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OldMedUser
Formerly Known as LabRat
Re: LabRat's latest Kush DWC grow.
Thanks Grooster.
I know all about the rational for frequent nute changes and I'm not trying to get people to do something as radical as I'm trying. I'm just a lazy, curious kind of guy who has always had to cross that line drawn in the sand.
I do strongly believe that the nute companies promote more frequent nute changes than necessary to further their own greedy ends. Hey, I could walk in there tonight and see a tub of dying plants. But I'm certain that there is no need to change nutes for at least a month from startup depending on the size of your tub or pail.
I started growing this way by myself nine years ago and have pushed the envelope at every step. I've had some disasters but many more rewards. There was nothing in any grow books or magazines or the internet about growing pot this way. I had read about Mayan floating gardens many years ago and it popped up in my head one day and I took it from there. I want to put a raft on my dugout and try growing in real DWC. lol
I'm basically doing this because I'm a cheap, broke old MoFo and think this experiment, be what may, can/will help others think about their own feeding schedules.
I wish I had a small lab so I could monitor the various nutrient levels and have some hard data to show what's really going on in there and get some use out of my diploma. I mean, the whole experiment is going to be very subjective but will still give an indication of the possibilities. If you knew the concentrations of the various nutes you could custom feed them and never have to worry about build-ups or deficiencies. Not practical for small timers like me, but for commercial growers? If you could make a cheap test kit that small growers could use you'd make a fortune and the nute companies would lose big time. If they didn't have you erased first. ;0)
If the unchanged girls come out of it as good as the others it's gotta show something. If they don't that shows something too.
The experiment continues!
Thanks Grooster.
I know all about the rational for frequent nute changes and I'm not trying to get people to do something as radical as I'm trying. I'm just a lazy, curious kind of guy who has always had to cross that line drawn in the sand.
I do strongly believe that the nute companies promote more frequent nute changes than necessary to further their own greedy ends. Hey, I could walk in there tonight and see a tub of dying plants. But I'm certain that there is no need to change nutes for at least a month from startup depending on the size of your tub or pail.
I started growing this way by myself nine years ago and have pushed the envelope at every step. I've had some disasters but many more rewards. There was nothing in any grow books or magazines or the internet about growing pot this way. I had read about Mayan floating gardens many years ago and it popped up in my head one day and I took it from there. I want to put a raft on my dugout and try growing in real DWC. lol
I'm basically doing this because I'm a cheap, broke old MoFo and think this experiment, be what may, can/will help others think about their own feeding schedules.
I wish I had a small lab so I could monitor the various nutrient levels and have some hard data to show what's really going on in there and get some use out of my diploma. I mean, the whole experiment is going to be very subjective but will still give an indication of the possibilities. If you knew the concentrations of the various nutes you could custom feed them and never have to worry about build-ups or deficiencies. Not practical for small timers like me, but for commercial growers? If you could make a cheap test kit that small growers could use you'd make a fortune and the nute companies would lose big time. If they didn't have you erased first. ;0)
If the unchanged girls come out of it as good as the others it's gotta show something. If they don't that shows something too.
The experiment continues!