The exact same as you, I just have big bud in with mine as well
If that's the case, you don't need the extra stuff. Just the base nutrients is all a plant requires. Almost all of the "Overdrive" or "Super Frosty Huge Bud" additions provide no benefit beyond what base nutrients are already providing.
Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it
Sonic Bloom is just monopotassium phosphate with some B vitamins. Sold for $45 a pound. Way to expensive. You can buy 20 pounds of 0-52-34 MKP for under $40 and have the same thing.
Hi, I use pk1314 and overdrive in flower. Would be great to replace the expensive overdrive with MKP! How much do you add per gallon mate? I use Dutch hydro A&B base nutrients 5-2-6 base in flower and I’m using a 75ltr res Wilma/origin system. just ordered cal mag in powder form to try out aswel. Cheers -NugZ
Overdrive and MKP are two totally different things so one can't replace the other. I've used 2 bottles of OD and tried side-by-side growing with it and saw no difference. After mid-flower some K, Mg and S are what finishes them off best for me. Epsom Salts takes care of the Mg and S and I have potassium chloride, 0-0-62, for a bit of that.
Just stop using overdrive and see if you can tell the difference before adding anything else.
I wouldn't, too much sodium. Less than soy sauce, but there are much better amino acid products out there for plants. Powdered form is the most economical-check out Down to Earth Agmino, or, Corn Steep Liquor. 100% of the N in CSL is from amino acids and it's very nearly a complete fertilizer on it's own. It really shines in as a supplement to mineral salt fertilizers in flower-nothing feeds soil organisms like CSL.
Ok thanks for the advice. Yeah I was using the pk13/14 at 0.33 per ltr from week 3 flower up to 1.5 week 5 then back down. Will try without overdrive this run then. Cheers -NugZOverdrive and MKP are two totally different things so one can't replace the other. I've used 2 bottles of OD and tried side-by-side growing with it and saw no difference. After mid-flower some K, Mg and S are what finishes them off best for me. Epsom Salts takes care of the Mg and S and I have potassium chloride, 0-0-62, for a bit of that.
Too much P is what causes most of the 'chem' taste in overfed plants and very little should be used after the stretch period when the plants feed at their highest levels so don't wait until week 3 of flower to add boosters. Start those a week before the flip and back off after mid-flower to pre-flower levels of feeding. The only growth is the buds and they don't demand high ppms to fatten up.
Ok thanks Corey, will do that that next run using only base nutes. I think the grow shops saw me coming years ago lol I used to buy the whole advanced nutrients hobbiest grow bundles That shit gets expensive. The placebos are strong in the grow shops especially on bud hardeners. -NugZ
That's a great question, I might ask a guy at Impello that I stayed in touch with-about the enzymes. CSL is loaded with lactic acid and a ton of secondary metabolites from the fermentation process, but I'm not certain if enzymes would survive the drying process, I'll look into the procedure they use.
From reading some of the other organic threads, it was suggested to use using commercially available malted barley instead of making sprouted teas. Malted barley is already sprouted and then dried - sold for making beer. Advertisers claim it to be particularly high in enzymes, essential to the fermentation/brewing process. 2 row and 6 row malted barley specifically were mentioned for using as a top dressing (higher in enzymes?) every 2 weeks.
Malted barley is great! I have a fat bag of 6 row barley I keep around for this purpose-don't buy it pre-ground, get it whole and use a coffee grinder for just the amount you are going to use right away. Just don't overdo it, you can overnute a plant fairly easily with it. Also, if you top-dress with it, it can sort of plaster the surface of your media so that water has a hard time penetrating, so I just add it to my nutrient solution. Once every 2 weeks is enough, I use 2 tablespoons per 3 gallons of nutrient solution.
