K potash and TDS

millertm

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I have added Pro Tekt by Dana Grow to my nutes. This potash is very alkaline and will push my non nutes feeding to about 9.5 PH, this is using 1 tsp per 2 gal of water and tap PH is around 8. So, I am now seeing an issue with high TDS after PH'ing water to 6.2. I just got a TDS pen and will now check to see how high my TDS is going. Mobil H+ ions are interfering with nute uptake and while not burning leaves, growth is suspect and plants are not happy. I do like the way the K potash is forming plant structure but at the cost of slow growth and high TDS i'm not sure if I'm better off using it or not. Here are a few shots of plants that should be much farther along for autos. almost 30 days up.



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Millertm
 
Left K, right no K. Same plant cloned into these two.

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