Thanks bud! Gotta remember that humic and fulvic acids are chelators that make nutrients more available in the soil. So even though the npk reading is low, it may be making the n, p, or k levels n the soil increase. That's why Im leaning towards a lock out. Like Archie, I doubt it's a soil ph issue if the feeds have been in range. I'm leaning more towards a lock out. If every watering has nutrients in it, the ppm of the run off is probably in the thousands!
Yeah was thinking that alright that’s why o haven’t bought one alreadyI had a £10 ph meter.i then had to spend £30 on various fluids.
Sad thing is unless you spend £50 plus on a pen,anything cheaper just aint worth a shite.( i went and spent £70 on a ph pen...ive used it 3 times this year and calibrated it twice)
Soil probes same applies if its not an acurite8 not worth a shite.
Soil needs to be moist to give a proper reading,dry or wet soil will gove an iffy reading.
The runoff theory is a calculation based on a formula kinda thing so gives some iffy readings.
Biobizz is good soil i have no reason to believe the ph is high or low.
If the feeds in are within range,soil started within range,soil/pot ph should allways be between the lowest and highest feeds ph ranges.
My vote is for poor calibrated or ph of pen is miles off true.
A mini flush wouldn't hurt! You can always try that as a starter.. I have two soil probes.. A cheap $10 one from home depot and the $100 one from Accurate. The HD probe works fine. It's just to give you an idea whether your ph is out of wack or not. It doesn't have to be exact. And if you honestly feel like the soil ph isn't the real culprit, I'd invest in a ppm meter first. Or get cheap versions of both. You'll eventually need to use them both regardless.
i will flush with plain water until ppm low under 500 then a light feed of nutrients? The ppm of my water is 178 and ph 7.3 so what nutes you reckon after the flush or just plain water?
cool info @Prophetiko
this plant was poorly how long before day 47 ?
at day 46 it was getting 1 calmag,1.5 grow,1 topmax,1 algmic,3 heaven. how many ppms is that ?
ohh wait a second,did you say you get limescale in kettle ?
I’ll post tomorrow the ppm of run off and I’m sure we’ll all be shocked
Rule 876 of growing your own: Every plant is different. They are like humans in the fact that no two plants will be exactly a like. You can't fairly compare any past plant, to this one.. They each have different needs. Your first plant with no issues could have been a resilient plant with a huge appetite. This one could be super sensitive, as well as being a light feeder. 1000ppms could work fine on one plant, and burn the plant right next to it. That's why they say to start nutes at half strength and work your way up if needed. Learn to watch the plant.. It may not need half the things it's being fed.. If it does want or need them, it will show signs of it.. It's easier to add more nutrients than it is to remove excess nutrients. Less is more! I don't want you to take my suggestions as the law of Moses, lol.. I just want to give you a few things to think about while you try to figure this out. Soil ph, run off ppm, flush, ect. I don't think you'll need to add more nutrients immediately after the flush. 500-600 ppms in soil is a good amount of nutrients. Look for improvements the first few days after the flush. If a few leaves start getting green, do water only one more time or use nutes at 1/2 strength.Great man thanks I actually have a ppm pen and the last plants ppm run off was over 1000 and plant was fine. I was told ppm doesn’t come into play usually when feeding organic nutes in soil
would you recommend maybe another plain water before introducing nutes again or start back with low strength nutes?
it’s just the cob led makes it look yellower than it is
