what the heck happened

I will once I get coffee filters, maybe tomorrow.

How to Test Soil Using the Slurry Method (from: https://blog.hannainst.com/soil-ph-testing)

  1. Gather some soil from the test area.
  2. Take the homogeneous sample and add equal parts of soil and distilled or deionized (DI) water in a 1:1 ratio. So, for 25 grams of soil you would add 25 mL of water.
  3. Stir the sample for 5 seconds.
  4. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
  5. Start stirring the sample again after 15 minutes, and take your measurement.
 
How to Test Soil Using the Slurry Method (from: https://blog.hannainst.com/soil-ph-testing)

  1. Gather some soil from the test area.
  2. Take the homogeneous sample and add equal parts of soil and distilled or deionized (DI) water in a 1:1 ratio. So, for 25 grams of soil you would add 25 mL of water.
  3. Stir the sample for 5 seconds.
  4. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
  5. Start stirring the sample again after 15 minutes, and take your measurement.
Hmmm can it be ph tap water?
 
Hmmm can it be ph tap water?

I don't think so... I've compared doing slurrys with my tap water (70-120 ppm) and with distilled and results can vary greatly.
 
Ok, this is my take, and I have to say first that I have not done soil this way. I have done coco, and recently Sunshine #4 which is a low nute peat mix to which I have added lots of perlite. The problem with soil is that if it is not well enough drained, particularly if the pot is large relative to the plants involved, flushing may result in overwatering stress for the plants - i.e. lack of oxygen in saturated soil. I do not know enough about your soil mix to know what your specific risks are.

Having said that, when I flush, I use nute mix at the EC and nute makeup that I want to use, I do NOT use plain water. Flushing with plain water, in my opinion, subjects plants to excessive osmotic stress, although I understand that many growers do this and get away with it. I use salt based nutes for flushing, and see no realistic option for getting the job done with organics. The flushing process will remove a lot of the organic stuff that would otherwise be feeding your plants, but at this point in your grow you may have no choice.

When I flush, I top water with my nute mix and collect the runoff until at least the EC of the runoff is on target more or less the same as the input. Once I get to that point, I know that the medium is at the EC and, with coco at least, the pH target, so the job is done. Unlike my experience in coco, in my peat mix, I found that it is so strongly buffered, presumably due to the dolomite lime in the mix, that the runoff stayed at ~6.5 no in spite of the input pH (I used 6.35, then 6.2, and finally 6.0, with zero difference in runoff pH). As @Mañ'O'Green has so often pointed out, if you are supplying nutes, they need to be a complete and balanced package. In my last flush in Sunshine #4 for example, I used Megacrop II with just a small dose of cal mag.

Anyway, if I were you, I would make a decision on your target pH and EC, mix up a lot of nute mix (I used close to 4x the volume of the pot) at your selected EC and pH target, and keep flushing until you get the runoff to the EC you choose. You may or may not get the pH all the way due to buffering, but I would not worry about that, the buffering is your friend. Once you get the runoff to where you want it, you will need to let the pot dry out well before watering again. In your setup that will mean at minimum siphoning or vacuuming out all water from the reservoir until no more drains into it, and then leaving the reservoir empty for at least a couple days before watering again.

All just my two cents of course, others may well have contrary ideas, especially growers using your SIP/organic approach. Bottom line is that if you do not do something effective, your grow is looking headed for trouble. So, although a flush comes with risks of overwatering, and may bugger your pure organic hopes, it may nonetheless be your best available option.

Good luck with your decision, please keep us posted on how you make out. :pighug:
Many thank yous.

So next time I just make the mix with the nutes to target ec/ph, but and this can also be a question to @Proph , having that nutrient line in mind and the schedulle that accompanies it, i should do the mix and after measuring i should just put more water to dilute it? or more to make it stronger?

Or I should ditch the biobizz and get another line that i can control better?
 
I don't think so... I've compared doing slurrys with my tap water (70-120 ppm) and with distilled and results can vary greatly.
So I guess Il get distilled water tomorrow xD but i will do it and I will tag you. Don't worry.
 
epson salts?
What is a tack ? XD

epsom salt = magnesium sulfate...tack = method ;) epsom salt is what some peepz uze to soak their feet in & can be bought at any common store, even in portugal i bet, lol :rolleyes2: jus make sure it'z the unscented kind :thumbsup: ppp
 
A lil bit down south xD, but I can get it tomorrow. is just that with covid everything is already closed already
Tesco’s and halfords sell deionised water cheap
 
epsom salt = magnesium sulfate...tack = method ;) epsom salt is what some peepz uze to soak their feet in & can be bought at any common store, even in portugal i bet, lol :rolleyes2: jus make sure it'z the unscented kind :thumbsup: ppp
hey you snitching me out xD I think I have it somewhere in the misses cabinet.
But should i give a feed of water and epson salts?
 
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