Can you grow hydro with just 3 nutrients?

oakgrowth1

oakgrowth1

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Thinking about a simple hydro set-up and know nothing about hydro.
Question is - do you only need three nutrients throughout the grow?

So would it be possible to get a 5 gal bucket hydro set up and only Three different nutrients from begining to end?
 
UNICRONLIVES

UNICRONLIVES

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r u talkin nutrients as in for seeding then veg then flower or are you talking nutrients like just N P and K!!??
 
Rusty Crutch

Rusty Crutch

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Why would you only want to use three nutrients? I use a seed and clone mix and rhyzotonic on my clones. Cannazyme, Nitrozyme and a 2 part grow fertilizer for vegitation. For flowering I use a 2 part bloom fertilizer, an organic booster called "earth juice", fulvic acid, potash for late flowering and a blueberry flavored final flush. So thats 10 different substances. I'm sure you can grow and flower with only varied amounts of N-P-K but I doubt it would be anywhere as good as a plant thats been treated with specially targeted nutrients at the right times. Your plants need a broad spectrum of components like heavy metals, magnesium, calcium, etc. I'm sure that for the extra $50-$100 worth of chemicals you buy, your plant will thank you with $500-$1000 if not more worth of extra weed.
 
MEANGREEN69

MEANGREEN69

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^^^^i agree with RUSTY.. you can use GH's 3 part..BUT spending a lil cash is WELL WORTH IT, as long as you take the time to understand how the plant works, what it needs & when..good luck
 
motoracer110

motoracer110

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My last grow i only used 3 nutrients BC Boost, BC Grow, BC Bloom and here are my results...................Yes you can effectively grow using only 3 nutrients using hydro. The only difference i noticed was using more specialty flowering products i am getting more resin production, but the yield is looking the same.
 

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oakgrowth1

oakgrowth1

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the nearest hydro shop is a 2-3 hour drive away & I am only begining to formulate my next grow in my mind
I would love to use all possible nutrients - I'm just looking for a start point
Thank you for the input
 
gcvt420

gcvt420

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oakgrowth1 said:
Thinking about a simple hydro set-up and know nothing about hydro.
Question is - do you only need three nutrients throughout the grow?

So would it be possible to get a 5 gal bucket hydro set up and only Three different nutrients from begining to end?
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The simple answer to your question is yes. However, you will get a much better yield by tailoring the nutrients to your style of grow, lighting, etc. It's a tricky game and it involves some trial & error, but that's why this forum is so useful.
 
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llewop211

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Look up info on the lucas formula. It uses only 2 nutrients through out the whole grow cycle. They are super cheap to, General Hydroponics Flora Series, Micro and Bloom. I know someone is gonna flame me for this but the facts are there, these two nutes will give your plant everything it needs. I personally add a little cal mag though many running this nute schedule do not. To each his own, but I personally think that it's genes, lights and environmental factors that determine yield and quality.
 
Someguy15

Someguy15

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Had awesome results my first grow using Ionic series... Grow, Bloom, Boost... and Ph control of course
 
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