3 E.C.
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cobshopgrow
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reverse osmosis
Blazin Budz
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I thought this stuff was crazy also. Then I switched to high intensity HLG LEDs. Now I HAVE to push up to around 2-2.3 EC in flower or else ill start getting deficiencies. I've tried with multiple lines of nutrients and 2-2.3 EC is what it takes.
I have a couple of Autoflowers in my veg room right now and I tried feeding them at 1.0 EC and they shriveled up and started getting real light and yellow. Bumped it up to 1.6 EC and they're thriving now! Before LEDs 1.6 EC with Autoflowers was unheard of for me.
I have a couple of Autoflowers in my veg room right now and I tried feeding them at 1.0 EC and they shriveled up and started getting real light and yellow. Bumped it up to 1.6 EC and they're thriving now! Before LEDs 1.6 EC with Autoflowers was unheard of for me.
Samwell Seed Well
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This is the sme kind of pest don't feed on high BRIX argument. Osmotic pressure is not a set point. And each plant given its health will react differently. Further more, not all sources of Osmotic pressure is the same. And High EC alone doesn't not mean reverse osmosis will occur.
I have run 3 different industrial grows... starting EC is usually 1k for heavy feed plants like cannabis in my nutrient programs, with boost unto 2k range.
Long term potted plants aka moms are an entirely different story as they don't go through their entire life cycle.
I think he was answer someone elses question on what to do if their starting water's EC is real high. He suggested using an RO filter...
Get better water. Water softner and RO filter or dehumidifier water etc.
cobshopgrow
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water softeners can be tricky, some if not most are cation exchange based.
www.epa.gov
the sodium they ad to your water can cause problems.
Cation Exchange Water Softeners | US EPA
WaterSense released a notice of intent to develop a specification for cation exchange water softeners. The program has made the decision not to move forward with a spec at this time, but is making this information available.
Samwell Seed Well
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RO filters for well or city water is totally a thing if your nutrients require it.
But osmosis, is how your plants takes in nutrients. The osmotic pressure caused with high EC can damage your plants and actually cause then to dump water and nutrients through its roots versus uptake, but this is not a easy scenario to cause. But it happens
cobshopgrow
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RO = Reverse Osmosis (filter)
excuse the confusion, i may should have added the word filter too.
excuse the confusion, i may should have added the word filter too.
Takes a special kind of pussy to quote somebody and change the actual quote. You sir, just happen to be that kind of pussy. And that, you can quote me on.
Lighten up!... would have been funny without editing it... either way sounded a bit dodgy.
Yea - you're still not getting it.
You misunderstood the original comment you replied to. And now you're misunderstanding my pointing this out to you.
Nobody asked what osmotic pressure was or does. Go back and re-read.
Thanks.
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Samwell Seed Well
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ah i see
ok, still
reverse osmosis can happen with High EC which tends to affect osmostic pressure.
yall enjoy your black panther party
rkymtnman
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Island.genetics
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I was gonna say I get up in the low 4.?’s when pushing the production room but that’s on a monocrop of tried true genetics I have slowly worked my way up over several runs AND not all strains will put up with it hahahaha
Island.genetics
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Yah the irrigation system is key, I have tried hand watering the same solution from the res and they don’t like it, think it’s cause I have the system feeding several times a day giving roots time to dry in between And not a heavy saturation a “daily” watering provides. I run in the low 4.?’s in production monocrop with the trolmaster irrigation system in coco pots following a “crop steering” style feeding schedule with great results