Foofi the Cat
Member
Hi there.
Like many, I have been hoping to grow myself some weed one day and have finally got around to doing it.
To facilitate this I purchased a pre-prepared rig from a local hydroponics provider as I figured it would be the best to get quickly set up and learn how it all works.
With the rig, they gave me a set of ISN nutrients so I figured I might as well just go with it and use them.
So far, results are better than expected, they're just growing, 1 month old, but growing very, very fast. The main stems have just been topped for the second time and I have lost count of how many branches have risen to the occasion and been topped for their efforts. Probably won't be that long until I go to flower.
Now my problem. I am growing Bruce Banner (Grown from feminized seed, sourced from the mediseed man.) and research has led me to believe that the Bruce Banner has a slightly longer flowering cycle than other plants.
Most plants seem to have a flowering cycle of 7-9 weeks where as the Banner has a flowering cycle of 10-12 weeks.
The ISN feed roster for the bloom period is only 9 weeks long and is kind of complex with varying formulas across the bloom cycle.)
(ISN Feed Schedule.)
What I am wondering is what is the best way to extend the bloom cycle by a couple of weeks?
Should I add an extra week or two of the Week 4-5 formula? (That's what I am currently leaning toward.)
Or is there a good reason not to do that? Should I consider adding just one week of the Week 4-5 formula and one week of the Week 6 formula?
I am a lab tech with many years of experience and I dislike not being certain.
I have emailed ISN and asked them but they don't seem to want to get back to me.
Like many, I have been hoping to grow myself some weed one day and have finally got around to doing it.
To facilitate this I purchased a pre-prepared rig from a local hydroponics provider as I figured it would be the best to get quickly set up and learn how it all works.
With the rig, they gave me a set of ISN nutrients so I figured I might as well just go with it and use them.
So far, results are better than expected, they're just growing, 1 month old, but growing very, very fast. The main stems have just been topped for the second time and I have lost count of how many branches have risen to the occasion and been topped for their efforts. Probably won't be that long until I go to flower.
Now my problem. I am growing Bruce Banner (Grown from feminized seed, sourced from the mediseed man.) and research has led me to believe that the Bruce Banner has a slightly longer flowering cycle than other plants.
Most plants seem to have a flowering cycle of 7-9 weeks where as the Banner has a flowering cycle of 10-12 weeks.
The ISN feed roster for the bloom period is only 9 weeks long and is kind of complex with varying formulas across the bloom cycle.)
(ISN Feed Schedule.)
What I am wondering is what is the best way to extend the bloom cycle by a couple of weeks?
Should I add an extra week or two of the Week 4-5 formula? (That's what I am currently leaning toward.)
Or is there a good reason not to do that? Should I consider adding just one week of the Week 4-5 formula and one week of the Week 6 formula?
I am a lab tech with many years of experience and I dislike not being certain.
I have emailed ISN and asked them but they don't seem to want to get back to me.
