Yeah see got nutes just never used it before.pretty much b first time doing nutes. I always used super soils and water.so I read a bit says to used less then normal dose. Is that what u mean bye 1/4 to 1/2 .They recommend peat or coco or both. Very specifically recommend 40% perlite with whatever medium you choose. They also do not recommend super soils or heavy soils. The fox farm soils would probably be great, but I'd add some more perlite to get up to that 40%. The fox farm soils will feed young plants for a couple weeks and you can feed whatever nutrients you want through the res, start at 1/4-1/2 recommended dose.
Order to Add | Amount of Water | |||
1 Gal | 4 Gal | 8 Gal | ||
1 | Micro | 12 ml | 50 ml | 100 ml |
2 | Grow | 12 ml | 50 ml | 100 ml |
3 | Bloom | 12 ml | 50 ml | 100 ml |
4 | HydroGuard | 2 | 8 | 16 |
5 | CalMag | 3 | 12 | 24 |
6 | PH Down | As Needed for PH 5.8 |
That is what I do in my homemade wick system. Results are incredible for me and should be for you tooOk cool so from the start just add food everything in res till finish
Thanks man that's what ima doThat is what I do in my homemade wick system. Results are incredible for me and should be for you too
To be clear though, mix the nutrients with water before you add to the reservoir. Dont mix in the reservoir...Thanks man that's what ima do
Do you flush before harvest?I use a home made type of pot that works the same way. It works incredibly well, and I will never go back to just soil. I have an airstone in the bottom of the reservoir and also in my 5 gal water buckets. Plants are easily 2-3x the size of soil grown (and I get 5-8 ozs/plant in soil)
The nutrients that I use with great results are as follows:
Advanced Nutrients Micro, Grow and Bloom
Hydroguard
CalMag
Tapwater that has sat for 24hrs
Adjust PH to 5.8
I have 2000 watts LED (LM301 from Bestva) for each plant and keep the light at approx 5 feet over the top of the pot. I use 2 1000w lights and not a single 2000w. I feel it is better and more even canopy penetration that way. I rarely adjust the lights after setup and (once into veg) I set for 600 par and let the plant grow into it. I use LST to keep the plants from hitting the light.
I would stay away from any soil that has nutrients included. So no FoxFarm Ocean Forest, but Happy Frog is good (Thats what I use). I wouldnt think it made a huge difference, just be sure you are getting soil WITHOUT nutes/fertilizer/food. The plant will get all of its nutrients from the reservoir through wicking. Coco noir may work well, but I have not tried it.
Order to Add Amount of Water 1 Gal 4 Gal 8 Gal 1Micro 12 ml 50 ml 100 ml 2Grow 12 ml 50 ml 100 ml 3Bloom 12 ml 50 ml 100 ml 4HydroGuard 2 8 16 5CalMag 3 12 24 6PH Down As Needed for PH 5.8
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Yikes, that's a lot of food, I never get that high my max food is General Hydroponics ml micro and 5 ml grow 5 ml bloom / gallon in veg and no Cal mag until week 3 of flower. no need for ph down Promix/ Sunshine Mix, ect have buffers and once you start using the ph adjustments you kill the buffers. My nutes bring down my ph enough to make my 7.2ph water perfect, anything between 6.00 & 6.50 I'm good with.I use a home made type of pot that works the same way. It works incredibly well, and I will never go back to just soil. I have an airstone in the bottom of the reservoir and also in my 5 gal water buckets. Plants are easily 2-3x the size of soil grown (and I get 5-8 ozs/plant in soil)
The nutrients that I use with great results are as follows:
Advanced Nutrients Micro, Grow and Bloom
Hydroguard
CalMag
Tapwater that has sat for 24hrs
Adjust PH to 5.8
I have 2000 watts LED (LM301 from Bestva) for each plant and keep the light at approx 5 feet over the top of the pot. I use 2 1000w lights and not a single 2000w. I feel it is better and more even canopy penetration that way. I rarely adjust the lights after setup and (once into veg) I set for 600 par and let the plant grow into it. I use LST to keep the plants from hitting the light.
I would stay away from any soil that has nutrients included. So no FoxFarm Ocean Forest, but Happy Frog is good (Thats what I use). I wouldnt think it made a huge difference, just be sure you are getting soil WITHOUT nutes/fertilizer/food. The plant will get all of its nutrients from the reservoir through wicking. Coco noir may work well, but I have not tried it.
Order to Add Amount of Water 1 Gal 4 Gal 8 Gal 1Micro 12 ml 50 ml 100 ml 2Grow 12 ml 50 ml 100 ml 3Bloom 12 ml 50 ml 100 ml 4HydroGuard 2 8 16 5CalMag 3 12 24 6PH Down As Needed for PH 5.8
Links