it's a wide swing, trying to always have the right ph tends to cause more problems in mediums with ph buffers.Raise and lower to get more of a certain nute as they all are best absorbed with a retain pH...... U do know that correct?
If you're in soil you don't have to be too concerned with the ph of what you pour in. The soil will have more "strength" (buffers) to pull the solution to its ph than the solution will have to pull the soil. If you're overfeeding (high ppms, high buffering capacity) and/or extremely low/high ph solution, that might exhaust the soil's ability to hold its ph over time. But, if you're in the 500-700ppm range, you feed enough to get 20% runoff and the ph of what you pour in is between 5.8 and 7.2, it's not going to matter.Oh the pH balanced stuff is for real?
I don't think there is anything simple about AN and the box of bottles they convince growers they need in order to complete a grow, 'ph perfect or not'.at the end of the day it can and does simplify things for alot of growers ,, we all know theres a hell of alot of ppl out there and in here that havnt really gota clue with what there doing so for them i believe buying there stuff would help , you dont even need to buy the whole range of products to have a successful grow.. but i do admit theres a few of there products that i wouldnt be without.....
More room, bigger plants/rootsi have roots thicker than my pinky finger, stems 2" thick,..........only thing that i changed was i made my room alot bigger
How much of a clue does it require to scoop a half-teaspoon of dry fertilizer?at the end of the day it can and does simplify things for alot of growers ,, we all know theres a hell of alot of ppl out there and in here that havnt really gota clue
how many liters would you suggest should be needed for a crop running on a 18 gallon res and at what cost ?What I think you should be concerned with is that in terms of cost, you're using a stupid amount of plant food.
For example, if I were using your feeding regimen in an 18 gallon hydro reservoir, it would take just over one gallon of base nutrients alone to flower out a 9 week strain. No offense but that's absolutely pathetic.
That depends on the concentration level of your plant food and the ppm/EC that you're running. At 1.0 EC, I used 2.5L for a 9 week flowering cycle with GH at a cost of around $18 I think?how many liters would you suggest should be needed for a crop running on a 18 gallon res and at what cost ?
what is the lowest EC you would run mature plants on ?
so far i have used 2 liters of nutes a+b in 60 litter of water (3x 20 liter res) from seed with about 4 weeks left of flowering until finished,
its most likely going to be around 3 liters by the time they finish, although this is a two part food, so i guess that makes its 6 liters A+B in total
this works out to £15-20 with vitalink or £20-25 with canna
peace
If I need iron, adjust accordingly etc.....There is nothing to learn from a PH pen, It's not rocket science. Mine with Hydroton is stable at 5.6ph wilma setup. Very healthy. No need for pens, no need for ph up or down etc. It's easy.
There is a medium range for ph, I don't know why you would want to raise and lower to often, keep it steady and let it creep a little before water changes.
While this is clearly the most economical route, a lot of knowledge is required to build your own plant food, knowledge that maybe 1 out of 100 folks have on these forums.To make 200 gallons of my hard water mix #17, it costs 7 dollars, and a lot of that is for pH down to deal with hard water.. It would be more like 5 dollars for a soft/RO water formula.
That's enough to change an 18 gallon reservoir over 11 times.
I plugged in prices for if you bought 50 pound bags of macros (and small bags of micros)
Honestly, it's mostly guess and check, the same with working with commercial bottles. That's how i started using them in 2009. Just guessed the best ratios. I learned that even with terrible ratios, the plant will still live if it has everything.While this is clearly the most economical route, a lot of knowledge is required to build your own plant food, knowledge that maybe 1 out of 100 folks have on these forums.
That point aside, you posted a picture of your stock solutions in the past and if i recall correctly there were 5 bottles? IMO, that's a little bit of a PITA to work with every time you want to mix up a res, no?
And what about a soil/promix/coco formula? Would one be working with another handful of stock solutions? For me, there is something to be said about working with a minimal number of bottles as I tend to mix up my plant food in gallons jugs and water from there.
But in regards to your mixture, why all the potassium? I'm messing with potassium sulfate right now and the additional potassium added to a 9-3-6 formula has made zero difference in these harvested plants. Granted these are promix plants, yours may be hydroponic.
i see it is quite common for folk these days to be running what i would consider a low ec 1.0-1.3That depends on the concentration level of your plant food and the ppm/EC that you're running. At 1.0 EC, I used 2.5L for a 9 week flowering cycle with GH at a cost of around $18 I think?
With H&G, I used about 1.7L at a cost of about $16 running the same EC.
With DG, I use 0.8L at a cost of about $10 running the same EC as the others.
If u mean this person or robot, just had a potassium def in custom coco based medium. That's all. All good now. Still shocked that that dude doesn't have a pH tester! Wild! Gotta inoculate! PeaceWhile this is clearly the most economical route, a lot of knowledge is required to build your own plant food, knowledge that maybe 1 out of 100 folks have on these forums.
That point aside, you posted a picture of your stock solutions in the past and if i recall correctly there were 5 bottles? IMO, that's a little bit of a PITA to work with every time you want to mix up a res, no?
And what about a soil/promix/coco formula? Would one be working with another handful of stock solutions? For me, there is something to be said about working with a minimal number of bottles as I tend to mix up my plant food in gallons jugs and water from there.
But in regards to your mixture, why all the potassium? I'm messing with potassium sulfate right now and the additional potassium added to a 9-3-6 formula has made zero difference in these harvested plants. Granted these are promix plants, yours may be hydroponic.
Nothing to learn from the pH? I dunno ..... Try making ur own medium. Ull want one then. Are the AN pH adjusted nuts costly? And what's the pH it runs at? What do you run?If I need iron, adjust accordingly etc.....