What fertilizers to feed on last 2 weeks of ripening

[SmokeyGhost]

I am currently running on an 8-week flowering cycle with soil and was wondering what people usually add on the last 2 weeks before flushing on the last week. For the last 2 weeks of ripening before flushing, I usually add the regular FloMicro, FloBloom, CalMag, and Overdrive.
Just wondering if anyone out there is doing something similar or different that would have suggestions.

 

[CookiesLikeWhoa]

When I'm doing organic I try to time my last top dressing 5 weeks before the targeted chop date. Don't really need to do anything since I'm just hitting them with R/O water and tap water mixed together.

When I'm doing salts I usually just stick with my normal feed schedule. I've been using jacks 3-2-1 /w PowerSi and Mr. Fulvic. I hit them with a heavier watering once a week with recharge to just flush out extra salts. Last two grows have been done that way till the last week then I just water with R/O and tap water.

 

[SmokeyGhost]

When I'm doing organic I try to time my last top dressing 5 weeks before the targeted chop date. Don't really need to do anything since I'm just hitting them with R/O water and tap water mixed together.

When I'm doing salts I usually just stick with my normal feed schedule. I've been using jacks 3-2-1 /w PowerSi and Mr. Fulvic. I hit them with a heavier watering once a week with recharge to just flush out extra salts. Last two grows have been done that way till the last week then I just water with R/O and tap water

Sorry if I sound stupid but wouldn't mixing r/o and tap water is just another version of balancing the pH of the tap water? And do you use anything as a bud enhancer for ripening?

 

[CookiesLikeWhoa]

It's more of a stabilizer for my R/O water. I try to aim for around 100PPM on my R/O Tap water mix. Helps keep the PH stable for longer. I started to notice my PH in my feeding solutions would drift as it sat. Mixing it didn't really help at all. I read about PH here and how mixing in some tap water can help with that and it has, a lot.

I've used Jack's finisher, but I know I'm not good enough of a grower to really maximize it's use. I feel like finishers and a lot of the other products that promise huge returns are only beneficial if you have everything else locked down.

Of course that all being said, I'm trying CO2 out on a current grow. I can get tank refills for free from a friend that welds so I just needed the gauge. While everything isn't perfect, I can say these are the biggest 26 day old plants I've ever had. Once I get home I'm going to be doing my 4th topping for 3 of them. My last run of photos I didn't even top for the first time till day 21.

 

[NorthernOrganics]

I like to grind up malted barley and top dress near the end of flowering. https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/malted-barley-explained-by-clackamas-coot.91880/?amp=1

 

[NorthernOrganics]

It helps a lot when reusing your soil, the enzymes in the barley break down the roots after you chop and help reset the soil. I also feel like it helps produce more trichomes. I add it throughout the grow, an organic way to introduce enzymes into the soil.

 

[SmokeyGhost]

It helps a lot when reusing your soil, the enzymes in the barley break down the roots after you chop and help reset the soil. I also feel like it helps produce more trichomes. I add it throughout the grow, an organic way to introduce enzymes into the soil.

That's interesting. I will give it a try.

 

[NorthernOrganics]

I get 6-row malted barley from the brewing supply store, it has the highest enzymatic activity.

 

[SmokeyGhost]

It's more of a stabilizer for my R/O water. I try to aim for around 100PPM on my R/O Tap water mix. Helps keep the PH stable for longer. I started to notice my PH in my feeding solutions would drift as it sat. Mixing it didn't really help at all. I read about PH here and how mixing in some tap water can help with that and it has, a lot.

I've used Jack's finisher, but I know I'm not good enough of a grower to really maximize it's use. I feel like finishers and a lot of the other products that promise huge returns are only beneficial if you have everything else locked down.

Of course that all being said, I'm trying CO2 out on a current grow. I can get tank refills for free from a friend that welds so I just needed the gauge. While everything isn't perfect, I can say these are the biggest 26 day old plants I've ever had. Once I get home I'm going to be doing my 4th topping for 3 of them. My last run of photos I didn't even top for the first time till day 21.

Wao. Lucky you. Free supply of CO2. I use a water reservoir setup and pump up water from the bottom up to water my plants. I use a water pump and an o2 bubble that people use for fish tanks to keep the water agitated constantly. Not sure if that would be a cheap suggestion to fix your pH level as it sits.