What I Run During Flower.

[SwizzleStix]

So as I'm 3 years in. I owe a lot to the community here. So I'm hoping to give back. I'll be showing you what I run during flower. Now with that said every strain is different. Each plants tolerance to each nutrient is different. If you'd like to comment about what should be added or can I add to this feel free. Proportions vary depending on strain. But overall the directions are on the bottles. Further more I feed every 5 days. Water in between as needed. I've spent a lot of time and money weeding out the BS. This is a soil grow.

I use flora Nova. If you can it's great you pretty much have to hand feed it though. It's thick. Not ment for pumps and what not.

Cal-mag, kelp or sea weed extract. I use a brand called grow more. For these.

Herculean Harvest, more Cal I'll usely only half does the cal-mag

Humic acid to pH down. Yes the powder. Brand doesn't matter

Mendico honey or molasses. Doesn't matter every 10 days. Be sure not to over feed this. Excess carbs is a great breeding ground for mold and other fungus.

 

[Polar510]

"Humic acid to pH down"?
I'm going to have to get in on that!

 

[nazarbattu]

So as I'm 3 years in. I owe a lot to the community here. So I'm hoping to give back. I'll be showing you what I run during flower. Now with that said every strain is different. Each plants tolerance to each nutrient is different. If you'd like to comment about what should be added or can I add to this feel free. Proportions vary depending on strain. But overall the directions are on the bottles. Further more I feed every 5 days. Water in between as needed. I've spent a lot of time and money weeding out the BS. This is a soil grow.

I use flora Nova. If you can it's great you pretty much have to hand feed it though. It's thick. Not ment for pumps and what not.

Cal-mag, kelp or sea weed extract. I use a brand called grow more. For these.

Herculean Harvest, more Cal I'll usely only half does the cal-mag

Humic acid to pH down. Yes the powder. Brand doesn't matter

Mendico honey or molasses. Doesn't matter every 10 days. Be sure not to over feed this. Excess carbs is a great breeding ground for mold and other fungus.

All I use in Flower now is VermiCompost and Bone Meal, just saying, I K.I.S.S it these days...
NAZ

 

[xenon730]

"Humic acid to pH down"?
I'm going to have to get in on that!

I like to use fulvic, silica, or chelated calcium too. Never use my ph up anymore.

 

[Polar510]

Thats cool.
My tap comes out @8.9-9.0 so I use a shitload of ph down. Would be nice to give then something beneficial instead of orange acid

 

[xenon730]

Thats cool.
My tap comes out @8.9-9.0 so I use a shitload of ph down. Would be nice to give then something beneficial instead of orange acid

I'm like you. 4 gallons of ph down. Even with ro i have to use down cause of silica, just not much. Have you considered using ro? A cheap kit plus 55 gallon drum is like $150 and not a pain to use. Otherwise i don't think there's anything that can beat the carbonates in hard tap water reasonably other than the big orange.

 

[Polar510]

I test My tap @50 ppm so I cant see running RO. I usually just let it sit out for 24 hours.

 

[xenon730]

I test My tap @50 ppm so I cant see running RO. I usually just let it sit out for 24 hours.

Oh yeah no way. Assumed it was harder. I wouldn't use ro in that situation either.

 

[snippetysnip]

9.0ph from the tap! Jesus Christ

 

[xenon730]

9.0ph from the tap! Jesus Christ

Mines 9 and almost 700ppm lol. Well water in the middle of nowhere. The water report says its mostly calcium and magnesium carbonate at least so i use it outside but everything that it touches gets limescale as soon as it dries.

 

[MirrorZen]

Something isn't adding up, that your PH is 9 with only 50 ppm? My water has 50 ppm in it and it's PH is 7.1

 

[SwizzleStix]

In nature, humic and fulvic acids raise the pH of acidic soils and lower the pHof alkaline soils, neutralizing both conditions, while having a moderating effect on your plants. Humic acid also adds more than 62 beneficial trace elements to the water. It gives it a good balance I've never had a problem. I don't use the test strips. My water is 7 out of the tap.

 

[SwizzleStix]

All I use in Flower now is VermiCompost and Bone Meal, just saying, I K.I.S.S it these days...
NAZ

I don't blame ya, the more you add the easier it is to F it up. I also use the bone meal. That's what Herculean harvest is.

 

[snippetysnip]

Something isn't adding up, that your PH is 9 with only 50 ppm? My water has 50 ppm in it and it's PH is 7.1

My tap is 350ppm @7.2.

 

[SwizzleStix]

I never had an issue with my water. I've ph'd it a few times but im not going to make an issue out of something that isn't an issue for me.