Ok so maybe I need a new meter. I don't check ppm too much, I have a handful of feeds that I use for different sets of plants. And I've used them for quite a while. It's probably been 6 weeks since I used my pen. I'll be ordering a new pen today, lol. I came up with.....
It's performance is hard to beat, regardless of price, IMO.
Well after 24 hours jug 1 is 580ppm and 6.0 ph. #2 is 680ppm and 6.0. Hmmm. After adjusting main res to 5.9, it has risen to 6.1 and holding steady. I will leave it there.
I usually have a lil bump up in pH after 24-48, I've always chalked it up to the solution stabilizing. But your ppm drop puzzles me. Keep us updated on this I'm rather interested.
I suspect the numbers will be the same tomorrow. I did notice both jugs had stuff floating in them. It was clear yesterday.
Oh, try stirring it up and then checking. There's some organic particles that fall out of suspension. I use pumps in my res to keep it mixed.
I would love to hear how your plants respond, do you plan on doing this through flower? I'm curious how it works out. You don't think it's too much kelp for flower?I'm definitely liking the MegaCrap. Everything I put it on likes the MegaCrap.
Bought the big bag...twice. Second time around I bought some of the amendments as well.
Doing so definitely helped me break it all down/deconstruct it all a bit visually.
Buying a bag of Cal Mag clued me in that those little balls are definitely the Cal-Mag AND the Nitrogen in the mix. Hitting bloom.....I am a bit leary of using the uber-hot Bud Explosion....but i think a little boost of "bloom" would be nice about now. That got me thinking. What if I screened out the little balls? In my mind...by doing so I would end up with a more bloom based mix.....basically....MegaCrap without all that N.
I figured it couldn't hurt......so I screened out the little balls and gave em a good dose of the stinky brown....
and the screened out little balls got tossed on the lawn.....
You bring up a good point. I've seen people run 5-6+ grams through flower and keep thing their plants are hungry. I'm sure it brings its own set of issues. I'm not sure how much kelp is in MC, I'm not around to look at the bag. Or how strong the kelp is rather. I guess it would be obvious if there was excessive stretch. Good luck with your tinkering.
@macsnax .....Looking at the bag it's not clear to me where the kelp comes in...if there's kelp in there at all. They do have a kelp amendment they sell off to the side.....I used it twice early on. All-in-all...I'm just trying to keep using the formula....sans of all that N. Even with screening it there are smaller balls of N that are present so I know it isn't removing all of it. A little N is good, IMO,,,,,too much...not so. Like I say...I'd love to see some colors/fade....so I'd rather back off and suffer a bit on overall yields than to jam the Hell out of em all the way to the finish line in full on green mode.
Man that’s quite the hack if it works. I’m going to try it as well. I’ll save the little bawlz and pair em with a 2-4-4 bloom fert I don’t use anymore, and try using that on some plants in veg. Waste not want not. (I don’t have a lawn just weeds and they don’t need the help)
The MC was not bad the culprit is the BE but seems to do okay with the hot water.
I use a micronute package here and there during veg....and though it doesn't have Cal-Mag...I never see those types of deficiencies outdoors. >>>Knock on wood<<< IF I do with the MC....I'll grab a product without the N. No way I'd dump that on my flowering plants. I'd let em suffer the MG/Ca problem first....LOL.
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