Need a feeding schedule for DWC

Boris Sputnik

Boris Sputnik

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Hi there !

First time grower in a DWC here . I bought the three part flora series from general hydroponics ,plus I have Gen. Hyd . Rapid Start ,ArmorSi ,CaliMagic ,and some Botanicare Hydroguard . I planning to grow White Russian or White Widow . All in a 4x4 tent and a 600 watts HPS . Where can I find a schedule telling me what to feed for every week .
Someone have a link for me please ?

Thanks !

Boris
 
HydroRed

HydroRed

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Lot of factors depending on what DWC system you run and what medium you use. Heres a basic chart, but I wouldn't feed at the strength they recommend. I'd run half strength to begin and bump up if/when needed.

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rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Boris Sputnik said:
Hi there !

First time grower in a DWC here . I bought the three part flora series from general hydroponics ,plus I have Gen. Hyd . Rapid Start ,ArmorSi ,CaliMagic ,and some Botanicare Hydroguard . I planning to grow White Russian or White Widow . All in a 4x4 tent and a 600 watts HPS . Where can I find a schedule telling me what to feed for every week .
Someone have a link for me please ?

Thanks !

Boris
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get an EC meter and you can learn how to "read" your EC level to see if its' too high,, too low or just right
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Boris Sputnik said:
I have that meter , I don't know how long to feed at what ppm and when in blooming when do I put more ppm...
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i'll get you started. let's say you start with small seedlings. you'd want EC about 0.2 to 0.4. let's say 0.3 as an example.

day 2 the EC is at 0.25 so they are hungry and 0.3 was too weak. go up a bit
day 2 the EC is at 0.35 so they aren't that hungry and it was too strong. go down a bit
day 2 the EC is 0.3 so that is perfect

you can pretty much do that for your entire grow. take good notes and come up with your own chart for how plants behave since your grow is your grow and will be different than anothers.

make sense?
 
Steve Man

Steve Man

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Dont worry about the chart, all you gotta do is give them about 1/2 of what the feed schedule tells you. Measure the ppm and step it up between 50-100 ppm each res change. All the lists do is give you an idea of where you should be at.
 
HydroRed

HydroRed

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Boris Sputnik said:
I have that meter , I don't know how long to feed at what ppm and when in blooming when do I put more ppm...
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Boris Sputnik said:
Is there a list of what ppm every week !
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If you are asking about when to change the ppm from stage to stage in the plants lifecycle(seedling-veg-flower) then I would utilize this as a very basic guideline. As mentioned, every grow will be different and you will need to assess what actions you can take that will either hinder or better your grow depending on what your plants are telling you *example: if your leaf tips are turning yellow or brown-your nute mix is too strong and you may want to dial it back a tad. Hope this helps
 
RolllingStone

RolllingStone

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rkymtnman said:
i'll get you started. let's say you start with small seedlings. you'd want EC about 0.2 to 0.4. let's say 0.3 as an example.

day 2 the EC is at 0.25 so they are hungry and 0.3 was too weak. go up a bit
day 2 the EC is at 0.35 so they aren't that hungry and it was too strong. go down a bit
day 2 the EC is 0.3 so that is perfect

you can pretty much do that for your entire grow. take good notes and come up with your own chart for how plants behave since your grow is your grow and will be different than anothers.

make sense?
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How you know they like it or not ?
 
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HydroRed

HydroRed

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Dro3420 said:
Need the same help plz. Running dwc 5 gallon in hydroton
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You can follow the same charts that are listed above.
Heres another "basic" feed chart to help you get going. Safe bet is to use around 1/2 of the suggested feed amounts and move up from there on whatever feed chart you follow.

**All ml listed are per Gallon of water.
GH-Flora-simple-recirculating.png
 
Dro3420

Dro3420

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HydroRed said:
You can follow the same charts that are listed above.
Heres another "basic" feed chart to help you get going. Safe bet is to use around 1/2 of the suggested feed amounts and move up from there on whatever feed chart you follow.

**All ml listed are per Gallon of water.
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That says for simple recirculating. what about dwc set up???
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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sure. let's say day 1 your EC is 1.0 if at day 2 it's 0.8, your EC is too low, increase. if at day 2 it's 1.2, too strong, decrease.

i prefer to see my EC dropping just slightly each day so you know they are eating. and of course water level should be dropping too.
make sense?
 
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