Blue Planet Nutrients grow 400w

Hi rollitup community. I am here to share my grow with BPN nutes. I have used the nutes for 2 years with great success. Please feel free to ask any question you would like everybody is welcome. But first here is a little about my setup.

I run a 400w solistek ballast. 420w setting during veg just because I can
I run a ushio hps bulb in my ballast. and I grow using hydro, bubble bucket setup to be exact.
The plant is in a 5gal bucket with a 5gal reservoir bucket next to it. I have a water pump to pump water between the 2 buckets.
My air pump is a commercial grade 45lpm pump. I am running 6 airstones off of it. 4 in the bucket with the plant and 2 in the other.


I am currently growing Fire OG. the clone is 4weeks old from the day I bought it. followed the BPN schedule exactly and have had no nute burn at all. Here are some pics from today. Also for a little extra treat here are some pics from my last BPN harvest. It is blue dream! very great bud.

Enjoy and feel free to ask any questions.

I just received BPN's Farmer's pride, as well as their Elite grow series. Haven't done much with the elite series yet, but the Farmers pride almost always comes out with a PH of 5.8 after using Cal-mag'd RO water.
What's the point of a reservoir for a 1 bucket set up?

When I was using just 1 bucket my plant was going through the water every 2-3 days. I just wanted to add more water so I had to top it off less. Also it seems to have cooler water temps I wasn't trying to do that but it helps.

Btw I completely forgot to mention I am using the 2part series of BPN with all the supplements. I have to PH my water down to 5.8 but its not a problem for me. I have this dry PH down stuff and just add 1/8 teaspoon at a time.

Sweet! More BPN folks showing up here! I've been running with them for about 2 years now and have never had this good of results with AN, GH, Fox, or Botonicare. Plus since they sell directly, the cost is pretty low. I save a ton of money. Even more than when I switched to Geico. Good luck! I look forward to seeing this journal.

Which BPN line are you running Dipez? Either of you guys tried their Liquid Seaweed? I keep hearing great things about it but haven't tried it yet. I just ordered their high yield kit that comes with a gallon of it but it hasn't arrived yet. I'm getting excited to try it.

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Oh, sorry I see you said you're using the 2 part with everything else. Sorry for asking something you already answered.

BPN's liquid seaweed is great! Its very strong smelling tho be careful

TheGoodGrower said:

... the cost is pretty low. I save a ton of money. Even more than when I switched to Geico. Good luck! I look forward to seeing this journal.

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Doesn't the shipping cost put it over the top? I'll see if I can find some local - doubt it though.

Ellis
anyone have any Botanicare they don't want? (cough)

Haha, sorry man. I just messaged you on the Botanicare. I promise. I'll make that happen.

I figured out the secret to shipping. Dont just order one or two gallons, order as much as you can all at once. With UPS and Fedex you're not paying so much for the weight as you are for the actual delivery. In other words... if you order a 10lb box or a 20lb you'd think the 20lb would cost twice as much... but no.. its only a few dollars more. they get paid for having the driver go all theway to your house. so its best to order much so the shipping cost gets less per bottle. But either way, even with shipping BPN is still way less expensive than AN off the store shelves. Botanicare as well.

Yeah the Liquid Seeweed is that shit! Keeps the microbes happy, and the plants happy. I only use their VitaBlue to promote rooting after transplanting... Because I try not to use urea nitrogen very much. (I think it has effect on taste)
The nutes are top shelf, but the shipping cost does put it around the same cost as... lets say... GH 3 part formula.
I started using Nectar for the Gods... I like BPN Farmer's Pride better, honestly. Nectar has a few really really awesome products, but the whole line... waste of money.
I'd recommend Herculean Harvest, Bloom Khaos, and Maybe the Feather Tea, for a nice nitrogen Foliar product.
But I grow vegetables, so what do I know (;

So a long awaited update. My plant got away from me. It tripled in size when i flipped it to flower. its taller than me hahaha

I trimmed off the lower arms and let it do its thing.

Still the plant looks great. It just overgrew my space, It makes me want to grow this strain outdoors! haha

Oh wow, those plants ARE getting away from you. Ha! Are you tying them down with string?

Hi again Sorry for not updating this regularly the grow is finished and in total the plant yielded 270 grams 1oz of that being small airy buds that I used in butter. The quality is amazing on this batch. I still need to work on getting a better yield but 270 on 400 watts isnt terrible. Sorry for the size of the pics i am not sure why they are that small. They were taken with an iphone.. Shouldn't be like that right?