Why don’t soil growers care about PPM? If we don’t pay attention to EC or PPM, you wont know how strong your mix is. I grown for about 45 years in soil and hydro, indoor and out, and the two most important meters I have are my EC/PPM meter and my pH meter.
If you go 1 gallon and 100% it should be the same as their calculator for 1 gallon. It is the source for the spreadsheet. I have made corrections to their suggested amounts in the past so there is a chance I made a change but I don't think so.The spreadsheet basically does the math to change the strength. I very seldom use full vendor strength in hydro.Is your spreadsheet any different from the feeding calculator on their website?
Yea, NO. ive been away from hydro since early last year, but in soil I’ve still been adding cal/mag or Epson salts to MC2.0. Might be all the photos I’ve been growing too. I’ve been feeding full strength since they were cloned. The current Gorilla Glue #4 photos I’m growing are at 5g per gallon plus sugar candy & bud explosion and they are begging for more. I have no doubt they will hit 6, maybe 7g a gallon before harvest. I’ve never gotten to 6 with autos. I did see in the formula coming out next week that it has more cal/mag in it.
I used to really push my plants hard with House & Garden and I had some very good crops. I have gone the other way now and feed ~30% less overall but it is more directed with specifc nutrients to the growing stage the plant is in. My last grow never went over 800 PPMs and average ~ 600. All three strains are just FIRE, Top Shelf stuff. I used about $60 worth of Green Leaf and NPK Industries RAW products for 6 plants drip to waste. This compares to over $500 of the high digit brands I have used in the past.
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I only grow 2-4 plants at a time indoors and all on the same res. I bought a used chiller that will allow me to grow hydro thru the summer, which will help with not having to grow anything outside to meet my needs. Growing outdoors here is a mold festival most of the time, it’s just too wet.If I went back to DWC I would need to chill three separate reservoirs at 15 gallons each or RDWC 60 gallons. I just cannot afford the system that can do that or have a space to put it
I’d highly recommend paying attention to PPM and PH levels no matter what medium you’re growing in! The only exception I can think of is unless you’re growing fully organic using only plain water. Listen to @Mañ'O'Green, he knows a thing or two about a thing or two, and that spreadsheet is well set up.
I appreciate you’ve been growing for 45 years. However I have never in my six years of growing stressed about EC/PPM. I do pay attention to PH. I have always used Biobizz nutrient line and have had very good results. My very first grow was coached on this website. My focus was to make sure my ph 6.5 and that’s what I’ve done since then. I’ve never had problems with nutrient burn or anything else doing what I do. I was looking to possibly change nutrient line as my autoflower garden has gotten quite a bit bigger and I’ve started my second outdoor photo grow. Biobizz has gotten somewhat cost prohibitive. I had run across Greenleaf products doing some research for a new nute line and hoped to find additional information here. This site has always been super supportive. I thought it still might be. Peace out
You’ll have to forgive me. I did come off fairly snarky on my last post. I have always measured my nutes in ml per gallon. Using a powder and the site calculator have me feeling like a complete newbie. I don’t have decades of experience but I have had very good success with my gardens over the last 6 years. I have always thought PPM/EC was used specifically in hydro and DWC. Please excuse my ignorance I really had no idea. Hopefully I can find a feeding schedule that’s grams per gallon. I guess that’s just the way my mind works. Thank you for your response it is much appreciated.
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