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Fertigate/water the entire pot. A tap root can grow 9 inches in three days and the laterals are not far behind. Roots will not grow into dry soil. This is the mechanism behind air pruning. So if you have a dry pot you will stunt the root growth at the time when it is most crucial. Water/fertigate the entire pot when it is needed.
Always fertigate Coco to about 15% run-off to waste. Just fertigate slowly until run-off is visible and stop. You will get about the right amount of runn-off like that.Great information. I did not realize the taproot can grow at that pace. I JUST did a charging of the medium yesterday when I potted up so it's still wet. I guess I just need to dial in how much I should really water every day. When you say "water the entire pot", do you mean water until runoff?
If anyone knows a ballpark amount of water to get runoff in a regular sized autopot with coco/perlite, please let me know. I know a lot of autopot users use similar setups so I can at least find out where to start.
I was thinking about just adding 75mL for the first few days and now I'm just not sure.
Also: @Mañ'O'Green , Someone referred you to me for help with feeding.
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Trying to calibrate it weekly, might be excessive.
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I went from checking every week to every month with myApera ph60 and even still only misses by 0.1... it's a damn good meter!