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What I'm saying is the limitations in your experience are coming through your questions, quite loudly. There is no single ppm which is ideal for all situations, asking such is rather disingenuous of you.
I run a modified lucas, along with lucas's advanced res management methods. The base nutrient mix is 8:16 for flower, stronger or weaker as needed by each strain and the environmental conditions of flower. The number one variable element which the lucas mix sometimes comes up short is magnesium. Anywhere from .5g/gallon to 1g/gallon is used when mixing the initial flowering reservoir, depending on the strain and conditions.
As I mentioned before... record growth rates while slowly increasing nutrient strength. When growth rates stop increasing, top nutrient strength (for the current conditions) has been reached. Adding additional nutrients will not increase growth rates and will begin decreasing quality. You cannot see the difference between *just enough* and *slightly too much.* By the time the strength reaches the point where even the most experienced grower can barely see the plant has been overfed, the quality has already been permanently damaged. This damage (as I've repeatedly stated) can happen when the plants look perfectly fine, to the eye of even the most experienced growers.
Awareness is a powerful thing. ;)
I run a modified lucas, along with lucas's advanced res management methods. The base nutrient mix is 8:16 for flower, stronger or weaker as needed by each strain and the environmental conditions of flower. The number one variable element which the lucas mix sometimes comes up short is magnesium. Anywhere from .5g/gallon to 1g/gallon is used when mixing the initial flowering reservoir, depending on the strain and conditions.
As I mentioned before... record growth rates while slowly increasing nutrient strength. When growth rates stop increasing, top nutrient strength (for the current conditions) has been reached. Adding additional nutrients will not increase growth rates and will begin decreasing quality. You cannot see the difference between *just enough* and *slightly too much.* By the time the strength reaches the point where even the most experienced grower can barely see the plant has been overfed, the quality has already been permanently damaged. This damage (as I've repeatedly stated) can happen when the plants look perfectly fine, to the eye of even the most experienced growers.
Awareness is a powerful thing. ;)
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