hi . basically was interested to get some input on whether it is possible to water plants with high ec and wait until they have used the nutrients in the soil and therefore lowered the soil ec and are ready for another feed.
ofcourse, granted, such a technique would require watering plain water in between feedings.
are there any flaws in this way of thinking ?
if it was possible to use this technique would it work in roackwool or soil equally ?
cheer
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Why not just a nice even constant feed?
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hi . yeah . i hear you .
i guess when you water at a constant feed the ec is also rising and declining… just at a less dramatic rate that a high ec feed once a week for example . basically im just trying to understand if one high ec feed every week or so would be enough to damage the plants ? i guess the growing medium would also come into play here. not to mention the water ec. /ppm
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also i had a thought that perhaps if it was possible to do a high ec feed then perhaps it would be easier to monitor the plant for when it should receive the next meal. rather than giving lower ec feeds and then all of a sudden having a nutrient lookout.
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I never give my plants plain water, ever. Always nutes at some concentration.
You can load up if tou want and I’m sure it’d be fine but I can’t think why you’d want too.
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If you think about it, DWC hydro is kind of that on a different scale?
Nutrient water, sometimes changed out weekly (sometimes on different schedules). Differing approaches, but “add nutrients, don’t touch it in between” is a thing that already exists. It’s not soil nutrients, so that probably behaves differently than roots in nutrient water.
I am recently awake, so I might be making connections in my head that don’t exist, but I would say it is probably a thing you could do. You might consider hydro if you want a “don’t touch your plants for days” approach?
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hi . the main idea was to understand a little better the mechanisms that are more likely to lead to nutrient overdose and how the plant reacts.
i thought it may be easier to avoid if you feed the plant less frequently but perhaps that is wrong.
im definitley interested in hydro of some description … it definitely does not seem like a set and forget option . ? maybe some is easier than others. because of certain limitations in my current grow area the only options for me to try would be rockwool or coco (manual watering) and drain to waste . actually ive done this before - grown some good plants in rockwool. did not even have a waste system… just somehow tried to avoid over feeding the plants in the rockwool . would be a pool of water around the plants but theyd suck it up in no time. it would be a lot better if i could think of a way to get the extra water out of the tray easily i know . 
the only thing i dont like about it was that it was probably not a good idea to use organic type food - which i quite like to use mixed with a bit of salts. some organic foods are labelled nowadays as hydro friendly - i have tried that and did not notice any problems. right now soil is the method im using. i am starting to realise though that each plant produces best in around 3-5 gallon containers . multiply that by 20-30 plants and its a bit of work . will look into recycling and amending soil on my grows this year. cheers
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Promix is cheap
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Is this what u use pro mix I was trying to find the stuff overgrow sponsors I think it’s called mega crop A n B where would one find that stuff lol
Or you could try MaxiBloom! Not trying to steer you either way, but for ease of use and low freq MaxiBloom is it. Not intended to be used as a seed to harvest nute, actually is great at just that.
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THANK U for sharing this information I will be checking this out
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I watched a YT video from Dr MJ Coco (I did search for it but couldn’t find it again) where he was saying that plants don’t really like it when they have to deal with a load of salts and then the next feed is a flush and then the next feed is salt again. He went into a bit of the science about it but basically a new nutrient level will shock a plant to a certain extent.
I grow in coco and roughly start them on 1/4 strength nutes then during the development/veg stage I’ll run them on 1/2 strength nutes partly to keep them hungry, and then when they start to flower they get full strength. But each time I switched to a different strength I noticed a few days pause before they pick up again.
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Since I feed my medium, with DTE organic additives.
To my weird way of thinking, when roots are young and tender, excess of nutrients, yes even organics will burn them.
Roots go brown, so the goodies can not get turned in to ATP.
Many nutes makers have their amounts dictated by weeks, so they encourage you to add small amounts until the roots can take stronger solution.
Cannabis is wild, I’ve fed hydro trees as much as 1800-2000 ppms.
I fed now in the 750-900 ppms.
Fed what they need, after that, to me it’s just wasting money.
But please rock your garden how ever you wish!!
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