I got some earth juice grow from the local garden store, so I followed the directions on the bottle and tested the water with my TDS meter.

My tap water is 25 ppm, and 1 tsp of nutes in a gallon of water is ~76 ppm.

I was under the impression that the ppm level for vegging should be like 800.

Anyone have any adivce? should I use more nutes?

Thanks

which earth juice?

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I really don't go grow grass for a living... I cut it.

Earth juice grow

you should get the entire Earth Juice line, for vegging try this mix per 1 gallon of water:

1 tablespoon GROW (three teaspoons)
1 tablespoon BLOOM (three teaspoons)
1 teaspoon CATALYST
1/2 teaspoon META-K

Use that most of the time and then once or twice during veg add this to the same mix:

1 teaspoon MICROBLAST

VERY IMPORTANT: I've found that you get much better results with Earth Juice when you aerate your nutrient mix for 24-48 hours before feeding it to the plants. This means mixing up the ingredients in a bucket and sticking an air stone in it (attached to an air pump) and let it bubble for 1-2 days. This brings up the pH and activates the microorganisms.

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Dacomella... Organic nutes register differently on TDS / EC meters than straight chem nutes. Chem nutes have ph buffers, dyes, and highly conductive mineral salts in concentrated forms.
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Organic nutes are bound differently, and don't register on TDS / EC meters like the chem nutes. Most of their NPK value is bound with carbon and hydrogen, which are less conductive.
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Earth Juice nutes are decent nutes. You are using them at a pretty weak level. The above recommendation for using 2 teaspoons or 1 tablespoon per gallon of water is more in line with what Mary needs. She's a hungry girl once she gets past the seedling stage of growth.
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Your TDS / EC meter is fine for checking your water, but with organic nutes it will not be much help.
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Hope this helps....
Keep it Real....Organic.....
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