Expert with liquid nutrients needed

Owais

Owais

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Does anyone have an idea of how much of grow/micro/bloom i should add to a 1 gallon AeroGarden reservoir at start? I know that i shouldn't start adding nutrients before 10 days of planting the seed in the aeroGarden Medium, but i couldn't find an accurate explanation of how many ml i should start with and how much should i increase the dose every week, i'm still a newbie and worried about doing anything wrong, the plant got its root down to the water already, It's 1 week old now

P.S. i have the Flora Series
 
marc88101

marc88101

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You can also call general hydroponic and ask to talk to a tech. They will walk you through everything. Great customer service, just don't mention cannabis, they know what your growing so it need not be mentioned!!! I also use GH products and would never stray from them..here are a few of my recent crop..all GHIMAG0462.jpgIMAG0454.jpg
 
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problemsolver

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Soon as you see the second pair of leaves (not including the embryonic set) go with 1/4 strength. I wouldn't wait much longer otherwise you will leach them a bit and as a result they get a slow start. Ditch the grow and just use the micro and bloom. If your water is close to hard (120-199ppm on a hanna .5 conversion scale, for truncheon multiply that ppm by 1.4) dose 15mL/Gal of GH Bloom and 7.5mL/Gal of GH Micro for full strength ( use 1/4 of that in the beginning) res resulting in 941-1020 ppm (.5 conv.) If your water is relatively soft (35-119ppm, .5 conv.) use 16mL/Gal of GH Bloom and 8mL/Gal of GH Micro for the aforementioned result (lucas ratio). Your pH will start around 5.6-5.7. Be careful in the beginning when running 1/4 strength as you run the risk of hurting the babies if you use pH adjusters. When ppm is low , even a small amount of pH up will do a disproportionate (read: wild up swing) amount of work. Try to avoid pH adjusters in the beginning "1/4 strength mode". If you feel the need to raise the pH a little, just use a small amount (1.5mL/Gal) of potassium silicate at the onset ( just once after you change water, not daily as a pH UP replacement) will do.
 
Owais

Owais

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problemsolver said:
Soon as you see the second pair of leaves (not including the embryonic set) go with 1/4 strength. I wouldn't wait much longer otherwise you will leach them a bit and as a result they get a slow start. Ditch the grow and just use the micro and bloom. If your water is close to hard (120-199ppm on a hanna .5 conversion scale, for truncheon multiply that ppm by 1.4) dose 15mL/Gal of GH Bloom and 7.5mL/Gal of GH Micro for full strength ( use 1/4 of that in the beginning) res resulting in 941-1020 ppm (.5 conv.) If your water is relatively soft (35-119ppm, .5 conv.) use 16mL/Gal of GH Bloom and 8mL/Gal of GH Micro for the aforementioned result (lucas ratio). Your pH will start around 5.6-5.7. Be careful in the beginning when running 1/4 strength as you run the risk of hurting the babies if you use pH adjusters. When ppm is low , even a small amount of pH up will do a disproportionate (read: wild up swing) amount of work. Try to avoid pH adjusters in the beginning "1/4 strength mode". If you feel the need to raise the pH a little, just use a small amount (1.5mL/Gal) of potassium silicate at the onset ( just once after you change water, not daily as a pH UP replacement) will do.
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Man this is confusing me now! The bottle says on the 3rd week I should start with 2.5mL/10liters (2.64Gallon) and the numbers you are talking about are way much higher, are you sure these numbers are for only 1 gallon reservoir ?
 
Owais

Owais

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i added 2.5 of everything and got nutrient burn! i flushed it with only bottled water last night hopefully she recovery from the overdose of nutrients
 
Owais

Owais

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P.S. My flora Series is the european version, made in france, i have no if has the same amount of composition or not
 
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yukon

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Owais said:
i added 2.5 of everything and got nutrient burn! i flushed it with only bottled water last night hopefully she recovery from the overdose of nutrients
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I'm just using the Aerogarden nutes as a control grow (first time). I have no burn, been making a 11ml/1 gallon of the AG liquid nutes concoction that my plants seem to love. 2 little girls: White Widow and Purple Kush. Every time I've tried something new, however little, it burns within a day or two. Sticking to AG nutes for 4 weeks now...no problems and growing like, ahem.....weeds:) 2 weeks into flowers now, lots of pistils 12/12 lights, still same concoction of AG nutes. I'm just gonna ride it out so I have a good idea what to expect and where I might improve. I think more lighting will be my first addition. This is a fun hobby though....can't wait to reap the rewards!
 
decrimCA

decrimCA

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yukon said:
I'm just using the Aerogarden nutes as a control grow (first time). I have no burn, been making a 11ml/1 gallon of the AG liquid nutes concoction that my plants seem to love. 2 little girls: White Widow and Purple Kush. Every time I've tried something new, however little, it burns within a day or two. Sticking to AG nutes for 4 weeks now...no problems and growing like, ahem.....weeds:) 2 weeks into flowers now, lots of pistils 12/12 lights, still same concoction of AG nutes. I'm just gonna ride it out so I have a good idea what to expect and where I might improve. I think more lighting will be my first addition. This is a fun hobby though....can't wait to reap the rewards!
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Huh. I also use 25% less of Advanced Nutrients liquid nutes when I use them, but I've never had problems when I did that. I don't have experience with your nutes, so I don't know what's going on.

Whenever I've called up Advanced Nutrients with a question, I've gotten some great advice from them. Hope you got some advice at some point. Not that growers on these boards aren't helpful, but really, going to the source is the best way to go.
 
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