I run a dry nutrient system similar to Jacks. I'm pretty happy with it.
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You've got a couple of grows going, I'm losing track... when you say "1 week of veg..." -- do you mean a week since you put down the scrog? If that plant is one week old, I've got to check your nute list again....
Personally i think when dealing with ppm or Feeding there is a lot more then just having optimum lighting . for each 10 degree rise the plants metabolic rate doubles this means more nutrients and water is needed not at a high percentage if a person is growing in a cooler room with optimum lighting being that its colder the plant will not use as much nutrients ..
Yea,1 week of growth since setting the screen.You've got a couple of grows going, I'm losing track... when you say "1 week of veg..." -- do you mean a week since you put down the scrog? If that plant is one week old, I've got to check your nute list again....
Thanks,I like to keep temps down so I mount the drivers on a board and have them outside the tent.
I like to keep my temps 80 or less at the canopy. The strains I grow have quite a broad Cannabinoid and Terpene profile and I believe the lower temps help keep them,especially the Terpenes. Yes you can raise temps and even add CO2 and raise them more to increase transpiration to increase yield but I think you sacrifice quality to do so. If you try to force feed a plant you can end up with problems,at 550 ppm GG#4 gets what she needs and can give me in the 2 GPW range. In heavy flower she can drink 1 1/2 gals or more a day with my lower temps. I suspect I could feed her less and if I feed her any higher she gets burnt leaf tips. Because of the wick nature of my set up I get a build up of excess nutes in the soil sleeve. When it's time to flush if I were to water from the top my ppms in the res would jump probably 4 times the ppm levels or more. That's why when I flush I'll put 3 gals from the top and pump the res dry then fill the res with RO water and give it only RO water till the end.Personally i think when dealing with ppm or Feeding there is a lot more then just having optimum lighting . for each 10 degree rise the plants metabolic rate doubles this means more nutrients and water is needed not at a high percentage if a person is growing in a cooler room with optimum lighting being that its colder the plant will not use as much nutrients ..
Hammering your plants or force feeding , with higher EC / PPM your just throwing your money away plants do not need lots just a good well balanced diet and they will Rock...
Years ago i used grow in the 74- 76 Degree area , since bumping up my temps to 88 degrees my growth rates doubled ...
Maybe Captain will bump up temps to 85 - 86 lower nutrient levels and up the water and see if he notices a difference.. this is where i think we All can see better THC levels plant growth and better GPW .. there is no Denying them plants grown near the Equator just destroy there Northern sisters .. in yields and THC and its pretty hot temps
Here i was thinking the sun at the equator was behind it all. Do you have a link to something backing up the higher temp better growth theory? I was under the impression the root temperature was key also.Personally i think when dealing with ppm or Feeding there is a lot more then just having optimum lighting . for each 10 degree rise the plants metabolic rate doubles this means more nutrients and water is needed not at a high percentage if a person is growing in a cooler room with optimum lighting being that its colder the plant will not use as much nutrients ..
Hammering your plants or force feeding , with higher EC / PPM your just throwing your money away plants do not need lots just a good well balanced diet and they will Rock...
Years ago i used grow in the 74- 76 Degree area , since bumping up my temps to 88 degrees my growth rates doubled ...
Maybe Captain will bump up temps to 85 - 86 lower nutrient levels and up the water and see if he notices a difference.. this is where i think we All can see better THC levels plant growth and better GPW .. there is no Denying them plants grown near the Equator just destroy there Northern sisters .. in yields and THC and its pretty hot temps
Think he said higher temps more food.
That's not something you want to maximize, because that just means the plant is trying to protect itself from low RH. At higher temps, higher RH helps the plant by allowing it to transpire less water, thus benefiting from higher EC. Also, it's helpful to run the EC slightly stronger than the balance point, in order to better manage both EC and pH. Finally, different light spectra and varying light intensities both impact ideal nutrient strength. Plants under HPS don't want as high a solution strength as those under CDM, IME.
