Advanced Nutrients in Soil HELP!!!!

I Have 10 2.5-4 foot plants I'm growing in soil.
I used AD's Nutrient Calculator. Now my question is, How much of the solution do I give the plants and when. I made 3 Gallons worth of mix for week 1 bloom. I'm using sensi bloom 2 part as my base fertilizer. I skipped the whole veg stage as I was given 10 plants from a friend that were already 1.5-2.5 feet tall. I just kept them under 24 hours light like he had them and slowly reduced them down to 18 hours of light, by going down 30 minutes every 2-3 days. During which time I also took 30 clones to start my own veg room. At any rate back to the main question, The plants that I switched over to bloom, are in 5 and 7 gallon containers in Roots 707 soil, which doesn't have all the nutrients regular Roots soil has. So I have the room to play with the AD nutes. So how much of the solution should I give each plant? And how often a week? I have 4000 Watts of overhead lighting and 4 x 4 ft 8 bulb VHO T5 lighting on the walls for another 3040 watts total, So Im pretty much watering every day to the point were they soil is soaked to the point that the water comes down into the dish the pots are sitting in, but by the next morning they are bone dry again!! So the ladies love their water, and with that much light, I kinda expected that. So any input on how to break up each weeks feeding schedule would be greatly appreciated.
PS: I know that's way too much light for 10 plants, but I'm hoping to fit 60 5 gallon buckets with 3 different cycles. So I would be cycling in 20 plants every 3 weeks. So these 10 plants are kinda my test grow, however I obviously would like these 10 to turn out nice and that way I can decide which of the 5 strains I'm going to keep going.
Thanks for reading this extra long question!!!!
 

Boneman

Well-Known Member
I used Adv Nutes dosage according to the calculator. You said you made 3 gals, so feed your girls and see if that was enough to do them all. If not make more. I would water them until there was run off and then check them daily. Normally, in soil, you can go several days before they need it again. Just watch the plants and they will show signs of needing water.

Feck, I dont even know if that answered the question.
 
That kinda helps, I watered them till runoff, however, it gave them nute burn. REAL BAD!!!!! So I'm flushing them right now with plain ph adjusted water trying to get it down to a lower level. 12-18 hours after i fed them 1 is hurting bad, and all the other ones are showing major yellowing and dying leaves. I think I need to just prewater before I fertilize and give them maybe 1 quart of solution mix which is about 20% of what they got the first time. The guys from ad technical support liine helped with the add ons that aren't listed in the calculator so I def have the right strenght solution. I'm using like 12-14 diff products,at the lowest recommended level, heck they have 4 or 5 levels higher than what I use. So what I figured out the hard way is that since these ladies need to be watered atleast4 times a week ( I had to water them till they flooded every day under 18 hours of light) I'll go with 1 quart every second watering and ramp it up from there till I get just a bit of burn and then gauge how much they really need! I guess that's why they call us newbies. Have to figure stuff out the hard way.However if anyone else is using the ad full lineup with a couple of suggested enhancements in soil, any input would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thanks for reading this and keep on puffing tough!!!!
 

ElectricPineapple

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man id start off with atleast 1/2 strength. have you given them nutes before? also that high phosporous all of a sudden can kill good bacteria i.e. hurting the roots. Myco bacteria and those lil beasties that help you roots. also are you putting all of these 14 products in the water? did you ph the solution after it was done and mixed together. nutes can lower and rise ph in water. so can molasses. just about anything you put in water will effect ph. you water coulda been really acidic or basic and killed or hurt the roots. idk. also what soil are you using? time release ferts?
 
I use Roots 707 Soil which doesnt have any of the ammendments their regular soil has.Its just a good mixture of soil, coco, perlite and vermiculite with a bit of pumice thrown in. And I did ph the water 6.3 like they said at AD. I guess this is just part of the learning curve. BTW anyone know why my profile lists me as a stranger? I filled out all the information they wanted. I've tried everything, but it keeps saying stranger???
 

Cali.Grown>408

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i remember the first time i read that an calculator i was kinda confused but after looking at it for a while i got it down..i hate seeing people not understand it..i remember how confused i was..once u get it down u will never burn em..PM me if u need some help bro
 

doctorD

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I use AN in sunshine mix #1. I use the sensi grow and bloom A&B with a mix of additives. I do the A&B at 7-10ml per gallon. This works well for the strains I have going. If you ask me the recommended mix in the calculator is to hot. But like the other poster said I may have not understood it clearly.
 

Stonercool

Member
I use AN in sunshine mix #1. I use the sensi grow and bloom A&B with a mix of additives. I do the A&B at 7-10ml per gallon. This works well for the strains I have going. If you ask me the recommended mix in the calculator is to hot. But like the other poster said I may have not understood it clearly.

Yeah, I've head so many stories of Advanced Nutrients being a little hard on plants at first. I think most folks should use it sparingly at first and then slowly increase it as the plants get bigger and better able to handle the nutes.

Good thing flushing is pretty easy to do, though it still sucks to have to do it.

I guess something that's too strong is better than something that's not strong enough. LOL
 

jjburnout

Active Member
I too use AN in soil. I use Iguana juice as my base and I have a whole slew of other shit i bought because i am a newb too. KISS!! keep it simple....there is no way a newb should be trying to balance 14 diff products. If you have problems, how the hell are you gonna know what caused it. IMO, u should just start with your based nutes and then add another product once u see the effects of your nutes. As a newb its so easy to get caught up in the hype of MJ growing and get swept away in a sea of products. If you do some reading around RIU you will see that the best growers on here dont even use products targeted towards Marijuana growing. Do yourself a huge favor and read this thread
https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/267989-uncle-bens-gardening-tweeks-pointers.html

U.B.'s threads are pure gold...helps you see through all the BS. Hope this helps....
JJB
 

RoyalDanknessCaregiving

Well-Known Member
The prewatering will help a ton mang! Water with R/O till there is a small, small bit of runoff, wait 30min-1hour and then come back and lightly water with your nutes.
Also, use the lowest strength on their chart(s). Also, I use a feed, water, water regimin. So they only get nutes about every 10 days or so... the rest are just pure water.
 

decrimCA

Active Member
The prewatering will help a ton mang! Water with R/O till there is a small, small bit of runoff, wait 30min-1hour and then come back and lightly water with your nutes.
Also, use the lowest strength on their chart(s). Also, I use a feed, water, water regimin. So they only get nutes about every 10 days or so... the rest are just pure water.
There you go...now that's good advice there.

:hump:
 

patlpp

New Member
Keep in mind the new calculator is for the NEW nutes , also known as PH-PPM perfect. The new Sensi formula, along with the new G-M-B is half as strong as the old formula, therefore the dosage is double !
 

max316420

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Keep in mind the new calculator is for the NEW nutes , also known as PH-PPM perfect. The new Sensi formula, along with the new G-M-B is half as strong as the old formula, therefore the dosage is double !
I think they do that on purpose so you have to spend more money....
 

max316420

Well-Known Member
How can you tell if they are the NEW nutrients or the older ones, they stuff I use has a black bottle with purple lettering
 

patlpp

New Member
I think they do that on purpose so you have to spend more money....
No !!! Not Advanced !!! They are your friends.

How can you tell if they are the NEW nutrients or the older ones, they stuff I use has a black bottle with purple lettering
Follow this link : http://advancednutrients.com/hydroponics/products/sensi_bloom/sensi_bloom_product_information.php

The new Sensi bloom will have this hot virgin looking chick on the front.

The reason the dosage is doubled is because they added Wet Betty, Humic and Fulvic acids.
 
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