Is my water alright?

Correct in soil. Also just discovered that had really high ppm in water which I’m sure is part of the cause to ?

Perfect way to explain thank you! Doing this for next water once dry completely

Could be. What are your watering practices? Flood to drought yet? I usually do not start watering to runoff until I start feeding in soil. Helps rinse the salts out each time. Lights should be about 16-20" above and 500 ppfd or 30 DLI. Just some ballpark numbers.

I definitely have overwatered :frowning: lol I have cut back now and I’m not watering until signs. I need to. Also, I currently have my light at about 30 inches above the plant maybe 33 because I thought maybe it was the light at first I haven’t been able to check the ppfd or DLI personally

Also my light intensity was at 25% but turned down thinking my light was part of the cause originally. Should I turn the intensity back up to 25%? It’s at like 15 right now last day - 2

I haven’t had tent over max 84 degrees once maybe for 30 mins got little hotter but solid 78-81 and 50-65% humidity whole growth. From my understandings that’s perfect growth surroundings

I use meters to determine my light intensity. 25% doesn’t mean anything to me. I would think though at 33" above it should be higher but without a ppfd or DLI metric, it is just a guess.

Appreciate The info Growmie!! It’s highly appreciated! Also question so my ppm has been extremely high not paying attention to it. Should I adjust my ppm to the 150 area or should I just run next water straight ph water with 0ppm to flush how much was already given to plant ?

Oh, don’t put your meter in distilled water. It can ruin the meter, and since your Pom’s are so high in distilled, I think you may have. Mix up a gallon of Lucas Formula. You should be right around 5.8 if the meter is accurate.

Huh what?

You can put ppm meters in distilled water to test with absolutely no issue. I test my distilled water that I make and have absolutely no issues and never heard of the don’t use it in distilled statement. Do you have a source for that? I’m always interested in differing studies.

So I watered today and my run off ppm was 1330 . Watered with 160ppm water ph of 6-6.5 . Is my run of still way to high after the high ppm water last few times

I would keep doing that until it comes under 1000, then feed again

You’ll want to dial that in to 6.3 to 6.8.
6.5 being the sweet zone for the happy frog.

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The instructions for my apera ph60 say to rinse in distilled water. Just dont want to store it in the distilled.

This warning should be on your ph, or ppm meter box, or in the instructions. I know Blue Lab puts the warning on the box.

“ No, you should not put a PPM EC meter in distilled water to calibrate it; distilled water has very low conductivity and is not suitable for calibrating the meter as it will not provide an accurate reading due to its lack of dissolved minerals, which are what the meter”

“ No, you should not put a pH meter in distilled water as it can damage the electrode; distilled water lacks enough ions for the meter to function properly and can cause the glass membrane of the electrode to leach ions, leading to inaccurate readings and potential damage”

The Lucas Formula isn’t used very much any longer, although that’s my go to feeding regime for hydro, or soiless mediums.
Anyway, 8 ml GH Micro, and 16 ml GH Bloom per gallon is ya gotta do.to put your PH right at 5.8. If using coco, it’s slightly different. 6 ml Micro, 9 ml bloom to get ya to 5.9/6.0. I’ve used it in both distilled, and tap from several cities.
Use it, or not, it’s a great way to make sure your pen is calibrated accurately.

I have calibration solution for calibrating my apera.
I use lucas formula in motors. Didn’t know the made fertilizer.

Here are the instructions straight from Apera for their ph meter. Rinse in pure water (can be distilled) before calibration. Just don’t store it in pure water.

If the manufacturer says it’s ok to rinse the pen in RO/distilled, I’m sure it’s ok to rinse off.