Cal Mag

[dozer777]

growing purple kush in soil using phd well water do i need to add cal mag with every watering and feeding and have been using molasses in a tea should i ditch the molasses thanks for any help

 

[mike91sr]

Same as I said in the other thread, you need to give background information about your setup. Just look at how much info you provided, and think about how anyone could ever help you fine-tune your methods without knowing anything about what you are already doing.

 

[dozer777]

okay new 600 watt lumatek 200 cfm ext fan osc fan blowing above plants small fan blowing fresh air in bottom of 5/7/7.5 room plants are into second week of 12/12. soil grow. feeding general organics go box nutes feed light guano tea every 10 days watering about every 3 days plants are in 5 gl. buckets in my own soil recipie using half stength nutes every other watering plants are 26 33 inches tall hope this helps thanks for any input

 

[prep1801]

It all depends on how much calcium and magnesium is in your well water. You only need CaMg if you have very soft water... or if you are growing in coco. Adding molasses or other carbs/sugars isn't extremely important. It will grow "plumper" buds. Its really only important when blooming.

 

[dozer777]

not sure if i have soft water the ph is very high around 8 when you say blooming how far along are we talking week 2 and they all have hairs only 1 really has any flowers

 

[Izoc666]

first of all , Dozer you got a beautiful ladies what kind of soil you re using for your purple kush ? I love to grow OG purple kush myself...right now i got some beans to grow again in a few months....did you pre mix soil with any dolomite or garden lime ? then it dont need cal/mag, if you re using RO water then use cal/mag. hope this will help you.

666

 

[dozer777]

yes i did add lime in my soil im using 40% pro mix 25% worm castings 20% composted cow shit 15%perlite, lime a little bat and seabird guano mixed it all up and let it sit for 6 weeks,how about molasses in my teas thanks for the help new at indoors.anyone else i have high ph well water well is almost 400 ft. deep not sure but think its hard water i use GO ph down and water at 6.5ph oh yeah plants are 9 weeks from sprout tomorrow

 

[STEADY BLAZING]

they look nice. I like

 

[dozer777]

thanks tryin hard to keep it right

 

[Izoc666]

it still look good to me ! i dont see any defs on your laides. good job, sir and +rep for ya.

666

 

[dozer777]

thanks trying hard to get it right someone said i had deficencies with my grow the tops seem a little light but i think its the transition of mh to hps moved my light up a couple inches and all was well. although gave them a high p guano tea a couple nights ago and 2 got some clawing and nute burn gave em phd water this morning and they are coming out of it already the rest are cranking thanks to everyone helping i know my shit outside not so much inside.by the way i grew medijuana from amsterdam over the summer outdoors if anyone wants any input about the strain. i also still have a 9 gram bud i can send a pic of if anyone is interested.

 

[Izoc666]

well you know what you re doing with those ladies because they re doing pretty good...im not sure if you said those ladies are 9 weeks old from sprout ? they re heavy feeder...they like the nitrogen...i mean a lot...that you can smell the dankest come off from em...if you know what im talking about...it wont be hurt to feed her more nitrogen in her early flower stage.

it will be nice if you can post the pictures in here thanks.

happy growing and peace

666

 

[dozer777]

thanks wondering if i should crank up the nutes planning on using grow for another week to keep em happy and they are 9 weeks old from sprout tomorrow will take some new pics tomorrow thanks

 

[dozer777]

Hey everyone been 30 days since switch to12/12 lots of buds going on now I have been using 1 tsp of cal mag the last week buds are starting to fatten up should i keep giving cal mag? Also have been feeding light n with bloom nutes lots of lower leaves yellowing can i do this for a few more weeks wanna keep em green thanks

 

[tpsmc]

It all depends on how much calcium and magnesium is in your well water. You only need CaMg if you have very soft water... or if you are growing in coco. Adding molasses or other carbs/sugars isn't extremely important. It will grow "plumper" buds. Its really only important when blooming.

Actually the cal/mag in hard water is not readily usable by plants, even if you have hard water with cal/mag in it you still may need to supplement these nutrients with cal/mag in a form that can actually be absorbed and used by plants. Carbs and sugars actually feed the benefical bacteria that aid in assimilating the non usable minerals in water/soil into forms that plants can use.

 

[dozer777]

I think i read something about that even though those minerals are in my well plants dont use them.Any suggestions on how much cal mag? I feed feed water then tea.Do i need molasses if using cal mag? thanks

 

[tpsmc]

I run hydro and I add about 1 table spoon per 5 gal bucket every other time I water. You don't need much cal/mag as these are considered micro nutrients, but for some reason most base NPK nutrient feeds seem to be lacking enough cal/mag for cannabis so you have to add it. Best advice is to follow the manufactures instructions for your grow medium.

 

[dozer777]

hey thanks again how about a little nitrogen with bloom nutes?

 

[tpsmc]

Too much N in bloom causes clawing and stunts bud growth. I would only add it (sparingly) during first 1-3 weeks of 12/12 (during the stretch), this is also a good time to hit em' with some silica.

 

[dozer777]

What is silica? Well i take that back just looked it up.It sounds like its more of a veg thing anyone have any input on this?30 days since switch to 12/12