Lucas Formula and Flowering

Im currently running 0-8-16 and my ppm is at 900. Should I go higher...maybe 0.10.20? What should I do when I start flowering?

what is the conversion rate of your ppm meter? mine is .5 and when i run the formula i also come to 900, what i did was i added some diamond nectar to make it 1000

What is lucas formula??

G-M-B (Grow-Micro-Bloom)
0-5-10 - For Vegetative cycle (24/0)
0-8-16 - For Flowering cycle (12/12)


Now, I have ordered Develop, Small, and Flowers. Is there any use for Develop at all? I'm very new to hydro increasing, but to me it would add up to use grow. I've been looking for different vitamin soups views, but it looks like the Lucas System has a monopoly on it! I'm questioning if anyone has any proof that using Develop is bad or excellent. If it's bad, I think it will have a awesome position relaxing in my underground room doing nothing, heh.

Lucas Summary : -

Lucas Method, sometimes known as the Lucas Rate, is less challenging than it at first seems. It is nothing more than a primary program of vitamins to provide your vegetation during both the vegetative, and the blooming condition.


The unique program uses 2 components of the Common Hydroponics 3-part FLORA sequence (Gro, Small, Bloom) vitamin program, but Lucas Method may also be used with Innovative Vitamins and minerals, GH's dry nutes (Maxibloom), etc.

How do you use it?

Easy. Add 8ml of Plants Small (dark red stuff) to 1 quart of water*, mix, and then add 16ml of Plants Flowers (pink stuff) into the water, and mix. Done - unless you're increasing in coco. If so, see below.

kevinanderson said:

What is lucas formula??

G-M-B (Grow-Micro-Bloom)
0-5-10 - For Vegetative cycle (24/0)
0-8-16 - For Flowering cycle (12/12)

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NO

It's 0-5-10 for non-HID light, 0-8-16 for HID lighting. There is no difference between the veg and flowering formulas.


yubu- I'd keep running Lucas at 900 PPM and use bloom enhancers that would add about 300 more on top of it, like RL420 said.

For lucas

Early Veg 0/5/10
Mid to late veg and Bloom 0/8/16

To eliminate yellowing that can happen
Using lucas 5/8/16

And advanced lucas formula
5/10/20

All these work great just read your
Plants and adjust.

All these nute lines work for these forulas
GH flora series
AN jungle juice
AN medical grade three part

kevinanderson said:

How do you use it?

Easy. Add 8ml of Plants Small (dark red stuff) to 1 quart of water*, mix, and then add 16ml of Plants Flowers (pink stuff) into the water, and mix. Done - unless you're increasing in coco. If so, see below.

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I thought this was to be mixed per gallon, not quart... if so I have been under feeding by a mile... Yet still 900-1000ppm. Gallon, isn't it?

Its per gal not quart

I use Dyna Grow and lucas formula and keep ppm's near 1000...

I am starting to feel a bit stupid when it comes to measuring my PPM, I don't even know what the conversion rate on my meter is... ignorantly enough I just recently got it and basically dipped it in and took down the number -- end of story. I guess I will refer to the manual but once I figure that out I need to figure out how to apply it as well -- You'd think the meter would just tell me what the PPM is and that was as simple as that, apparently not... My plants seem very happy though so I guess whatever I am doing is OK. I am also going to raise my PPM some more... I'm around 1000 right now but have read plenty of people getting as high as 1500-1800 with great results if you gradually work your way up. I think I may shoot for 1100 this week, 1200 next week... etc based on how they respond.

Your pen is going to tell you the number in total, but it will not tell you the ratios!
you need to studie up on npk dailing in your npk will allow you to know whats in
you water or res.

you the 3 part flora series. trust me