Drain to waste system-watering/run-off?

Hey All,


So I'm just wanting to make sure that I'm giving my babies enough water!!! I have 12-1gl pots with Aurora Roots Organic Soil, all plants are between 17-19 days old. They are on a Feed/Water/Feed schedule with Cutting Edge Solutions, they dry out every 4 days. When I watered them just now, it took 4gls of nute water for me to feed all 12 of them. After 20 mins had passed and I knew the water worked through the soil, I drained them and had a little over 1/2 gl of run-off. So my question is, Is that enough run-off for that many plants in 1gl buckets at that age? The weight difference between the plants when there dry and full watered is substantial enough but just need that second opionion. Thanks in advance for the help!

You are doing great my friend. Your run off is sufficent. I think I read in the GH feeding schedule drain to waste they recommend 10%, so a 1/2 gallon would be 12.5%

It was actually 5-25% they suggest for runoff during "irrigation." I guess my memory was cloudy...Imagine that. Heres the link in case u think I'm BS'ing http://generalhydroponics.com/site/gh/docs/feeding_sched/GH-FloraSeries-DTW-Charts.pdf Enjoy your night.

Thanks Brother!!! All info is appreciated, not spat upon, lol!!! I'll check out the link though, thanks!