My First Grow... Need help from Pros

After a through 6 months research I am going for it. The route I have chosen is Sealed grow room with split a/c and humidifier. I am planning to grow bubbleponics with 3.75 mesh in a wal-mart box. Each box will carry 2 to 3 rapid rooters each and a total of six boxes in 9 by 12 grow space with 2 1000w MH/HPS lights.

Need to know Which advanced nutrients would i require to the very least. i am defo going for Sensi grow A &B.
Shoudl I go for x factor or bud bud and bud candy. also if anyone can put step by step use of each on the essential nutrients

Use something cheap.

I used Ionic 1 part and calmag for a while. First grow was 12oz off a 600w. No training. Not great numbers but ive improved.

i recommend against using advanced if you are a first timer. i dont care for an personally (ended up losing a bunch of time and money trying them out a few years back), but i can see how some might find their system (spread out over a thousand bottles) useful for dialing in specific strains, correcting micro deficiencies, or whatever. i would never use any an products again, though. at any rate, i second the suggestion to use a cheaper nutrient line. i use botanicare pbp exclusively, but i can also recommend bc 3 part with calmag and other additives as desired. a friend of mine only does hydro in the winter (so there is incentive to spend as little as possible on the nutes), and the bc+calmag+a couple additives are working nicely over there.

thenasty1 said:

i recommend against using advanced if you are a first timer. i dont care for an personally (ended up losing a bunch of time and money trying them out a few years back), but i can see how some might find their system (spread out over a thousand bottles) useful for dialing in specific strains, correcting micro deficiencies, or whatever. i would never use any an products again, though. at any rate, i second the suggestion to use a cheaper nutrient line. i use botanicare pbp exclusively, but i can also recommend bc 3 part with calmag and other additives as desired. a friend of mine only does hydro in the winter (so there is incentive to spend as little as possible on the nutes), and the bc+calmag+a couple additives are working nicely over there.

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Interesting suggestion... something to add will eb that I am growng holy grail kush, Dinofem bluue kush, critical kush so alll the kushes..

My Plan:
Veg
Use An b52, Cal mag, voodo juice and silica from teknagro pro as supplements
AN Conoseuir gro

Floweribg
1st 3 weeks Bud ignitor AN and terpinator in between
the bid and over drive.

Also planning to use kushy kush to have moire flavorful buds. the botanicare product u mentioned. Is i good for bot veg and flowering and wat abt technaflore.. which will be cheap and also what other additives wud i have to use

Dodgy_Rasta said:

Interesting suggestion... something to add will eb that I am growng holy grail kush, Dinofem bluue kush, critical kush so alll the kushes..

My Plan:
Veg
Use An b52, Cal mag, voodo juice and silica from teknagro pro as supplements
AN Conoseuir gro

Floweribg
1st 3 weeks Bud ignitor AN and terpinator in between
the bid and over drive.

Also planning to use kushy kush to have moire flavorful buds. the botanicare product u mentioned. Is i good for bot veg and flowering and wat abt technaflore.. which will be cheap and also what other additives wud i have to use

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the botanicare pbp has a veg bottle and a flower bottle. ive never used technaflora, so i cant say anything useful about it. additives are more of an as-needed-or-desired kind of thing. i suggest doing extensive research on any nute you want to use, theres a lot of good info out there. you will usually need a calcium and magnesium supplement at least.

My plan!

25lb bag 5-11-26 $45
25lb bag CaNO3 $24
5lb bag MKP $12
8lb bag MgSO4(epsom salt) from walmart $6

enough nutrients to treat over 5000 gallons of final solution for less than the price of AN liter bottles and additives.

firsttimeARE said:

My plan!

25lb bag 5-11-26 $45
25lb bag CaNO3 $24
5lb bag MKP $12
8lb bag MgSO4(epsom salt) from walmart $6

enough nutrients to treat over 5000 gallons of final solution for less than the price of AN liter bottles and additives.

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Hahha.... I am leaned towards technaflora but this stuff looks pretty underground... wud it feasible for a first time grower to se them nutes above.. if so how and where can i find more info about how to add em thru the cycle.

thenasty1 said:

the botanicare pbp has a veg bottle and a flower bottle. ive never used technaflora, so i cant say anything useful about it. additives are more of an as-needed-or-desired kind of thing. i suggest doing extensive research on any nute you want to use, theres a lot of good info out there. you will usually need a calcium and magnesium supplement at least.

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Thanks for the info.. can u also guide me towards more knowledge and where to get about root health and benfcial bacterias and god knows what. Plz advise me a place to get info about only necccessary nutes

TY

Dodgy_Rasta said:

Hahha.... I am leaned towards technaflora but this stuff looks pretty underground... wud it feasible for a first time grower to se them nutes above.. if so how and where can i find more info about how to add em thru the cycle.

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3g/gal CaNO3
1.5g/gal MgSO4
2g/gal 5-11-26 with micros

CaNO3 can be had on the internet

MgSO4 is epsom salts and can be bought at walmart or anywhere really that sells pharmacy type products

5-11-26 i got from hydro-gardens dot come i believe Jacks Pro 5-12-26 is same shit though.

the mix isneasy but you have to mix a lot at one time to form a concentrate to get close to the guaranteed analysis of 5-11-26. unfortunately this mix spoiled on me. no big deal i just scoop out the bacterial colonies every use. it hasnt infected my roots yet. there are nice and white still.

that strength is about 1.6 EC so tonstart ill use 1/4strength and as plant gets bigger ill increase up to 3/4 at about 1.2-1.3 EC

the ratio works out to a 2-1-2-2-1-1 NPK Ca Mg S