TDS .5 vs .7 conversion factor?

Originally Posted by FootClan

on the back it says " EC start 1.2 end 2.0 ?

Well, there you go. Although I would use 1/2 of the recommendation to start.

so is saying that the highest concentration of nutes i should have in my reservor is 2.0 on a EC meter?? is that what its saying ?

2.0 EC is a 1000ppm but i thought iwanted to be around 1400 ppm at the plants peak?? so wouldnt i be going over that ...Im already at 1130ppm so isnt that already over 2.0 EC once again even more confused now......

I think ill just go back to not carrying and just follow the feed chart like im already doing........I mean my plants look great i have no problems i just wanted to understand this more but it seems more hassle then helpful.......

Originally Posted by FootClan

so is saying that the highest concentration of nutes i should have in my reservor is 2.0 on a EC meter?? is that what its saying ?

2.0 EC is a 1000ppm but i thought iwanted to be around 1400 ppm at the plants peak?? so wouldnt i be going over that ...Im already at 1130ppm so isnt that already over 2.0 EC once again even more confused now......

I think ill just go back to not carrying and just follow the feed chart like im already doing........I mean my plants look great i have no problems i just wanted to understand this more but it seems more hassle then helpful.......

Again, PPM is not consistent across the board. 2.0 EC is 1000 PPM if the conversion is .5 but if the conversion is .7 then it is 1400 PPM. It depends on the meter.

Stick to EC.

Originally Posted by NLXSK1

Again, PPM is not consistent across the board. 2.0 EC is 1000 PPM if the conversion is .5 but if the conversion is .7 then it is 1400 PPM. It depends on the meter.

Stick to EC.

well my conversion is .5 so that means 2.0 ec would be 1000ppm but im already over that and the Humboltwhole sales protect support guy said i can be as high as 1400 ppm at peak feeding......so i guess the "start 1.2 end 2.0 EC is NOT correct on the back of the bottle.....

It's all relative. Get an EC meter and read that each time you do a weekly res change or top off. If the reading is down between res changes/top offs it means your plant could use more nutes. If the reading is higher, then you should use less nutes. If the reading remains the same then you're on target. Just listen to what your plants tell you. Obviously your plants will use more nutes as they grow from week to week, and the changing EC will reflect that.

If your EC meter is consistent in readings your plants should be perfectly fine. My favorite meter is the Bluelab Truncheon, which doesn't need calibration (from straying in it's readings) and is very accurate as well as a fav among many growers.

I do not have a ppm meter from hanna or eutech so I am guessing that they only read in their specified scale (hanna @ 500). I think the problem arises with the meter we both chose, the bluelab truncheon, because it has conversion for both on it. Essentially leaving it up to you to decide which to go off of. I have been reading mine on the 700 scale and pretty much adjusting down as my plants react to it. I would think if you want a more definitive answer, you would have to ask someone who treats pool water. I believe alot of those chemical bottles tell you what to read your ppm at. Just my 2 pennies..

I read through the first bit, it seems if you are confused it is because there is a grand over complication going on right here.

There is EC (Electric Conductivity), CF (Conversion Factor), 500, and 700 or you can say .5, and .7.

EC is a multiplication of 1.
So to get EC, you times your EC reading by 1.

CF is a multpilication of 10.
So to get your CF reading from a 1.0 EC,
1 x 10 = 10, Therfore CF = 10.

.5 is a multiplication of 500, therefore 1.0 EC will be 500ppm.

.7 is a multiplication of EC by 700, therefore 1.0 EC will be 700ppm.