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Ok, I finally had a chance to do a proper flush. I managed to get 13 gallons of RO’d well water that read 91ppm through the 7 gallon pot. I pH’d the water to 6.3 using 2ml of organic apple cider vinegar and I added a little bit of liquid Castile soap as a surfactant to the first 3 gallons. Although, it still took me about 50 minutes to get it all through the soil. I put it through as fast as it would go but the soil absorption rate set the pace. The next batches of soil I mix will be getting yucca extract as an integrated surfactant.
The first runoff that dropped out the bottom, after about 2 gallons in, was 5953ppm! Still, that was down from where it was.
After 7.5 gallons through the soil, I took a reading of what was dropping through the soil and it was 3951ppm. I was definitely making progress. It took about 28 minutes to get to this point.
After 11 gallons through the soil, which took to about the 40 minute mark, I took another reading of what was running out of the pot itself (NOT the cumulative runoff on the tote) and I was down to 1602ppm!
After the 13th gallon the runoff was reading 961ppm and I decided to quit flushing. I left the pot sitting on a couple risers in the tote until water quit running out, about 30 minutes later. Then I put her back in the tent and fed her a gallon of pH’d RO water with a full dose of Mega Crop and Bud Explosion, Recharge, additional rhizophagus intraradicies mycorrhizal fungus and a dose of Earth Juice MicroBlast. Then, I turned out the lights to let her rest. We’ll see how she is in the morning.
I’ll take some pix in a few days and update.
Thanks @Waira and @Natsu !!
The first runoff that dropped out the bottom, after about 2 gallons in, was 5953ppm! Still, that was down from where it was.
After 7.5 gallons through the soil, I took a reading of what was dropping through the soil and it was 3951ppm. I was definitely making progress. It took about 28 minutes to get to this point.
After 11 gallons through the soil, which took to about the 40 minute mark, I took another reading of what was running out of the pot itself (NOT the cumulative runoff on the tote) and I was down to 1602ppm!
After the 13th gallon the runoff was reading 961ppm and I decided to quit flushing. I left the pot sitting on a couple risers in the tote until water quit running out, about 30 minutes later. Then I put her back in the tent and fed her a gallon of pH’d RO water with a full dose of Mega Crop and Bud Explosion, Recharge, additional rhizophagus intraradicies mycorrhizal fungus and a dose of Earth Juice MicroBlast. Then, I turned out the lights to let her rest. We’ll see how she is in the morning.
I’ll take some pix in a few days and update.
Thanks @Waira and @Natsu !!
-- way to grunt it out Tom! That r-o ppm is fine enough now, and you did it fast enough apparently, or the soil is breathing very well, if you got no droops from the "water boarding"! 
... nicely done mate, only thing I add is a root tonic of some sort, lots of choices for that (Superthrive, Jump Start,... they usually have vitamins, hormones, and some other things to help sooth the roots, stimulate some rooting, lessen potential shock,... that girl is a warrior too, she looks great- 
... all that garbage out from her shoes, she should roll easy now!
Cheers 'Tom! ..sentiment appreciated,... 
... someday, get a full chemistry assay on that water, I'd really like to know what all is driving the ppm's into orbit like that!
excellent! A couple treatments with that plus soil dosing should see them in better fettle quickly,.. did you check out that Showcase review I did on Transport + EJMB? It's an older one, a bit buried....
