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Using Humboldt County’s Crystal Burst
0-15-15 NPK for flowering. Should I be using more than this to provide nutrition for my flowering plants. Also with outher nutes I have been using General Hydroponics pH Down to bring pH to about 5.5-6.4 pH, should I do that with the above nute as well?
Dear Bob,
Hell yes you should.
Example: In my hydro ebb and flow I use flora nova bloom, diamond nectar, si armor, floranectar, florilicious plus, and liquid Koolbloom. Also Mammoth P for bacteria.
All nutrient lines have different additive to help the plant do different things. Your nutrient has no nitrogen, plants need less in flower, but they still need some. You still need adequate levels of calcium and magnesium, and so on.
If only one bottle of nutes was all you need, we’d all be flocking to it.
For example only, go on line and look at floranova bloom feed schedule. Or botanicare, or whatever line you like. It will give a program of nutrients and additives to use together to give balanced nutrition.
Your children can live on just hot dogs, doesn’t mean that’s all you should feed them.
You don’t need to break the bank, but don’t go cheap either. No thing as a free lunch.
And just for comparison, my grows in hydro taste better than most people’s soil plants. Sure as hell beats them for yield.
Do your homework, work the process, and learn to grow nice healthy girls.
Relax and enjoy the work.
Good luck.
RR1
CocoWhat substrate are you in
Thanks RR for your help really appreciate it. Was using Canna A and B during veg. Thinking of Canna B and the Humobldt nutes together for flower. Humbolt nutes seem to start at about 8 pH need to put in about 8 ml of pH down to bring it close to 6.2 pH. I am very new so is that pretty typical?Dear Bob,
Hell yes you should.
Example: In my hydro ebb and flow I use flora nova bloom, diamond nectar, si armor, floranectar, florilicious plus, and liquid Koolbloom. Also Mammoth P for bacteria.
All nutrient lines have different additive to help the plant do different things. Your nutrient has no nitrogen, plants need less in flower, but they still need some. You still need adequate levels of calcium and magnesium, and so on.
If only one bottle of nutes was all you need, we’d all be flocking to it.
For example only, go on line and look at floranova bloom feed schedule. Or botanicare, or whatever line you like. It will give a program of nutrients and additives to use together to give balanced nutrition.
Your children can live on just hot dogs, doesn’t mean that’s all you should feed them.
You don’t need to break the bank, but don’t go cheap either. No thing as a free lunch.
And just for comparison, my grows in hydro taste better than most people’s soil plants. Sure as hell beats them for yield.
Do your homework, work the process, and learn to grow nice healthy girls.
Relax and enjoy the work.
Good luck.
RR1
222Coco
Thanks RR. I have been using the pH adjustment as well and been assuming it does not interfere with the nutes viability. What do you think of the Canna B nute as add on to the Humboldt nutes for flower?Hey Bob,
With what i’m doing I need 5mls/gal or so to adjust to 5.9.
But it varies with different people’s water. I am lucky that I have good well water here with low calcium and iron.
RR1
Thanks for all the details Jmaes.While I use Promix BX, Chem Gro fert, water by hand, and is a bit different vs active Hydro. It is passive hydro.
I use a 4-20-39
15.5 0 0
Magnesium Sulfate/Epsom Salts
Momopotassium phosphate… Flowering only 0-52-34
Its a myth... going by tissue analysis that weed needs LESS Nitrogen in Flower. To the contrary, it needs more, all the way up to the end. If you don't over feed plants, theres no need for flushing, and Nitrogen is Not contained in the Flower, but IS contained in the leaves, and small cover leaves.
What is Nitrogen..
Humans eat Protein, and the body TURNS IT INTO NITROGEN.
All humans, and especially strength Athletes want to stay in Positive Nitrogen Balance, if you don't, you go Catabolic, and use yourself for energy. You want to stay Anabolic.. IE to Build Up.
Bud will be small if nitrogen restricted. Now you don't want to much, or it WILL delay flowering, but it IS needed in the proper amounts.
Catabolic = Tear Down.
But its like building muscles. You need Protein/Nitrogen
VEG Phase FLOWER Phase WK 1 WK 2 WK 3 WK 4 WK 1 WK 2 * WK 3 ++ WK 4 WK 5 ** WK 6 WK 7 WK 8 Per 100 gallons Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams
Chem-Gro 4-20-39 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 400 400 400 400 Calcium Nitrate 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 400 400 400 400 Magnesium Sulfate 60 60 120 120 180 180 200 300 400 400 300 300 Mono-Potassium Phosphate 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 0 0 0
EC - ppm 400-500 650 650 1100 1200 1300 1500 1500 1800 1800 1700 1700 pH 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
* If you want to push the plants go up to 300 & 200 early ++ once you see flowers start to set. ** start this when you see very heavy flower set
In some varieties, extra Magnesium Sulfate and Iron chelate (FE138) may be beneficial
Weed also like 2x amount of Potassium vs Nitrogen.
Don’t know. Haven’t used either. My soils use cheap homemade nutes,(blood meal, bone meal, worm castings, plant-tone, etc) with soils prepared over 6 months. My ebb and flow I use floranova line, with a few add ons like mammoth p.Thanks RR. I have been using the pH adjustment as well and been assuming it does not interfere with the nutes viability. What do you think of the Canna B nute as add on to the Humboldt nutes for flower?
Don’t know. Haven’t used either. My soils use cheap homemade nutes,(blood meal, bone meal, worm castings, plant-tone, etc) with soils prepared over 6 months. My ebb and flow I use floranova line, with a few add ons like mammoth p.
Most lines can be used together, start easy, keep good notes.
Growing is one part science, two parts art, and zero parts magic.
Have fun,
RR1
Try watering with aerated water couple days, or old chemist trick 3 tbsp hydrogen peroxide/gal. The 3% from your bathroom, NOT the 35% I use to disinfect and clean with.Dont meant to redirect the thread...i just watered waste smelled like mold in my towel...can that kill my plants? It didn't smell like carrots as it should..lol
Try watering with aerated water couple days, or old chemist trick 3 tbsp hydrogen peroxide/gal. The 3% from your bathroom, NOT the 35% I use to disinfect and clean with.
Quickly raises oxygen in solution.
See if it helps. If your soil isn’t porous enough it can get stagnant.
Way to keep an eye on details.
RR1
hey go check out megacrop they are having a promo and giving away the 93 gram bags for free only pay 3.15 for shipping and its really good shit but its not exactly for flowering but im sure you can add to it or save it for next grow honestly cant beat free and it really is good shit check it out dont forget to look at ingredientsDear Bob,
Hell yes you should.
Example: In my hydro ebb and flow I use flora nova bloom, diamond nectar, si armor, floranectar, florilicious plus, and liquid Koolbloom. Also Mammoth P for bacteria.
All nutrient lines have different additive to help the plant do different things. Your nutrient has no nitrogen, plants need less in flower, but they still need some. You still need adequate levels of calcium and magnesium, and so on.
If only one bottle of nutes was all you need, we’d all be flocking to it.
For example only, go on line and look at floranova bloom feed schedule. Or botanicare, or whatever line you like. It will give a program of nutrients and additives to use together to give balanced nutrition.
Your children can live on just hot dogs, doesn’t mean that’s all you should feed them.
You don’t need to break the bank, but don’t go cheap either. No thing as a free lunch.
And just for comparison, my grows in hydro taste better than most people’s soil plants. Sure as hell beats them for yield.
Do your homework, work the process, and learn to grow nice healthy girls.
Relax and enjoy the work.
Good luck.
RR1
has alot of the stuff thatyou have to mix all those bottles together to get and its a powder you mix yourseklf so you dont pay for water..hey go check out megacrop they are having a promo and giving away the 93 gram bags for free only pay 3.15 for shipping and its really good shit but its not exactly for flowering but im sure you can add to it or save it for next grow honestly cant beat free and it really is good shit check it out dont forget to look at ingredients
Thanks RR. I will research and test them.Don’t know. Haven’t used either. My soils use cheap homemade nutes,(blood meal, bone meal, worm castings, plant-tone, etc) with soils prepared over 6 months. My ebb and flow I use floranova line, with a few add ons like mammoth p.
Most lines can be used together, start easy, keep good notes.
Growing is one part science, two parts art, and zero parts magic.
Have fun,
RR1
Thanks Freddyyola. I will check them out.it
has alot of the stuff thatyou have to mix all those bottles together to get and its a powder you mix yourseklf so you dont pay for water..
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