and always dissorlve really well, and real easy to adjust ph, cause it nearly falls in line if u follow their nutrient chart, i tend to go just a little bit less than what it states, and if i see her handling it, and hey leaves look nice and perky, then i feed her a little more 3 days prior to each weekly flush
keep the questions comin man, no worries, i'm a proffessional bum, and a herb caregiver to myself
reason i use perlite is for fast growth, i get house inspections every three months , i dont want a 5 week flowering skunk nest going if i got a inspection round the bend.....soil generally takes alot longer to flower as roots starts to compact, they break down less and less creating clogging (bad for oxygen supply, and bad if you like to feed your plants high ppm in flowering as you get nute lock much easier, i mean yeah you can help it by adding perlite, and vermiculite, or whatever, but from what 'my master' hehe says perlite is clean, doesnt need to break down, can easily be flushed and is much more forgiving if you stupidly fuck up your nutes, just flush and go again, aslong as you havent left it too long...
as for lights, at the moment i'm just using HPS, in the above pic, it looks white, as i snapped a pic before the lamp warmed up, stupid camera has trouble focusing at that distance from lamp when it's hot. i may add some UVB lighting when flowering happens, but i would like to work out my heat issues first, damn it, I'm hoping there's not much summer left, its been a late summer with 40+ degree days
you say it sounds like drain to waste, but she's recirculating, i have a return at the bottom of my hempy, and she's raised above the top level of nutrient reservoir (so she doesn't drown) some people think cause this is hydro, have the roots submerged, but with perlite, it acts as a soiless type medium, with a very high oxygen ratio, so regular feeding makes a good water/oxygen ratio, i say depending on how hot, and whether i'm flowering or not. if it's cooler in the tent, i water every 4hrs, if she's stinkin hot like , i will take 5 minutes to re-adjust timer to feed every 2-3 hrs, this doesn't seem to effect my humidity as, i was well aware of this, and if you take into account what i said before, the right feeding times, should give good water/oxygen ratio, and a similar humidity. my tent never seems to go over 60% humidity, even in flowering, this kind of weather, she's around 20-30 % humidity. as for smooth hits, it comes down to quality product, and good cure/dry, i notice it gets better with age, curing for longer, i had some buds in jars for over 3 months, and wow, when u crack the lid, it hits you in the face with a strong scent of heaven!, my smoke has always been thick, and smooth, and leaves a taste behind in your mouth for ages....yumIm here again matey
just got my new prokit today, all brand new! oooohhh yeah, i'm going to go even more careful this time round, and use around 3/4 strength and see how she copes, inspection in the morning, then flush, and start of week 2 veg begins. this is where she kicks in turbo mode usually, hold on for the ride!!!
