3 days on jack's 5-12-26 and the plants are loving it! Bye bye General Hydroponics forever

rkymtnman · Mar 19, 2021

dyna gro foliage pro with added epsom salts is hard to beat as well. 9-3-6 ratio

Arkos · Mar 19, 2021

rkymtnman said:
mine was the version 1.0 had horrible pH drops with it in a stand-alone res. they couldn't figure it out either.

Good looking out man, thanks. I kind of figured when you said years ago.

This v3 seems to be doing good, we'll see in 2 months time.
Wish you could get Jack's here in Europe like mega...

rkymtnman · Mar 19, 2021

Arkos said:
Good looking out man, thanks. I kind of figured when you said years ago.

This v3 seems to be doing good, we'll see in 2 months time.
Wish you could get Jack's here in Europe like mega...

i've never tried them but i've always heard good things about Hesi brand nutes. from Holland. you ever seen or run them over your way?

Arkos · Mar 19, 2021

rkymtnman said:
dyna gro foliage pro with added epsom salts is hard to beat as well. 9-3-6 ratio

Been drenching this crop with Og Biowar, Neem and potassium soap and the plants love it, even at ridiculously high ppm.

Arkos · Mar 19, 2021

rkymtnman said:
i've never tried them but i've always heard good things about Hesi brand nutes. from Holland. you ever seen or run them over your way?

I recently met a fellow grower from Belgium who swears by Hesi and he's been growing for 36 years, I must admit I'm a little excited to try out some of his stuff

Personally I've never used Hesi, I'm getting away from bottled nutes. I want to be able to scale up when we relocate to New Jersey

rkymtnman · Mar 19, 2021

Arkos said:
when we relocate to New Jersey

which exit? lol that's Jersey humor. i grew up in PA. do you know waht part you'll be in?

Arkos · Mar 19, 2021

rkymtnman said:
which exit? lol that's Jersey humor. i grew up in PA. do you know waht part you'll be in?

Lol, yes I remember her mentioning it's the highway state :lol:

It's at the dream stage so far

so no sir.

My wife is American and her folks just moved back to NJ, think their in Edison but I'm not sure I'd want to be that close :weed:

rkymtnman · Mar 19, 2021

Arkos said:
think their in Edison but I'm not sure I'd want to be that close

with you on that! i'm thousands of miles from the mother in law. lol.

PJ Diaz · Mar 19, 2021

Arkos said:
Good looking out man, thanks. I kind of figured when you said years ago.

This v3 seems to be doing good, we'll see in 2 months time.
Wish you could get Jack's here in Europe like mega...

I hate how they're always futzing with their mix. I personally think the one part is a bad idea, because the cal nit and epsom salts are mixed in the same bag.

rkymtnman · Mar 19, 2021

PJ Diaz said:
I hate how they're always futzing with their mix. I personally think the one part is a bad idea, because the cal nit and epsom salts are mixed in the same bag.

were you here when they went on their advertising blitz and free samples?

PJ Diaz · Mar 19, 2021

rkymtnman said:
were you here when they went on their advertising blitz and free samples?

I think I missed the blitz. Did get a free sample of the v1.1, right before the v2 dropped. Since the v2 was supposed to be better I barely used the sample bag, and bought a bag of v2. I like veg+bloom much better for a one-part. I thought I would like the Mega especially for the kelp and Si, but the kelp would often settle out of solution, and I realized that the Si ppm was really low, so somewhat worthless (I think they add it as a ph buffer more than anything).

rkymtnman · Mar 19, 2021

PJ Diaz said:
I think I missed the blitz. Did get a free sample of the v1.1, right before the v2 dropped. Since the v2 was supposed to be better I barely used the sample bag, and bought a bag of v2. I like veg+bloom much better for a one-part. I thought I would like the Mega especially for the kelp and Si, but the kelp would often settle out of solution, and I realized that the Si ppm was really low, so somewhat worthless (I think they add it as a ph buffer more than anything).

i got one of their big sample bags. it opened during shipping and USPS went ape shit. it was treated like hazmat stuff with all kinds of tape and multiple bags. lol.

i really wanted it to work but pH dropped like a rock after 3 days.

jonnynobody · Mar 19, 2021

yummy fur said:
How does this work? I for example I know phosphorus is obvious a used for the ATP molecule and it makes the phosphate backbone for DNA and other essential plant stuff, but apart from what is being used, how is this unused phosphorus being stored and in what form. If there's too much iron in the soil will your plant take that up even if it doesn't need it, and then what. Not only that but aren't all the elements in some other form. For example you don't say that you put chlorine on your food because it's bound up with sodium.

Read a book on plants for crying out loud. All of those words were difficult to get through and for the most part only confused the fuck outta me, but I appreciate your effort

jonnynobody · Mar 19, 2021

Arkos said:
I guess I better lower the dosage of my meds and start learning hydro buddy, tomorrow

Hydro buddy is cool, but I would recommend you learn how to read your plants by what the foliage is telling you. Learn what a magnesium deficiency and calcium deficiency look like. Learn what Nitrogen toxicity looks like. Learn what P & K deficiencies look like. Then you don't need hydro buddy. Just your two eyes, a cup of coffee, and 5 minutes of your time

With Jack's 5-12-26 the plants seem to love 1.3 EC in veg and 1.7-1.8 EC for late veg into and through completion of the flower cycle. You need an EC meter. Not hydro buddy

Fuckingatodeaso · Mar 19, 2021

jonnynobody said:
Just say no to facebook F.A.R.E
Facebook abuse resistance education. Now that's a national slogan I can get behind. Worst invention of this century.

bodhipop · Mar 19, 2021

Arkos said:
Good looking out man, thanks. I kind of figured when you said years ago.

This v3 seems to be doing good, we'll see in 2 months time.
Wish you could get Jack's here in Europe like mega...

This is good news. I have the v3 as well. How long have you used it for?

PJ Diaz · Mar 19, 2021

rkymtnman said:
which exit? lol that's Jersey humor. i grew up in PA. do you know waht part you'll be in?

A band I used to work with a few times, The Disco Biscuits, are big round those parts I hear. Ever see those guys?

rkymtnman · Mar 19, 2021

PJ Diaz said:
A band I used to work with a few times, The Disco Biscuits, are big round those parts I hear. Ever see those guys?

no, never heard of them to be honest. i left that area in the late 80's.

Arkos · Mar 19, 2021

bodhipop said:
This is good news. I have the v3 as well. How long have you used it for?

4 waterings :mrgreen:

I will say the plants are happier than with the gh shit I was using.

@jonnynobody Even if I've never used hydro buddy that dose not mean I've never grown a plant but thank you for your input :cool:

bodhipop · Mar 19, 2021

PJ Diaz said:
A band I used to work with a few times, The Disco Biscuits, are big round those parts I hear. Ever see those guys?

Bro my friend is OBSESSED with them and has seen them 20 times. He's from the east coast.

3 days on jack's 5-12-26 and the plants are loving it! Bye bye General Hydroponics forever

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