Growing Without Bloom Nutes By Farside05

Known said:
Great. I will give the recipe a try. I can find only powdered dolo lime tho. I hope it will keep the mix buffered?
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I use the pelletized lime in my Faux-Mix®. It's readily available at most big box home stores in the U.S. Espoma brand or the like. The bigger bag at Home Depot out in the Garden Center costs about the same as Espoma and is 9x more. It's by Soil Doctor.
 
farside05 said:
I use the pelletized lime in my Faux-Mix®. It's readily available at most big box home stores in the U.S. Espoma brand or the like. The bigger bag at Home Depot out in the Garden Center costs about the same as Espoma and is 9x more. It's by Soil Doctor.
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I understand but due to postage concerns i. able to find only powdered. I hope i will not run into any issues. Maybe sprinkle a couple of spoons extra after a couple of months will keep me safe
 
Known said:
I understand but due to postage concerns i. able to find only powdered. I hope i will not run into any issues. Maybe sprinkle a couple of spoons extra after a couple of months will keep me safe
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Powdered will probably work fine. 1-2 tablespoons per gallon of mix made. Since Mega Crop is low in Ammonical Nitrogen, high in Nitrate Nitrogen, it's best for water sources with low alkalinity. You can get away with using higher alkalinity water (ie 150 ppm) for a normal grow, but for long grows, you may have an upward pH drift in your growing medium. If that's the case I'd probably stick to using the 1 tablespoon vs 2. That or maybe a different fertilizer is a better choice if you have high alkalinity water. May I ask what your water is like?
 
farside05 said:
Powdered will probably work fine. 1-2 tablespoons per gallon of mix made. Since Mega Crop is low in Ammonical Nitrogen, high in Nitrate Nitrogen, it's best for water sources with low alkalinity. You can get away with using higher alkalinity water (ie 150 ppm) for a normal grow, but for long grows, you may have an upward pH drift in your growing medium. If that's the case I'd probably stick to using the 1 tablespoon vs 2. That or maybe a different fertilizer is a better choice if you have high alkalinity water. May I ask what your water is like?
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Trying to digest the infos you provide. I will come back later when i have my questions ready ☺️

For my water i use RO BUFFERED WITH tap water at 150ppm and the PH sits at around 8 after 24 hour aeration.

I have Mega Crop.V2 in my shelf and also have canna terra flores which is for bloom alongside with pk 13/14 and also terpinator 0-0-4
 
They didn't blink! And the front right auto is really digging the new mix.
 
Hello @farside05, i have been studying this journal and i like the simplicity and the cost expenses in your actions to grow buds.

I will try for my next grow i hope to be successfull.

Is this going to work with bottle nutrients like the canna terra veg and canna terra bloom?

I know how amazing MegaCrop is and i have it here with me but i wanted to empty the bottles first and use the MC for the grow after.
 
oldmanjj said:
@farside05 ok, I have to ask.....what is that hay wired switch in the first pic on post #2,606? Looks like a recipe for disaster my friend.
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It's a dimmer/potentiometer. Not a hazzard. You can grab both terminals and not get shocked. Frankly the small clip fans are a bigger risk. I've had one of those go out and the case was very warm.
Known said:
Hello @farside05, i have been studying this journal and i like the simplicity and the cost expenses in your actions to grow buds.

I will try for my next grow i hope to be successfull.

Is this going to work with bottle nutrients like the canna terra veg and canna terra bloom?

I know how amazing MegaCrop is and i have it here with me but i wanted to empty the bottles first and use the MC for the grow after.
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I'm assuming you are asking if Faux-Mix®, aka building your own soil-less medium, will work with other nutrient lines. The answer is yes, with a caveat. It will work with any COMPLETE fertilizer. Canna Terra Vega says it's for SOIL not soil-less. It is not a complete fertilizer. Evidently they are expecting the soil to provide all the micronutrients since all it contains is N, P, K & Mo. Therefore I cannot recommend using those Canna products with any soil-less medium.
 
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BigD13 said:
Looks like a nice green full house. :thumb:
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InTheShed said:
What BigD said! ↑
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KritikalHitz said:
Looking beautiful. :yummy:
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Thanks all. The back right auto still doesn't look like it wants to bloom. I'll keep it around for now but if it goes much longer it may just get tossed. I won't delay the next grow in that tent for it. That or I'll chuck it on the back deck outside and whatever comes of it is what it is.

I'm leaving town Monday night/real early Tuesday AM. I'll water the hell out of everything before I leave and hopefully they'll make it to Saturday night when I return. If not my son will take over feeding duties.

My order of AgSil 16H/Silica came in so I'll be able to whip up a batch of Faux-Tekt ® for this next feed.
 
Are you using the Tezula 13-3-15 that is almost 100% ammoniacal nitrogen and if so, are you worried about it lowering the pH of the FauxMix? MC is raising the pH of my ProMix within a month and a half, so I'm deciding whether to switch media or nutes (despite the over $50 in sunk cost to MC). I feel like straight ammonical would give me a pH problem in the other direction!

Tezula also makes a 19-4-23 that is:
Nitrate Nitrogen
13.6%​
Ammoniacal Nitrogen
5.7%​
but it contains no sulfur or magnesium, both of which are in epsom salts.

I was thinking that might be a better balance to keep the pH in check.
 
InTheShed said:
Are you using the Tezula 13-3-15 that is almost 100% ammoniacal nitrogen and if so, are you worried about it lowering the pH of the FauxMix? MC is raising the pH of my ProMix within a month and a half, so I'm deciding whether to switch media or nutes (despite the over $50 in sunk cost to MC). I feel like straight ammonical would give me a pH problem in the other direction!

Tezula also makes a 19-4-23 that is:
Nitrate Nitrogen
13.6%​
Ammoniacal Nitrogen
5.7%​
but it contains no sulfur or magnesium, both of which are in epsom salts.

I was thinking that might be a better balance to keep the pH in check.
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My guess is that you were looking on Tezula's Site. The info there is wrong. What it says is Ammonical should say Nitrate, and what it says is Urea should be Ammonical. It is almost all Nitrate Nitrogen just like MC. The actual product is made by Greencare and Tezula is just repackaging it into smaller lots since Greencare only sells 50lb bags.

MSU: SPECIAL ORCHID FERTILIZER.
13 – 3 - 15​

MSU: SPECIAL ORCHID FERTILIZER. RO, RAIN or TAP WATER FORMULA!
Guaranteed Analysis
Macronutrients:
13.0% Total Nitrogen
(Nitrate Nitrogen 12.5%,
Ammoniacal Nitrogen 0.7%)
3% Available Phosphate Acid (P2O5)
15.9% Soluble Potash (K2O)
8.0% Calcium (Ca)
2% Magnesium (Mg)
Derived from calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate,
potassium nitrate and monopotassium phosphate
Micronutrients:
0.177% Iron (Fe)
0.088% Manganese (Mn)
0.044% Zinc (Zn)
0.044% Copper (Cu)
0.018% Boron (B)
0.018% Molybdenum (Mo)
Derived from Iron EDTA, manganese sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, boric acid, ammonium molybdate
You could try Jack's 15-5-20. I used it last run with decent results. It's 20% Ammonical.
 
Thanks farside, I was on their site. If you're not seeing pH drift with yours I have no idea why I am with similar nitrate number in MC. My water alkaline content is supposed to be 85-129 according to the water report.
 
I thought I would compare these three at ~158ppm N

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