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I'm afraid I'm not able to close out the thread with any conclusive results. I've had 3 weeks vacation now, and haven't been able to follow up the plant as closely as I would have liked, but I think the environmental shock from moving it outside probably overshadowed any other changes I applied...

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True, true. I am in fact an actual engineer, just one that is used to dealing with computers and electronics that give immediate feedback when I try to force them to do stuff they don't like.   One can always hope that the plants will teach me some patience still   :dance:     Thanks yet again...

I see your points regarding not feeding every time, but a lot of the fun in this whole ordeal for me is trying to engineer an automatic set up, where I'd only refill a reservoir once every 2 weeks or so. It would be possible to do it in a different way of course, and make a separate reservoir...

Yeah, gave it a thorough flushing yesterday. I didn't take any measurements this time, it just slipped my mind for some reason.   The last time I did a slurry test was about a month ago right before the last time I flushed it. Both that slurry test and the run-off after 5L came out at around...

Alright, thanks again to all of you! It's comforting to see those pictures! I'll try to calculate a much lighter feeding schedule going forwards. (The amount I am feeding is already 1/4 strength of the recommendation on the bottle, but it's always good to get a reminder that they are trying to...

Thanks a lot for your answers, I'm so relieved that all of you think it's just overfeeding! I'll try to flush it and feed it straight ph'ed water for a while and see how it reacts.   I have studied the leaves pretty intensely and have only found the thrips so far at least.     I might come...

Hi,   I recently got some help in a different thread, where I focused mostly on some spots I was seeing on the pods. (http://thehotpepper.com/topic/68732-brown-spots-on-pods/)   Turns out that I had different problems (maybe in addition to calcium deficiencies) too.  At least one of them was...

Good read!   I'm very interested in the soap solution for the thrips, as I live in Norway where you need to be a registered farmer or similar to buy pretty much any kind of pesticide. Neem oil is classified as a medicine and is of course also not available without a prescription  :rolleyes:  ...

In case anyone finds this later I will keep updating my progress :)   After flushing and reducing the nutrient solution strength the pods are looking better, but the plant in general have been suffering a lot.   It got some damage after I forgot to turn the light timer back on for an entire...

So when I flushed it the other day the ppm I measured in the runoff was quite low, around 150 ppm. However the pH was quite high, around 6.85. Are you supposed to measure the first runoff, or later in the flushing process? It didn't swing much anyway, just got more similar to the flushing...

Yes, I know it's probably not going to make a difference in the long run, it was just an easy thing to do there and then. My local grow shop is a weird place, but quite fun, really more of a "freak fashion" shop as they call themselves. I wouldn't trust their advice for anything serious at all :D

  For me it was that it was what they stocked at my local grow shop, and that they are not owned by Monsanto like GHE.   Maybe I will try something different next year.

If anyone finds this in the future and are wondering about the seemingly low and/or missing micronutrients in the canna coco a+b solution, I think I have found the answer.   These nutrients are designed to be used either with the canna coco profesional plus coco coir (which I do), or a natural...

Wow, thanks for all the great and thorough info! I'll be setting the timer for a daily drip cycle with a more diluted solution for now then

Will do. I guess my plan for now will be to flush, then decrease the amount of nutrients, while keeping the amount of calmag the same - increasing the ratio of calcium in the solution for a while. Now the question is whether to increase or decrease the frequency of the feeding? If I were to...

  Just so we are on the same page here, water can get out from these pots everywhere, as they are not water proof.   I'm pretty sure there isn't much moisture in the bottom of this container, as it is pretty light to lift before every watering. The point of the clay pebbles would be that the...

  Yeah, I guess that's true.   I'm using permeable fabric pots with a layer of expanded clay pebbles in the bottom for the coco plants, so the drainage should be pretty good. The first two pictures in the previous post was from when the plant was still in DWC. (Don't worry about the outside...

  Thanks for this as well, I'll need to look more into this as I haven't really gone that deep into nutrient balances yet, was just hoping that would kind of sort itself out by sticking to one brand for everything.   The ratio for this line is 5-4-3, and I actually thought it sounded like it was...

 Thanks for the input.   I too had the impression that you should use cal (+mag) with coco, but again that information was mostly gained from forums where people grow smokeable stuff.   I didn't soak the coco myself before planting, just ran a bit of mixed nutrient solution through it after...