First grow, 400mh 1000hps Strain: BigMac

[khaleel]

hey eastside, i found this while browsing, posted by Foe20, a man who knows his stuff, by the look of his thread. its a great basic ppm system:

Below is a basic outline of how I feed and how it would run thru a normal life cycle..
All PH will rside at 5.8-5.9 as the airstones I keep in the DWC system will cause the OPH to slowly rise over a few days so this acts as a natural buffer.. I also use 3 formulas to get the whole method to work best..PBP Grow for Veg and a combo of PBP Bloom and Soil-Bloom is used for Flower even tho its mostly Soil-Bloom as the formula is more suited for Mj..
Sprouts/Clones : 80ppm (4 drops of LK/gal @5.9 ph)
Veg 2-6 wks+ : 250 - 350ppm
Flower 0 wk : transition (this week doesnt count in Flower)
Bloom wk 1-2 : 350-400ppm (Veg nutes)
Bloom wk 3 : 350-450ppm (75%veg 25%bloom) Budset ending for Indo Dom.
Bloom wk 4 : 400-500ppm (50%bloom 50% soil-bloom)-Sat Dom use this Formula for a extra wk..)
Bloom wk 5-6 : 400-500ppm ( Soil-Bloom + BudBlaster(1.tsp/5gal)-If its a Sat Dom plant I usually extend this formula for a extra wk or 2..)
Bloom wk 7 : 350-400ppm (Soil-Bloom)
Bloom wk 8-10 (0.00 Flush week for Indo Dom)

I know this may be confusing but any questions or input welcome..enjoy

i myself just do the self-taught cook method for nute strength, following the basic gradual increase in bloom until the end then flushing, just kind of feeling it out as i go. not sure it works or if i'm just getting lucky so far. haha

i'm keeping track of a lot of threads right now lol, but if my poor stoner memory serves me correct, this is one of your first grows? if so i would definitely check your watering situation, it could take care of all your problems. yellowing leaves mean nute def's, such as nitrogen for sure maybe magnesium/calcium, but it could be caused by overwatering and the roots struggling to uptake food rather than a lack of ppm. here's a helpful, short thread: lift the pot technique

i just finished up with my first few grows, and had a similar problem. here's a link to the thread i started when i ran into the yellowing leaves... i got some great advice from some top-notch growers (if you can handle the OG's flaming each other a bit haha), so check it out if you have time: Nit or mag def?

hope something helps

 

[eastside_farmer]

thanks again khaleel, I like the effort your puting in to my grow! lol, I know I didnt over water, I'm realy watching that part of the proces, I just chequed on them and the soil is still good from thursday, I dont know if that normal, but I thought that I would have to water more often then that?

and also, I mixed my nuts un a big bucket and the left the extra in it with a air stone(bubbler) in it, and put some lemon juice to get the ph down, the ph stayed the same, and the water is like gray, cant see the botom, is that ok? should I just scrap it or still use it?

man this is work, I wished I would of got clones for my first grow, but somthing hapend, I cant wait to clone those plant to know whats going on(male/female), I'm thinking I should get a crop by end of march, begening of april.

thanks
ES_F

 

[khaleel]

no worries bro, i wouldn't write you a book if i didn't have the time to do it. haha

i'll be tagging along, gl!

 

[Guest]

Hey eastside farmer those baby pics looked sweet! In my experience of starting seedlings its better to start feeding with liquid nutrients at .25% to .50% max of directions for growth. But I also have a light or pro-mix added to the soil and I never have a deficiency. But if I don’t flush at least every two weeks the leaves still dark green but have a leathery appearance of over feeding. About five years ago I feed one month old seedlings with recommended strength plagrom nutrients and they turned brown and almost died, I feed every time I water raiseing the strength of nutrients as the plants grow
Hope this helps.