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    Default Run off Ec in coco lower than original Ec

    Where on earth does that nutrient value go?

    I've had more time to spend on my grow than previously, its also my 1st led grow so I've been monitoring the run off ec pretty much daily.

    This is what's baffling me... Without any environment changes I went through almost 3 weeks of consistently low ec run off but the plant looked healthy throughout, fed at 1.0 run off consistently 0.6/0.7ec.
    It's now back to normal 0.2/3ec raise after 4 hours.


    Raises in ec I can get my head around but falls in ec that are persistent have me scratching my head, especially when the plant doesn't look hungry, or not to me anyway?

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    I didn't raise the ec because it looked healthy but I'd like to know the cause/reason for it happening, maybe I should've raised the ec because of the persistently low reading?

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    I've never measured runoff in any growing medium It just seems like way to much work.



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    Lower EC coming out. Than going in means they eating good. Thats what I thought snyway

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    Noob here, but I've read sometimes when this happens regularly it can be due to uneven feeding. Can eventually cause buildup and burn while still giving a low runoff EC.

    Did you up your watering frequency or runoff percentage as runoff numbers went back to normal?
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    You're trying to pin a tail on a blind donkey. If the plants look healthy and you alter the feed because of what the runoff numbers are, you are making a mistake. I've seen passive hydro grows wrecked by doing that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trichomedome View Post
    Fed at 1.0 run off consistently 0.6/0.7ec. It's now back to normal 0.2/3ec raise after 4 hours.

    Just means the plants are feeding well...They look healthy enough to me, nowt to worry about..





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