Help please

If I have 600 ec starting water and my target is 1000 ec should my ec meter read 1600 or 1000?

If your target is 1000ppm, then your meter should read 1000ppm. If it reads 1600ppm, you are at 1600ppm.

600ppm is pretty high if I'm not mistaken for tap water. Have you had it tested and know what's in it? Or checked the county's website?

Are you talking EC or ppm?

MickFoster said:

Are you talking EC or ppm?

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Definitely need to know lol
600 ec is some fine plant frying water.

MickFoster said:

Are you talking EC or ppm?

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Ec

leatherbackturtle420 said:

Definitely need to know lol
600 ec is some fine plant frying water.

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I got hard water and doing in ec

MickFoster said:

Are you talking EC or ppm?

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So I’m in veg and aiming for 1100ec - 1400ec that’s what my nutrients say to aim for and my starting watering is 598 ec so should my meter read 1100ec or 1700 ec ie add the 600 starting water?

You must be talking PPM. 600 is very high for tap water. You might want to go with RO water.

The numbers you're giving us don't make sense for an EC reading.
I think he means his starting water is .6 EC and he's aiming for 1.1 EC.......I think.

ab2t2000 said:

I got hard water and doing in ec

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You are definitely not reading EC man.
600ec water would burn plants to a crisp in hours.

You are definitely talking PPM. 600 ppm tap water is really high so you may want to consider an RO unit.

@leatherbackturtle420 @MickFoster no I am talking ec I’m going to add pic

Once I add nutes to my res I’m at 800-900 ppm is it okay for veg?

From what I gathered from internet it’s 0.6 starting water so once I’ve added my nutes I’m getting 1.7-1.8 EC in veg is that okay??

ab2t2000 said:

Once I add nutes to my res I’m at 800-900 ppm is it okay for veg?

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I dont ph or check ppm/ec of anything. So i cant help you much at all. I just know 600 EC water is way to high so something is off.
I know my well water is 170-200ppm always, and idk what the ppm/ec of my feed is but im in promix so i dont worry about it. I just feed 1/2-3/4 the dose of what the mfg recommends every watering and call it good.

@MickFoster ??

Your meter is in the us/cm range meaning its a 0.000 so at 0600ec u are at .6 early veg 1.2 is what im doing. thats around 600ppm in ro water. so Honestly if its ur first feeding i would do 1.2 with the base at .6 and see how the plant acts and go up from there its easier to go up then go down.

gooshpoo said:

Your meter is in the us/cm range meaning its a 0.000 so at 0600ec u are at .6 early veg 1.2 is what im doing. thats around 600ppm in ro water. so Honestly if its ur first feeding i would do 1.2 with the base at .6 and see how the plant acts and go up from there its easier to go up then go down.

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I have feed them at 1.3 not really doing good so I assume I can try go up to 1.8 I’m flowing a feeding chart but there’s no ec or ppm recommended (idrolab)

What medium are you growing in? What is your pH

TCH said:

If your target is 1000ppm, then your meter should read 1000ppm. If it reads 1600ppm, you are at 1600ppm.

600ppm is pretty high if I'm not mistaken for tap water. Have you had it tested and know what's in it? Or checked the county's website?

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Is 0.984 EC and 428 ppms good for base water? PH is under 6.2. Growing in coco/perlite

Ganjamann2020 said:

Is 0.984 EC and 428 ppms good for base water? PH is under 6.2. Growing in coco/perlite

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428ppm is pretty high for tap water. Plus, it depends what that 428 is made up of.