EC, pH & the Nutrient Frame
Feed and root-zone EC by stage for coco vs rockwool, the pH bands, and the brand-agnostic base + supplement framework.
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Dial to EC, not to grams
The nutrient side of steering is deceptively simple: run a defensible base program and let measured EC — at the emitter and in the root zone/runoff — be your control variable. Every manufacturer's chart is a starting point written for someone else's water. Your job is to translate it to your source water and your sensor readings, not to follow printed grams.
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