I had a brain fart the other day when I put my girls under the 400w hps and they got shocked from the intensity and I totally forgot I have a digital ballast that I can lower the setting to 250w. So I stressed the plants for no reason other than absent mindedness. Well I dropped it down to 250 and shit is straight.
Now that I'm monitoring ppm level and ph with pen I'll give some info for those following along or those who happen by. This grow I'm vegging with floranova but I will most likely flower with PBP and kool bloom again and revert back to just PBP, but I might flower these girl with floranova just to compare with the previous result with PBP. I like the PBP because it isn't as chemical based as the nova, I know bottled fert is not organic but PBP does help with terpene production, aka the flavor. Also I'm using Royal Gold Tupur which is coco/sphag moss mix so I supplement cal/mag
Northern Oregon tap water is clean as it sits at 30-39 ppm of dissolved salts and ph is neutral at 6.9-7.0.
Veg nutrient levels. w/floranova
Seedlings/young clones (100-200 ppm)
1/4 tsp or 1.25 ml
1/2 tsp or 2.5 ml cal/mag
Veg (approx. 1-3 weeks) (300-400 ppm)
1/2 tsp or 2.5 ml
1 tsp or 5 ml cal/mag, * I keep at this level throughout grow
Veg (3 weeks until flowering) (500-600 ppm)
1 tsp or 5 ml
* cal/mag
Flowering w/PBP and kool bloom
Early flower (through week 2)
1 tsp or 5 ml
1/2 tsp or 2.5 ml kool bloom
*cal/mag
flower (week 3 until last week or two) (500-700 ppm, possibly 800-900ppm but rarely)
1 1/2 tsp or 7.5 ml, though sometimes I will do 2 tsp/10ml but only if plants are growing off the chain...
1 tsp or 5ml kool bloom
*cal/mag
last week or so
no more than 1 tsp or 5ml of PBP
half normal cal/mag
half the kool bloom and then none the last few days.
I also will add that I'm hand watering since I only have a few going and I typically water every other day until the plant is drinking heavy then I have to water daily. I water with nutrient mix only, never plain h20, ph to 5.6-6.0 but aim for 5.8 though I like to let it shift a little as certain nutrients have different take up variances. I always water till run off is achieve.