Extremely high ppm with roots organics?

Hey everyone, hopefully get some help here! My plants are showing signs indicitive of nute burn or ph imbalance. Im in week 5 of veg and using roots organics 707 soil as well as there full nute line plus Cal/mag. Im using the Roots master feeding schedule but am cutting it in half due to extremely high ppm. Cutting it in half I still have a ppm of 1300 and am feeding at ph 6.5. I flushed with ph'd water for 2 waterings then brought down the ppm to 750 and tried that. I tested the run off and the ppm was around 2200! and ph of 6.0. Are organics supposed to be this high? I heard you have to try pretty damn hard to burn with organics, let alone feeding at half strength or less? Any ideas? Ill get some pics up if needed. Thanx for any help
 

thegreensurfer

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is this indoor? 707 is for outdoor containers.
ive found trying to chase the ideal ph/ppm value sickens my plants. my first watering with roots soil comes out 1500-2000 ppm.
 

MrGhettoGrower

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What ppm are you feeding'em:lol:I'm not really knowledgeable of your dirt:lol:I do find that most problems on here are dirt grower:lol:I'm just giving you a post so your post goes back to the top:lol:
 
testing the run off is a bad idea, the meter measures total dissolved solids and your measuring after it runs thru your soil. what does your plant look like? that will tell you what you need to do to fix it. pics help
 

Zebex01

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is this indoor? 707 is for outdoor containers.
ive found trying to chase the ideal ph/ppm value sickens my plants. my first watering with roots soil comes out 1500-2000 ppm.

PLEASE NOTE: UPDATE TO FALSE INFO! Roots Oganic 707 IS for indoor AND outdoor use as stated on it's instructions. False information hurts everyone :)
 

max316420

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and according to "organic people" ppm's cannot be read when using organic food... But I don't know how true that is
 

bob harris

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You can measure ppm's in organics..they just don't have the same meaning as with chemicals. Ph isn't the same either...lots of guys in organics never ph or measure ppm's of feedings.

Chemical feedings are ingested directly by the plant, organics depend on micro organisms to break down the food and feed the plant..feeding thru the micro organisms and soil web is effectively a buffer or filter for the plants. That's why it's so hard to burn in organics (unless you go crazy)

Could just be your strain..I've had some stuff that is happiest with little to no food the whole grow...
 
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