ratdog Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Just now, mikeydoughnut said: I’m using powdered stuff i bought some chempak (no 2 and no 8) after someone here recommended, but i think i'll have a crack in the greenhouse with the veggies first before killing the indoor plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Manalishi Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 11 hours ago, mikeydoughnut said: Hungry. I thought soft water feed was meant to deal with cal:mag deficit, otherwise, what’s the point in it?! My tap water and Dutch pro soft water nutrients are partnership made in heaven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbawz66 Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 14 hours ago, The Green Manalishi said: My tap water and Dutch pro soft water nutrients are partnership made in heaven What’s your tap water ec mate ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Manalishi Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 @bigbawz66My tap water is usually 0.0 - 0.1 my water report mentioned no noticeable amount of magnesium and a baw hair of calcium, very soft water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbawz66 Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) So I’ve buffered my coco , quick question tho. After buffering it, I watered the pots to run off , measured the run off and it’s a bit strong. 1.7ec. Should I keep running water through until run off ec is same as in flow , which is 0.1 from the tap. Or would doing this rinse out all the Calmag that I’ve just buffered it with. Apologies if I sound a bit thick, suppose I am when it comes to coco. thanks for looking. Edited April 17, 2023 by bigbawz66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Manalishi Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Never run plain water through your coco, keep feeding with your desired ec until your run off matches . You might need to do this multiple times a day though, it will come down, that’s why you go to keep that coco moist, if it means feeding a plant multiple times a day 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticriver Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 17/04/2023 at 4:43 PM, bigbawz66 said: Apologies if I sound a bit thick nah bro I think I know what your asking here - after you have buffered the coco with a high-EC calmag, 'YES' you want to run plain water through it before you plant anything it may seem counter-intuitive at first, after all you have soaked it in calmag & you think your washing it all away but yes, I run tap water through until there is just plain water coming out of the bottom of the pots (about 90 seconds) its safe to do, because you have got the effect you did the buffering for - getting the coco the do its 'cation exchange' of what coco does to the calcium & magnesium, so its done all that, when you wash it through the coco will still hang on to the Ca & Mg elements, so it won't do it when you fertigate your plants (up to the strength you buffered it to - always buffer higher than the strength you'll feed at) hope this helps mystic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbawz66 Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 On 30/04/2023 at 11:45 AM, mysticriver said: nah bro I think I know what your asking here - after you have buffered the coco with a high-EC calmag, 'YES' you want to run plain water through it before you plant anything it may seem counter-intuitive at first, after all you have soaked it in calmag & you think your washing it all away but yes, I run tap water through until there is just plain water coming out of the bottom of the pots (about 90 seconds) its safe to do, because you have got the effect you did the buffering for - getting the coco the do its 'cation exchange' of what coco does to the calcium & magnesium, so its done all that, when you wash it through the coco will still hang on to the Ca & Mg elements, so it won't do it when you fertigate your plants (up to the strength you buffered it to - always buffer higher than the strength you'll feed at) hope this helps mystic Thanks brother, that all,I needed to know. Had it in my head that running tap,water through would cancel,out my Calmag buffering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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