And you didn’t have to prompt flowering with a jolt of PK!
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Great link farside, thanks for posting it! I'll have to read the original paper this weekend but I'm not sure there's enough in his post to convince anyone who doesn't already believe the contrarian to go that way. There was enough equivocation along the way for folks to latch on to if they want to argue the "historical" theory.
It's still an excellent support to everything you've been saying, including fruiting plants needing more K.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and that all is quiet on the job front this weekend!
I decided to skip Christmas and just dive in head first into this one. Blessings Farside and I will be skipping ahead a few pages (140).
Been hearin' out you and Felipe - carefully planned a bloom formula (if interested to see, it can be found from my journal page-16) and Phosphorus target ppm was planned to be between 50-80ppm.The 1st page, 2nd post has the supporting information on why high P is not necessary, and why you still need plenty of N. Every grow in this journal has had at least 150ppm of N from adulthood in veg through the end of bloom. Most grows in this journal have ranged from 30-60ppm of P during bloom, this last grow as little as 20ppm of P throughout. The result of 20ppm of P...
As far as pHing nutrient solutions in buffered soil-less mediums. It's not the pH of the solution, but rather the sources of N and the alkalinity of your water that matter most. The source is Bill Argo, PhD of Blackmore Company. He's one of the foremost authorities on plant nutrition and work with universities and soil-less medium companies (ie Michigan State and Premiere aka Pro-Mix). I have his series of articles on my Google Drive if you'd like the links. Pages 1 & 2 of Part 3 covers most of it.
Been hearin' out you and Felipe - carefully planned a bloom formula (if interested to see, it can be found from my journal page-16) and Phosphorus target ppm was planned to be between 50-80ppm.
So my latest reservoir patch had 78ppm of P total and that was/is during the peak stretch. And I’m pretty sure that high P values had such a negative impact on stem elongation.
Doing negative DIF testing; equal or higher night time temps than day temp, which should inhibit the stretch. But the results looks like this now
Not satisfied at all.. And can’t figure anything else than excessive P which causes this much stretch.
Going to tweak the formula and cut the P down to ~40ppm and see if that gives me less elongation between each node.
Also wanted to ask @FelipeBlu and @farside05 what you reckon what kind of Ca ppm values you would recommend when N stays between 120-150ppm, K ~250-290?
Current Ca ppm is 110, and stem tissue feels very thin and weak. Could ’excessive’ phosphorus block Ca uptake that much or is 110ppm just generally too low?
VPD is on point and no visible Ca def symptoms on foliage tho.
PS. That plant grown with 20ppm of P looks fantastic!!
Micro has 5% N total and 4% nitrates and 1% ammoniacalOn the elongation and soft stem front, what are you feeding. Too much Ammoniacal Nitrogen can cause a lot of spacing between nodes.
Thats also probably one factor.. lower branches getting shaded and some of them gets hella flimsy. Anyway the picture shown above is from the mid which not getting shaded tho.Of course too little light can also do that.
Yes, having GHE’s Silica powder (old Mineral Magic) and B’cuzz Silic boost (which Ive used for now, because can’t get my GHE dry nute ppm calculations right… Or its confusing shit out of me.Are you feeding any Silica supplements? They help strengthen stem walls.
Micro has 5% N total and 4% nitrates and 1% ammoniacal
Grow has 3% total and 2% nitrate and 1% ammoniacal. And those are my only N sources. Been feeding ~120-150ppm of N total.
Thats also probably one factor.. lower branches getting shaded and some of them gets hella flimsy. Anyway the picture shown above is from the mid which not getting shaded tho.
Yes, having GHE’s Silica powder (old Mineral Magic) and B’cuzz Silic boost (which Ive used for now, because can’t get my GHE dry nute ppm calculations right… Or its confusing shit out of me.
Anyway made a post on my journal wheres the new res mix and lowered the P down to 50ish.
Heya FarsideMy current mix is back HERE on page 140.
N=152
P=35
K=192
Ca=78
Mg=25
S=33
On the elongation and soft stem front, what are you feeding. Too much Ammoniacal Nitrogen can cause a lot of spacing between nodes. Of course too little light can also do that. Are you feeding any Silica supplements? They help strengthen stem walls.
Heya Farside
I forget what you are doing with the micros. Could you please remind me?
Yep - that’s what I ended up doing - after regrinding it in a blender.meant to be dissolved into water and fed as a concentrated liquid
This is what Verb is using for silica (GHE Silica - it used to be labeled “Mineral Magic”). Note that the English analysis doesn’t mention the CaO or MgO in the French analysis.If your Silica powder is like the AgSil I use (Potassium Silicate) it only provides 46.7% Silica by weight. Try multiplying by .467 and see if that corrects your numbers.
This is what Verb is using for silica (GHE Silica - it used to be labeled “Mineral Magic”). Note that the English analysis doesn’t mention the CaO or MgO in the French analysis.