MrHowardMarks' experienced grower journal.

MrHowardMarks said:

Next round I'm going to do a 50/50 with and without Gravity in conjunction with Advanced Nutrients. After that, I'll decide if it stays in the regiment

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While you have enough bottles to qualify for a regiment, I think you mean regimen. Just to clearify, lol.

So I'm in week 6. I'm going to the hydro store this weekend. I'm ready to try a supplement. Since I'm in the Fox Farms line, would you recommend Cha-Ching? Or does that have to be part of the whole sequence of bloom supplements to be effective?

Hahaha... Yeah, you're right, I just looked up the difference... Lots of military wording, but REGIMEN- diet, REGIMENT- military unit, or group of force...

Funny though, when I was typing it, for some reason I thought there was a silent "T" in regimen...


Either way, you get the point, and yes, I do have enough bottles to where it could be called a regiment, and I'm the tyrannic leader in charge.



To answer your question, yes, I'd recommend ChaChing if you were to just use one of the soluables. Start using it a week earlier than normal, so start in week 4... They'll plump up more, and have a significant increase in resin.

MrHowardMarks said:

They recommend feeding every watering, everyone I know does it this way, and has great results.

The main reason Fox Farm and other fertillizers recommend feeding every other watering is to get rid of built up nutes.

Using the Sensizym, and all the beneficials, and considering ANs so easily consumed by the plant, there won't be excess nutes... As long as you follow the chart.


The nutrient calculater works with plain tap water also... The ppms are spot on with the dosage levels, and with most people the pH levels out to be perfect 6.1-6.2...


AN's definately worth the extra cash if you have it... That's for certain.

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That's good to know and thank you- My hydro guy said the same thing but this is the reply I received from the AN tec today(sent them the same question) I'm sure as we've discussed a few times, you can build up your ppms and feedings as well-Could be why your plants look so good--anyway he's what they sent me:


Thank you for your inquiry

When using the nutrient calculator is the posted information for every feed or to alternate feed then plain watering?

When growing in pots ideally they are dry every 2 or 3 days.

The amounts suggested to feed in the nutrient calculator are the amounts to feed per week.

Ex: if the calculator suggests 1000 ppm for the week you can

1-Give the plants 1000 ppm on the first day of feeding for that week and water for the rest of the week or

2-Give the plants 500 ppm on the first feeding of the week another 500 ppm the next time that the pots are dry and water on the third feeding of the week.

Right now I'm using General Hydroponics Floraseries along with SugarDaddy and after hearing so many good things I want to give AN a try. What would you get to add to the mix during now and what does a complete AN regimen consist of? After going on an online grow store they had a LOT of products under the AN category, are all these in the regimen?

And where is this AN feeding schedule you speak of?

Wait, never-mind I found it. Could the flora serious act as the base nutrients and just start adding some of the additives listed?

http://www.advancednutrientsonline.com/advancednutrients-feed-programs.php

Yeah, essentially you could substitute the GH flora for the base, and add some supplements. But, the AN base nutes are much more redily available to the plant, and are much better... Not to say the flora would be piss in cornflakes, but using the AN base instead of the flora base in whatever your current p regimen is would probably get you a increase in overall quality.

If you were to start using only a few of those AN to the flora series which would be the first couple you would add? They are pretty expensive and I probably only have enough money to add a couple at a time and still have quite a bit of the flora series left to finish off.

Thanks

I got one for you... Buy a liter each of the SensiBloom 2part... It's really affordable I'd imagine.

That's 2 liters total.


The gallons are only 40 bucks each, so 80 total for 2 gallons, which will last a long time, considering the feeding amounts. (6-8 mL per gallon)


And do a little comparison study...


If I were to add just one thing, it'd be big bud...

Just a few things; Big Bud, Sensizym, Carboload, SensiCal


Extras in order if money is available;

-Barricade (will last forever)
-B52
-Humic-Fulvic
-Voodoo
-Pirahna/Tarantula
-Scorpion
-Sweet Leaf





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I forgot to reply to Doc...

I've had success doing it both ways... But as long as your plants are eating healthy you can feed every watering...

Again, a friend of mine who uses the entire AN line peaks at 2000+... Higher than the meter reads at peak, the feeding schedule is for a peak of 2200ppm.

He doesn't burn his plants at all somehow...

It's the miracle of the AN line with all the Dr. Hornby products...




And while we're on the topic of advanced nutrients, I heard a few of their top researchers left AN in Vancouver, and are working for Humbolt nutrients...

Not sure how true it is, but exciting none-the-less.

Would that SensiBloom 2 part be lieu of the Flora series or in conjunction with it and the Big Bud? And possibly the Sensizym, Carboload, and SensiCal if I can scrape that much cash together.

Thanks again,
Knowledge is power to make budz fatter... lol I'm high

MrHowardMarks said:

I got one for you... Buy a liter each of the SensiBloom 2part... It's really affordable I'd imagine.

That's 2 liters total.


The gallons are only 40 bucks each, so 80 total for 2 gallons, which will last a long time, considering the feeding amounts. (6-8 mL per gallon)


And do a little comparison study...


If I were to add just one thing, it'd be big bud...

Just a few things; Big Bud, Sensizym, Carboload, SensiCal


Extras in order if money is available;

-Barricade (will last forever)
-B52
-Humic-Fulvic
-Voodoo
-Pirahna/Tarantula
-Scorpion
-Sweet Leaf





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I forgot to reply to Doc...

I've had success doing it both ways... But as long as your plants are eating healthy you can feed every watering...

Again, a friend of mine who uses the entire AN line peaks at 2000+... Higher than the meter reads at peak, the feeding schedule is for a peak of 2200ppm.

He doesn't burn his plants at all somehow...

It's the miracle of the AN line with all the Dr. Hornby products...




And while we're on the topic of advanced nutrients, I heard a few of their top researchers left AN in Vancouver, and are working for Humbolt nutrients...

Not sure how true it is, but exciting none-the-less.

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Both great companies and good people. Sometimes change is good for both and freash ideas come out of it. I don't want to spam on RIU or get off topic but since you brought up the AN/HUMBOLT movement in your thread, I thought I'd prepare you first for some exciting new things and changes that are going to be coming from Dr. VonDankenstine. I like this site so I'm sure everyone will see some advertising in the near future. Back on topic--How are the plants?-looking forward to more pics. You can burn through the VOODOO juice really fast @ 300ml/10gal. I guess you can get the 10L container and haggle down your hydro guys to give you a price break in bulk

AN purchased the company SUPER NATURAL as well as the change you mentioned.

I JUST MET CHEECH&CHONG!!!

Literally 5 minutes ago.




They're flying out of the airport where I work...

DAMN! And all I've pulled off so far today was brewing coffee. You catch em for a puff?? What are they up to these days?? I envy you more and more Mr Marks!!

I didn't bother them... I would've offered to go out to my car and get stoned, but the policeman who works for the county, like me, was right there...


I really was amazed at how casual everything was, they were very friendly, and it made my day.

Very sweet man, it would have been great to burn them down!

Very cool. I am happy that Tommy finally got all that legal shit behind him. F'ing John Ashcroft was an asshat!

No shit, it was more of a display of power than anything...

"Fuck it... Let's go arrest Tommy Chong, let 'em no we ain't fuckin' around no more!"



Apparently they're doing a show at Music Hall NYC tonight... That must've been where they were going...

BTW, Cheech had some super red-eyes going on... I saw him about a year ago flying through... And I met Chong back in '96...


Seeing them together was the best though!


I've told pretty much everyone I know... I don't need pictures or autographs, it ruins the experience, genuinely shaking someone's hand leaves an impression...

I saw them again on the other side of security, they both waved from across the lobby...


I think they new I was a stoner, but didn't want anyone to know... A stoner knows a stoner... And my hair is looking pretty stoner...

I have locks... Not dredlocks, just locks...

Chicks hit on me because of my hair all the time, most are afraid to say anything... I guess I put off a "not interested" vibe...?

I don't know, I hate my job, I do get to meet some cool people occasionally, nobody to blab about, this month Halle Berry, Coolio, Ben Stiller, the dudes from either Static X or Powerman5000, Gene Simmons, and a bunch of people I recoginized but don't know their name...


People watching is awesome...


God damn, I'm stoned as fuck, It'd been awesome to smoke the shit I got with Cheech & Chong...


Smoking some Somango...


The mother of my Silver Mango...





Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh




Mmmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm





Cough, cough...







Ahhhhhhhhhh

Sorry, I've been on Cloud 9 all day...





Hey Nacho----- The Advanced would be in lieu... REPLACE... the Flora...

So, you could do a comparison study, since you have the Flora already...









PLEASE.... elaborate Doc.... You're involved with Humbolt??? If so, how about a job? I want to quit mine.

I heard about the Supernatural aquisition... Is that where that "blossom builder" came from...





I'm about to upload a bunch of pics... hope you guys saw this post....

GET READY FOR A BUNCH OF PICS



I've been looking at other journals, and they all have pics of their nutrients... so here.

Here's that evaporator bucket I made from a bucket (of course) a 6" net pot, and a 6" inline fan... all spare shit.