Seifer8044
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As the title states, i'm curious to see who uses what PK boosts at the end. from cha ching to shooting powder to overdrive to bomb organic teas, i'd love to hear some success stories!
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Do you use anything special in the last few weeks before flush? if so, what?
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Sounds like you have your mind made up. How much are you in for?
All kidding aside I really don't use these products. For me they don't make sense, but I'm sure they can be used as part of nutrient regime that produces nice results. That said, there are likely ways to achieve similar results without the use of these products. If you look around (grow diaries and whatnot) I think you will find good (and bad) grows where these products are used.
If you really serious about a chemical nutrient regime you should read the "high P myth" threads and the "mix your own salt fertis" thread, cause those conversations are about science without the marketing hype.
My 0.02.
Pine
i use the lucas formula exclusively, 1/4 to 1/2 strength maxi bloom(very low doses)...it's just enough to keep them perfectly green with no deficiencies at all, last run i tried the recommended Koolbloom, the watering before i stop adding nutes(i guess i don't flush, i feed 2-4 weeks of plain water...to me that's flushing, but i'm told it's not...), but all i did was burn the tips of my leaves and make flushing take longer...i didn't notice any increase at all...
personally i don't believe in juicing buds full of chemicals just weeks before you plan on smoking them, actually i don't believe in juicing them at all, i have noticed my plants grow as well, if not better; when i use as little ferts as possible compared to budding them the entire grow on a high dose...most of that stuff is placebo imo, if a person tries it, and has bomb sugary buds, they assume it was the bud candy and not the genetics...genetics make a fat potent bud, chemicals just make your buds crunchy and harsh, with a nice crackle of burning magnesium and other minerals...yummy less is almost always more with nutes
i did my first bed style grow this year with full strength maxi bloom. This current run, that is finished this Friday, was done at my usual 1/4 to 1/2 strength...as near as i can tell this grow was almost identical to my last with the exception of the nutrient levels, however they are yielding the same.
i did use a bloom booster once, and though it's impossible to say(im guessing that's why bud candies sell so well),i didn't notice any increase in yeild or quality, and i'm gonna assume that the difference between adding a bloom booster at the last weeks will have even less of an effect over the total yield than giving a higher dose of nutrients throughout the budding process, so i guess i'm saying i don't believe in bloom boosters and i think it's just another way to spend money on more bottles of nutes you don't need.
i think you are more likely to burn your plants and make the final quality worse, than you are to all the sudden get some crazy growth the last few weeks...honestly the last 3-4 weeks i don't see much growth at all, that all gets done in the first 6-8 weeks, afterward it's just ripening. i would be willing to bet you could QUADRUPLE the wattage in hps, add co2, and spend the last 2 weeks singing Spanish lullabies to your plants, and they still wont add in yield that late in the season...
personally i don't believe in juicing buds full of chemicals just weeks before you plan on smoking them, actually i don't believe in juicing them at all, i have noticed my plants grow as well, if not better; when i use as little ferts as possible compared to budding them the entire grow on a high dose...most of that stuff is placebo imo, if a person tries it, and has bomb sugary buds, they assume it was the bud candy and not the genetics...genetics make a fat potent bud, chemicals just make your buds crunchy and harsh, with a nice crackle of burning magnesium and other minerals...yummy less is almost always more with nutes
i did my first bed style grow this year with full strength maxi bloom. This current run, that is finished this Friday, was done at my usual 1/4 to 1/2 strength...as near as i can tell this grow was almost identical to my last with the exception of the nutrient levels, however they are yielding the same.
i did use a bloom booster once, and though it's impossible to say(im guessing that's why bud candies sell so well),i didn't notice any increase in yeild or quality, and i'm gonna assume that the difference between adding a bloom booster at the last weeks will have even less of an effect over the total yield than giving a higher dose of nutrients throughout the budding process, so i guess i'm saying i don't believe in bloom boosters and i think it's just another way to spend money on more bottles of nutes you don't need.
i think you are more likely to burn your plants and make the final quality worse, than you are to all the sudden get some crazy growth the last few weeks...honestly the last 3-4 weeks i don't see much growth at all, that all gets done in the first 6-8 weeks, afterward it's just ripening. i would be willing to bet you could QUADRUPLE the wattage in hps, add co2, and spend the last 2 weeks singing Spanish lullabies to your plants, and they still wont add in yield that late in the season...
personally i like what cha ching does,, seems to add alot of frost and weight and taste is always good imo,,
no need for anything special earth juice rules
TheyCallMeJJay
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im way too lazy to do anything special. thank god for organics
