An Advanced Nutrients Chat

Originally Posted by foreverflyhi

yo yo whats up scooby,seems like im starting to become a dedicated follower of yours haha,
my first question is, what do u mean by ur a "mostly" organic grower?

im also a organic soil grower, and personally, ill never ever go back to hydro, dont get me wrong, i know theres master hydro growers out there( I BY NO MEANS WAS ONE), but thru out my 13 years smokin, hydro herb CANT even be compared to organic soil herb.

anywayz on to the subject,
i use mostly general organics, and mix them into my AACT teas, kelp, mollasses, cal mag, catalyst, microblast(earth juice) and my secret ingredient(california humus, shhh dont tell no one!) and of course worm casting, soo far ive been havin great results, my only real problem is when i run scrog, its harder for me to keep track of my runoff PH. do u use soil ph testers? i know the cheap ones dont work, i invested in a blue lab combo and got a soil probe with it, soo far its ok, but not on point for sure, an examplewould be my true oakland og is readin 6.3 but my runoff was at 6.7, i wonder if there really is a legit accurate soil ph tester out there?
I use happy frog, and for the most part it tends to lower in ph(peatmoss), sometimes randomly, so i geuss my quesiton is, how do u keep track of your ph with your organic methods? do u add dolmite lime to ur soil mix? or do u raise ur ph or lower for every feeding/watering?

also have u tried or heard of vital earth?
im currently trying thIer OG mix and its good, im thinking of dumping out general organic and swithing to vital earth nutrient line.]
i talked to one of the owners and i love how they talk about being sustainable and organic! theyre all about fair wages and sustainablity which too me is a HUGE PLUS!

hey forever. glad to see you over here.

for soil i run sunshine #4 with worm castings. i also brew an alaska humisoil tea but i use house and garden 2 part soil nute. so i'm partially organic. i could switch to canna but organic nutes in a bottle seems like an oxymoron to me and i know h&g so i've just stuck with them. i've also run their coco lineup in b-cuzz coco with great results. i just like a soiless medium better.

i have a bluelab soil pH meter and it works great. i never bought into testing pH runoff. not sure why. i did some reading on the subject and it seemed that testing the runoff was not entirely accurate for a number of reasons. i really don't have many pH issues ever since i started using teas. they seem to keep the pH fluctuations to a minimum. i used to use lime but since i sitched to humisoil tea my pH has stabilized. i follow a feed, tea, feed, tea schedule. if you are chasing pH though then dolmite lime will definitely help. just remember to dial back or remove your cal/mag as lime contains both.

I use bud igniter, big bud, overdrive, and bud candy. I also have some leftover liquid carboload which i use for the first 2 weeks of 12/12 and then i use bud candy. I think after this run im sticking with mainly big bud and over drive. Ive tried bud blood and didnt see any difference with plants i used without it. I used bud igniter and started seeing burns using half strength.

dude how did you use bud blood and not notice a difference??? how did you use it? with bud ignitor may have burnt ya use one or the other is better.. i dont use all AN but i do like bud blood, and their beneficials voodoo, tarantula, piranhna. gonna be doing side by side runs soon

I use bud igniter, ph perfect conni, big bud and overdrive on personal stuff.
I use just the sensi A+B on big grows.

what do you use for innoculating your medium what medium do you use? looks like you have a pretty good program as it is just wondering

i use connoisseur 2 part, big bud, overdrive, bud candy, nirvana, sensizym, rhino skin, and bud factor x. nirvana is only from the 3rd week on, big bud is for the first 4 weeks and overdrove for the last 4

I really love the bud blood product i use once at 12 12. My plants seem to flower faster harder and just shine more. Is the a bud blood knock off product out there, because holy the price on that. I order from canada just to get the free samples from some ebay seller. kinda getting paranoid i guess cause i aint order shit anymore. Id rather go to my local h.s., but then again some things like fans are a must online buy.

this run i went pretty big for AN. i did conni 2 part, bud ignitor, big bud, b52, sensisyme, bud candy, overdrive, budfactorX, rhynoskin, mother earth tea, voodoo juice.

whats up with the nirvanna? whats in that stuff?

also i was getting a little deficiency about half way through.. i think it was too much nitrogen.. was thinking this was caused by using b52 half strength with the conni? i dropped it down to 2ml per gallon and everything seemed to go back to normal. i cant seem to get my plants to want anywhere near full strength with the big bud, im doing about 3ml per gallon and thats about all they want.

anyone had these issues?