I was a long time GH user. It worked great for me, lots of success. BUt I wanted to try something new, more organic, so i went to PBP.
My problem- all looked good/healthy during veg and flower, but at harvest the nugs did not have girth (fattiness). the nugs looked skinny like runners. there were distinct runners on one strain, juicyfruit. the smoke has been great for all strains, it's just a lot of buds are airy and unsubstantial.
what i think might be the problems
- lack of CO2
- too much cal mag
- too much K
(sorry don't have a camera for pics)
i have a 6kw room, 2 8" vortex, 10" max can fan (w filter) all sucking for exhaust. and one 6" ecoplus for intake w/ a filter. the room (garage) is obviously not completely sealed, im sure there's leaks for air. I have an RO machine. and plants train to waste in a 65/35 ProMixHP-chunky perlite soil mix.
my nutes; pbp grow, pbp soil bloom, lkarma, lkbloom, cal mag, sweet
nutes during flower
Tran: pbp grow 7 ml/gal
pbp soil bloom 8 ml/gal
cal mag 10 ml/gal
lkarma- 15ml/gal
sweet 10ml/gal
Bloom: pbp bloom 20 ml/gal
lkbloom 2.5 ml/gal
calmag 10ml/gal
sweet 10 ml/gal
lkarma 15 ml/gal
** about 3 weeks in on bloom schedule. leaves started twisted heavily, so i cut back on lkarma and bloom
Agressive Bloom: pbp bloom 15 ml/gal
lkbloom 2.5-3.5 ml/gal
cal mag 10ml/gal
sweet 10ml/gal
Ripen and a 10 day flush
I did fluctuate w/ my nutes a bit between weeks 3 and 6, but this is the general plan. the cal mag nutes always stayed 10 ml/gal, which i think was my biggest problem.
i want to keep going with Pbp, but i can't have another low yielding run my first. im teetering going back to GH, but i'd really like to stick with PBP. i just need some sound advice and my searching has brought me few solid reasons. thanks. puff puff
My problem- all looked good/healthy during veg and flower, but at harvest the nugs did not have girth (fattiness). the nugs looked skinny like runners. there were distinct runners on one strain, juicyfruit. the smoke has been great for all strains, it's just a lot of buds are airy and unsubstantial.
what i think might be the problems
- lack of CO2
- too much cal mag
- too much K
(sorry don't have a camera for pics)
i have a 6kw room, 2 8" vortex, 10" max can fan (w filter) all sucking for exhaust. and one 6" ecoplus for intake w/ a filter. the room (garage) is obviously not completely sealed, im sure there's leaks for air. I have an RO machine. and plants train to waste in a 65/35 ProMixHP-chunky perlite soil mix.
my nutes; pbp grow, pbp soil bloom, lkarma, lkbloom, cal mag, sweet
nutes during flower
Tran: pbp grow 7 ml/gal
pbp soil bloom 8 ml/gal
cal mag 10 ml/gal
lkarma- 15ml/gal
sweet 10ml/gal
Bloom: pbp bloom 20 ml/gal
lkbloom 2.5 ml/gal
calmag 10ml/gal
sweet 10 ml/gal
lkarma 15 ml/gal
** about 3 weeks in on bloom schedule. leaves started twisted heavily, so i cut back on lkarma and bloom
Agressive Bloom: pbp bloom 15 ml/gal
lkbloom 2.5-3.5 ml/gal
cal mag 10ml/gal
sweet 10ml/gal
Ripen and a 10 day flush
I did fluctuate w/ my nutes a bit between weeks 3 and 6, but this is the general plan. the cal mag nutes always stayed 10 ml/gal, which i think was my biggest problem.
i want to keep going with Pbp, but i can't have another low yielding run my first. im teetering going back to GH, but i'd really like to stick with PBP. i just need some sound advice and my searching has brought me few solid reasons. thanks. puff puff