ANY ONE GOT A GOOD GENERAL HYDROPONICS FEEDING SCHEDULE FOR SOIL

weednurd420

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I will only be using the GENERAL HYDROPONICS flora grow ,flora bloom, and flora micro, mi hole grow, may back off it in flower and use fox farm products unless you all think i can get good buds using just this my hole grow.... will be growing auto flowers that give flower nutes to at week 4 or 5
 

weednurd420

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Cannabis as a plant takes their recommended dosing really well. I've only had 2 strains that have needed less. I'd flush then start at half and work up from there.
i cant agree on my part kuz i started out with 4 pants gave what fox farm recommended with 1 plant and gave my other 3 half my plant that was getting what fox farm recommended is dead and my other still gets some nute burn and im not half way with them, may be diffrent with gh
 

jkwrestling13

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I use GH floragrow and florabloom, I use FFOF soil and do not nute for first 3 weeks, half strength nutes after 3 weeks for about 2 weeks. Then I veg for one month using full strength nutes, nuting every 3 days. In flower I would use full strength the entire 8-9 weeks, nuting 2-3 times a week with watering inbetween. My plants react very well to this schedule.

/e I use floranova grow and floranova bloom, not just the floragro, florabloom, and floramicro. Although I do assume they are very similar.
 

weednurd420

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I use GH floragrow and florabloom, I use FFOF soil and do not nute for first 3 weeks, half strength nutes after 3 weeks for about 2 weeks. Then I veg for one month using full strength nutes, nuting every 3 days. In flower I would use full strength the entire 8-9 weeks, nuting 2-3 times a week with watering inbetween. My plants react very well to this schedule.

/e I use floranova grow and floranova bloom, not just the floragro, florabloom, and floramicro. Although I do assume they are very similar.
so you use just the floragrow and florabloom your hole grow and plants do good, i hurd of that some 1 was telling me to throw away the other cant rember what they said it was cald
 

az2000

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I used the so-called Useless schedule.[1] It worked great. It's stronger than the typical half-strength people usually tell you to run, but didn't burn (much). Below are the details of the what the schedule produces. You can recreate those NPK ratios using any fertilizer products using this spreadsheet.

FWIW: GH Flora 3-part is a hydro fertilizer. It's not ideal for soil. I switched to Grow More Sea Grow and it's working as well (for 1/10th the cost). My schedule is a few posts further in that thread.

--------------- R A T I O S
-------- N-P-K ----------- K-Mg-Ca -------- PPM
VEG
week-1 1.32-1.00-2.41 -- 6.76-1.00-2.15 --- 418
week-2 1.85-1.00-3.06 -- 8.08-1.00-2.82 --- 721
week-3 2.06-1.00-3.31 -- 8.54-1.00-3.07 --- 830 [2]
BLOOM
week-1 1.00-1.29-1.88 -- 4.54-1.00-1.77 --- 1020
week-2 1.00-1.47-1.70 -- 3.75-1.00-1.90 --- 1065
week-3 1.00-1.52-1.71 -- 3.65-1.00-1.88 --- 1218
week-4 1.00-1.72-1.87 -- 3.53-1.00-1.66 --- 1334
week-5 1.00-2.21-2.25 -- 3.33-1.00-1.31 --- 1395 [3]
week-6 1.00-2.70-2.36 -- 2.91-1.00-1.23 --- 1421
week-7 1.00-3.16-2.72 -- 2.88-1.00-1.05 --- 1384


That's the results using the unmodified schedule. However, I added GH liquid Koolbloom (LKB) during flower, and powdered Koolbloom (PKB) the final week (prior to 10-20 days of water only). The following is how it turned out:

week-2 1.00-1.92-2.16 -- 4.75-1.00-1.90 -- 1275 [4]
week-3 1.00-2.12-2.31 -- 4.95-1.00-1.88 -- 1534 [5]
week-4 1.00-2.53-2.68 -- 5.07-1.00-1.66 -- 1755 [6]
week-5 1.00-4.09-3.34 -- 5.07-1.00-1.22 -- 1165 [7]


[1] Useless schedule: http://forum.growkind.com/showthread.php?t=35174#.UmIsPhDK7Kc
[2] Repeat until bloom.
[3] Cut dose in half if using bloom booster.
[4] 2ml/gal LKB
[5] 3ml/gal LKB
[6] 4ml/gal LKB
[7] Cut base nutes in half, as described in the Useless schedule. Use 1.25g/gal PKB.
 

jkwrestling13

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Yes, floranova grow and floranova bloom. I do add in a dutchmaster root builder and add-27, but this is not necesarry. As long as you keep the dosages low and water your plants, and keep them in a good environment they'll do just fine. Water, Water, Nute in later veg stage. Water, then nute when dry and pot is light, then water when dry and so on..
 

az2000

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so you use just the floragrow and florabloom your hole grow and plants do good, i hurd of that some 1 was telling me to throw away the other cant rember what they said it was cald
It's called Lucas. I've never used it. But if I were going to monkey with GH's multi-part products to eliminate a bottle or bag, I'd just use an inexpensive product like Jack's Classic or Grow More and mix it to get a desirable NPK ratio.

Eliminating "Grow" bottles seems haphazard to me. I'm sure a person can grow with less bottles. But, seems like more thought could be put into it than "hey, if you ditch this bottle it works ok."
 

jkwrestling13

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It's called Lucas. I've never used it. But if I were going to monkey with GH's multi-part products to eliminate a bottle or bag, I'd just use an inexpensive product like Jack's Classic or Grow More and mix it to get a desirable NPK ratio.

Eliminating "Grow" bottles seems haphazard to me. I'm sure a person can grow with less bottles. But, seems like more thought could be put into it than "hey, if you ditch this bottle it works ok."
Lucas formula info here: http://lucasformula.com/
@OP Read that, you will learn a lot from a short read.
 

weednurd420

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Lucas formula info here: http://lucasformula.com/
@OP Read that, you will learn a lot from a short read.
yea im going to use the 3 in ffof i dun got them was going to use the lucas shit but just dont seam like it be a good thing im growing autoflowers and they only get so big,may just use the gh till week 4 then just go with foxfarm again even the 3 part dont seam like i get good buds ,just tired of flushing my shit all the time lol but it is what it is was going to go all organic and but dont got time to learn the soil mix before i start growing again I had i guy helping me with the ingredient and i could not find a couple so i asked him to help me out and he stooped msg me dont blame him lol
 

weednurd420

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I used the so-called Useless schedule.[1] It worked great. It's stronger than the typical half-strength people usually tell you to run, but didn't burn (much). Below are the details of the what the schedule produces. You can recreate those NPK ratios using any fertilizer products using this spreadsheet.

FWIW: GH Flora 3-part is a hydro fertilizer. It's not ideal for soil. I switched to Grow More Sea Grow and it's working as well (for 1/10th the cost). My schedule is a few posts further in that thread.

--------------- R A T I O S
-------- N-P-K ----------- K-Mg-Ca -------- PPM
VEG
week-1 1.32-1.00-2.41 -- 6.76-1.00-2.15 --- 418
week-2 1.85-1.00-3.06 -- 8.08-1.00-2.82 --- 721
week-3 2.06-1.00-3.31 -- 8.54-1.00-3.07 --- 830 [2]
BLOOM
week-1 1.00-1.29-1.88 -- 4.54-1.00-1.77 --- 1020
week-2 1.00-1.47-1.70 -- 3.75-1.00-1.90 --- 1065
week-3 1.00-1.52-1.71 -- 3.65-1.00-1.88 --- 1218
week-4 1.00-1.72-1.87 -- 3.53-1.00-1.66 --- 1334
week-5 1.00-2.21-2.25 -- 3.33-1.00-1.31 --- 1395 [3]
week-6 1.00-2.70-2.36 -- 2.91-1.00-1.23 --- 1421
week-7 1.00-3.16-2.72 -- 2.88-1.00-1.05 --- 1384


That's the results using the unmodified schedule. However, I added GH liquid Koolbloom (LKB) during flower, and powdered Koolbloom (PKB) the final week (prior to 10-20 days of water only). The following is how it turned out:

week-2 1.00-1.92-2.16 -- 4.75-1.00-1.90 -- 1275 [4]
week-3 1.00-2.12-2.31 -- 4.95-1.00-1.88 -- 1534 [5]
week-4 1.00-2.53-2.68 -- 5.07-1.00-1.66 -- 1755 [6]
week-5 1.00-4.09-3.34 -- 5.07-1.00-1.22 -- 1165 [7]


[1] Useless schedule: http://forum.growkind.com/showthread.php?t=35174#.UmIsPhDK7Kc
[2] Repeat until bloom.
[3] Cut dose in half if using bloom booster.
[4] 2ml/gal LKB
[5] 3ml/gal LKB
[6] 4ml/gal LKB
[7] Cut base nutes in half, as described in the Useless schedule. Use 1.25g/gal PKB.
should my tap water ppm be added in with nutrient ppm to or do i test the ppm of my tap and then take that away
 

az2000

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should my tap water ppm be added in with nutrient ppm to or do i test the ppm of my tap and then take that away
Just follow the link to the schedule. Do what it says. What I posted is what results from mixing three bottles using the amounts give in that schedule. It's just info, not the schedule. If the schedule works well for you and you ever wanted to switch to a different fertilizer product, you could mix products to get the same results (NPK ratio, PPM strength).

The details I posted don't include the ppm of the tap water. Just what the mixture of three bottles produces (if mixed using the amounts in the schedule).
 
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