Nutrients mixed every water?
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sixstring2112
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ya you can mix a gallon if that is the easy way and just use what you need then save the rest for a couple days.
wallimaster
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make sure you recheck the ph after letting it set a day or so... its gonna change
wallimaster
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water water feed is the rule. i dry so fast its twice daily. them girls get so fat from eating so much lol
Kriegs
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I've gone to feeding lightly at every watering and really like the results. A lot of nute producers give you a "feed dose" and a lower "maintenance" dose. I've been feeding every time at the maintenance level. I started doing it to arrest a nitrogen deficiency, did some research in the meantime, and became convinced this is the way to go.
What this does for you is create a consistent nutritional environment, as the availability of water and nutrients become linked together. When you feed, then plain-water, what you've done is spiked the nutrition level but then, between the addition of plain water and the amount used up by the plant in the meantime, you've cut it way down again. Maintaining consistent feed solution is essentially what hydro endeavors to do by maintaining ppm's (ie. nutrition) consistent with a plants' stage of growth.
I know other ways work; not saying this is THE way. But there are a lot of advantages to it.
What this does for you is create a consistent nutritional environment, as the availability of water and nutrients become linked together. When you feed, then plain-water, what you've done is spiked the nutrition level but then, between the addition of plain water and the amount used up by the plant in the meantime, you've cut it way down again. Maintaining consistent feed solution is essentially what hydro endeavors to do by maintaining ppm's (ie. nutrition) consistent with a plants' stage of growth.
I know other ways work; not saying this is THE way. But there are a lot of advantages to it.
nizmo
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This makes sense to me and is what i have been doing aswell. Part of the reason is also because i have large pots and they only need watering every 4 - 7 days or so - i dont want to let them go up to 2 weeks on one feed.
This is especially advisable in my opinion if you are in the situation where you are experimenting with new nutes and/or additives. You always start weak given that it is much better to underfeed rather than overfeed. If you underfeed and they start to look a bit lime green, then you're going to be feeding in the next day or two anyway so you can step it up.
Abysmal Darkenin
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If u cant get mollases go to the store and buy some fruit sugar or pectin some say is better than mollases itself .