Over feeding or under feeding?

xum said:

If you have a 2 gallon cooler bubbler with 8 plants growing in 2" net pots, how much would you feed them?

The nutrients say 1 tsp per gallon. There's 2 gallons so you'd think you'd use 2 tsp. But there's 8 plants.

Does that turn it into 8 tsp/gal? 16 tsp total?

Or do you want to find a happy medium?

Thanks for your input!

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xum said:

Half look to be doing well, the other half not so well. The half that were doing well have been topped. The ones not so well I haven't touched because they're just too small to top. I'm not planning on changing these plants into bigger net pots. I'm just going to grow them in what they're in, and see what happens.

The "Lucas Formula" or whatever probably works great, but this is more of an experiment for me to learn and see how the plants react.

As far as my feedings go, if you split the nutrients up at a 1/4 strength between 8 plants, that'd mean each plant is roughly getting 1/16 or 1/32 of the nutrients they're supposed to be getting if they weren't all feeding off the same soup right?

Once you start splitting fractions up it get's a little messy.

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BluEgyptian said:

How big are your plants?

I would recommend using GH series hydro nutrients. Flora Grow, Micro, Bloom.

Using those nutrients I would use the Lucas Formula which is 0-5-10 during vegitative state, 0-8-16 for flowering. which means 0 grow-5ml micro- 10ml bloom. This is per 1 gallon of water, which should be at a ph between 5 and six. I like to use a 5.8ph with the lucas formula.

Second your going to most likely want to put your cubes in bigger cubes and move the plants to bigger net pots, I like to get each plant in its own 2 1/2 gallon buckets with a floating 6 inch planter, or stable 6 inch planter. I hook up a bubbler under each net pot directly underneath.

I would put the plants on a nutrient strength based on their stage of growth. I like to do 1/4 strength veg solution for the first week, then move to half then full strength. Many people like myself determine nutrient strength using a ppm meter. There are various charts on how many ppm are good for certain stages of growth.

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