FDM - ESB f3 / Bubblegum BX3

DreadyBob

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...Now then, when I purchased the beans through PIP they gave me 3 freebies. These were ChemonadeV2. Again in my stoner wisdom at the time only having 2 whiskey glasses to leave the beans in over night I remember putting the Chemonade in with the BG, thinking "il obviously know the difference, I doubt they pop anyway" looking, reading and smelling, I belive this isn't a BG but one of the freebies, the ChemonadeV2 from Truecannablis. I've seen pics from FDM Bubblegum and non look like this. I thought it was very "OG" in the way it grew.
Either way im a numpty and im quite impressed with this miracle freebie 20240630_202045.jpg
 

DreadyBob

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Id think so but i use hps still so i never need to go that high myself bud hopefully someone with more led experience chimes in
It's all an experiment at the moment for me, I've used the CMH for yrs so the high EC is alien, even when I ran RTW I never went that high, il monitor the run off and see what she's saying.
 

Star Dog

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Hey folk's, 1.8ec is the most I use, I've been up at 2.0ec before but only because I was slow to raise the ec that much, my background is also hid to so I was reluctant to go above 1.4ec, but yeah like @conor c says led needs more ec for some reason.
 

DreadyBob

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Thanks for input dude, glad to know I'm.not the only one afraid of pushing it.
I knew LED would use a bit more CalMg but when is it too much, I've experienced the stunting effect of using too much CalMg, I want to avoid that at all costs. You can see its affects in the one shot of the bubblegum plant, alot smaller than the rest, its too much CalMg.
 

Star Dog

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Thanks for input dude, glad to know I'm.not the only one afraid of pushing it.
I knew LED would use a bit more CalMg but when is it too much, I've experienced the stunting effect of using too much CalMg, I want to avoid that at all costs. You can see its affects in the one shot of the bubblegum plant, alot smaller than the rest, its too much CalMg.
If you needed calmag with hid you'll need it with led, if you didn't need it with hid, idk?

I don't need calmag with hid or led, I'd read it's needed with led but I haven't found that, what I have found is I needed more base nutrients with led...that's using run off for a guide.
 

DreadyBob

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If you needed calmag with hid you'll need it with led, if you didn't need it with hid, idk?

I don't need calmag with hid or led, I'd read it's needed with led but I haven't found that, what I have found is I needed more base nutrients with led...that's using run off for a guide.
Make alot more sense when you say it like that, I've found it strain dependent but over the yrs I've just kept it in the regime, maybe only small amounts but it's always added. That is then my first go to for any issues, up the Calmg.
I've been using Veg+bloom and adding InCalmg, this run I've changed to VBX, it's basically the same but with calmg added at a specific ratio. From what your saying matches up with my results, more base needed not more calmg.
I'm very apprehensive giving them such high ec everyday though, the 3 big girls seem to be taking it well.
the small BG is de5showing some stunting, I'm putting it down to high level of calmg. It's not time affective to be mixing separate feeds for plants so I just dilute the high ec mix down to a acceptable level for the smaller 2.
Definitely a learning curve moving to led
 
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