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Why you should not use Grow Boosters or Extra Nutrients

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Re: Why you should not use Grow Boosters or Extra Nutrients

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Yeah chiller is a must imo. Had major issues with brown slimy roots before I had one
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Black Grouse wrote:Yeah chiller is a must imo. Had major issues with brown slimy roots before I had one
Yeah just what I don't want lol

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Black Grouse wrote:Never used calmag with Ionic tbh except in a soil grow under pants LEDs haha
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Thanks again, looks like I'll be using ionic
Clunge Muncher wrote:Another vote for IONIC feeds, nice and simple and work a treat.
I used plant magic Cal-Mag at I think half a ml pl (don't think that altered the EC at that...), but I only used it from flip to about 10 days in (can't remember that maybe in my diary..).
Fair play for planning on a chiller, not something I could do without..

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What were your feed ratios if you don't mind me asking
Clunge Muncher wrote:Another vote for IONIC feeds, nice and simple and work a treat.
I used plant magic Cal-Mag at I think half a ml pl (don't think that altered the EC at that...), but I only used it from flip to about 10 days in (can't remember that maybe in my diary..).
Fair play for planning on a chiller, not something I could do without..

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integrajosh wrote:What were your feed ratios if you don't mind me asking
Clunge Muncher wrote:Another vote for IONIC feeds, nice and simple and work a treat.
I used plant magic Cal-Mag at I think half a ml pl (don't think that altered the EC at that...), but I only used it from flip to about 10 days in (can't remember that maybe in my diary..).
Fair play for planning on a chiller, not something I could do without..

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What how many ml pl of the feeds?
Really can't remember on the Grow and Bloom as it varied by how much I had to top up etc at the time.
I've got a Lemon Zkittles diary in the sponsor section if you want to take a look, it may give you a bit of a idea what I was putting in and when.

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I spoke to my mate that uses RO in his systems and he said...
Yeah mate if using pure RO as base i add cal mag and get to 0.2/0.3 before adding any other nutes.


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Great thread Bulls. So many of us growers get wrapped up in the hype of nutrients and brands etc. The real key to a successful grow is your Environment get this right and everything else will fall into place.So my advice is to spend a little more thought and money into your groom rather than wasting it on nutrients or snake oils as some like to call them.

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Clunge Muncher wrote:I spoke to my mate that uses RO in his systems and he said...
Yeah mate if using pure RO as base i add cal mag and get to 0.2/0.3 before adding any other nutes.


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Thanks man, I went ahead and downloaded the feed chart from ionic also. Waiting on my ec/tds meter to come in so I can check my water and see where it's at. If I can get away with using carbon filtered tap for dwc like I already am for soil, I'm definitely going to. That would save me another 300$ on a good RO system

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integrajosh wrote:
Clunge Muncher wrote:I spoke to my mate that uses RO in his systems and he said...
Yeah mate if using pure RO as base i add cal mag and get to 0.2/0.3 before adding any other nutes.


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Thanks man, I went ahead and downloaded the feed chart from ionic also. Waiting on my ec/tds meter to come in so I can check my water and see where it's at. If I can get away with using carbon filtered tap for dwc like I already am for soil, I'm definitely going to. That would save me another 300$ on a good RO system

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No worries mate, I wouldn't go by the chart mate that will raise your EC way more than you need.
Get the background EC to 0.2-0.3 and then add some bit by bit until you hit a EC of 0.5-0.6, that will do for small plants and work up from there as they grow if you get me. Your best to under feed slightly to keep them feeding than over feed and lock em out..

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