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Mixed nutrients, but PPM is low

Posted by plantboy_grower (My Page) on
Mon, Jan 28, 08 at 15:03

I mixed my second tank of solution yesterday. I wanted it to be around 500 PPM for lettuce, however, it looks like it turned out to be 400 PPM. I probably overmeasured my gallons of water.

Is it acceptable to add more nutrient to try to correct this, or should I just let it run all week like this? I am using Technaflora's BC boost, grow, thrive alive red, sugar daddy, and magical. I don't want to mess up the nutrients already in there, will adding more nutes do that?

Any suggestions would be helpful. I don't know if the low PPM this week will put the lettuce outside of the 30 days until harvest window or not...


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RE: Mixed nutrients, but PPM is low

Yes it is acceptable to add more get your ppm up,that's what we use a meter for.You won't mess it up by adding.Unless you put way to much in.What I do is keep a record of how much I put in and then next time you redo your tank you'll have an idea how much to start with.

mudcat


 
 

 

 


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