Alaskan1's Flo n Gro Mixed Bag Grow

great pics from you both, plants looking really healthy, are they all from same mother i take it, could i ask if anyone has had any dealings with auto plants, needs some advice,

i hope my plants look as healthy as them, ive been giving mine nutes now, started at half strength and had no problems so upped it to full strength and still no problems, can i go above the recomended dosage, im only asking as the nutes im using are for general household plants, its called baby bio it says add 5 to 10 drops to half a litre or a pint or ad half a capfull to a liter or 2 pints, the npk is 10.6 4.4 1.7, ive seen other nutes that have 30 20 5 etc so can i double up on the nutes im using to give me 21.2 8.8 3.4, or dont it work like that when you double up, using full strength my plants seem healthy and no nute burn, i add nutes 1 day then 2 days later use water and 2 days later use nutes, is this correct peeps, thanks
 
thats amazing they grew that much, your plants must be really healthy to shoot up like that, what nutes are you using, i wont be able to get the same type here but what npl figures does the nutes have for veg and flower stage
 
SpaceGhost said:
If you haven't noticed yet after setting the ph the ppms usually go up from the additives of the ph down

When I go about doing my daily checks of my ppm's and ph. I do a routine. I 1st check what the ppm's are and if they are close to my likings 1080-1200 if they are good I go about checking the ph and don't think twice about the ppms again as when I adjust the ph down it will raise the ppms but not in a bad way. If they are low I ad a nutrient mix that I have ready in a gal jug bring the ppms up then adjust ph. If the ppms are high I ad water bring them down and then ph the tank.

you ph additive will change your ppm's
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Honestly, I'm not trying to argue, but I've never noticed them to make a noticeable impact on my PPM's. I've measured several times, but it's never been enough to actually register... (for me). I know in theory this is true, but it's never been measureable when I've checked it. Might be a different type of PH up/down?

There are different opinions on adding nutrients to increase your PPM between res changes. I am not for it, personally. What I do and advocate is to do weekly reservoir changes, and in between if reservoir levels need adjusting, they should be adjusted with just water. Other than that, it's just adjusting the PH throughout the week until the next res. change.

Now, some GOOD growers top off with nutrient water instead of just water when they need to add to their reservoir between res changes. But, I don't personally advocate this. A lot of people, like myself just top off with plain water when needed.

Plants will cherry pick nutrients. Lets say, your PPMs go down by 300ppm (just for hypthetical purposes). What's missing - what did they take? The plants take what they need, and WILL cherry pick. So, lets say that they took primarily phosphorous. So, now you want to raise the PPMS? If you add nutrient water, you are giving it more of everything, not just the phosphorous it took. This is an exagerrated example, but nonetheless relevant.

In DWC hydro, plants get an abundance of what they need at all times - they're constantly exposed to the buffet table. They also store energy they need in the fan leaves. Letting the PPM's go down a little between weekly reservoir changes will not hold you back as far as plant/bud size. Conversely, you run some risks adding nutrient water to "top off" between reservoir changes.

I prefer to just adjust the PH between weekly reservoir changes, and top off with RO water if the levels get low in the reservoir. I don't try to manage to that PPM number beyond making sure it doesn't go up, (due to plants drinking more water), and being aware of it. I'm okay if it goes down a little, though it might tempt me to feed a stronger mix at the next reservoir change.

Sorry if I rambled, but I wanted to make sure I was explaining my process and logic correctly. Hope you don't mind the long diatribe, A1. :)
 
Xlr8 said:
Honestly, I'm not trying to argue, but I've never noticed them to make a noticeable impact on my PPM's. I've measured several times, but it's never been enough to actually register... (for me). I know in theory this is true, but it's never been measureable when I've checked it. Might be a different type of PH up/down?

There are different opinions on adding nutrients to increase your PPM between res changes. I am not for it, personally. What I do and advocate is to do weekly reservoir changes, and in between if reservoir levels need adjusting, they should be adjusted with just water. Other than that, it's just adjusting the PH throughout the week until the next res. change.

Now, some GOOD growers top off with nutrient water instead of just water when they need to add to their reservoir between res changes. But, I don't personally advocate this. A lot of people, like myself just top off with plain water when needed.

Plants will cherry pick nutrients. Lets say, your PPMs go down by 300ppm (just for hypthetical purposes). What's missing - what did they take? The plants take what they need, and WILL cherry pick. So, lets say that they took primarily phosphorous. So, now you want to raise the PPMS? If you add nutrient water, you are giving it more of everything, not just the phosphorous it took. This is an exagerrated example, but nonetheless relevant.

In DWC hydro, plants get an abundance of what they need at all times - they're constantly exposed to the buffet table. They also store energy they need in the fan leaves. Letting the PPM's go down a little between weekly reservoir changes will not hold you back as far as plant/bud size. Conversely, you run some risks adding nutrient water to "top off" between reservoir changes.

I prefer to just adjust the PH between weekly reservoir changes, and top off with RO water if the levels get low in the reservoir. I don't try to manage to that PPM number beyond making sure it doesn't go up, (due to plants drinking more water), and being aware of it. I'm okay if it goes down a little, though it might tempt me to feed a stronger mix at the next reservoir change.

Sorry if I rambled, but I wanted to make sure I was explaining my process and logic correctly. Hope you don't mind the long diatribe, A1. :)
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thats fine
 
those damn aphids gone for good yet? i hope they are im sick of reading about them things

so since my White Russians crapped out on me before i could see flowers on them i was wondering if your going to make one of those you cut into a mother so i can clip a few for my next grow? i really want to try again with the WR.
 
253Chiefin said:
those damn aphids gone for good yet? i hope they are im sick of reading about them things

so since my White Russians crapped out on me before i could see flowers on them i was wondering if your going to make one of those you cut into a mother so i can clip a few for my next grow? i really want to try again with the WR.
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Absofrickenlootly! (like how I made up my own spelling?)

Aphids I am sure are still around but not seen at the moment. I'm giving the plants 2 days of AzaMax rest and then will hit them again with AzaMax in the res.
 
I am installing another tent this week and I am positive that my ballasts sitting on 5 gallon buckets won't work anymore.
I went ahead and built a board to hold all 4 ballasts on that side of the room. I made sure to make it so air will be able to flow behind the ballasts as well.

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Alaskan1 said:
I am installing another tent this week and I am positive that my ballasts sitting on 5 gallon buckets won't work anymore.
I went ahead and built a board to hold all 4 ballasts on that side of the room. I made sure to make it so air will be able to flow behind the ballasts as well.
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Smart move putting in spacers to raise the ballasts off the board:thumb:
 
your ballasts in general kick ass! i like how that looks in there now your set up is real clean and professional looking besides a few bags here and there. i like all the things going on over there. its fun to keep up with..i admire it all the time. well im glad your seeing progress with the azamax bud. kick thier asses.
 
253Chiefin said:
your ballasts in general kick ass! i like how that looks in there now your set up is real clean and professional looking besides a few bags here and there. i like all the things going on over there. its fun to keep up with..i admire it all the time. well im glad your seeing progress with the azamax bud. kick thier asses.
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Thanks Cheif,

Yeah, I should have cleaned up my room from everything I had been doing before taking that picture. Makes my room look like I keep it a mess!
Your WW clones have roots! You can actually see them. The WR has the beginings of roots so I should see some in the next few days. :high-five:
 
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