Moe.Red
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I'm just gonna add this here, not to call anyone out or anything, but to put words around the traps new growers fall into.
I'm helping a buddy out on his 2nd hydro grow. He has had issues in the past, and really does not consider himself successful. Understandable. So we got him started out properly and the plants were looking great, just getting nice and big in veg, about to flip to flower.
He was using the General Hydroponics 3 part line, Flora Gro, Micro, and Bloom.
The feeding chart was working with some tiny adjustments.
Then he added this, also per the GH feeding chart:
Why wouldn't you want bulking?
Look at the label, it is just a giant dose of P and K. He already had that covered with the basics.
Within 24 hours, the plants started to take a dive. Being hydro, it was easy to drain and refill and get back to where he was. Less so in soil for you. But he thought he was doing the right thing, and trusting the nute company to have his back. What they really had was his wallet. This is an unnecessary product. In the hands of a new grower, you are asking for problems. Like installing NOS on your first car when learning to drive.
I think we all go thru this school of hard knocks, and I don't know any seasoned grower that has not killed a plant. Keeping your hands at 10 and 2 and right down the middle of the lane should be the goal until you get a harvest you are proud of. Then you can look back and think about ways to improve, and incorporate those into the next grow.
Everything you feed that girl should be something you can justify easily. If you have to go looking for reasons to add something, you are likely making a mistake.
Less is more. For now.
I'm helping a buddy out on his 2nd hydro grow. He has had issues in the past, and really does not consider himself successful. Understandable. So we got him started out properly and the plants were looking great, just getting nice and big in veg, about to flip to flower.
He was using the General Hydroponics 3 part line, Flora Gro, Micro, and Bloom.
The feeding chart was working with some tiny adjustments.
Then he added this, also per the GH feeding chart:
Why wouldn't you want bulking?
Look at the label, it is just a giant dose of P and K. He already had that covered with the basics.
Within 24 hours, the plants started to take a dive. Being hydro, it was easy to drain and refill and get back to where he was. Less so in soil for you. But he thought he was doing the right thing, and trusting the nute company to have his back. What they really had was his wallet. This is an unnecessary product. In the hands of a new grower, you are asking for problems. Like installing NOS on your first car when learning to drive.
I think we all go thru this school of hard knocks, and I don't know any seasoned grower that has not killed a plant. Keeping your hands at 10 and 2 and right down the middle of the lane should be the goal until you get a harvest you are proud of. Then you can look back and think about ways to improve, and incorporate those into the next grow.
Everything you feed that girl should be something you can justify easily. If you have to go looking for reasons to add something, you are likely making a mistake.
Less is more. For now.