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FelipeBlu said:
In my experience, using that high a proportion of vermiculite is unnecessary, unless you live in the desert (very low humidity). Otherwise, you may experience issues with slow draining. IMO, good drainage, and the ability to water frequently, is more important than minor adjustments to nutrients.
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I agree with lowering if not completely removing vermiculite from the equation. My first grow using Hempy I used 25% vermiculite and then none in my 2nd hempy effort and found no difference. Since then I have only used 100% Perlite in another 6 grows very successfully. I have also increased to size of perlite I'm using to #2 & #3 size. I put the #3 on the bottom 1/3 and then the #2 the rest of the way up.

I also did a comparative grow using MegaCrop and DynaGrow with ProteKt and Grow. I use CaliMagic with both. My first test grow was two BerryBomb clones and had a 50% large yield with the DynaGrow. My second grow is showing a completely opposite result with a current SLH grow. I do feel there are other factors that may have impacted this result. I like the simplicity of MegaCrop and will continue to consider using it in future test.
 
What amount of grams or tsp did you use during flower for megacrop??

Next grow ill use just pearlite ;)

BTzGrow said:
I agree with lowering if not completely removing vermiculite from the equation. My first grow using Hempy I used 25% vermiculite and then none in my 2nd hempy effort and found no difference. Since then I have only used 100% Perlite in another 6 grows very successfully. I have also increased to size of perlite I'm using to #2 & #3 size. I put the #3 on the bottom 1/3 and then the #2 the rest of the way up.

I also did a comparative grow using MegaCrop and DynaGrow with ProteKt and Grow. I use CaliMagic with both. My first test grow was two BerryBomb clones and had a 50% large yield with the DynaGrow. My second grow is showing a completely opposite result with a current SLH grow. I do feel there are other factors that may have impacted this result. I like the simplicity of MegaCrop and will continue to consider using it in future test.
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CADBOY said:
What amount of grams or tsp did you use during flower for megacrop??

Next grow ill use just pearlite ;)
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It's been a while since I used the MegaCrop but I believe it was 4mg's which I believe is close to a teaspoons? @FelipeBlu can most likely back me up on that. I use a small scale and measure my dry nutrients very closely. I also use a 10ml syringe for my liquids. I have a dropper that I can measure 1-2 ml for adding pH up or down.

I also added some CaliMagic. Felipeblu might be able to advise on that also. I'm totally on DynaGro ProteKt and Grow with CaliMagic and Epsom Salt with a pinch of Explosion for good measure.

One there note I would add. I started using Sweet Candy and discontinued it. I received their freeby and just really didn't see it being a major asset after one harvest of two plants. One with and the other without.

If you get a chance take a quick look at my grows in my signature. Except for my first that was in soil the rest have been Perlite. The last 5 100% I'm now playing with a Hempy/Ebb&Flow process. Learning some really interesting and positive lessons from this new direction.
 
BTzGrow said:
It's been a while since I used the MegaCrop but I believe it was 4mg's which I believe is close to a teaspoons? @FelipeBlu can most likely back me up on that. I use a small scale and measure my dry nutrients very closely. I also use a 10ml syringe for my liquids. I have a dropper that I can measure 1-2 ml for adding pH up or down.

I also added some CaliMagic. Felipeblu might be able to advise on that also. I'm totally on DynaGro ProteKt and Grow with CaliMagic and Epsom Salt with a pinch of Explosion for good measure.

One there note I would add. I started using Sweet Candy and discontinued it. I received their freeby and just really didn't see it being a major asset after one harvest of two plants. One with and the other without.

If you get a chance take a quick look at my grows in my signature. Except for my first that was in soil the rest have been Perlite. The last 5 100% I'm now playing with a Hempy/Ebb&Flow process. Learning some really interesting and positive lessons from this new direction.
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Got some reading to do, thank you.
 
FelipeBlu said:
It depends. I usually start with 3g/gal, and watch the plants. I’ve never seen the need to go over 6g/gal, which is what GL indicates is a teaspoon.
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Thats all ive been doing is just watching the plant. Last few grows plants seemed to need more. So this tim I started out with more and keep increasing till I see the burn start. So far so good. Stoped at 2 tsp per 4L of water, went back to 1 tsp and now shows signs of needing more N. So tomorrow, back to 2tsp lol see how it goes. I suspect the vermiculite is causing a lack up nutrient uptake. Cant be PH doing it cause the plant would look horrible. But shes a beautiful at this moment. Thanks for all your comments ;) I will read the threads as well ,)
 
CADBOY said:
Thats all ive been doing is just watching the plant. Last few grows plants seemed to need more. So this tim I started out with more and keep increasing till I see the burn start. So far so good. Stoped at 2 tsp per 4L of water, went back to 1 tsp and now shows signs of needing more N. So tomorrow, back to 2tsp lol see how it goes. I suspect the vermiculite is causing a lack up nutrient uptake. Cant be PH doing it cause the plant would look horrible. But shes a beautiful at this moment. Thanks for all your comments ;) I will read the threads as well ,)
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Are you also still adding 1 tsp of Bud Explosion? I’d bet that is a factor in your issues. It just seems like way way too much to me.

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CADBOY said:
I was recommended to this thread for advice or guidance based on experience with hempys that use megacrop nutes and vermiculite medium... please give advise, guidance based on experience. Thanks.


Nutrients:
(MC) Mega Crop Nutrients (9-6-17)
(BE) Bud Explosion (0-19-39)
(SC) Sweet Candy (0-0-16)

Grow size: 3Gal Hempy
Growing Medium: Pearlite/Vermiculite 50/50 Mix

All nutes below have been mixed into 4 Liters of water, then feed to the plant over the course of 7 days. Each "week" listed is exactly what ive actually done for that week.

Week 1 = (1 tsp MC) + (1 tsp Calmag) in 4L water
Week 2 = (2 tsp MC) + (1 tsp Calmag) in 4L water
Week 3 = (2 tsp MC) + (2 tsp Calmag) in 4L water
Week 4 = (1 tsp MC) + (1 tsp BE) + (1 tsp Calmag) in 4L water

My plant looks great, nothing is wrong with it. Just recently showed signes of not getting enough N. Other then that shes happy.

Some people had been concerned with the amouts of nutes I have givein to the plant... plant is in first 10 days of flowering.

Has anyone seem to find if vermiculite blocks the uptake of nutes when mixed at 50/50 with perlite??
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A lot of these numbers your looking for are in this thread already.

With that said a teaspoon weighs about 7 grams. I haven't went past 6 grams a gallon yet. Adding calmag to a mixture of megacrop was horrible for my plants. I am wondering what your plants look like? I mean your pumping damn near 14 grams of megacrop a gallon and almost 10 ml of calmag which seems like more than the bottle would recommend.
 
DrDoob said:
Are you also still adding 1 tsp of Bud Explosion? I’d bet that is a factor in your issues. It just seems like way way too much to me.

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Haha the only real problem is that I dont actually have a problem. Yet. Shes healthy and happy and looks great. Im just wondering why is all about the nutes.
 
Hempy Tubes in action.
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6 grams/gal of MC and 1 gram/gal of Sweet Candy. Just added the Bud Explosion at .8 grams/gallon on there first dose at day 21.

Popped 4 freebie seeds and got one female she's the one stripped down on the right.
 
Buck5050 said:
A lot of these numbers your looking for are in this thread already.

With that said a teaspoon weighs about 7 grams. I haven't went past 6 grams a gallon yet. Adding calmag to a mixture of megacrop was horrible for my plants. I am wondering what your plants look like? I mean your pumping damn near 14 grams of megacrop a gallon and almost 10 ml of calmag which seems like more than the bottle would recommend.
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Photos I took 30 seconds ago...
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Buck5050 said:
Hempy Tubes in action.
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6 grams/gal of MC and 1 gram/gal of Sweet Candy. Just added the Bud Explosion at .8 grams/gallon on there first dose at day 21.

Popped 4 freebie seeds and got one female she's the one stripped down on the right.
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These look great. Just some pvc tubes? Nice...
 
@CADBOY Since you mentioned Flowering I wasn't thinking about veg. With veg I would certainly start off with a little less. I think I compensated by using some CaliMagic with Epsom Salt and that made it so I used less MegaCrop. My mentor @FelipeBlu shared that I could run a little lower ppm on the Phosphorus (P), So I try and stay down around 50-60ppm. My plants seem to eat lots of Potassium (K) as well as Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg). I try and keep my Nitrogen (N) around 100ppm.

Using a larger dose of Mega Crop increases the Phosphorus and seems to throw my numbers off for the nutrients. I'm still not the plant chemist that my mentor is.

I will say lots of study on the concept of Nutrients. I feel there are three primary aspects to grow. Environment, Light, and Nutrition. Of those three the Nutrition is perhaps the most difficult (at least for me) to comprehend. I feel I have about 80% understood. I work with a nutrient calculator that has been a collaborative effort between @FelipeBlu (75%) and myself the other 25%. With it we can talk on the same page when we compare notes. I think you are on the right path. Not sure about the amount of Calcium you are using and I would go very light on the Bud Explosion.

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DrDoob said:
Are you also still adding 1 tsp of Bud Explosion? I’d bet that is a factor in your issues. It just seems like way way too much to me.
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DrDoob I'm using about .5mg per gallon of mix. I do see some much larger buds on my Triple Cheese and even on on of my SLH that I vegged with MegaCrop. Then again these plants are double the size of any previous grows.

@CADBOY & @Buck5050 great looking and very nicely healthy looking plants. I would really be interested in what you are using for those tubes. Look really cool.
 
BTzGrow said:
DrDoob I'm using about .5mg per gallon of mix. I do see some much larger buds on my Triple Cheese and even on on of my SLH that I vegged with MegaCrop. Then again these plants are double the size of any previous grows.
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Cadboy is using 1tsp of Bud Explosion which is about 6 grams, just seems like an awful lot to me.

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@BTzGrow ive got lots to read and learn im sure. 1 thing Im learning tho is reading the plants "signs" in order to know what I do next. I agree with everything you wrote ;) since its makes sense to me also. I understand everyone's environment is different and that impacts things also. Last grow I used only megacrop from start/finish, was happy with it. This time I wanted to see what these other nutrients could do in terms of smell/flavor ect. So far its going alright. I really do like the hempy tubes tho. Ill be around, even if im quite. Good looking plants all and I love this thread ;)
 
DrDoob said:
Cadboy is using 1tsp of Bud Explosion which is about 6 grams, just seems like an awful lot to me.

:passitleft:
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Only used 1 tsp of bud Explosion in 4L of water, only 1 time so far. But yes and I did feed the whole 4L to the plant during this week.
 
the battle continues..

here is the current attack line up

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i started with the iso spray a few wks back on the mites. i did a couple wks with just the iso spray while i sourced neem, then alternated for a couple wks between the neem and iso, tapering the iso off until i just used neem. took about 4 wks to reign in the mite problem.

the gnat infestation ramped up while i was busy with the mites. i'm sure nute and root issues arose along with it. i was having trouble reading what was going on with the plants, there were multiple issues, and the mite treatment was causing it's own damage. it's been trouble trying to fathom what is causing what.

we added some h202 in the line up to help go after the gnats

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i did an emergency flush at 2ml / L, and have added it at 1ml / L to the feed / water schedule. have been essentially doing small flushes when watering. i have no idea why the H202 is not taking them out.

have alternated between neem oil and BTK sprays along with the H202 treatments. i spray both the top of the media, and the entire plant, spraying the plant from the bottom up, soaking underneath the leaves. the gnats get knocked back for about 12 hrs after every treatment. just long enough to get hopeful then crestfallen when they re-appear lol.

i been after the gnats exclusively for about 3 wks now.

i flush the plants to the surface of the bucket and let them soak for 20 min. the h202 mix was so strong the buckets were foaming...

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i took a little advice from here and added a no pest strip last night to keep the fliers down and out of the equation.




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very impressed with the results. opened the space up this morning and the air was free of movement, save for dust. first time i've seen that occur for a long time. depending on your conditions, i would even recommend them as a preventative measure. $15 bucks cdn, supposed to last a couple months.


will add a few plant pics in a minute. they are looking pretty sorry.
 
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