I've been experimenting with 'no bloom' in flower in hydro for a few months now and am just finishing up a run with foliage pro. It worked well but I need another run with FP.Have you tried comparing a Bloom run to a flowering run using just the Foliage Pro? Ive heard good things.
Care to share your thoughts thusfar?I've been experimenting with 'no bloom' in flower in hydro for a few months now and am just finishing up a run with foliage pro. It worked well but I need another run with FP.
I need to do more testing.Care to share your thoughts thusfar?
I'm not too keen on clicking links on these sites so if you'd like to cut-and-paste that article, I'd definitely give it a read.Hi HB, I have been reading many of your posts for a while and learning a lot. Thank you.
I know you like your plants well feed and green until the end. But I have been reading how nitrogen affects to production of THC, it has been demonstrated that when you find more nitrogen in the big leaves you get less THC content.
http://www.internationalhempassociation.org/jiha/jiha4207.html
wouldn't it be preferable to let the leaves yellow at the mid-end of flowering?
I'm not too keen on clicking links on these sites so if you'd like to cut-and-paste that article, I'd definitely give it a read.
I can post the link to the pictures I have uploaded to Imageshack. I don't think Imageshack will harm your computer.Is there a way to make it bigger?
Thanks, that's much easier to read!I can post the link to the pictures I have uploaded to Imageshack. I don't think Imageshack will harm your computer.
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The thing is, I've seen how many say that if you see your plants yellow at mid flowering, you should not do anything about it, as they are getting the N from their own leaves.... and therefore you would have more THC content in your buds.Thanks, that's much easier to read!
I advocate keeping plants green and healthy until harvest and this study doesn't say that approach is wrong, it's saying that overloading an element can have an affect on the final product. I agree with that. Hands down, without a doubt, N is the most important element when growing cannabis. But as this study shows, balance is key.
It sounds like you've got some testing to do .The thing is, I've seen how many say that if you see your plants yellow at mid flowering, you should not do anything about it, as they are getting the N from their own leaves.... and therefore you would have more THC content in your buds.
DG's 7-9-5 Grow formula is essentially a balanced formula that can be used from start to finish and while it does supply more phosphorus than I think is really needed, it's not going to hurt you like the high P, low N combo of DG's Bloom formula.HB, perhaps you could help me understand.
Lately I have been studying the absorption of nutrients during growth and flowering, and there is something I don't get. The Dyna-gro grow has an NPK ratio of 7-9-5.
I don't understand why there is such a high content of phosphorus. Is it because, as I have read, it is a very soluble nutrient and is flushed away easily?
On the other hand if you are using, as they recommend, their Prottek additive, you are adding potassium to the formula. Ending up with almost as much potassium as nitrogen.
I have seen your grows and the results are obvious... it's just that I don't understand.
That chart from aptus is less about the science of mineral uptake and more about them trying to sell you a different bottle of snake oil during each week of the flowering period. Aptus is just the latest company to market unneeded, over-priced products to growers who don't know any better.
this image by APTUS HOLLAND has been very helpful to me
Well... before reading this I bought some guano for my outdoor (4,4-25,6-3,2) for early mid flowering, and had already some Flavor (atami) (0-0-8) that I'll use from mid to late flowering.
That chart from aptus is less about the science of mineral uptake and more about them trying to sell you a different bottle of snake oil during each week of the flowering period. Aptus is just the latest company to market unneeded, over-priced products to growers who don't know any better.
Potassium is an important element though I'm not sure that I get why it's emphasized in these cannabis-specific formulas given the plants that actually need a decent shot of K. In hydro though, I'd be interested in trying that (0-0-8 ) formula you mention just to see if a measured boost of K has any positive affect.On the other hand, after calculating the General Hydroponics rates, it seems that in growth they give 35-17.5-45 in drain to waste and 70-30-90 in recirculating systems. (these ratios are similar to the used by technaflora)
These major contents in Potassium in growth are the opposite to the Dyna-gro rates mentioned before. At the beginning I thought nitrogen was the most important element in growth.