Just got my GH flora bloom and flora micro hardwater and fed my young plants in hempy buckets with a light Lucas Formula.

I've brewed some great organic teas in the past, but I'm looking for a cleaner, easier solution indoors, especially something my girlfriend or a babysitter can handle.

Also, I'm gonna experiment with both cloning and bubble buckets for the first time. Tomatoes and basil will be the first cuttings.

I'd like some words of experience on this one too. If I could mix up a big batch for use over a 1-2 week period that'd meet my goal of babysitter friendly.

After two to three weeks, starting with 1/4 strength is usually what I do.

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Don't over think it.. The whole lucas formula is just basicly turning a three part nute into a twp part---easy!!!---

I have been using the lucas formula for my first grow and it works great but if you only add 8 ml of micro and 16 ml of bloom you will only get a ppm of about 600. I've found that just keeping a 2 to 1 ratio of bloom to micro is the only thing you need to know. I have been increasing the ppm about a hundred a week and I have had no nute burn currently at 1000 ppm. My plants are about 9". I plan to top off at about 1400. My point is, I think the formula could be simplified by saying; keep a 2:1 ratio of bloom to micro. Measurements depends on your desired ppm. Correct me if I'm wrong, I am a new grower.

yea Ive always had trouble getting the 1300 hundred from the 8-16 ratio so I started with the 10-20 and I get there pretty quickly

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When looking at PPM from this recipe you MUST consider the conversion of your meter. 8micro/16bloom with RO (optional unless you have bad tap water) should give you about 900-1000PPM on meters with a .5 conversion. On meters with a .7 conversion the same mix is closer to 1300. Don't overfeed or you will force the need to flush and possibly burn.

As for mixing it up ahead of time ...Yes. Just put a small airstone in the bucket to keep the solution aerated if it is kept for more than a couple days.

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Most American sold Conductivity meters are set up for a convesrion based upon a NaCl (sodium Chloride) calibration. i.e. If you put 0.5 grams of non-iodized table salt in a one liter measuring device and add distilled or RODI water untill] you reach the 1 liter mark and mix until all salt is dissolved you will get a reading of 1000 uS/cm or 1.00 mS/cm or 500 ppm or 500 mg/L for a reading. Essentailly they all mean the same thing. At least you should get one of the above readings if your meter is calibrated to your probe.

ok,i put technaflora in the calculator...the bloom is not much diff from the grow...just a lil more P and K
there flower solution came out to:N-183 P-79 K-341 Mg-39...that dont sound very good

if i do 8 boost and 16 bloom its:N-122 P-85 K-322 Mg-41.....but the ppms come to 850,thats a lil better but alot of K

i also noticed that magical is the same thing as the boost but with less N and no K...
so with an 8 magical and 16 bloom its:N-94 P-79 K-265 Mg-69
would it be ok to try this....im kinda skeptical since i have found nothing about technaflora and the lucas formula
does it matter if the ppm dont get to 1300 when using the lucas formula with diff nutes?????????

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the "Lucas Formula" is specific to GH nutes. You can substitute in the AN 3-part and it is the same but techna is not part of the program.

I love the fact that you are using the calculator to find a good mix of the nutes that you have available. That is what it is for. way to grow!

As far as the PPM question goes you have to keep in mind that the PPM will vary from meter to meter depending on the conversion that the manufacturer uses or how it is configured.

It has gotten to the point that i hardly use my meter at all anymore. I trust the nutes will come out to the same ppm and ph every time.

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ok,could i use the formula mentioned above(the last one) since its close to the 100/100/200/60
im not sure what my meter measures to(.5;;;.7).....it doesnt say...the solution i use to calibrate says NaCl...whatever that is

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NACL is .5. Your nute solution should be around 1000PPM.

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