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I’m starting to think the issue may have been the light intensity all along. At first, the plants looked like they were recovering, but when I checked again a few hours later, they seemed to go right back to how they were, even though the EC was where it should be. That’s when I started...

You might have been right all along.

Just a quick update — it hasn’t even been 24 hours since the flush, and I’m already starting to see signs of recovery. It’s looking more and more like the high EC and salt buildup were causing a lockout. They’re definitely not fully bounced back yet, and I wasn’t planning to share any photos...

You might be on to something there.

I made the switch to Autopots about three weeks ago. The first two weeks went really well, but this past week is when issues started showing up. Looking back, I think I was running the EC too high. The plants weren’t absorbing everything, and the excess started building up in the root zone...

Just a quick update — I ended up taking about half the plants out of the veg tent to give them a proper flush. When I checked the EC at the root zone, it was way too high, so I flushed with pH’d RO water until the Bluelab Pulse showed it down around .5 EC. That part alone took several hours...

I check the PH of the reservoir every other day. I also check my pens calibration on a weekly basis and it's always on point. I'm always on top of the PH and the reservoir EC, one thing I never took into consideration is the salt build up. So, now I am starting to address that.

I did check all of that when I first set up the system, but I’ll go over everything again today once the lights come back on, just to make sure it’s all working properly. I didn’t add the two inches of hydroton at the bottom this time, but I actually still have some left over from when I used...

Room hasn't been above 82F

Autopots recommends starting as top feed until roots get established. Then switch over to the autopot method.

This is the medium I’ve been using, and since my setup runs on AutoPots, I don’t control how often they’re fed—they’re consistently supplied and take in what they need. I had been feeding at an EC of around 1.2, but I’m starting to think that may have been too high. I recently picked up a...

Not exactly sure what’s going on—things were looking great with the plants, and then suddenly… they weren’t. Nothing obvious changed, but here’s a little context. I’m growing Skunk #1 from seed in a 1-gallon fabric nursery pot using a 70/30 coco-perlite mix, feeding with Jack’s 321. Everything...

Is this normal is the late stages of flower?

When I first posted this thread, I was finishing up my 55-gallon reservoir. For the next batch of nutrients, I made a few changes: I left out the PowerSi, lowered the EC from around 2.0 to 1.6, and added Hydroguard at the recommended dose. Now, I’ve got some good news and bad news to report...

I did try running a lighter nutrient solution at first, but I started seeing deficiencies. That’s when I came across Jack’s recommendation of 2.4 EC, and I saw others talking about pushing it to 3.0 or higher. I never went that far, but now I’m wondering if my average EC of around 2.0 might...