@MicroGrowerMan ,Nutes!
By popular demand I have rushed to add a bit about the nutes I'm using and how I apply them.
But first are the children in bed? The door locked? Tender Eyes averted? The weak of heart warned?
Here is what I use:
That’s right, Miracle-Gro® Products. But notice, it’s not that crap in the green and yellow box. No, this is different stuff.
It’s Miracle-Gro Vegetables & Herbs (MGV&H). And it contains a water-soluble organic fertilizer! Just smell it and you could fall in love with it. It smells like … VICTORY!
I ran across it during the dark days of oppression when even a legal grow could get your home confiscated, and visits to hydro stores or orders of grow materials would warrant a search. And, it’s stuck with me.
What excited me was this:
Soy Protein Hydrolysates.
Wow! Water soluble organics! Visions of amino acids, enzymes, bio-stimulants and catalysts danced in my mind. All on the shelves of my local hardware store.
And you know what? This stuff has delivered.
Here is some research on the nutrient:
Frontiers | Biostimulant Action of Protein Hydrolysates: Unraveling Their Effects on Plant Physiology and Microbiome
Plant-derived protein hydrolysates (PHs) have gained prominence as plant biostimulants because of their potential to increase the germination, productivity a...www.frontiersin.org
This stuff works. I believe it helps build stronger stalks, improved root systems, and better-tasting bud. On that last point, that is what I get told when I share or give away my bud.
One more time:
Soy Protein Hydrolysates.
They are what makes this Miracle-Gro® product work for me.
More about the Nute Soup
Application Rate: Amount varies up to 3 quarts a day, with fractional applications up to 12 ounces made 8-times a day.
- Tap water at 7.0-8.0 ph., 180-200 PPM
- Cal-Mag at half recommended application
- Miracle-Gro® Vegetable & Herb at 1/4 -1 tsp. a gallon, depending on grow stage
- Miracle-Gro® Bloom Booster at 1/4 tsp. a gallon during bloom added to Miracle Gro-Vegetable and Herb.
- ph-Down added at end of mix to get to a ph of 6.0
I've had some issues moving up from hand watering and mixing in 1-gallon jugs and automated watering from 5-gallon pots. The first was the worst: I just wasn't making the quantity translations up to 5 gallons properly. I was flakey, was thinking I was making measurements when I wasn't and once doubled up the nutes by mistake. Still the plants survived to thrive.
I've also had a problem with ppm and ph drifting up. I have some theories. One is that this is a water-soluble nute and all the different compounds dissolve at different rates, making my pots hotter as the 5-gallon pot is used. I ph adjust and dilute. There may also be a compound in the Bloom Booster that is causing the ph creep over the course of a week. I'm creeping about a point a day. I got myself burned and a case of crispy tips, I believe, when things went north of 6.5 up to 6.8.
Now, things are all about getting the nute schedule and mixes nailed down. They have worked wonderfully for me before, I hope I can get them working in this medium.
MGM
Nice set-up. I would love to follow along.
I grow sterile hydro in a 20 gallon reservoir with a top feed drip as well. I germinate, then grow, then dry in the same 2' x 3' x 6' cabinet. My entire operation (including shelving for nutes and accessories) fits on a 5' x 7' rug. I grow a single plant at a time and average around 300 grams cured per plant.
I used similar "Miracle Grow" type products back in the nineties before I stopped growing for twenty years. They worked well (see the link in my signature). A single (outdoor) plant yielded 9+ pounds. I'm sure you will be successful with your set-up.
I've never grown it but it's a nice strain to smoke
