new to autos question regarding feeding

Shadytrees88

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i no there is really no definate answer to how much and how offen but ive read alot and talked to alot and still a tid big confused bout feeding these jokers .

i do plan on starting at 1/4 strength at week 2

but my confusion starts at some people say start veg nutes im using GH foraduo it calls for A and B along with some supps at certain weeks , some people r saying only use A and some rapid start keeping ppm around 300 ish starting out ..

so should i use only A and B and Rapid Start at quarter stenght of the Seedling stage which is 2.5 a 1 ml b
or use the 5 A and 2.5 b and go quarter of that i guess regardless if u keep the ppm of 300 shouldnt it not matter..im using tap water at 117ppm to 110ppm..

using soil FFOF and happy frog with added perlite .. mainly just plan on using A and B , rapid start , Floralicious + and molasses , then flower ill be trying the canna boost and pk13/14 dnt no if it will work but got some for free guess ill try it .... am i on the right track as far as feeding my plans was to stick to the A and B and rapid first quarter stenght incresing then week 3 or 4 adding F + and molasses and so on ..
 

Resinhound

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At 2 nodes .4ec, raise it .3 ec a week this should put you around 1ec as you move into flower.Raise it .2 a week until you start to see slight tip burn and hold a little less.You shouldnt have to exceed 1.4 ec in most cases with autos. Something like this is how mine usually play out. However,I dont add alot of bullshit additives that raise my ec for little benefit.Just a good NPK ratio,with complete micros is all you need.I grow in inert media so these figures are based on knowing what my plant is getting 100%.When you grow in ammended soil and add nutes you are asking for trouble.In ffof you probably wont have to add anything until transition to flower.Nutrients are of the least importance,watering practices and environment are key.
 
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Shadytrees88

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ok so i got a chart that shows ec to ppm is this pretty close you think ... my meter does ppm....
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so would u just run A and B base and thats all .. like i said i got alot of supps but only wanna use floralicious + later stages but A and B and rapid to Start with when the nutes need to be put into play imma keeo it simplr for sure till i get these lil beauties dialed in,
 

Shadytrees88

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another thing with my water being 112 to 117 ppm would i subtract that from my total ppm after adding nutes im asuming so
 

Shadytrees88

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just checked ppm of water and its 106 ... so lets say it just 100 and im wanting 300 ppm ...
would i make it a total ppm of 400 or a total of 300 but just 200 of nutes and 100 of tap ... havent got a water test from my water company but have seen some older tests over 3 year period and they stayed pretty well even across the board with iron cal mag and so on cant remember the percentages ...
 

Resinhound

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I always include my water ec in my total and I normally will use the 500 scale for reference and not the 700scale.This is why I hate using ppm as a reference,ppm depends on the meter..ec is a constant.But ya that table will work.
 

Shadytrees88

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500 scale meaning .5 is 500 1 is 1000 and so on i assume .... yea my hydro guy kinda didnt listen to me when i placed mt order i wanted a ppm ec tds didnt care what it cost just cause i no alot of yall on here use ec and im like what the fuck im using ppm so i would have to convert and blah so yea ec will soon come seems to be a rather constant and simple measurment then ppm ....
 

Shadytrees88

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i think im on the right track as far as gettin a good quality yielding start on these autos just like to hear from expericence rather then reading these online pages that r broad , dnt expect all the secrets to be givin up but i def thank you for any info and all info you and anyone else gives forsure ,

so as for the FFOF soil , my plan was now call me crazy but FFOF is hot we all agree , so my plan was 3 gallon square containers tall ones , i was gonna use light warrior happy frog and OF , now my plan was to mix my frog and OF place in the container then put light warrior on top so they dnt hit the hot stuff for a week mayb, but also was told to put OF , then frog , then light warrior on top, , but then part of me says why change whats been working with a complete mix ,
 

Resinhound

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When I was growing autos in soil,I would dig out a cup or 2 of mixed soil and fill that with lightwarrior or some light seedling mix and plant into that...but there is a million ways to skin a cat.
 

Resinhound

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My personal opinion is,rather than use a sketchy ammended soil like ffof where QC is anyones guess id rather use an inert media so I know what my plant is getting.But I know everyones situation is different etc.Also I dont get gnats and all the other bullshit that comes with organic media.
 

Shadytrees88

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def thats forsure lol .... i seen a guy had succes cutting the bottom of a solo out putin that into the middle of the container and puting the seed in the middle of the solo so that when the tap root went down and u only watered inside that solo so the water would channel straight to the bottom then after the second set of leaves i believe water the whole container , all sorts of methods
 
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