What are the Best Nutrients for Hydroponics?

BenFranklin said:
In the beginning of this thread, someone mentions not using GH's "grow"... To use a 0 - 10 - 15 feeding reg. this is great for mothers, and clones, maybe....

Otherwise, using a flowering formula during veggie growth on seedlings will promote males from everything I've read and have experienced.
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REALLY ? Ill tell you this much , you might as well consider never growing anything if you believe that . HERES the deal . THE ONLY reason , and the only reason , and im assuming we are talking about the LUCAS formula , for not using grow is this ........... because the GH Floramicro has ENOUGH nitrogen that you can use it with the BLOOM in both phases . The grow does NOT cause hermies , males , seeds , world hunger or my wife to stop bitching , nor will it improve obama care . THERE IS something else going way wrong if someone is STRESSING their plants to the point that they do screw up . All you are doing is saving 38 bucks , but not really if your doing veg and bloom at the same time .

Listen , use the grow , micro , and bloom if you like , at the lucas formula , or as suggested on the bottle . Either way , youll be fine . Your growing what is at the most BASIC level a WEED . If your killing by giving it QUALITY nutrients , something else is very wrong .

Heres a suggestion though . Add some bacteria . SOS , and a few others , i think ROCK maybe , make bacteria supplements for non organic nutes . The bacteria eat salts up , and are completely beneficial . And throw in a little ORGANIC humic acid supplement . I recommend the GH , because I dont think theres a hydroponic store that doesnt carry GH , but there are hydro stores that dont carry certain lines . The supplement is call BLACK DIAMOND . Its cheap and in hydro helps , also since Technafloras line of humic acid doest like PH below 6.0 , and certain plants do .

And on that post , the 0-10-15 thing , wheres the nitrogen ?
 
ViRedd said:
You don't need to buy all three solutions of GH. Eliminate the "Grow." You can use GH nutrients VERY successfuly by just using the Micro and the Bloom. Its a two to one ratio. For vegging 0-5-10. For flowering 0-8-16.

Vegging: Grow = 0 / Micro = 5ml per gallon / Bloom = 10ml per gallon.

Flowering: Grow = 0 / Micro = 8ml per gallon / Bloom = 16ml per gallon.

The above is called the "Lucas" formula. Developed by a very highly regarded cannabis guru named Lucas. (What else?) *lol*


I even color coded it for ya. *lol*


Also, Pure Blend Pro is simple to use and very good. You'll need to buy the grow, the bloom and a bottle of CalMag. Vegging is 15ml of Grow per gallon. Flowering is 15ml of Bloom per gallon and 5ml of CalMag per gallon.


Vi
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"Its a two to one ratio. For vegging 0-5-10. For flowering 0-8-16". What about N?
 
hayzy said:
i would figure eliminting the grow nutrient like in general hydroponics all together with 8 inch plants would keep them little by the time they were finished flowering
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All you are going to do is add a deficiency and have problems if you hold back on nutes. If you want a smaller plant use less light
 
I'm fairly new to growing but I started with GH nutrients then moved to Cyco. Cyco is a bit pricy but is simple and I have had excellent results with it. Don't know if its the best hydro nutrients but its the best I have used this past 2 years.
 
I think most of the nute lines are good if you follow the manufacturer's recommendations. House & Garden's line is very popular where I am. So is Heavy16, although I've read not so good reviews for hydro with it. You can't go wrong with the lucas formula if you know when you see a deficiency what it is and how to compensate for it. I'm in the Denver area. I like Dutch Master because it's been good to me and their full line doesn't include 40 products. That's why I quit Advanced Nutrients. I am also having very good luck with a newer microbial product called Mammoth P. Some of my main colas are bending over and getting creased stems (hasn't seemed to hurt them) from the bud weight. Not a bad problem to have...
 
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