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BINGO!!! Good post and truth!!! I foliar spray in veg and early flower every 5 to 7 days religiously. A mix of fulvic acid, kelp, soy protein hydrolysate (amino acids), and yucca for a sticker. This is my rocket fuel. And my secret sauce (not a secret at all) to keep my ladies short..bushy..and super deep green healthy. These are the additives you want and most effective as a weekly foliar spray in veg. Add a mild pH balanced base nute with a silica in the rootzone when the plants need it. And I havent had a mineral or pH problem in a very long time. Fulvic/humics..kelps..and aminos shutlle in all the micros and stubborn elements fast and easy. Plus the cytokinins (hormones) in kelp does wonders for a compact plant. Useful for limoted space indoor grow rooms. In deep flower...they dont need much. I cut out all of the biostimulant additives and even the silica. Just the base with maybe a p/k booster at mid flower after bud set. Only for about a week. Its the light and temperature/humidity/co2 tricks that are your real flower size & quality boosters.I've been on V+B for 4 years now. I've only ever needed Cal+Mag for two strains. My Skywalker and a Chem x OG.
I do use H16 foliar weekly though.....and that stuff has like 3 different sources of Calcium.
Stack Swell is the new product.
I've only used V+B in LA, where my water was absolute SHIT....and NorCal well water, which is actually incredible (200ppm and 6.4).
Down in LA....I had to adjust things a bit. I did a tap cut with ro and ran a blend of V+B TAP and Dirty. Up here in NorCal.....I run HD....with NO issues concerning ph or cal/mag deficiencies.
I think it really depends on your starting water quality. If your lucky enough to have good starting water, then you can take advantage of the simplicity of V+B.
I use RO and had nothing but problemsI've been on V+B for 4 years now. I've only ever needed Cal+Mag for two strains. My Skywalker and a Chem x OG.
I do use H16 foliar weekly though.....and that stuff has like 3 different sources of Calcium.
Stack Swell is the new product.
I've only used V+B in LA, where my water was absolute SHIT....and NorCal well water, which is actually incredible (200ppm and 6.4).
Down in LA....I had to adjust things a bit. I did a tap cut with ro and ran a blend of V+B TAP and Dirty. Up here in NorCal.....I run HD....with NO issues concerning ph or cal/mag deficiencies.
I think it really depends on your starting water quality. If your lucky enough to have good starting water, then you can take advantage of the simplicity of V+B.
Megacrop by green leaf nutrients... liking it myselfTo be honest...I ran out of V+B and recently and just went down to my hydro store down the street and grabbed good ole Canna Coco nutes and another load of Canna bricks. V+B is only sold at one store and its way the hell out of town. Its good but its nothing different and really not all that cheap. Not as cheap as that new dry salt brand that just came out. Forget the name. That shit is really cheap. And was gonna give it a shot. All amino chelation they claim. No edta..dtpa or eddha.
This is what its all about. Once you lock into that groove..lookout. Plants love that consistency as well and will reward the grower accordingly. I change up my variables every now (the little ones - out of boredom really) and again but the basics of what I do is always there.In my 9 years of growing, the most important thing I have ever learned was this. You have to have LOVE for the plant. If you have that LOVE, then you are in your rooms, you are talking to your plants, and you are LISTENING to what they have to say. You adjust things accordingly and find out what WORKS best for you and your ladies.
V+B may not work for some people's style of growing, but my ladies love it. I consistently put out QUALITY flowers that my patients love and enjoy.
Yes It absolutely does, but I've found out you'll definitely want to add cal mag
I feed 8x a dayA few years ago I had an issue with lockout. It was my fault though. I wasn't watering at least once a day....and there was NO runoff. So....the ec in my coco was off the charts....and my plants did NOT like it.
I water my flower rooms 4 times a day, with a little bit of runoff. No problems.
Yeah...RX gave me gallons upon gallons of the base Veg and Bloom nutes a few years ago in SF. I couldn't wrap my head around the low ph stuff they were talking, so I gave it all to a friend.
Ive had vigorous rooting strains do that as well. Using root promoters that are similar to +Life. They grow such a thick mat that it actually pushes the plant and root plug (any root plug too. From rockwool to Root Riots..Oasis..Jiffys. Etc.) up out of the tray insert cell if you leave em in there long enough and with a small level of solution in the prop tray and bottom heat. Amazing isnt it? When I get rooted cuts like that they take right off when you transplant them into the first small pot or in a bigger rw block. Nice pix man. Nice roots.one thing I will HIGHLY PROMOTE!!! from HR is their +life
def a winner in my book
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one thing I will HIGHLY PROMOTE!!! from HR is their +life
def a winner in my book
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I dont follow directionsNow thats what I like to see! Beautiful sight, man.
I just looked on their site and it looks like it goes a long way, 1tsp per 10 gal
how do you use this stuff for clones? 1tsp/10gal like they say?
agreedIf a grower leaves the cuts in the propagator until you get roots like this..you can literally shave days or weeks off your veg times. Alot of times when you take the cuts with just a couple roots poking through the plug to the first pot up..they can go into shut down mode and can take days for them to get going. Literally doing nothing good or bad. When you wait until roots are jamming like this...they really take right off. And if you keep them on this high metabolism mode (i liken it to riding a wave or walking a tightrope) at peak performance at all times it really is a quick veg.
Do you find that those 5 1/2 " square nursery pots (with the tag label holder dealy) are ideal for final pot sea of green growing? I got a ton of those lying around. Nice crop.agreed
this is day 1 of transplant 03-19
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this is 03-26 day of flip
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when transplanting with solid roots it is instant growth....no stunting or slowing down
yupDo you find that those 5 1/2 " square nursery pots (with the tag label holder dealy) are ideal for final pot sea of green growing? I got a ton of those lying around. Nice crop.
Do you top them early on or at all? Whats final finish height from top of pot to top of plant? Those pots are nice. I should use mine more. I literally have about a hundred of them stacked inna corner of my basement. They hold close to a gallon of medium I believe. Like 3/4ths of a gallon.yup
and thank you
in coco they will support 80g plants
well...that is what I have maxed out at with my light
In that week of veg and first week of flip roots fill out the pot and then you just treat it like a 6" RW cube...literally...
we will see with this run how much I can pull from a 2x4
12 plants
350w of Cree COB Led's
I dont top my plantsDo you top them early on or at all? Whats final finish height from top of pot to top of plant? Those pots are nice. I should use mine more. I literally have about a hundred of them stacked inna corner of my basement. They hold close to a gallon of medium I believe. Like 3/4ths of a gallon.
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