hi everyone. its my first time growing and i think im missing an importand point here. So im trying to grow in biobizz organic soil (light mix / all mix) with the help of advanced nutrients . i follow the feed - water - feed -water schedule by beeing very carefull to not overwater and i always use 1ml/lt from the nutrients. my problems started from when i was introduced to the checking of the runoff water.
at my suprise every time i try to check what is coming out i find crazy numbers like 4000ppm for example and i dont know what to do or what i did to cause that . i even started a new plant in the light mix and im now in the third week of veg . i only fed her once till now and today i decided to test the runoff . well again i saw 2500 ppm . the feed was something like 500ppm and i used spring bottled water at 100ppm which i ph down at 6.2. so what am i missing ? what is it that im doing wrong? the plants look ok with no visible signs of something going wrong . can someone please explain to me cause im going f....n crazy. hope i explained it correctly , english is not my native language . thanks
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What I do is re-amend my soil in between runs with long term release ammendments, i.e. alfalfa meal, bone meal, azomite, things like that.however, those take time to breakdown and are not plant available immediately. So what I use is "Raw=Soluble " by npk industries. They sell each of the 17 minerals or so that plants need to grow so, I " spoon feed" my plants with whatever they might need or show deficiencies in. But once you get a couple cycles in and the long term stuff you added becomes plant available you really never need to give them anything other than water. I do brew my own compost tea that I usually use 2-3 times per run. And I also like and use "Mammoth P", "Recharge" if I dont have time to brew a tea, and "Neptunes Harvest" emulsified fish fertilizer. Hope this helps bud, Good Growing!