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could you reccomend a basic/simple grow/bloom for a first timer growing autos
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Dyna Gro and Bloom works very well, and it cheap. I've tried all the exspensive lines of nutes and now I use Dyna

Also you could just use Dyna Foliage Pro all the way through. That's just one bottle! Has everything a plant needs!

Promix as your medium and general hydroponics for nutes you'll need flora grow flora micro and flora bloom. This Is the results I've seen from these products

fil7 said:

could you reccomend a basic/simple grow/bloom for a first timer growing autos
cheers

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You don't need anything fancy/expensive. I recommend staying away from cannabis-specific products. I think you pay more for the allusion that you're doing something finely tuned to cannabis. But, in the end (with synthetic nutrients at least, organic may be different) the minerals/elements are the same N, P and K.

If you don't need it immediately:

1. A lot of experienced growers use JR Peters Jack's Classic. All Purpose for veg, Bloom Booster for flower. You'd mix them together in flower to have higher P and K. I personally wouldn't use BB by itself in bloom, except maybe at the end, once as a true "booster." Other Jack's users could guide you. Some people use different Jack's products too. The Citrus Feed might be good in veg with it's higher N and K.

2. I use Grow More Sea Grow. All Purpose and Flower & Bloom. I mix them in flower. It's a blend of synthetic and organic ingredients. (The benefits of synthetic is that it's immediate acting. Organic feeds the soil microbes, is slower acting.).

If you need something immediately, you can get Miracle Gro at the local Walmart or hardware store. All Purpose would be good in veg. It's NPK ratio is 3:1:2. They have a Bloom Booster product which is 1:2:1 which could be good in mid to late flower (I'd mix them in early flower).

MG isn't liked by cannabis growers simply because you can do better for the money. But, there are people who started with it and stick with it because it works. (There's also a vocal group who oppose it because it's seen as part of the "Monsanto big-agro" takeover of our food supply. More of a political/religious viewpoint, like my dislike of cannabis-specific products. Not that these products won't work well.).

If I were you, I'd resist the cannabis-specific boutique "lineups." Cannabis isn't that difficult to grow. Plenty of people can guide you with Jack's. I can guide you with Sea Grow (or MG if you go that way).

Whatever you use, be sure to amend 1-2 Tbsp fine-textured dolomite lime per gallon of soil. I think that's the big thing new growers overlook. Most soil fertilizers expect minerals to come from the soil. People will instead buy a calmag product which contains nitrogen, changing your NPK ratio.

when i see flowers do you feed grow & bloom together or phase the grow out??
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I'd recommend general hydroponics FloraNova. It's a 2 part (grow and bloom) base nute. I tried it and I tried flora series (the 3 part) and now using Canna Aqua. Eventually I am switching back to FloraNova using only the bloom with Lucas formula. You can try this easy and cheap line, the floranova series with its 2 parts, then later you might switch to using the bloom only which has enough N for the vegetative phase.

Now you'll get lots of different ideas and tips, none of which (including mine) is ideal. So the best advice I can offer you here is to research the different lines suggested by your fellow growers and see which one you want to try first. It's also a good idea to experiment with different lines with or without additives to see which one fits your needs and budget best
Happy growin

fil7 said:

when i see flowers do you feed grow & bloom together or phase the grow out??

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It depends on which products you're using. Not all products labeled as "flower and bloom" have an appropriate NPK ratio to be used all by themselves. Even if a product does have a good ratio like 1-2-1, you wouldn't want to reach that level until the every end, so you'd scale into it by reducing veg, adding flower.

When I'm in early flower I go for something like 1-1.2-1.5. I move up to 1-1.6-1.2 in mid flower, ending at 1-2.1-1 in late flower.

I made a spreadsheet that makes it easy to see what cannabis-specific "lineups" do. And then use other (less expensive) products to achieve similar results. Cannabis-specific products are easier to use. But, you pay for that simplicity. Eventually you'll learn to read your plants, seeing what it looks like when N is reduced too soon. Or, if P isn't increased. It's not that complicated. It's just a matter of averaging the NPK ratio of products, and keeping an eye on the amount of each to use (to get a sane ppm strength). You'll be ahead of the game if you start thinking in these terms (instead of more of "bottle a" and less of "bottle b.").