[hippy]

Me, personally, I use salt based nutrients so I want to feed nutes one day then just water w/ silica for two days between nutrients to help flush any salt buildup…

[turnster]

So full nutrients for a water, then only drop some Rhino Skin in for the next one?

[J Mystro]

Salts form when minerals concentrate during extreme dry backs or over-feeding. You shouldn’t ever need to rinse a media like coco between feedings with soluble nutrition. It’s true you won’t rinse out many cations but you will rinse out anions like nitrate, phosphate, sulfate and molybdate.

[hazyandlazy]

I grow in soil, and I am not an expert by any stretch. I weigh my plant and use this to help make a decision on whether to water or not. If I am watering I try to water enough to get some runoff. Don’t need much but enough to measure ppm.

[turnster]

Hiya,

I do the same with picking up the pot and judging by the weight, but she was only watered with nutrients 2 days ago so I’m wondering should I just give her Normal RO PH’d water and nutrients in the water after this. So effectively if she needs watering every 2 days I’ll nutrient one water then skip to no nutrients then back to nutrients?.

[J Mystro]

Feed the plants soluble nutrition every watering in an acceptable PPM/EC/pH range for the size and stage of growth for the plant. Watering in at the same numbers will create a pH and mineral buffer in the media. Ideally you want the around the same numbers going in as going out in the runoff. If the numbers are higher or lower in the run off then you know your buffer is off and which way it needs to be adjusted.

[turnster]

Great 😀 , So full Nutrients every water and just be careful and check the run off?, tbh there isn’t a lot of run off from a 5 gallon pot when I water with one litre? I’m in Soil btw.

[J Mystro]

It’s not good to have a plant in a pot with dry soil. Always water to run off or you will get a salt build up. Plants consume far more water than minerals.

[turnster]

Okay, cool, I understand that. Thanks soo much! 😃