Lucas Formula Help with Maxi Bloom. PPM Schedule

Trippyness

Trippyness

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Hello,

I will be using the Lucas Formula with maxibloom dry nutes.

7g per gallon.

Now seeing as PPM is supposed to go up how would I accomidate for this?
Adding more maxi every week once res is changed to accomidate for more PPM?

Any good PPM Sched I should go by as I am doing a 60 plant SoG from clones.

Help appriciated.

Not quite sure.

I will be flowering immediatly after plants have good roots.

Need a good sched by PPM per week for about an 8 week harvest.


From my Research would this work?

Start at 800

End up at 1,200 PPM and last weeek flush?

If not give me a beter chanrt.
 
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mainliner

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is this for the mother plants you've just started or for the 60 clones in your system?

after your mother plant is grown that is :)
 
Trippyness

Trippyness

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mainliner said:
is this for the mother plants you've just started or for the 60 clones in your system?

after your mother plant is grown that is :)
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For the 60 Clones in my hydro setup.

Been doing alot of digging recently and hard to find conclusive PPM per week.

Any legit once would help as im using maxi dry lucas formula 7g per gallon.

Not quite sure how high I can go but want to stay within reason for a good crop.
 
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mainliner

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Trippyness said:
For the 60 Clones in my hydro setup.

Been doing alot of digging recently and hard to find conclusive PPM per week.

Any legit once would help as im using maxi dry lucas formula 7g per gallon.

Not quite sure how high I can go but want to stay within reason for a good crop.
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i explained it in your earlier thread from week 1-8

its hard to find an exact ppm sched because everyones are different but the same if this makes sense .

check your old thread , that sched for your big system i wrote is spot on for your set up .

good luck :)
 
Trippyness

Trippyness

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week 1 .......fresh clean res 200ppm
week 2........300ppm
week3......400ppm
week4..... Fresh clean res 700ppm
week 6 ..... 700ppm
week 7..... 700ppm
week8...... Flush and you should be done

Herd most people go to 1k-1.6k PPM.

How are your results with this?

They are sprouting. WIll be updating my grow journal.

3 or 6 are popped out of soil so far
 
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mainliner

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Trippyness said:
week 1 .......fresh clean res 200ppm
week 2........300ppm
week3......400ppm
week4..... Fresh clean res 700ppm
week 6 ..... 700ppm
week 7..... 700ppm
week8...... Flush and you should be done

Herd most people go to 1k-1.6k PPM.

How are your results with this?

They are sprouting. WIll be updating my grow journal.

3 or 6 are popped out of soil so far
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who ever says they take there ppm up 1600 are either incredibly smart and understand the strain theve been growing for the past 40 years can take heavy feeding ...... Or are tottally nuts lol .


its up to you :)
no one has come back to your old thread and told me its bullshit have they?


its up to you
 
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mainliner

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my HANNA ppm pen is 1.5 ec = 700ppm

now a chart iv been looking at says the TRUNCHEON ( i think) and other brands are ..... 1.5 ec = 1000 ppm


what brand is your ppm pen ?
 
King Arthur

King Arthur

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You should have went with GH micro and bloom instead of that stuff, they have an addback calculator you just punch in your ppms, res size and what you want the ppm to be at.

Easy as pie, had a successful grow with no res changes. I might change the res next time to scrub it out. The salt buildup isn't bad but its always a pain to clean when you don't stay on top of things.
 
Trippyness

Trippyness

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King Arthur said:
You should have went with GH micro and bloom instead of that stuff, they have an addback calculator you just punch in your ppms, res size and what you want the ppm to be at.

Easy as pie, had a successful grow with no res changes. I might change the res next time to scrub it out. The salt buildup isn't bad but its always a pain to clean when you don't stay on top of things.
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I have those nutes as well. It just would be hella expensive for a 40 gallon.
No rez changes?
Interesting.
Tell me more,.
 
King Arthur

King Arthur

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Trippyness said:
I have those nutes as well. It just would be hella expensive for a 40 gallon.
No rez changes?
Interesting.
Tell me more,.
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I have a review thread somewhere around here with a few strains I pulled off of that tray. I just used gh micro and bloom and kept the ppms between 600-1200. I let them suck up the nutrients and just fill the res with tap water (45 ppm tapwater). Then after a few days of them having time to eat up I give them another dose. I also use epsom salt for magnesium because they seem to suck up mg under led lights.

Yeah I went the whole 9 weeks without actually moving the res from where it was and 0 cleaning on it until it finished. Leaves were a healthy green the whole time they loved it. Plants responded so well I bought an extra tray to do it again.

OH and btw I did a 2x4 tray with 12 1 gal pots. 20 gal res, I only used half a bottle of my bloom. In my opinion it was the cheapest grow I have ever accomplished... aside from setup.
 
Trippyness

Trippyness

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King Arthur said:
I have a review thread somewhere around here with a few strains I pulled off of that tray. I just used gh micro and bloom and kept the ppms between 600-1200. I let them suck up the nutrients and just fill the res with tap water (45 ppm tapwater). Then after a few days of them having time to eat up I give them another dose. I also use epsom salt for magnesium because they seem to suck up mg under led lights.

Yeah I went the whole 9 weeks without actually moving the res from where it was and 0 cleaning on it until it finished. Leaves were a healthy green the whole time they loved it. Plants responded so well I bought an extra tray to do it again.

OH and btw I did a 2x4 tray with 12 1 gal pots. 20 gal res, I only used half a bottle of my bloom. In my opinion it was the cheapest grow I have ever accomplished... aside from setup.
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Really, well the only reason im not doing that is because of how expensive it is for changing the rez.

Glad you cleared this up.

Using Lucas?

How many PPM increase per week.

If you could be specific I would give it a try.
 
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mainliner

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if your thinking of not changing your water in the res you need to make sure its topped up with bennies ....... To keep the bad bacteria out of your system ( which is big)

sterile clean res is something you may want to read up on when your ready.

its the difference between nice healthy plants or dead ones .

very important
 
Trippyness

Trippyness

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mainliner said:
if your thinking of not changing your water in the res you need to make sure its topped up with bennies ....... To keep the bad bacteria out of your system ( which is big)

sterile clean res is something you may want to read up on when your ready.

its the difference between nice healthy plants or dead ones .

very important
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I am well aware of how to steralize a rez and what is a bennies ?
 
Trippyness

Trippyness

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mainliner said:
benificial bacteria

it comes in a bottle and keeps all the roots and system clean of bad bacteria

you need these

I'll get you a link in a minute for a bottle :)
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good to know. need to buy online or can buy at a general hardware/garden store?
 
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