Hempy Style Glue! First 420 Journal

[Mastrmasn]

Just sprayed then down. Is it a good idea to keep up a regimen of foliar feeding?
Can base nutes be given that way while feeding regularly when watering?

 

[FelipeBlu]

Yes indeed. It’s probably the best way to provide calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, and the micros. As well as fulvic acid, which I highly recommend.

 

[FelipeBlu]

You just have to be careful during flowering. I stop foliar after stretch, except for occasional use of insecticidal soap.

 

[FelipeBlu]

Heya @Mastrmasn

I've been feeding full strenght Botanicare Pro Blend for the past week. 3/4 are doing well. Color is nice and green. They've also been getting Calmag.

If you can provide the exact products and dosing that you are giving the plants, I can calculate the actual elemental ppms (NPK, etc) for you, and we can see where there might be room for improvement.

 

[Mastrmasn]

Heya @Mastrmasn



If you can provide the exact products and dosing that you are giving the plants, I can calculate the actual elemental ppms (NPK, etc) for you, and we can see where there might be room for improvement.

I'm using the Botanicare Pure Blend Pro 18ml/gal and their cal mag at 15ml per gal. And I'm using that with city water.

 

[FelipeBlu]

Okay, I don’t have that line in my database, so I’ll look up the guaranteed analysis for each of those, and get back to ya soon..

 

[FelipeBlu]

I'm using the Botanicare Pure Blend Pro 18ml/gal and their cal mag at 15ml per gal. And I'm using that with city water.

Those are some pretty high numbers. Is this from their feed schedule?
That dosing gives 232N-32P-165K-182Ca-75Mg-0S-4Fe, and Zero B, Mn, Zn, Mo, Cu, or Si (unless they are in there, but are so low that they don’t list them).

First, that’s a lot of N! I typically don’t go over 150 ppm. Likewise, the Ca is very high. Between the two, there are likely some antagonistic reactions going on that could cause issues. For example, excess N can lock out Potassium and Copper, and excess Ca can lock out a lot of things, including Magnesium.

Now, I can play around with various dose combinations to get the NPK closer to what are generally considered in an acceptable range, but the fact remains that there don’t appear to be any micronutrients, and this is serious.

Is this all you have access to, or can you get a complete nutrient like Dyna-Gro Grow (or Foliage Pro), or MegaCrop?

 

[Mastrmasn]

Yeah I can get my hands on all three through Amazon. Mega crop looks to be the most cost effective one.

 

[FelipeBlu]

I’m currently using MegaCrop 1.0, and am pretty happy with it. I understand that 2.0 has added Ca to reduce/eliminate the need for a separate CalMag.

The previous clawing was due to my mistake with dosage

 

[Mastrmasn]

Speaking of dosage mistakes. I gave you the wrong numbers. I stated per gallon it's actually per 10 litres.

 

[Mastrmasn]

Great looking grow.

 

[scrogster]

I used botanicare grow.bloom.calmag. calmag I use 3ml. Per usa gallon in veg. And 5ml per usa gallon in flower. If this helps you out any

 

[FelipeBlu]

Great looking grow.

That’s one plant in a 2.5’x2’ tent, in a 1.5gal wastebasket.

 

[Mastrmasn]

They all got a 1/4 strenght foliar feeding las night at lights out. I've not seen them so perky in a while.

 

[FelipeBlu]

Yes indeed!

 

[FelipeBlu]

Speaking of dosage mistakes. I gave you the wrong numbers. I stated per gallon it's actually per 10 litres.

Okay, NP
You can divide the numbers I gave by 2.64 (number of gallons in 10 liters).

Looks a lot better - N is only 88 ppm now, P is 12 ppm, and K is 62.5 ppm. It’s still a strange 7-1-5 ratio, with questions about how much micronutrients you’re getting from the seaweed.

 

[Mastrmasn]

I'm going in to bloom shortly. If I was to get some mega crop should I get the bloom?

 

[FelipeBlu]

My brother and I, and many more, have taken plants all the way with MegaCrop. IMO, no special bloom formula is needed.

 

[Mastrmasn]

Awesome! I went to botanicare because I wanted a one part nute. Mega crop is starting to sound even better.

 

[FelipeBlu]

Yeah, the version 2.0 is supposed to be even better than the one I’m using, but I sprung for 10 kg last year, so I’m set for a while. I just have to provide some CalMag with V1.0