dmoose
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Sorry I havent checked the thread this week! Looks like you needed the help. Forget about soil, its a bug magnet. You are ready to go, and everything looks Pro. When you need quick answers, please send me a PM, as I check email several times per day.
Get the 3 part General Hydroponics Flora Series. Veg will be 3tsp Grow, 2 tsp Micro, and 1 tsp Bloom per gallon of tap water when in full swing. But in the begining, you want a very diluted formula when roots have popped outside of the RockWool/Rapid Rooter. Easiest way to do this is mix a gallon at full strength, then in a sep container mix together 1 part full strength nutes, to 3 parts plain tap water, then ph to aprox 5.8. When you get to the 2nd or 3rd set of True leaves, the leaves will start to yellow on the edges, and this is the plant telling you it is time to feed. From here, increase the strength every few days until you are running full strength. I continue this veg formula through veg and the first 2 weeks of 12/12. Then you can switch to General Hydroponics Bloom Formula (1tsp Grow/2tsp Micro/3tsp Bloom)or Lucas Formula (0ml Grow/8ml Micro/16ml Bloom). I continue to get deficiencies with the Lucas Formula so I use the GH Bloom Formula which is higher ppms, and brings the ph to 5.8 +/- 0.1. Ph drifts are good since nutes are taken up at diff ph levels. I try to keep the res between 5.4 and 6.2, and consider 5.8 to be perfect.
I have been running Individual DIY 1 gal Top Fed Bubble Buckets with a Hempy hole on a DIY Ebb/Flow Table for recirculation. It works great! But now I am also running individual totes all the way through because it seems to be so much more ph stable without the water pumps.
With a 400 watt Light Kit, you probably only want to veg for 30 days (aprox 12") if growing straight up, or they wont get enough light on the bottom half of the plant in the end. If you are gonna grow straight up, just use the Totes all the way through. If I were flowering with those Pro looking buckets, I would absolutely consider Pinching, Bending, Super Cropping, all forms of LST. You have control of the canopy height this way, and you can totaly fill the space between the buckets, develope a ton of bud sites, and keep everything within the reach of your 400w light. You would be able to veg for a couple extra weeks and substantialy increase your Final Harvest Weight.
Get the 3 part General Hydroponics Flora Series. Veg will be 3tsp Grow, 2 tsp Micro, and 1 tsp Bloom per gallon of tap water when in full swing. But in the begining, you want a very diluted formula when roots have popped outside of the RockWool/Rapid Rooter. Easiest way to do this is mix a gallon at full strength, then in a sep container mix together 1 part full strength nutes, to 3 parts plain tap water, then ph to aprox 5.8. When you get to the 2nd or 3rd set of True leaves, the leaves will start to yellow on the edges, and this is the plant telling you it is time to feed. From here, increase the strength every few days until you are running full strength. I continue this veg formula through veg and the first 2 weeks of 12/12. Then you can switch to General Hydroponics Bloom Formula (1tsp Grow/2tsp Micro/3tsp Bloom)or Lucas Formula (0ml Grow/8ml Micro/16ml Bloom). I continue to get deficiencies with the Lucas Formula so I use the GH Bloom Formula which is higher ppms, and brings the ph to 5.8 +/- 0.1. Ph drifts are good since nutes are taken up at diff ph levels. I try to keep the res between 5.4 and 6.2, and consider 5.8 to be perfect.
I have been running Individual DIY 1 gal Top Fed Bubble Buckets with a Hempy hole on a DIY Ebb/Flow Table for recirculation. It works great! But now I am also running individual totes all the way through because it seems to be so much more ph stable without the water pumps.
With a 400 watt Light Kit, you probably only want to veg for 30 days (aprox 12") if growing straight up, or they wont get enough light on the bottom half of the plant in the end. If you are gonna grow straight up, just use the Totes all the way through. If I were flowering with those Pro looking buckets, I would absolutely consider Pinching, Bending, Super Cropping, all forms of LST. You have control of the canopy height this way, and you can totaly fill the space between the buckets, develope a ton of bud sites, and keep everything within the reach of your 400w light. You would be able to veg for a couple extra weeks and substantialy increase your Final Harvest Weight.
Just think, you are 3-4 months away from being self sufficient, with QUALITY Meds!
