Help Micronutrients management

[nivliw]

Hello guys I’m wondering how can I know that I’m not giving too little or too much micros or accumulating them to abnormal levels, I have the hanna digital test for fe however someone was saying that it doesn’t detect all forms of it. So what can I do about it? Because as far as I can remember someone was saying plants line reneickii mini is sensitive to high fe levels

 

[Unexpected]

Trust the dosing total and water change volume. .45Fe as proxy is well known to be a good spot to be. If growing AR, and it does that twist thing, you can lower from there.

 

[nivliw]

Trust the dosing total and water change volume. .45Fe as proxy is well known to be a good spot to be. If growing AR, and it does that twist thing, you can lower from there.

Sorry but I’m not sure if I understood this right.
Does this mean that I should dose 0.45 weekly (which after many water changes will become 0.90 assuming plants would consume none) or 0.25 so the theoretical max , again assuming plants would consume none would be 0.5?

 

[Unexpected]

As a weekly dose total. We don't think of Micros like we do macros and accumulation totals.

 

[nivliw]

As a weekly dose total. We don't think of Micros like we do macros and accumulation totals.

I’m not sure if my reneickii has the curled leaves,. Maybe I’ll post a pic tomorrow.
I remember someone was saying it would get attacked by algae if the fe levels were too high. And I had algae issues on it.
However when I was dosing apt E 3ml/day I was giving exactly 0.45 weekly I think

 

[Unexpected]

I’m not sure if my reneickii has the curled leaves,. Maybe I’ll post a pic tomorrow.
I remember someone was saying it would get attacked by algae if the fe levels were too high. And I had algae issues on it.
However when I was dosing apt E 3ml/day I was giving exactly 0.45 weekly I think

It's not wrong, his is formulated with aqua soil in mind most likely.

 

[CincyScaper]

It would be helpful to see your full setup and your routine. A journal maybe?

 

[nivliw]

It's not wrong, his is formulated with aqua soil in mind most likely.

What do you mean, wouldn't inert need even higher nutrients since aqua soil already has some? or am i wrong

It would be helpful to see your full setup and your routine. A journal maybe?

Yeah i'll definitely post it sooner or later! haha

 

[Unexpected]

What do you mean, wouldn't inert need even higher nutrients since aqua soil already has some? or am i wrong

Not on the micro side. Plants just sip micros. His formula is probably lower on Fe because he accounts for aqua soil. I'm just assuming here. I'm not him .

@Dennis Wong what's your opinion on micro dosing and how did you decide when making your APT3 product?

 

[nivliw]

As a weekly dose total. We don't think of Micros like we do macros and accumulation totals.

 

[nivliw]

What do you think? Are they curled because of fe?

 

[Unexpected]

They look good. I fail with AR every time I try them.