That's a perfect example of why I will never depend on a meter again, matter of fact i don't even own one anymore. I use just the drops test and truthfully I almost never have to adjust it. I have found a combination of nutes that works well and keeps the PH in range.
Tools are a must. That is true trick is to choose the right ones. All I'm saying is that growing in the 70s we did not have all the fancy bells and whistles that are available today but somehow we managed to grow some nice bud both organic and hydro. Imagine that hydro long before there were any...
I have been growing since long before there were internet forums and books to read and all of the thousands of products that are out there now. Some how I have always managed to do ok. Sure I've had my problems along the way but learned from my mistakes. PH and PPM are important yes and your...
I'm not sure there is a 10 but I would have to say that the best I have ever grown over the years was White Widow. I can't remember where I got the seeds but that was a huge yielder with nice colorful tasty buds.
it's all good. So many ways to extract the goodness i have never done the grain alcohol method. I want the oil for smoking or ingesting. I have done the cooking oil extraction for baking brownies and cakes and such.
What ever it says in the instructions for the nutes that you are using use less. Remember nute companies want to sell as much as they can. Don't fall for it.
As often as you want or not at all just keep filling. Some will tell ya to change it every week others (like me) only change once between veg and flower and just keep it filled and ph good. 40 gal. is a bunch of nutes to be dumping once a week to me.
Let it grow!! Seeds are great fun and it's not like your not going to get any good bud out of . You will just have some seeds as a bonus LOL I love seeds.