Nutrients and feeding help
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MickFoster
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The Flora Series and calmag have all the nutrients that a healthy plant requires. You might consider Liquid KoolBloom when switching to flower and Dry KoolBloom for ripening. Good luck.
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I use General Hydroponics' Flora Trio and supplements in coco/perlite, a drain to waste system. Here's my feed schedule at 1/3 strength:
I've tried from 25% to 40%. I've dropped to 30% in my current grow as the plants were showing signs of nutrient burn. I think the Floralicious products include molasses. It may not be necessary, but since I have it, I may as well use it.
General Hydroponics doesn't give any instruction on when to switch, so here's how I do it:
Germination/Clone - until the seed or clone is planted in my medium (pH 5.8)
Cutting/Seedling - until I top them (pH 5.8)
Mild Vegetation - about two weeks (pH 5.8)
Aggressive vegetation - until the flip to 12/12 lighting (pH 5.8)
Transition to Bloom - the stretch (about two - three weeks) (pH 6.0)
Bloom and Ripening - 1/2 the flowering time as advertised by the breeder (pH 6.2)
Final Ripening - Until 90% of the trichomes are cloudy or 10% of the trichomes are amber (pH 6.2)
Flush - 4 days at 100%, 4 days at 50%, 4 days water (pH 5.8)
The water for the final flush has CaliMagic added to it, to prepare the media for the next grow. This is also why I drop the pH.
I use General Hydroponics' Flora Trio and supplements in coco/perlite, a drain to waste system. Here's my feed schedule at 1/3 strength:
I've tried from 25% to 40%. I've dropped to 30% in my current grow as the plants were showing signs of nutrient burn. I think the Floralicious products include molasses. It may not be necessary, but since I have it, I may as well use it.
General Hydroponics doesn't give any instruction on when to switch, so here's how I do it:
Germination/Clone - until the seed or clone is planted in my medium (pH 5.8)
Cutting/Seedling - until I top them (pH 5.8)
Mild Vegetation - about two weeks (pH 5.8)
Aggressive vegetation - until the flip to 12/12 lighting (pH 5.8)
Transition to Bloom - the stretch (about two - three weeks) (pH 6.0)
Bloom and Ripening - 1/2 the flowering time as advertised by the breeder (pH 6.2)
Final Ripening - Until 90% of the trichomes are cloudy or 10% of the trichomes are amber (pH 6.2)
Flush - 4 days at 100%, 4 days at 50%, 4 days water (pH 5.8)
The water for the final flush has CaliMagic added to it, to prepare the media for the next grow. This is also why I drop the pH.
