Nutrient question...experienced user please help

Hi I am starting a grow and I bought the general hydronponics flora series and I have a question on proper usage. I have found conflicting information on the net about dosages. Should I follow the guide on the bottle which for vegative states 1 teaspoon per gallon of each part(micro, flora, and bloom) or should I use the 1-2-3 method that alot of growers speak about(1 tsp of micro, 2 of flora, and 3 of bloom). Any help would be appreciated greatly!

Why are you looking on the net? Read the instructions on the bottle.

jarrod1977 said:

Hi I am starting a grow and I bought the general hydronponics flora series and I have a question on proper usage. I have found conflicting information on the net about dosages. Should I follow the guide on the bottle which for vegative states 1 teaspoon per gallon of each part(micro, flora, and bloom) or should I use the 1-2-3 method that alot of growers speak about(1 tsp of micro, 2 of flora, and 3 of bloom). Any help would be appreciated greatly!

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for cannabis, you can try lucas formula, or Head Coco formula.

thanks for the info guys

Hey buddy I too had the same problem and I kept burning my plants the proper ppm for cannabis is way off from the instructions on the GH bottle. Go to the nute thread on RIU and you should be able to find the proper ppm table or search ppm in the search bar. Hopefully you find what your looking for good luck!!!

never, never, never follow the instructions on nute bottles unless you have experience with them. start at half and work up.

jarrod1977 said:

Hi I am starting a grow and I bought the general hydronponics flora series and I have a question on proper usage. I have found conflicting information on the net about dosages. Should I follow the guide on the bottle which for vegative states 1 teaspoon per gallon of each part(micro, flora, and bloom) or should I use the 1-2-3 method that alot of growers speak about(1 tsp of micro, 2 of flora, and 3 of bloom). Any help would be appreciated greatly!

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Go by the instructions on the bottle, but don't start out feeding full strength...nute lines are made to be the right concentration of the 3 parts...if you add too much of one and not another then it literally throws everything off and will wreck a plant fast...
So follow the bottles, but don't start at the recommended...the recommended dose is for large plants used to feeding...so that is your max dosage kind of...some plants will take more than what the bottle says, but 90% need less than the recommended...
It is easier to start out light and add more than it is to add too much and mess up your plant because while we can add nutes to the soil, it is really hard to get the nutes back out of the soil...flushing is terrible for soil plants, and will never help with overfert. In my vast experience with misuse of nutes when I started I know all this to be pure and simple fact. You can't flush nutes out of soil...once they are in there if anything you should water as little as possible...that way the plant takes up less from the soil...then as the plant grows it will start to use up the nutes that are already in the soil.

Hey brother, just an fyi from a pro, if i were you id use the flora as a fol spray, and get your self some fox farm products, stick to the guide and remember less is more