said:

So are you saying it isn’t a good idea? Why not? Does the plain water soak into the medium and the nutrient enriched water pours right through? If that is the case why does watering till runoff remove the salts?

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It’s a risky move for the cost of a bucket. At best you’ll get uneven distribution of nutes. At worst you’ll get concentrated hotspots of nutes on your roots and lock out.

kronicking421 said:

It’s not the 5 gallon bucket I was also trying to save money by using less nutes but if i need to spend the money it is what it is. I was growing organic and will probably go back after this run. This is my first time growing with synthetic nutrients and thought it might work.

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A king doesn't worry about the skrilla.

Creature1969 said:

But Dude, they're like five dollars!

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Holy shit!

bubblescrogs said:

It’s a risky move for the cost of a bucket. At best you’ll get uneven distribution of nutes. At worst you’ll get concentrated hotspots of nutes on your roots and lock out.

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thanks for the input. Looks like i will have to go and get a bucket than.

Nope_49595933949 said:

A king doesn't worry about the skrilla.

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Not after i send my people to pillage your land.

kronicking421 said:

It’s not the 5 gallon bucket I was also trying to save money by using less nutes but if i need to spend the money it is what it is. I was growing organic and will probably go back after this run. This is my first time growing with synthetic nutrients and thought it might work.

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Idk what you're using, but I spent $120 on 2 bags of Jacks 15 lbs part A and B, and I have enough nutrients to last me 5 years at least.

kronicking421 said:

So are you saying it isn’t a good idea? Why not? Does the plain water soak into the medium and the nutrient enriched water pours right through? If that is the case why does watering till runoff remove the salts?

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Well you'd be saturating the medium with plain water and then adding nutrients.
Your essentially diluting your nutrient massively as well as losing a lot of it.

You can just use a weaker nutrient solution in the first place instead.
Most people don't feed full strength according to the bottle

Please see this explainer

kronicking421 said:

Not after i send my people to pillage your land.

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I am not worried about them, they'll be ill equipped.

kronicking421 said:

It’s not the 5 gallon bucket I was also trying to save money by using less nutes but if i need to spend the money it is what it is. I was growing organic and will probably go back after this run. This is my first time growing with synthetic nutrients and thought it might work.

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masterblend is like 20$ for 1000L
as for your question what you plan to do is like making a mix for 1L of nutes and putting it in 5L bucket of water. now you have 6L of 20% strenght nutes.