shuld i bump my cims up ???

[farmermike]

iv ben going a week with superthrive and a 2.5ml a gallon of a 2-6-1, a 5-0-1 and a 0-5-4. think i shuld bump it up to 10ml 2-6-1, 5ml 5-0-1 and 5ml 0-5-4 per gallon?

 

[racer3456]

I've heard you shouldn't put any more than a drop per gallon of that stuff in. Some people say that it makes a plant susceptible to turning hermie. Also, what kind of light are you using? They seem to be stretching a little bit. Maybe try putting it a little closer to them.

 

[grow1]

those plants are way to young for any nutes. just feed with strait ph adjusted water dont give any nutes till they are about a month old or have at least 2 sets of fan leaves. feeding nutes now will only stunt growth. when you do start feeding nutes i suggest getting a tds meter for peice of mind. start out with about 300-400ppm and work your way up by about 100-200ppm per week.iwouldnt go any higher than 1200ppm in veg. 900ppm is standard strenght for most strains but you can push higher just do it slowly

 

[potroast]

How do you figure that feeding nutes to a hydro plant will stunt growth? Plants need nutes to grow, either they get it from the soil or you give it to them.

I give my hydro plants nutrients from the start, even before they have teeth.

Maybe that's why your plants take a month to grow two sets of fan leaves.

I've never been able to veg a hydro plant for a month before flowering, they get too big.

HTH

 

[sparkafire]

those plants are way to young for any nutes. Just feed with strait ph adjusted water dont give any nutes till they are about a month old or have at least 2 sets of fan leaves. Feeding nutes now will only stunt growth. When you do start feeding nutes i suggest getting a tds meter for peice of mind. Start out with about 300-400ppm and work your way up by about 100-200ppm per week.iwouldnt go any higher than 1200ppm in veg. 900ppm is standard strenght for most strains but you can push higher just do it slowly

RIP Al B Fuct !!!!!!

 

[grandpabear3]

lol ...too funny spark. hey look it's potroast....you think he saw that funny lil picture you did in the hydroponic perpetual grow community thread......hmmmm?

 

[farmermike]

ty for input giys ill keep this tread live with pics as i go im using 400w hps. bumped cims on my bigest plant yesterday to test
no burn so far

 

[NoDrama]

those plants are way to young for any nutes. just feed with strait ph adjusted water dont give any nutes till they are about a month old or have at least 2 sets of fan leaves. ...

this is true in soil, but in hydro you need to give nutes from the get go. Babies need to eat also, plain water has nothing in it so the plants would end up cannibalizing itself.

 

[racer3456]

this is true in soil, but in hydro you need to give nutes from the get go. Babies need to eat also, plain water has nothing in it so the plants would end up cannibalizing itself.

That's why I like to use Thrive Alive with B-1. This is not another version of Superthrive. It is actually a 1-1-1 fertilizer for very small plants. It also has B-1 to jump start the root systems. There is virtually a 0% chance you will burn your plants. I always have great results with the stuff. It's like $10-15 a bottle and it'll last you forever. I kind of like to think of it as a poor man's Voodoo Juice.

 

[farmermike]

thanks racer ill look into that