noreason

When do plants in Hydro go on the vegative feed schedule? I am using GH Flora Series nutes and I wanted to know when to give the plants the 3-2-1, rather than the 1-1-1. And when do plants officially go into the vegative growth stage?

penguin

Hi noreason

"Official" vegetative growth begins when the plant starts putting out vegetative growth, i.e., true leaves.

You can start a low-dose veg formula about a week after the first set of true leaves emerge.

BTW, 3-2-1 (grow-micro-bloom) isn't one of the recommended ratios in the GH Flora Feeding Schedule



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skyhighatrist

and use only 1/2 the recommended strength on the bottle

ghostsmoke420

out with 1/4 strenth i use floralicious grow and bloom to plus i use maxi grow and bloom. the floralicious grow is 1-0.7-0.6 use this for 3-4 weeks in veg then mix both half and half after about week of that go to strat bloom 1-1-1 start at 1/4 strenth and go up from their.go by the chart that penguin gave you it works and very handy

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Basic cheat sheet:
Ec goes up, PH goes down=plants require less nutes.
Ec goes down, PH goes up=Plants require more nutes
Ec stable, PH goes up=Equilibrium=Good thang.
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Over 50

I too plan on using the GH products. Are the "supplements" important that they show on their chart or the "nutrients" all that are necessary?

Also, is the strenght on the chart correct/ per gallon if my plants are "new", an inch or 2 tall?

Thanks

grass_hopper

I'm starting my sprouts at 1/4 tsp per gallon of each solution (Grow, Bloom, Micro). I'll up it by 25% with each res change (weekly) and by the time they're at full strength they're in full veg.

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penguin

Grow, Micro, and Bloom, and pH adjusters are all that are necessary. Some people even do without Grow. The supplements may produce better results, but if it's your first run, I'd skip them. Foliar application of Diamond Nectar is probably the most helpful. A silicon supplement is pretty beneficial, but personally wouldn't use GH Pyrosol for that. I use Dyna-Grow Protekt, it's a liquid.

The starting strengths and ratios can work pretty well, but you should use your EC or TDS meter to determine the nutrient strength the plants want.


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Thanks for the info!

PassDat

good info, indeed....

but my problem is that i do not have a PPM METER,

and i have a 8inch tall plant, its day #13 into vegitive growth, and im scared to give it anything more than what i have been giving it from the get go,

1/2tsp Micro----1/2tsp Grow------1/4tsp Bloom....

my resevoir is 2gallons, im using the HydroFarm (see my pic below)..

i guess i will give it <---1tsp Micro, 1tsp Grow, 1/4tsp Bloom---> in a few days when i flush it?.....

What do u think?...

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mSeTxOiNcEaRn

I donnt know man but if i was you i would just give it that same dose more often rather than a bigger dose at once. That way if it seems kinda upset you can just go back to youre regular schedule without too much harm done.