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 coda
Registered: 04/20/08
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 Re: Nutrient and Feeding Advice  [Re: dutc2006]
#353026 - 01/25/10 05:00 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I never go over 1.5tsp/gal Grow Big, and that is for my healthy mature vegging plants and also when I add it during the 3rd and 4th weeks of flower,
Eh, debatable, less food is always more. But i regularly feed my mom 3 tsp/gal with no ill effects.
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Don't forget to add unsulphured molasses 1 tbsp/gal flowering. And while were are on the subject I highly recommend Botanicare Sweet, comes in a couple different flavors -
Go with one or the other, all sweet is is sugar. Same thing with molasses. If you want to save some cash and go the all "organic" route, use the molasses. If you want to drop some cash and use a fancy bottle, go with the sweet (or carbo load, all the same stuff).
I used to be all about the grow big/big bloom/tiger bloom combo. But lately I've fallen out of love with the last two. You're much better off using a different brand for your flowering nutes. The grow big is great for veg though and I highly recommend it. The GH flora series (not flora nova as it's really intended for hydro) is a great three part system that is easy to use. If you have the bottle of grow big you could just pick up the flowering portion and the micro portion of the set and use them. High P+K additives are strongly recommended for flowering, but you can easily grow some damn fine cannabis without them. As mentioned beastie bloomz, open sesame, and cha ching are excellent choices. Dry and liquid Kool Bloom are also a popular favorite as well (and is the brand I'm beginning to use during this run).
Anyways, you definitely need to get some stronger flowering nutes in your feedings as your plants will suffer if all you feed them is big bloom.
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coda
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Re: Nutrient and Feeding Advice [Re: DudeTron]
#353174 - 01/25/10 09:00 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Are you in FFOF too?
Sure am, straight out of the bag. Funny thing is my mom is actually suffering from a P + K def right now. I was thinking about ramping up the grow big, but I'm going to wait until I pick up the liquid kool bloom. Every plant is different, but most everything I've grown has loved the heavy feed with grow big. I will give them plain water too now and then, and I do start the feedings off light when the soil is fresh and the plants are not well established.
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I have to disagree with you there. I have used molasses alone, and then used Botanicare Sweet alone. There was a definite change in flavor and bouquet when switched to Sweet.
To each their own, I've used all three and while I do believe they help increase aroma and flavor, I haven't noticed too much of a difference between them. I'm not saying it doesn't work, just that are cheaper more accessible options out there 
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coda
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Re: Nutrient and Feeding Advice [Re: dutc2006]
#353622 - 01/26/10 05:31 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use two 2 ft T-5 lights for veg. Nothing special there. I've always fed my plants a lot of veg nutes, if they start showing signs of burning or over dose I'll just cut back to plain watering for a while until I see signs that they want food. It's really more about paying attention to your plants and giving them the right environment then anything else. Like I said, I may have been lucky and just ended up with plants who were heavy feeders.
I did notice more burning using the flora nova grow then I did with my grow big. But I use the FN in my hempys and the GB for my mom in soil, so the different growing methods can be to blame for that.
Regardless nutrient burn isn't too much of a big deal, it's an annoyance and it adds time to your grow cycle, but if you know what to look for it's just not that big of an issue. Too much food? Feed plain water and let them soak up the rest of the nutes. Got really bad? Heavy flush followed by a period of plain water until they bounce back. Sure it may not always be that simple, but again I'll say that paying attention to your plant rather then some silly chart will get you much farther in cultivation.
Still I always advise people to feed LESS until they know the plant. The amount of cases of over feeding to those of underfeeding is pretty big. Most people give too much food and hose themselves. The people who give their plants too little food have a much easier problem to fix because all the plant needs is, well, more food! Just start slow, and when you know they're handling the current strength well, bump it up a notch or two and see how they take it. I rarely exceed the max dosage that the bottle recommends, but if you're feeling adventurous you can go past it. Just pay attention to your plant and what it's telling you and you'll have some happy plants.
So, if your plants are happy at 1.5 tsp a gallon, then keep them there! If all you're doing is vegging them there's no need to go overboard. Just give them the micros and macro's they need, if your vegetation is a nice healthy green, your stems get nice and thick, and they're showing no signs of stress, don't fix what ain't broken!
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coda
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Re: Nutrient and Feeding Advice [Re: DudeTron]
#354333 - 01/27/10 09:30 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't think I've ever seen Ph up or down mixed with nutrients before.
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coda
Registered: 04/20/08
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Re: Nutrient and Feeding Advice [Re: dutc2006]
#354597 - 01/28/10 04:12 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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This PH up/down solution is 0-0-9, and at 1/2 tsp/gal per point...
That's what i've never seen before, not the mixing of Ph Up/Down with nutes, but the fact the Ph balancer has an NPK ratio??
Another thing that's weird to me is 1/2 tsp gal per point of Ph? I use the GH Ph down and it doesn't even give you an estimate on how much to use. I generally use a 1/4 tsp per gallon and that's enough to drop my 7 ish water right down to around 6.
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