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Seems short on N to what the 1 part is. I am running about equal parts and plants seem lighter green. Not using their brand cal-nit but I would rather be a little shy on N. I am making up the calcium with pickle crisp. What I cant quite place is the difference in iron? When I was looking at the maths it seems as if there is some iron impurity in their cal-nit?
dstroy0
Zeroes and Ones
I was using about 210g of the 1 part and it would be about 1.6EC and I haven’t used more than 190g of the 2 part because 190g is 1.7EC
1.6 on the 500 or 700 scale?
This is where talking in ppm is easier for me.
This is where talking in ppm is easier for me.
Buck5050
Underground Chucker
I can't run over 1.6EC without some issues pushing through but that's with BudExplosion added in. Base mix with the 2-part is best for me at 1.4
I run 600-850max having 700 ppm = 1.4 iirc
Buck5050
Underground Chucker
Oh man, gotta get you over to using the EC scale. But that is 800ppm on the 500 scale I believe.
dstroy0
Zeroes and Ones
What ratio a:b do you use?
Buck5050
Underground Chucker
the ratio is 1: 1.125
That's the base nutrient mix in RO water with General Hydroponic PH up added to 5.7-5.8 (not much) nothing else. Puts me at 1.4-1.5EC. I am with SS on the response from GreenLeaf that 1.5 : 1 is pretty light on Nitrogen and it's hard for me to believe that's accurate to the 1 part. But, I only used the newest 1 part on vegetables this year.
That's the base nutrient mix in RO water with General Hydroponic PH up added to 5.7-5.8 (not much) nothing else. Puts me at 1.4-1.5EC. I am with SS on the response from GreenLeaf that 1.5 : 1 is pretty light on Nitrogen and it's hard for me to believe that's accurate to the 1 part. But, I only used the newest 1 part on vegetables this year.
My 1 part mixes brown idk what version it is 3, 4, 5??? LOL they need version control in labeling.
Sorry I deleted a post earlier it wasn't really making sense because my memory is bad. Google molar volume if you dare.
Buck5050
Underground Chucker
You don't when using EC at that scale but it can. Meters can display EC as a whole number 1.4 = 1400. PPM meters are using what they display calculating from the electrical conductivity of the water and then display it as a number depending on the scale( 500 or 700). Why not use the actual electrical conductivity that the PPM meter is using as your guidance.
Resolution. When I was trying to get 30+ days on a res change. As @dstroy0 has pointed out one flaw with that is accounting for root exuduates.
The way I understand it is 500 is the 1 to 1 ratio 700 was set up for drinking water quality to base off CaCO ??
Buck5050
Underground Chucker
I believe it's more like a 1:2
"To get an EC value, multiply the ppm reading by 2 and divide by 1000. Thus, if your EC is 1: 1*1000/2= 500 ppm."
Kinda why I ditch the PPM, it's using EC as its base number. No need for anymore mumbo jumbo in between me and my accuracy.
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dstroy0
Zeroes and Ones
500
1.0EC == 500ppm (1.0EC x 0.5 x 1000) == 700ppm (1.0EC x 0.7 x 1000)
Now you see that the scalars for different ppm scales are multiples of EC.
450 = ? x 0.5 x 1000
? = 0.9 EC
