Yes I hear ya they are heavy feeders all the way. All my bud development is leaning on sativa side for sure.
Randomseed what is your setup fill me in?
4 rooms - perpetual cycling, Organic dirt recycling program
1) Mothers - (2X) 4xT5HO 4ft (Secret Jardin DarkRoom Twin bottom level) - 7 moms max out at 12ish
2) Younglings + Clones (1x) 4xT5HO 4ft (Secret Jardin Twin Top Level) - max load 16 kids (< 1 month) + 32+ clones
3) Main Veg - 8x8 generic tent - 600w MH - Max Load 16 (1 - 2+ months)
4) Main Flower 2x 1000w HPS + 2x Magnum XXXL hoods + 6in on the hoods + 16,000BTU duel hose AC unit + custom built tray risers w/2x 3X3 trays+ Cap Extreme Controller (waiting on my growtronix digital system to come in to replace) - no c02 currently - Custom built sealed room w/80amp panel - max load 32-36
Watering (in flower) about every 3 days on cycle of water/chemicals/organics repeat.
Cloning with water + root riot plugs ONLY.
Veg is pure organic, chems are introduced in flower. Limited currently to Botanicare Pro Bloom + Snow Storm Ultra.
Also using all guanos, tons of organic brik-a-brak, Humbolt Honey (ES), Hygrozyme, and other random stuff as I feel it.
See my sig thread for my organic soil work but its a little dated. Been using the same dirt for around 2 years now.
Currently its a super easy system to maintain and once the digital controller gets here I plan on automating almost the entire thing including dumb stuff like draining the AC runoff catch into a larger catch for weekly maintence.
Current Gear:
(local only) Lemon G (the real deal)
(local only) Dumpster (also the real deal)
(TGA) Querkle
(KC Brains) God Bud
(?) Mawi Wowie x Grand Daddy Purp (Find of the freaking year - bagseed from a cali bud)
(TGA) Jilly Bean (just popped the seeds a few weeks ago)
(Reserva Privada) Sour Kush (just retired this waste of time)
Ice Kream