pennington rose food

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royalewithcheese40

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im having some yellowishness and some spotting on my leaves. according to the plant problem post i need some phosphates and or potash. whats the best stuff to use for a hydro system? can i just use 8-12-4 rose food?
 
Skitzotic

Skitzotic

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Go and Buy Penningtons Tomato and Vegetable food its 9-12-12. Is your food in little rock form also? Mine is. And i use penningtons^
 
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email468

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Regardless of brand - follow Skitzotic's advice - whatever nute/pesticide/anything you put in or on your plants should be food-grade (like tomato and vegetable).

Roses are not food - so unless it says food grade - i would not recommend it. i say this since you will be (hopefully) smoking and otherwise ingesting your end product.
 
Skitzotic

Skitzotic

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Im not sure if it would be good to use in a hydro system. Im sure it would be if u could find a good amout to put in at a time as they are little rocks and are made to dissapate over time. But to me it seems Like it would be good for flowering as the npk is 9-12-12 which means its high in phospate and potassium. Which sounds like what you need. I dont know if you;d want to use this stuff before flowering though. Even though it does have good Nitrogen. As far as i know alot of Phospate isnt good for Veg.
 
email468

email468

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hydro nutrients is obviously better for hydro. but that doesn't really answer the question.


our answers probably should have been prefaced with... while hydro nutrients are far superior to use in a hydro system...
 
Skitzotic

Skitzotic

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I dont really know, but thats what i'd assume, But im sure if you did some testing you could find the right amout of Penningtons to put in, Im sure it would work fine, But take it Easy. As to not burn your plants.
 
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royalewithcheese40

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any of you guys ever use super nova? its a 1-1-1 supliment. dude at the store said its the poo well i baught some and it foamed up the top 2 inches of my tray. not sure if thats a bad thing. guess ill find out.
 
Skitzotic

Skitzotic

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What do you mean it foamed up, And thats also a very very week nutrient. It should be fine. You should try it at like 1/4 strehgth for first time, mabye less mabye more. You'll learn from experience, Just do what you do, And if it doesnt work out so well, Then try something with less nutes.. One strong nute formulation isntgonna kill the plant
 
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