Mixing nutrient lines and PPM level during flowering

[imanz]

Hi Guys and Gals,


I have a question about nutrients. I am currently in the start of week 3 of a 6-7 week flowering cycle. This grow is in a coco mix, soilless medium. I am using a pump with a watering wand for hand watering 2-3 times a day.


I have been using Cultured Solutions by Current Culture H2O nutrient line.


http://cch2o.com/cultured_solutions.html


Currently I am using Bloom A and B as the base nutrients, with Bud Booster as a flower inducer and UC Roots as a buildup reducing agent. I will also add CalMag, because I am using only a 2 phase water filter, not a complete 5 phase reverse osmosis filter (Last time I checked this gives me water that is around 100PPM/8.0 PH).


I was given 3, 1 Liter bottles of Advanced Nutrient solution, 1 bottle of Nirvana, 1 bottle of Big Bud and 1 bottle of Bud Candy. In this current batch of solution I decided to add a little of the Nirvana, Bud Candy and Big Bud.
1. I was wondering if anyone knows if this is in any way dangerous or negative for the plants?
2. Does anyone have experience using a mix of different lines, or these specifically?
3. Will I cause any damage or benefit?


On a side note, I have currently worked my way up to a solution of 910PPM. If I do the complete 7 week cycle, will 7 days be enough for flushing the plants for which I will used my filtered water and the Cultured Solution's UC Roots in slightly higher than usual concentration?
1. If not, what would you say is the recommend time?
2. Also what would be the maximum PPM I should work my way up too?
3. What week should I hit the maximum PPM?
4. If maximum PPM is hit on week 6, do I go from highly concentrated nutrient solution so just water+cleaner without any jump down?


Thanks for the help guys, I tried to include as much information as I thought would be needed. If you have any questions about the setup please let me know!

(Side note): I have begun to realize that the Cultured Solution nutrient line is not all that popular, have other people tested it in comparison to others? How do you personally like it and how does it stack up to the competition?

 

[Opm]

Reading the plants would be your biggest help. Mixing lines like that it's hard to give advice since the chances of someone replicating your conditions exactly are nil. I look for deficiencies/burn and adapt from rotation to rotation.

 

[GreenThumbSucker]

Mixing different brands of ferts can cause nutrient lockout. Fertilizers are formulated specifically in a way that all the nutrients get along. Certain fertilizer salts cannot exist with other fertilizer salts. When they are together in the same solution, they change form and become insoluble. Insoluble nutrients cannot be taken up by the plants, thus you end up with a deficiency. Different companies formulate them differently. Dont mix them. If you do experiment and mix them, watch closely for weird growth or discoloration. If you see it, stop mixing them.

Best advise is to just use base nutrients. All that other crap is unnecessary.

 

[Medicinalhealing]

They both are definetly right although you shouldn't mix nutrients its really on how your plants are responding to the mix. And ppms is another thing to just watch the plant I have a jack herer plant in its 4 week of flower and her ppms are 2800 no lie. She's loving the nutes but I have a headband clone with a ppm of 800 and I keep having troubles with lock out or deficancy so look at your plants and look at the bottom leaves because they will tell you long before the top ones if she is stressed.

 

[drugdumpster]

Reading the plants would be your biggest help. Mixing lines like that it's hard to give advice since the chances of someone replicating your conditions exactly are nil. I look for deficiencies/burn and adapt from rotation to rotation.

I use three different brands of nutes and am growing in a media a lot of people on here say is junk. I've been putting out my best buds to date! Not getting the huge yields that some people shoot for but I never run out and am always at my legal max for weight or a week away from it! As stated above read your plants! I grew coral before flowers and I rarely followed all the "rules". Friends that had been in the hobby for years started coming to me for frags and advice on how to maintain their tanks.
I'm sure who ever figured out LST was told not to do that as well!

 

[VX420]

You should be fine,,, the nut lock out myth is junk IF you know what Nutz are.. IF you can read a labale and Undersatnd what it says, then you are fine.. N from X is the same as N from Y. so if you put 5 ml of N.. in the old stuff,, dont put 15ml of N in the new stuff. just read what each thing is.

Just know that 5 ML of Sensi A is not the same as 5 ml of GH Macro