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Kingsley Zissou
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The original poster on page 1 has a step by step feeding guide with GH nutes. Pictures too. 
Kingsley Zissou
Member
well the original post is like 3 years old, so they may have changed packaging, however I'm pretty sure the formula is basically the same.
superbolan
Active member
Im using the H3ad formula for GH on mine and couldn't be happier
Kingsley Zissou
Member
I've read a lot about the switch to flower (12/12), but I havent really read much about doing in a hempy setup. I assume that is because its unsettlingly simple
Anyway, I just fed tonight. If I want to switch soon, should I just wait till my next feed and switch straight over to the full dose of flower nutes, and also pop the HPS in and go right to 12/12?
Do I switch the light and light schedule on wake up? or prior to sleep?
I know. I know. I'm over complicating it.
Anyway, I just fed tonight. If I want to switch soon, should I just wait till my next feed and switch straight over to the full dose of flower nutes, and also pop the HPS in and go right to 12/12?
Do I switch the light and light schedule on wake up? or prior to sleep?
I know. I know. I'm over complicating it.
Ty_Kaycha
Member
I've read a lot about the switch to flower (12/12), but I havent really read much about doing in a hempy setup. I assume that is because its unsettlingly simple
Anyway, I just fed tonight. If I want to switch soon, should I just wait till my next feed and switch straight over to the full dose of flower nutes, and also pop the HPS in and go right to 12/12?
Do I switch the light and light schedule on wake up? or prior to sleep?
I know. I know. I'm over complicating it.
This is just what I do. The first week or two of 12/12 (depending on how long the strain is going to be in flower), I feed a mixture of Grow & Bloom. For lights, a week before switching over to 12/12, I use my MH for 9 hours, followed by HPS for 9hrs. When I switch over to 12/12, it's just HPS. In one of my grow rooms, I don't have MH but T5's - so I pretty much do the same thing though times are a little different, T5 at the beginning of the day on for 12 hrs, the HPS is turned on 6 hours into the day, overlaps the timing of the T5 and runs for 12 hours. After the switch to 12/12, again its all HPS - though I have been know to sometimes still start their day off with just T5, then after an hour have the HPS turn on. Run both together until about mid-day, then off with the T5 and let the HPS finish their day.
Hope this makes sense!
Ty_Kaycha
Member
I should add I like to give the last feeding before switching about the last hour or so.
Then when lights go out, I like to leave them off for at least 24hours before starting them on 12/12. Don't even know if it makes a difference. It's just a habit I got into, and it seems to be working so why fix something that ain't broke.
Then when lights go out, I like to leave them off for at least 24hours before starting them on 12/12. Don't even know if it makes a difference. It's just a habit I got into, and it seems to be working so why fix something that ain't broke.
Ty_Kaycha
Member
You'll get great results. When I ran it that way, I did notice I had to water a little more often, guessing due to evaporation. I use 2.5, 3.5, and 5 gallon buckets, so what I did was cut a center hole in a bucketlid, about 2 inches wide, filled the bucket with perlite, placed the lid on it and planted the seedling/clone right in the middle. When I watered, I watered both in the center and also around the edge (by lifting the lid slightly). It seemed to slow the evaporation down quite a bit as I could water like I did before.
Did you put the seeds/clones in rockwool?
guanito
Active member
perlite alone doesn't give the roots enough support. if you pick up the pot everything moves around. better to have perlite , and/or perlite/vermiculite, bottom, and some kind of organic mix on top - coco, worm castings, fox farm ocean forest/perlite.
you need less nutes and the weed tastes better.
you need less nutes and the weed tastes better.
Of course then you wouldn't be able to recycle your medium. If you use 100% perlite you can recycle it over and over. For support you can rig something up, not that hard.
superbolan
Active member
if you grow in just perlite you can put a cylinder of chicken wire underneath the plant the roots grow through it and it anchors it better
Ty_Kaycha
Member
I use rapid rooters
Ty_Kaycha
Member
Wow that's a great idea! Going to have to try that. Like a Hempy bucket - it's simple & effective!
thefalsediviner
Member
i have a mix of perlite and vermiculite..so does this mean im not good to recycle unless i lose the vermiculite?
