My latest Vert garden

PKHydro

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Any specific formula you like to stick to? Your plants always look on point :hump:
I'm in a lot of pain currently and high as fuck, so I don't know how much sense this is going to make...but I'll give it a shot.

I keep It pretty simple, a ratio of 3-2-1.

In veg it's:
3 parts grow
2 parts micro
1 part bloom

I start rooted clones at ~500ppm and work up to ~1000ppm by week 5

When I flip to flower I'll give them 1 week of equal parts at 1100ppm-1200ppm.

After week 1, it's back to 3-2-1 but it's switched to

3 parts bloom
2 parts micro
1 part grow

There are some times in flower I'll notice my plants are a little heavy with N, I'll usually cut the grow and go 4-2-0.5 or even cut it all together and go 4-2-0

Also when mixing food I always mix in micro first, the rest doesn't matter.

I'll try and break it down a bit

Veg
Week 1: ~500ppm
Week 2: ~600ppm
Week 3: ~700ppm
Week 4: ~850ppm
Week 5: ~1000ppm

Flower:
Week 1: *Equal parts food* @ ~1100ppm
Week 2: 1200ppm
Week 3: 1400ppm
Week 4: 1500ppm
Week 5-8: 1600ppm, and at this point, depending on how things are looking I may increase my food to 1700-1800 or even reduce it back down to 1500ppm

Weeks 9-10: I'll usually give the plants a 10 day flush, replacing the res every day with fresh clean water....depending on what's going on in life at the time, it may be more, it may be less.


Edit, I don't know what conversion rate my PPM pen uses but this is the one I have.
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ttystikk

Well-Known Member
I'm in a lot of pain currently and high as fuck, so I don't know how much sense this is going to make...but I'll give it a shot.

I keep It pretty simple, a ratio of 3-2-1.

In veg it's:
3 parts grow
2 parts micro
1 part bloom

I start rooted clones at ~500ppm and work up to ~1000ppm by week 5

When I flip to flower I'll give them 1 week of equal parts at 1100ppm-1200ppm.

After week 1, it's back to 3-2-1 but it's switched to

3 parts bloom
2 parts micro
1 part grow

There are some times in flower I'll notice my plants are a little heavy with N, I'll usually cut the grow and go 4-2-0.5 or even cut it all together and go 4-2-0

Also when mixing food I always mix in micro first, the rest doesn't matter.

I'll try and break it down a bit

Veg
Week 1: ~500ppm
Week 2: ~600ppm
Week 3: ~700ppm
Week 4: ~850ppm
Week 5: ~1000ppm

Flower:
Week 1: *Equal parts food* @ ~1100ppm
Week 2: 1200ppm
Week 3: 1400ppm
Week 4: 1500ppm
Week 5-8: 1600ppm, and at this point, depending on how things are looking I may increase my food to 1700-1800 or even reduce it back down to 1500ppm

Weeks 9-10: I'll usually give the plants a 10 day flush, replacing the res every day with fresh clean water....depending on what's going on in life at the time, it may be more, it may be less.


Edit, I don't know what conversion rate my PPM pen uses but this is the one I have.
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This is excellent, thank you.

Now, all we need to know are the ratios of nutrients in those three bottles and we'd be able to figure out what the actual applied ratios of nutrients are.
 

ttystikk

Well-Known Member
That TDS pen very likely converts to several different scales. It should be able to tell you which ppm scale you're using. The most common ones are EC x500 and EC x700, so it's likely to be one of those two.

I've been using EC for years specifically because of that confusion. When someone asks me to convert to ppm, I ask them which scale they need and it's easy to multiply.

For example, EC 2.0 is 1000ppm on the EC x500 scale, and 1400ppm on the EC x700 scale.
 

OneHitDone

Well-Known Member
Great info @PKHydro
What I find interesting is all the bashing lately on GH products but when you see a journal of someone really kicking ass they are old school and rocking GH with no or minimal supplements.
I have never used GH 3 part but it sure is enticing to try it :hump:
 
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