I just added full strength nutrients to my res and the ppm only rose like 80 ppm??

[Snowbdr1613]

I just went and changed my res...the ppm before nuts was around 220 and the ppm after i added full strength floracious grow...it only went up to around 300 ppm??? what is wrong here??

[palerider7777]

tell us more what r u using??

[Snowbdr1613]

im using Floracious Grow and Bloom....its a 7 gallon res...i added 35 ml of the grow and the ppm only rose to 300ppm...

[lmdesade]

So, you have fresh water in your reservoir and you just added floralicous grow? If so the problem is that floralicious is an additive, not a stand alone nutrient which is why you have very little ppm increase. IT is to be used along with something such as Floranova grow.

[Snowbdr1613]

really??? i thought floracious grow and bloom was a nutrient itself??? anyone else?

[palerider7777]

wheres ur micro nute, is that a 3 part nute system?? there should be a micro nute with the grow,bloom. and thats just ur base nutes theres alot more u can add iv'e never used the floracious nutes but u can use carbo load calmag + and hygrozime would be a good start with sum st as well

[Snowbdr1613]

I thought Floracious Grow and Bloom was a nutrient itself...its made by General Hydroponics and it is organic based...

[The House]

GENERAL HYDROPONICS (http://www.genhydro.com/genhydro_US/floralicious.html) it's an additive

[Snowbdr1613]

wow....am i dumb or what... someone posted on cannabisculture that it was a complet nutrient....its alright i have GH 3 part micro grow and bloom on the way....will it affect that much with the switch??? What can i do until then?

[The House]

Just wait for the GH 3 part. Your plants will be fine with the switch. And I think they can wait till you get em.:thumbsup:

[Snowbdr1613]

ok good.... thanks everyone

[lmdesade]

I'd say don't use the 3 part nutrient. Just so you know when I you told that floralicious was an additive. I wasn't guessing. I use to work at a hydro store and I quit because I thought that I was going to learn all kinds of neat stuff and then I realized most of them just read books and repeated what they had heard. As for using floralicious, i'd suggest using Flora Nova if you aren't use to using nutes. Floralicious is a good additive with Floranova. The other part about floranova is that it's ph stabilized for the most part. This means that you won't probably need to add ph up or down unless your water is incredibly bad. The other thing that I would suggest is that when you run out of Floralicious switch to Liquid Karma. It works great but it smells bad. Floranova is organic based as well. But that term is misleading. I play with different nutes. Maxsea is kelp based but after 50% of the ingredients some of these ingredients are straight chemical which isn't terrible. It just is.

[Snowbdr1613]

Yea i think im going to use GH 3 part just cuz i already bought it and it should be here toda.,...

[palerider7777]

^^^yea i think u should too what he just said kindda did'nt make since he told u not to use the 3part, as most do but then did'nt tell u what to use expect floranova"FloraNova Complete One Part is the breakthrough gardeners have been waiting for! An exceptionally potent, complete one-part fertilizer plus organic additives. Extremely concentrated, FloraNova is an excellent bargain, one to two teaspoons in a gallon of water. Use during fruiting & flowering stage.
- extremely easy to use 1 part
- outstanding for all kinds of plants
- superb for both hydroponic and soil cultivation
- super concentrated and pH stabilized
- contains natural humic acids for better nutrient absorption

but as u can see it says use for flowering not veg. i use advance nutes and there great it's 3 part as well, u will always have ur base nutes, mirco grow bloom now i do know advance make a 2 part where 2 are mixed into 1 bottle, but it's still 3 part but u should always use ur base nutes ,then expand on ur added booster nutes like what i said above

[Snowbdr1613]

that just confused me.....I already bought GH 3 part micro grow and bloom so i am going to use that....and i also have cal mag plus coming also.... so any suggestions for using these nutritents....??

[Help_Needed]

Check out this thread http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponics/93676-proven-nutrients-all-you-need-gh-3-part-calmag.html. It'll give you a good idea of a feeding schedule using GH's 3 part system. It's based on a modification of the Lucas Formula, which makes it pretty simple to use.

[Snowbdr1613]

okay thankyou...

[lmdesade]

Gh isn't hard to use. The reason that I suggested a 1 part is that,if you didn't know that floralicous was an additive, you probably aren't use to using it either. As for floranova only being used in flowering. There is a floranova grow and a floranova bloom. It isn't just used for one or the other. Floranova can be used for either phase as long as you buy the correct bottle. The other reason for suggesting floranova is the price. As mentioned, 1 bottle for grow and 1 bottle for bloom that is ph stabilized and concentrated. 1 tsp is usually around 600ppm. Yet, since you already have the 3 part go for it.

[palerider7777]

10/4 on that i was lookin at the cns17 anybody know about it is it anygood it's also a 1 part

[lmdesade]

I've used the advanced Sensi 2 part. I've never tried their one part. Sounds interesting...
Thanks

[Snowbdr1613]

ya i just got my nutrients...i put about 50 ml of each micro grow and bloom into my 6 gallon res