First Grow Ever! 9 White Widow 1000W HPS 4x4 Tent Hempy Buckets

[SmerkedOut]

if you want cheap and easy, go for jacks hydro. i use 3 parts jacks, 2 parts calcium nitrate in both veg and flower. its stupid and very very vheap if you buy the larger bags. super ph stable too, i havent had to adjust shit since switching to it

I've heard Jack's Hydro a lot... Where would I buy that at? All I'm finding is some overly expensive stuff on amazon.

 

[Myles117]

i only buy from them direct, no middleman upping price. its the 5-12-26 one. you can order25 lbs of it and the calnit together for 90 but calcium nitrate can be bought many other places for cheaper you just gotta be sure to dissolve the base in your rez before adding the calnit or precipitates will form.

http://www.jrpeters.com/Products/Hydroponics/Buy-Hydroponics.html

 

[SmerkedOut]

i only buy from them direct, no middleman upping price. its the 5-12-26 one. you can order25 lbs of it and the calnit together for 90 but calcium nitrate can be bought many other places for cheaper you just gotta be sure to dissolve the base in your rez before adding the calnit or precipitates will form.

http://www.jrpeters.com/Products/Hydroponics/Buy-Hydroponics.html

Wow, shipping takes that stuff right up in price...

 

[Myles117]

that it does.... but with shipping included im still saving hundreds each year using it.

cheers

 

[SmerkedOut]

that it does.... but with shipping included im still saving hundreds each year using it.

cheers

Really? So how many gallons does 25lbs of each mix?

 

[Myles117]

i was never one for numbers but i use roughly 150 ml of the base per 100 gallons of rez and I change out weekly

 

[SmerkedOut]

i was never one for numbers but i use roughly 150 ml of the base per 100 gallons of rez and I change out weekly

Wait so it's granules but you measure in mL?

Anyways, you think I can get several thousand gallons of nutes out of 25 pound bags then?

 

[Myles117]

lol i know right? Thats what my measuring cups have so thats what I use and yes, yes I do

 

[SmerkedOut]

lol i know right? Thats what my measuring cups have so thats what I use and yes, yes I do

Wow, I need to order some of that.... Like right now. lol

 

[WattSaver]

I've never tried the hydro version, but regular Jacks Bloom Booster 10-30-20 works fine in a hempy bucket. Here one from this summer outdoors 2 girls in a 16gal coco hempy tub.

 

[Myles117]

well done on those two plants How much you end up yielding on them?

 

[WattSaver]

well done on those two plants How much you end up yielding on them?

There's a sad story to those plants. I live at over 6k ft and a wk after that photo we had a real cold snap for a few days in a row mid sept. This froze the roots and pretty much killed them. A container on the deck is a lot different than planted in the ground. I hi graded a few ozs but they still needed another couple of weeks to finish.

It was fun to watch them crank outdoors in a hempy, at the time of the photo they were taking 5gals of feed every other day.

 

[Myles117]

man, thats terrible. I haven't had outdoor girls freeze but I've lost multiple rounds due to a late wet spell and mold setting in overnight.... so much work gone to waste.

Glad to hear you managed to salvage something.... they looked to have a lot of promise in the picture.

 

[SmerkedOut]

man, thats terrible. I haven't had outdoor girls freeze but I've lost multiple rounds due to a late wet spell and mold setting in overnight.... so much work gone to waste.

Glad to hear you managed to salvage something.... they looked to have a lot of promise in the picture.

hey, is the Calcium Nitrate good to mix with the Jack's Hydro?

 

[Myles117]

hey, is the Calcium Nitrate good to mix with the Jack's Hydro?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-Pounds-Calcium-Nitrate-Calcinit-Water-Soluble-Fertilizer-Hydroponics-/200955598248?pt=Fertilizer_Soil_Amendments&hash=item2ec9e315a8

Brand shouldn't matter if it is indeed calcium nitrate. That will work

 

[SmerkedOut]

Brand shouldn't matter if it is indeed calcium nitrate. That will work

But strength wise is it the same as the stuff you use? Like can I just copy your dosage if I use that particular CalNit?

 

[Myles117]

Yeah, I'd say copy dosage

 

[SmerkedOut]

Yeah, I'd say copy dosage

Alright, and you've never had any deficiencies with that mix?

 

[Myles117]

nope, It is quite seldom that I have a leaf drop into a table. It is awesome to trim buds surrounded by big healthy fans instead of crispy discolored foliage.

 

[SmerkedOut]

Okay I'll post some update pictures tomorrow even though not much has changed. I'm gonna get my auto watering system set up and give them a watering too. It's been almost a week.