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Well I may have to transplant soon, I see a root poking out of a cup and the plants don't look like they should be anywhere near outgrowing them yet, but soon will be.  Should I just transplant to the gallon size bags and work it down then? Or bring it down then transplant?
 
Give the plants a couple of days...
1 to get the EC adjusted
2 to give them time to develop a root ball mass

Then yes, 1 gallon is fine. I use 1/2 gallon for step 2, which may be better... It is big enough to get them till their fourth week and it is small enough to water frequently.
But 1 gallon will be the same idea. - still plan to go to finals during week 4 so they can get situated in their new digs before the flip.

Things will move quickly! You're going to like it :)
 
Ok. I'm going to try to do this in the order I did the plants. Plant 1 pic then EC out pic same with plant 2 then EC in pic. 1104 is the nute EC in. Probably gonna edit in a sec to add more info. Gotta look something up.
*Ok couldn't find it. But is it just me or are the stems on plant 1 turning purple? Think I remember reading somewhere that that is a problem. Can't find it atm... But there they are growing to beat all... let me know what you think.
Side note.... Gotta revamp the water destiller. Not doing nearly enough.
 

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Ok just a paranoia on the stem color. Checked EC out all weekend. Was a little high (+250ish) friday. Running closer to +175 yesterday. Going to check again when I get there. Hopefully still in +150-200 range. Probably transplant tonight.
 
Voice typing but okay so I didn't get to do any of that. county mounty is right outside the house I just got in watered and got the hell out but yeah I guess there was some s*** going on yeah typical small-town b******* so I didn't get to do any numbers or any of that but it will be okay plants look good.
They weren't even looking at the house so it's all good. Definitely getting a scrubber as a just in case.
 
Got to spend some time with the girls today. They check out well and one of them might end up with a three way manifold. Growth points on 3rd node started growing when one side of primary decided not to. Got them transplanted and OMG they were about to bind up in the cups. Should have taken root pics. But hindsight 20/20 and all that. My pretty little typical plant has darker stems that I thought were purplish the other day. Not purple but definitely darker veins in the stem. Not a clue if that is foreshadowing or not. But everything else seems to be in order. Numbers good at +135 and 160 respectively. The other plant decided it wanted to jump the growth points into foliage instead of letting the primary go ahead. Here's some pics.
 

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Looks good!
What day are they at from sprout?
Are those PPM numbers? Or EC difference? What is +135 and 160?
Anyways looks good just perhaps a little pale and that prompts the questions, but may just be lighting.
 
Germed on 27th. Cots were up on 1st or 2nd. So day 22 or 23. 5th node unless you count the 1st single leaves. Probably start manifold soon. Not in a rush. Photoperiod so I got time to make sure it's right. The numbers are EC difference. Got lighting set at 250 about 10 inches above. No stretch. Once I got buds going gonna kick to 600. Photos were lights on so they do look pale.
 
Inflow is right around 1100, can't rember off the top of my head, that's target in anyway. Gotta mix another batch tonight. One a day since they're in the bigger pots. Thinking about going to EOD since they went into 3 gallon instead of one gallon (they disappeared ). Feeding is in the evening, "morning" for the plants. Just started that yesterday though so gonna give it a few days before I go to every other day, if I do. Might have to drop the EC closer to 1000 because temps are climbing, in and out of tent. I'll have to check my guage but i think it starts hot and then cools off as their "day" goes on.
 
I advise against EOD!
Keep it daily at least - And remember fertigation is not just about water. You manage water, nutrition, and EC with fertigation. It is important to fertigate in Coco even if plants don't appear to need water because of EC in particular.
 
Definitely not running EOD. But I'm a little confused... just tended the girls and my runoff was way high. My typical lady was running + 600 EC difference and the other was over 1600 off.... is that even possible??? Was just fine yesterday.... double checked meter on destilled water.. read 14 EC... it was cheap water.... So made sense there but a total reading of 2776? Wtf over? My nutes in today were 1097 EC. My mind just shut down.... how the hell?
* 7 pints apiece with about 1.5 pint runoff... roughly 21%
* wouldn't something in the 2776 EC range just kill the plant?
 
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I suspect a sample error. It is not reasonable for EC to climb that high that quickly. But a couple questions

How long had it been since prior fertigation?

Did this event have a higher or lower inflow quantity than last event?

How were the samples taken (possibilities for contamination)?

2776 is not healthy, so if that is an accurate reading you'll need to address, but Something doesn't add up.

Wait, how big are your pots... That is entirely too much water needed to get run-off.
 
So, I am now thinking that your fertigation frequency may need to be increased (rather than reduced!), but waiting to hear your response.

BTW: I give about 1 quart per 5gallon pot to get 20% run-off!!! You should be aiming to water frequently enough that you can match that ratio (depending on pot size)
 
Less than 24 hours since last. Higher inflow quantity. Syringed up 120mL to test. Went to 3 gal . 1gal bags disappeared on me. Set up for lights on at night to keep temps down. Started once a day fertigation yesterday. I'll have to get my ass up early to get them in the morning.
* mixing nutes for morning now.
 
LOL
I ran my last grow 8am-8pm. I changed that to 9:30-9:30 for this grow for ass out of bed reasons!

I don't know how you were able to put so much water into such small pots if you had watered just 24hrs before. 7 pints in a 3 gallon pot is A LOT!
 
But if that much water is evaporating/transpiring then it actually could be possible to crack EC up that high.

Something still doesn't add up though. Be sure to test run-off again at next event - hopefully it was just a fluke
 
Just reset my thermometer so I can see how hot it gets tomorrow. Plants are taller now than when I watered them. Still don't think it should be that high though. But the other plant is at 1702 so either way I'm probably going to have to flush them.... grow is 6pm to 10am.
 
It shouldn't be that high, but you also shouldn't be able to put so much water into them.
I'm not sure that a flush is needed yet... I'd do another fertigation as normal and gather more data.
 
Yep at this rate I'm gonna have to set up a watering system edges were dry. Only took a quart and about a pint runoff. Tested in the same range on both. 2776 EC dropped to 2660s, 1702 EC went up to 1800s. Got a 3 day weekend so I'll figure something out this weekend for a watering system. Gonna need 4x fertigate daily at this rate, maybe more.
 
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