The70’s
Well-Known Member
My grow seems to be fine, just wondering is this should be in my routines, and would require a tester…..
Im in my 5th week of flower
Im in my 5th week of flower
Should I be measuring ppm, soil grow
- Thread starter The70’s
- Start date
Emilya Green
Well-Known Member
Soil growers don't generally need a ppm meter. tsp/gallon measurements are close enough in soil and you don't need the same accuracy that is needed in a hydroponic grow, where ppm meters are vital.My grow seems to be fine, just wondering is this should be in my routines, and would require a tester…..
Im in my 5th week of flower
- Thread starter
- #3
The70’s
Well-Known Member
Would using dry amendments make any difference to your opinion
Emilya Green
Well-Known Member
none whatsoever. How do you measure the ppm of a dry amendment?
- Thread starter
- #5
The70’s
Well-Known Member
Emilya Green
Well-Known Member
We were all there once. One of my pet peeves is hydro stores selling newbies expensive equipment they don't need. In soil, using synthetic nutes you need a good pH meter, but growing with dry amendments you don't even need that! Let me know if I can help as you quickly gain new knowledge in this first grow. Good Luck!
cbdhemp808
Well-Known Member
I think you mean top dressing with dry fertilizers, and that's a common practice.
I measure my organic ferts using a tablespoon for small quantities, and a pint jar for large quantities (for rough measure of 2 cup, 1 cup, 1/2 cup).
When I make a batch of my custom soil mix, or recycle some soil, I measure out dry ferts this way. I also use water-soluble dry ferts, mixed into water, as a drench. I typically don't do top dressing with dry ferts – I use a high-N liquid fert and water-soluble potassium/sulfur -or- potassium/magnesium/sulfur.
I bought PPM tester, just to see how bad my water actually was, and it turned out to be terrible. So I end up having to flush my plants a couple times, my PPM's out the tap used to run about 1400 to 2400 PPM's, heavy in Ca, Mg, Fe. On a new community well now, but the PPM's still run about 850 PPM's. If you're on Municipal water you should be able to access the water quality reports and see what your base water is. All that said, your plants looks great, I wouldn't change anything and in your case I believe a PPM meter is unnecessary.
- Thread starter
- #9
The70’s
Well-Known Member
3weeks to go ! Thank you all for your input, every little bit helps
Very nice @The70’s
