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Originally Posted by plantman969
Anyone got the answer as to why my BMO nutes are not registering on my tri-meter or a tds meter? I ordered the bloom and foliar nutes and no matter the dose the nutes are not being registered. So how do i properly take ec/ppm readings?
I Added 15ml - nothing ok maybe a 15-20ppm swing, next added 15ml more pretty much the samething - nothing
WHATS THE DEAL????????????
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Plantman969.....
Your TDS meter will not help with organic ferts. I used to do chem / hydro years ago. When I made the switch, I too thought what the hell.....???? but organics are different.
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First, the BMO stuff is missing the heavy metals / inorganic mineral salts you find in most chem only nutes (both of those are highly conductive). Next, their mixes are alive. Large concentrations of live bacteria & fungi, freak out the average EC or TDS meter. TDS or EC readings will not provide a true measure of nute value of organic ferts.
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So basically, you can use your meter to check the quality of the water prior to mixing, but after that forget-a-bout-it....... Just mix it like it says on the label and give your plants one quart of the mixed up fertilizer per gallon of soil, per week.
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I would not foliar feed during flowering. Trichromes are like velcro. You could use the foliar mix with the flowering mix to add N.
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I've always felt BMO's flower fert was too light in the N dept., but the foliar fert mixed in with the flower, makes it just right. Probably no concidence there. Before they starting selling the foliar, I just mixed a 1/4 strength of their grow fert in with the flower power.
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Hope this helps.....
Keep it Real....Organic.......
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