the master kush from my first grow was great, it was really potent but it was a bit fluffy. and really great yield. i think you are referring to the topping, which was done to get 4 main trunks. just started flowering today so not even close to having any bud to try yet.
yeah, i will def be going small with the HCO stuff. i really don't have a problem going even less than what HCO recommends. i'm sure i read your mix, but i totally forget it. could you post it up here and even help out other RIU'ers. as always, thanks jigs.
I used it like this: Added 2 mL/ gal. Bushmaster, plus my Dutch Master Zone and DM Max Grow. Zone is root condtioner stuff, Max is additive to help nute uptake. I ran this mix for 24 hours only. The ppm is around 150-200. When I changed the rez after 24 hours, I filled back up with weak Flower nutes... My opinion is that the BM is still working and I don't want to burn anything. The flower mix is around 750-800 ppm. Using this on two different grows and 3 different strains I have had great luck.
yea did u look into the 36 hours of darkness for the end of your flowering period??
So jigs, you used Bushmaster w/o any nutes? Just those supplements? Or can I just add the bushmaster into the res w/ the nutes? I still have have some before I throw in the bushmaster, so I have some time to figure this all out. Appreciate your help.
well i didn't figure you were retarded... really REALLY high maybe, haha. but yeah, i grew the master kush in my first grow and it was wicked.yea did u look into the 36 hours of darkness for the end of your flowering period??
and just so u kno im not retarded i meant your harvest when i said u already chopped some, not referring to toppin lol
I Would Not add bushmaster with nutrients. Clean slate, RO + Bushmaster for 24 hours. In my opinion the plants have enough nutes stuck to their roots to keep them going for 24 hours in just RO. The Bushmaster and it's sister products dramatically increase nutrient uptake so the 24 hours is no problem.
thanks man, sounds like i won't get a 100% agreed-on answer here since you and jigfresh each believe in each of the different school of thoughts.
you have me rolling over here. don't think i'll look at my plants the same way again.I Would Not add bushmaster with nutrients. Clean slate, RO + Bushmaster for 24 hours. In my opinion the plants have enough nutes stuck to their roots to keep them going for 24 hours in just RO. The Bushmaster and it's sister products dramatically increase nutrient uptake so the 24 hours is no problem.
Even when I use gravity, I think I keep the ppm around 300-400 in the 5th week of flowering. That's down from 750-850 before and after the gravity use.
This method has worked like a charm, and I have never nute burned my plants. Also, I've not had to raise my light at all using gravity... I don't know what that is attributed to.
As for flowering... I personally consider the flowering time to begin when you see preflowers, or whiskers. I have been bashed by many for thinking this way... the popular answer is when you switch to 12/12.
I beleive it starts at preflowers for two reasons. One internal and one external. I looked up on two different seed company websites that when they say 8-10 weeks finishing time for a strain, they are starting counting when preflowers show. However, I found another seed company site that said the opposite. The first two seemed to be the most reputable. I don't remember what the sites were... if you really want me to find them again I can.
The internal reason I beleive the preflower idea is this. I feel like the mj plant is not a machine. It seems improbable there is an internal switch in a plant that at one instant switches. In a natural setting a plant would slowly transition through grow cycles with the seasons. In our closet grows we do have a switch (or timer) that changes season in an instant (the instant we reset the timer). I don't beleive the plant knows we do this. I think the first time there is 12 hours of darkness the plant says to itself, "huh... guess it's a long night"... the next 12 hours of darkness it might say "well, I guess it's fall already, that's strange". Then after a few days to a couple weeks the plant has settled in to the fact that all of a sudden it's fall. This is when it starts working on flowering... and this is when I start counting my plant as flowering.
This is also the point I start giving the plant strictly bloom nutrients. As the time between 12/12 and preflowers the plant is still stretching some, still wanting some veg nutes. So the time between is what I call a transition.
I give the plants 36 hours of darkness going into 12/12 to jolt their system. Make them think that 36 hours is when late summer and early fall came and went. Then when the next darkness lasts 12 hours they say "huh, guess that long period of darkness meant it's fall now". I hope they are getting the message faster.
I know I can make things to complicated sometimes, but I enjoy it... and isn't that the point in life. To enjoy it.
Thanks for asking about the BM. And about the flower thing.
Maybe nothing. But it's only a few mL and a rez change, so no loss.
Im going to start another grow soon as well. Smoked all my stash already it was about 2.5 oz's and went way too fast. The second plant sucked bad. It went hermie but didnt make too many seeds just never got the resin production the first one gave me. It was harsh and tasted like shit. man things will be different this time around I can tell ya!!
thanks buckethead! been a while.looking good bro...
yo yo yo 'noid, welcome back. dude, you already smoked 2.5 oz's? daaaaaaaaaaamn. you rolling philly's over there?NS looking really good my man! Have I been away that long? Dont even ask why
