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As a bit of a newbie to salts, do you people PK every other watering during flower, every time you feed or maybe just once or twice a week...?

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Or would I be right in assuming that its just about reading the plants as you go....?

I wondered if there was a routine and/or rule of thumb that you coco growers use....?
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Depends on the PK Rik imo. I tend to stick to set rules with PK and adjust base nutrients around it.

Day 1 - 4 flower 0.25ml Canna PK 13/14
day 5 - 8 flower 0.4ml per liter Canna PK 13/14
day 8 - 21 flower 0.5ml per liter Canna PK 13/14

Some people wont add PK till they see true flower, as you can see from above I hit mine from day 1 of flower with some. In my head the plants will have some extra PK as they start to need to, not when i see true flower. The plants go through a huge change in early flower, by the time we see it they already well into it.

The above ratios seem to kick start flower a little quicker for me. To much PK can have adverse efects though so i like to change to something thats a lower ratio, and that has some extra goodies in it after day 21.

Something like Vitalink Buddy or Rock Resinator:

0.5ml per liter days 22 - 35 (mid flower flush).
1ml - 2ml per liter days 36 to flush.

If the plants need more or less food I adjust the base nutrients around the above ratios.

So to answer the original question I feed PK daily throughout the flowering cycle. None in veg but I do believe Kbag has been playing with adding some PK in veg as a experiment.

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As Keeno said above, I used to follow the same method over the years. Over the last 2 grows, I've done something different.
After I flipped I kept using only Canna A&B only for the first 7 days. Then I've added 1 ml per L from Green Planet Massive for another week, along with the Canna A&B. From Week 2 I've started using the recommended dose of 2 ml per of Green Planet Massive and 1 ml per L of Sugar Rush.
I'd say my plants look incredible well and have tasty delicous smoke. I've kept it simple as that and it works.

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Cheers @Keeno and @kbag will be good to see results of that......?

Ok cool.

I've been hitting far too much PK.

I am going to back off now at week 4, so just A+B for a bit and maybe the slightest touch of PK here and there until flush.

Thanks mate. πŸ‘

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Bulls wrote: ↑
Wed May 11, 2022 9:40 am
As Keeno said above, I used to follow the same method over the years. Over the last 2 grows, I've done something different.
After I flipped I kept using only Canna A&B only for the first 7 days. Then I've added 1 ml per L from Green Planet Massive for another week, along with the Canna A&B. From Week 2 I've started using the recommended dose of 2 ml per of Green Planet Massive and 1 ml per L of Sugar Rush.
I'd say my plants look incredible well and have tasty delicous smoke. I've kept it simple as that and it works.
Thanks @Bulls

@2-Scoops said to keep it simple too.

I think I have an idea in mind now πŸ˜€

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In mud I use Plagron green sensation from lights flip. 0.5ml/L every watering upping that to 1ml/L around week 4.

Coco I use Buddy from flip 0.5ml upping it to 1ml in week 3 every watering, then week 5/6 dropping it and using PK 13/14 as directed by the instructions on the bottle for a week, every watering.

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Marcus wrote: ↑
Wed May 11, 2022 9:47 am
In mud I use Plagron green sensation from lights flip. 0.5ml/L every watering upping that to 1ml/L around week 4.

Coco I use Buddy from flip 0.5ml upping it to 1ml in week 3 every watering, then week 5/6 dropping it and using PK 13/14 as directed by the instructions on the bottle for a week, every watering.
Thanks Marcus πŸ‘ 😊

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I use 1/2 to 1ml per litre myself for 3 weeks mid to late grow before putting plants on a water only diet for 2 weeks then chop. It`s a flower booster and not a plant booster not to be used in veg just in case anyone thinks any different.
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2-Scoops wrote: ↑
Wed May 11, 2022 12:52 pm
I use 1/2 to 1ml per litre myself for 3 weeks mid to late grow before putting plants on a water only diet for 2 weeks then chop. It`s a flower booster and not a plant booster not to be used in veg just in case anyone thinks any different.
:idn: ask @kbag :lol:

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Ive been using buddy for the first month of flower and then pk around about week 5 for a week then back onto buddy.
Never tried using it all the way through flower but I see people are getting great results like that
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