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I just received my second order of it. I used it previously on my vft with no issues. I didn’t check the tds at that time. I got my second order a couple of days ago and repotted my sundew. I initially rinsed it before potting but didn’t check the tds when done.

After repotting I thought I would check the tds after it flowed thru the media and out the pot. The tds was well over 200.

I have repeatedly poured water thru the media and it is down to about 80 ppm.

I have just emailed perfect plants about this, but am wondering if anyone here knows why this would be the case. Will it hurt my sundew?

Thanks.

Thanks NightRaider. It appears to be at about 80 at the moment. Will continue to flush daily for awhile.

Their customer service was quick to respond but not at all helpful or knowledgeable.

“ This is the first time I'm hearing of tds (total dissolved solids) and it's very interesting, so besides doing my own research I spoke with the manager and one of the thoughts that we processed is that perhaps the water that you are using should be tested first? if you are collecting it from the drainage holes. However, reading through your message again you stated that you used water that had no TDS in it, so we are not sure what it could be since our ingredient list is very simple for this particular soil. ”

Told them their response was not at all helpful and I would be buying other products in the future.

So just to ensure my experience is correct I took about a quart of my new bag of perfect plants and a quart of my old bag hydrated each an then ran over a gallon of 0 tds water through each. I did about a quart at a time. The initial quart drainage from each was 138 ppm for new bag, 28 ppm for old bag. After entire gallon poured through each the new bag got down to 28 ppm and the old bag 2 ppm.