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raggyb

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jeez I don't know. I was having problem with 1000ppm runoff but that was in in pete and compost mix with a super sensitive strain. Some coco needs to be washed before you use it, but yours is packaged with pete and it's ph balanced, so they should have washed it and that shouldn't be it. Now you added that white something amendments in the bags some time ago right? It sounded good. But did you add the recommended amount? I'm leaning to thinking you should flush with 2x the volume of your pot of pHed water and a little calmag and check again and if necessary repeat until the ppm is down to 500 or at least 1000 I guess. A few guesses here but that's ballpark. You might want to search on what growers with your medium do.
 

raggyb

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You know what, I'm thinking that ammendment was organic. Maybe this is why organic nutes doesn't go good with inert medium. It may not stick and gets washed out with the runoff. You may need the hydroponic nutes. But I still have a feeling you should flush that stuff out first with light camg solution. Perhaps like 1/4 strength of those canna nutes until it stabilizes.
 

vtim802

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i talked with the “hydro shop” guy, who in my opinion is a dooshbag i might add, and they basically made this mineral mix themselves, they told me it was fine to use and to stop giving any other nutrients because it breaks down slowly. it makes sense, i been saying my leaves feel weird for a few days on my posts here, my theory is those minerals i nixed into the tcpp is for soil, not “any growing medium” like they told me, im pretty sure im stuck with it unless i was to uproot the plant and repot it with fresh potting mix. i did all the crazy pruning to see how the plant would react so that on my next seeds, which WILL be feminized, these seeds were regular, i will already have a better idea of what actual parts of the plants to prune. thats the reason i pruned different parts on each plant. i know the plants look fine on the camera, but i can tell the leaves feel leathery and sharp and rough, from all the minerals, duh. its all good, lesson learned NEVER LISTEN TO THE HYDRO SHOP GUY. especially at the store i go to, hes given me more than one bad advice, i went down there over the summer looking for neem oil and he gave me old stage green cleaner and said it was the same thing, which it definitely isnt. all good ive learned ALOT over the last 21 days, and these next plants will have alot better start, im soaking 3 super skunk feminized right now
 

vtim802

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the amendmant that is for topsoil is fjne, its all just extra nitrogen, its the mineral ones i mixed directly into my medium which is the problem. its like a slow breaking down carbohydrate, like oatmeal, and its going to keep slowly burning my plants. they are still growing vigourously, i can see the new tips grown over the last few hours, its just going to continue to be a ongoing nutrient burn so rather just start fresh. i have a good feeling that i can have the new plants as big or more developed in less time than what these plants are at now. and i have learned what to do and not to do as far as starting them now as well
 
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