My NH4 comes from CaN03 and then I top it up to my target range with MAP. General rule of thumb with NH4 is 10% of total nitrogen. I was running mine around 7.5-8% TN to keep my rootzone ph around 6.4 but 10% works better. I’ve been running this formula for a few days now with a little bit of a fade out on a few leaves but upping the Mg fixed that. I used to always hang around the 3:1 Ca/Mg ratio but since following Skybounds work I think 2:1 works better. Amino acids help chelate Ca and help enable better absorption amongst a myriad of other beneficial things. The plants can use it immediately so in essence I’m lessening the nitrates so the plant doesn’t have to work as hard to convert said nitrates but instead can feed from the amino and NH4. It’ll help get the sucrose flowing. I run a quality trichodermia product called Plantmate Drench (agri product not hydro shop garbage) so the aminos and fulvic feed the bennies etc. I’ll never use myco’s in hydro unless you run P at about 20ppm. Any higher and the myco changes from being simbiotic with the plant to parasitic. I had it happen once while using them. Great during veg but a no go during flower. Trichodermia and coco work the best imho
That’s a good mix that oneI had great vigorous growth and a lower EC to boot with these targets some months back. I've since been exploring new ranges and am trying new things so I didn't want to share my most current levels until I'm more certain they're productive. But this mid bloom blend will get your macros in order, but your micros look like they're out of whack with Fe being a lot lower than Zn. That might become problematic, but it also might not, I'm just not used to seeing anything in the micros being used more than Fe.
Loving your work skybound and here’s the link.Can you link me to info discussing not using microbes in solutions with more than 20ppm of P because I've been using microbe teas for years in hydro and never had my P that low. so if I'm doing something wrong, I'd like to know the "why" so I can make any needed changes.
Also, I just started ramping down my use of amino acids. I use the granular AAs from Kelp4Less but have noticed a slow down in growth overall throughout my crop over the course of months. Through various adjustments of various components, I am near certain the culprit is my AAs. After looking up Amino Acids (in wiki), you'll see that the form of N is -NH2. I'm still trying to find out if the plant can use that molecule. Daniel Fernandez made a nice BLOG ENTRY about the questionable reputation of Aminos and I am forming the conclusion that AAs are more useful to treat plants out of stressful events, but not so much for a constant use. So previously, I used to add 6 quarter TSP scoops in 10 gallons of res, then 4, now I'm taking it down to 1 scoop for the res. I mix all of my powdered/dry organic products in the beginning, so the gypsum, yucca, fulvic/humic/kelp blend and the AA, and with a little water in a screw lid jar, I shake the bullshit out of it all when making a new res. This way the Ca will have some residence time with the AA and it can chelate.
My train of thought to increase Ca uptake is to lower the K and find the ideal ratio of NH4/NO3. Pursuant to you jumping on this thread and sharing your findings, I also bought MAP to supplement my NH4. Already I notice a bit more green in my new growth, the exact green I've been trying to produce for the past months, but have failed at. So I'm already loving the NH4, and I have it at 10% or less. I expect your 8% to be closer to ideal, but I'll flesh that out for myself. I just want to lower the K some more.
