Where do you keep ppm nutrient levels in soil

Dboi87

Dboi87

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i recently invested in a ppm meter and it seems like you can find ppm feed charts for hydro pretty much anywhere but for soil it seems Dyna gro is the only company to post a soil ppm chart. It seems in soil they recommend less than half the ppm concentration that they do in hydro if I remember correctly.

I was wondering if anyone else here measures there feeding schedule for soil grows with a ppm meter and in general how much do your plants comfortably consume in soil?
 
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anzohaze

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Soil is a bit different.... soul will hold onto nutrients or salts (same thing ).

When I ran synthetic dependent on what soil your starting with I used fox farm and once I saw issues I started off with 300ppm of nutes and slowly went up until the plant showed signs of burn and then backed off a fee hundred ppm. I see people running 1500ppm + etc but I stayed between 8-1100ppm depending on strain and age of plant. Water feed water water feed. Similar to that you may need to water more often or less often depending on pot size. ThereS no this was only it's what's best for the plant
Once you understand how to read a plant etc etc you can start really tweaking your nute regimen and do whats best for them
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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Comparable soil to hydro conversion - start your feedings at an adjusted 300 PPM. Increase to 500 PPM after watering two times with plain water. In my experiences with both. Use veg nutes well into the 3rd week of bloom and then do your bloom nutes starting at 300PPM and repeat like in veg.

Adjusted to me means subtracting your water going in (which you measured for PPM) and adding nutes so the nutes = 300 PPM. If your water is 110 PPM out of the tap you want around 410 PPM total.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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Might as well play with it and practice using it because you will want to go hydro sooner or later I'll bet. Even a limited 1 bucket DWC requires one for really doing it right.
 
JDGreen

JDGreen

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A ppm meter simply tells u how much feed is in ur water. And because soil holds nutes and salt the ppm in each watering would b drastically different depending on ur soil and feed. Hydro needs ppms to be more accurate because one theres no.buffer, and two nothing hold nutes, I have never used a ppm meter for soil it entirely unnecessary because u kno how much feed u put in. Its just parts per gallon instead of parts per.million.

Hydro need ppm for accuracy. U also.measure EC. And PH which can effect each other. Soil foesnt need that because there no direct root to nutrients contact
 
Dboi87

Dboi87

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anzohaze said:
Soil is a bit different.... soul will hold onto nutrients or salts (same thing ).

When I ran synthetic dependent on what soil your starting with I used fox farm and once I saw issues I started off with 300ppm of nutes and slowly went up until the plant showed signs of burn and then backed off a fee hundred ppm. I see people running 1500ppm + etc but I stayed between 8-1100ppm depending on strain and age of plant. Water feed water water feed. Similar to that you may need to water more often or less often depending on pot size. ThereS no this was only it's what's best for the plant
Once you understand how to read a plant etc etc you can start really tweaking your nute regimen and do whats best for them
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I've always had decent results with 1 or 2ml of Dyna gro and when I tested the concentration it falls between 300 and 400. I tend to like to feed with every water.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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Feeding with each water in soil I would do as you are doing with feed levels. Pot does not need our help to live and replicate. It helps to not help too much usually.
 
Dboi87

Dboi87

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JDGreen said:
A ppm meter simply tells u how much feed is in ur water. And because soil holds nutes and salt the ppm in each watering would b drastically different depending on ur soil and feed. Hydro needs ppms to be more accurate because one theres no.buffer, and two nothing hold nutes, I have never used a ppm meter for soil it entirely unnecessary because u kno how much feed u put in. Its just parts per gallon instead of parts per.million.

Hydro need ppm for accuracy. U also.measure EC. And PH which can effect each other. Soil foesnt need that because there no direct root to nutrients contact
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When feeding I feel it's still good to know the strength of your feeding solution. I was taught to water slowly with plenty of run off for two reasons. It ensures that your medium is thoroughly saturated to avoid dry pockets. It also helps to wash away any salt buildup and gives a fresh start with the new solution.

the main reason I've been paying attention to my feed strength is so that if I ever decide to try another brand of nutrients, I can properly gauge how strong to mix them for a fair comparison. The other day I mixed sensi bloom at 1/8 of the recommended dose and it was still higher than I typically feed with Dyna
 
Dboi87

Dboi87

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JDGreen said:
I hate hydro and am now almost entirly organic soiless.
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I recently tried to go "organic" with nothing but chickity doo doo and marine cuisine and had beautiful results. I know it's not organic proper but it was a step in that direction and was the most hastle free grow I've had
 
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Smokenpassout

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Starting at 1/4 strength grow nutrients plus other minor additives my PPM reads between 260-300. Id agree that after increasing to 1/2 strength it would be near 500, and maybe 800-1000 when things get ramped up to 3/4 strength base nutrients plus extras. I agree that I've never used ppm meter with soil before, however I think its a benefit to see just where you are in strength after mixing various concotions.
 
vostok

vostok

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How exactly do you get an accurate reading in soil .....lol so funny I post this in Ru.....lol
 
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