homebrewer
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You should shoot for a pH of 6-7 in the dirt. Protekt in the dirt acts as a nice pH balancer and I usually use equal parts of protekt and bloom/grow when mixing up my gallons.
Dyna-Gro vs General Hydroponics (Dumpster Grow)
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Thanks, I just bought the Dyna-gro nute line, gonna give it a run.
Im using RO water, would I need any Cal-mag plus, or does Dyna have enough micro's? Im really wanting to get rid of Cal-mag, I dont like it, but it was a must with that weak ass Fox farm gig.
Also what benes and carbs you liking nowadays with Dyna? Im looking for an easy "sure thing" schedule I can rely on.
Thanks,
homebrewer
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For hydro, I'd use MagPro if you were using RO water, but in dirt it's not necessary. The Grow/bloom combo plus Protekt will do an excellent job.
Don't worry about either of those two items. On your first run with DG, just concentrate on keeping your plants healthy. What kind of soil are you using? I use Sunshine mix #4 and have premixed my bloom and grow nutes (1 part grow and 3 parts bloom) in a bottle to make feeding days easier. Since I now use RO water, I feed with about 5mls of protekt and 4mls of grow/bloom per gallon during flower. That's all you need. In veg, it's more like 3 mls of protekt and 1.5mls of Grow.
Im runnin Sunshine #4 also, wow that is some light feeding, would be great to have that little money in nutes with great results!!! What EC is 3ml protekt 1.5 ml. grow? I'll have to try it!!
How bout a little Mag-pro in flower, I thought it was a booster?
homebrewer
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That's about .7-.8 EC for flower and .3 EC for veg.
Go for it if you want but you'll only need about 1/2 mls of it per gallon and make sure your EC stays the same. It's too much work IMO to add it to my dirt plants, so I don't.
With such low EC's do you feed every watering then? Wow I thought the 1.2 EC I like, was low, thanks for the heads up.
I was looking at this chart,
http://www.4hydroponics.com/manuals/dynagro.pdf
homebrewer
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Well that chart is for hydro. In dirt, I usually feed, feed, water, but that depends on how my plants look. You'll really have to tailor it to your stains and environment.
homebrewer
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Nope, I just fed at about 500ppm which included my tap water (442 scale).
homebrewer
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It's not 'needed' like base nutes are 'needed', but it certainly helps.
Yes, my comparison w/o has been for the last 10 years
brownbearclan
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Just read your whole thread (again) and just wanted to say great job man. I've been planning on using Dyna-Gro when I make the switch to hydro next month (come on tax return!) and this definitely confirms my faith in a product I've never actually used yet.
Had a couple random questions for ya, in your hydro setup are those 4" or 6" rockwool cubes? Also did you put some sort of goo around the bottom of the stems or did they just grow like that? Thanks a bunch man, epic thread! =)
Had a couple random questions for ya, in your hydro setup are those 4" or 6" rockwool cubes? Also did you put some sort of goo around the bottom of the stems or did they just grow like that? Thanks a bunch man, epic thread! =)
homebrewer
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Those are 6" cubes and the stems just grew that way. If you need more convincing about DG nutes, check out my newest journal: Testing Beneficial Bacteria in Ebb and Flow (AK47 with Great White) where i'm also using DG nutes.
DaGrapeApe
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So, about mites. one Trainwreck I had vegging forever with no pro-tekt, everything else I've been using pro-tekt on for a little over a month. The TW had spider mites on it, quite a lot. Nothing else in my grow has, yet. Watching like a hawk to make sure I eliminated them all.
homebrewer
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I have mites and probably always will. Protekt for me is something that makes it harder for the mites to get established. Don't get me wrong, I still do find some mites here and there on plants that are getting Protekt, but the mites will take hold of plants that aren't getting Protekt before I find them on plants that do get it. It's also been a lot easier to control the mites (ie, I bomb and spray less frequently) now that nearly all my plants are now getting this product.
medicine21
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Gotten rid of mites with Azamax on two separate occasions when they came with clones. Dillute with water in tall bucket and dipped each plant inside. You can also spray, just make sure to get under the leafs well. Do it every 3 days three times (to kill em once they hatch from eggs) and I will personally come down and stomp any mite if by fluke they are still kicking around in your garden.
Expensive product but guaranteed no more mites during grow and EVER for you if you don't keep bringing them in.
...and fantastic thread BTW. +rep
Expensive product but guaranteed no more mites during grow and EVER for you if you don't keep bringing them in.
...and fantastic thread BTW. +rep
bassman999
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I HATE mites!!!
Hi I'm about to start 1st grow and after reading this, decided on DG nutes. Does DG work well in soil also? My current plan was promix bx with perlite and maybe worm castings and DG nutes. Is this sufficient?? What else should I amend to soil? This will be indoor closet grow under 400w cmh and just tap water.
Sorry not trying to hijack thread! Just curious about DG in soil and what should be ammended! Thanks
Sorry not trying to hijack thread! Just curious about DG in soil and what should be ammended! Thanks
homebrewer
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A few pages back, I went over 'DG in the dirt'. Check out the comparison.
As far as amending the soil with anything, I would avoid it. The whole point in using DG is that it supplies your plants with all 16 essential elements. No need to add any extra nutrients. I do add 40% vermiculite to my sunshine mix#8.