Sup Newgrowth!
1)Sweet and liquid karma shouldnt be raising you ppm that much. With those doses a 50ppm raise would suprise me.
I also believe those ppms could be reduced and have the same effects.
2)do for his plants his doing the switch that botanicare recomends. After 4 wks switch pbp soil formula. (Its actually a
hydro formula) It will give you much better taste. In the future i would just use the soil formula. PBP hydro better for aeroponics.
3)Another thing, skip the b-52 yes its good stuff no its not worth it. Liquid karma is doing the same things at half the price.
4)Get ur res just a lil bit cooler. Youll save nutes and ur plant will love you for it. 65-68 is GREAT. More times than not using alot of additives will hinder your progress. Dwc with only the basic NPK and pathogen control will produce very nice results.
5)I dont believe you should even experiment with additive until you know what the basic nutrients can do. Youll find that most growers with good dope have very simple nutrient profiles.
6)I wouldnt even use cal mag until the plants start showing a deficiency.
7)You shouldnt even need to do add backs. Just add water til its time to change. Small ress' needs changed more. Add backs can throw everything off. Once the res has been used for a couple days theres no telling whats in the water any more.
1) I dont understand? what ppms are you getting with those dosages. Sweet-10mL on bottle says it will give you 50ppm (MG), 75 ppm Sulfur (S), and 2ppm Iron (I) per 10ml total 127ppm. so 12ml yes should only give me a ppm shift of no more than 150ppm - My shif was 330ppm. What else have we learned with ANY NUTE PRODUCT dont trust the bottle-use 1/4 strength ect. So a swing of 330ppm not really a surprise. LK does not list a suggested ppm but at .1% (N), .1% (P), and .5% (K) along with the .01%Humic Acid, and the .01% Yucca extract there will be a shift in your ppm/tds. And again do you trust the suggested bottle dose? From my understanding with "organic" based nutes ppm reading along with ec and tds are going to be different because of the "organic matter" in the spicific nutes. This is why i have posted the info. I am trying to understand the "chemistry" of growing along with growing its self.
2)Please explain i have been reading somthing along those lines. I have heard that for the soil its best to use during flowering and use PBP Grow for veg. Or are you saying it is better to use the PBP Soil all the way through?
3) NO they are not the same thing: Sorry do you read your bottles? Seariously, But I do agree i got screwed with the price. I will not buy in the future, but i will get a shit ton of uses out of 1 bottle. I feed and use this very sparingly. Because Nutes are useually in a concintrate form and are stronger or can very from bottle to bottle.
Also any AN nute can deffinitally be cut down as far as total mL used.
B-52: is 2-1-4 NPK - Fertilizer Booster
LK: .1-.1-.5 NPK - Growth Stimulant
B-52: used in first growth-veg, stop during trans period, and if you want you can continue to use during bloom if you feel your plants can benifit from them.
LK: Used throughout your plants life because YES it is the shit.
4) Yes they may like it a bit cooler and they did when i was not using mycos. but with the use of mycos such as Voodoo Juice AN, Myco-madness Humboldt Nutes, OrganisimXL from roots organic. The benificals in these products will thrive on slightly higher temps. Which in turn allows your plant to uptake nutes better. So for my situation lower rez temps would hinder the products. So yes ou are right plants like the cooler rez temps if you are using benificals its better to go little higher as long as they dont pass 78-80 + range because then you are running a much higher risk of bad bactiria/alge.
5) I do understand what basic nutes do. I am not new to growing just new to cultivating cannibus. All my life my family has grown up with growing our own veggies and fruits. But i also understand the positive side of using benificials which are proven to help plants grow, create a larger root mass hence allwoing for a larger nutrient uptake healthyer plants larger stronger stocks. So maybe you should look into improving your nutes. and making your plants happier. Where are your photos and nute listing along with the the info on your nutes and how they effect what? That is why i posted to help more people understand exactly how and what each thing can do. Its a nice table to compare to. Granted my spelling sucks. Againg you are correct in that most growers with good dope have simple nutes sheduals look at newgrowth his is super simple and he gets results. But IMO anyone can benifit in using benificals i trully think they are along with lk are the keys to my success up to this point. But you cannot use H2O2 when using benificals because it will kill them.
6) I use RO/Distiled water which would requier Calcium and Magnisium. Hence the Use of Calmag and Sweet- which puts a little more Mg in the mix which is removed faster during early growth. Also Sweet as stated on the bottle if used during veg it prevents plants leggy and soft stemed in the presence of high N levels also helps during trans period to help in the presence of low N levels. why wait for the plant to show a defficency problem when you can avoid it by having no problems? Also seems counter productive to allow your plant to get to the point of showing the defficency problem.
7) So I Ask: Are you quoting from shit you read or Shit you know. Because If i changed my res as often as you suggest my plants would never have time to take in the full effect of my nute ccombo and it would be a waste of nutes. I mix full strenght - half sstrength nutes for add back because i start each res with ver little nutes. I take my readings and see what newgrowth is always having to state because most people dont read the whole log before posting. and that is
ppm goes up, ph goes down=less nutes
ppm goes down, ph goes up=more nutes
ppm stable, ph goes up= normal h2o/nute uptake.
so with this i just add back till i reach the 3rd point ppm stable ph going up
but in the past week with add backs eveything s stable so i can give you my new #'s alog with the weekly numbers for each day along with add back totals and how they were mixed.
1-what size res are you using to the total number of gallons accually used in the res. Ie my tote 14gal tote - but H2O/nutes gallons used 9. For my 10gallon tote i use 6gallons of water.
2-What nutes do you use how do you mix them, in what order, what happens when you mix them, why do you use them what is you #'s when adding each nute? and How offten do you check your res #'s?
3- What are your water - nute ratios?
