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hatecable
08-31-2008, 01:20 AM
Ok, this is my first grow that has hit the W/F. It is a feminized White Widow and is on day 13 from the day it popped out of the rapid rooter. It was transplanted into the w/f from a bubbler on day 7 and has run on ph'd distilled water with calmag+ added to reach 300 ppm per stinky's instructions. On day 12 I deemed her ready for nutes as the 3rd set of true leaves emerged and set a solution of 2.5-2.5-2.5 ml's per 2 gallons of tap water. It turns out my tap water is reading at 84 ppm so I added calmag+ to reach 300 before adding the nutes, then ph'd the entire solution to 5.8.

Now the question. From reading Latewoods GH 3 part nute recipe I get the understanding that Liquid Karma is good for transitioning the plant to full nutes quickly. I also read all kinds of good things about Superthrive. Can I add both to the solution this early on or just one or the other? I planned on waiting a couple days before adding anything else at this point so I dont shock her. If you suggest otherwise then please let me know.

The quantities I was going add would be 16 ml's LK and/or 1 drop Superthrive per 2 gallons.

socialistpete
08-31-2008, 08:28 AM
For two gallons I use 10ml of LK. Seems to work good.

hatecable
09-01-2008, 03:32 PM
Alright, Ive added the LK and and the ph has seemed for finally stabelize so that makes me:D. Now what about the SuperThrive, I know its not necessary, but I kinda want to see if its really that great a product. Later on Im gonna grow several plants side by side and try different recipes for each and see what kind of changes they cause. But for now? Yah? Nah? Opinions more than welcome.

Weedhound
09-01-2008, 06:34 PM
Go EASY on the nutes with white widow....she's a very light feeder......tops out in bloom at about 1200 ppms (@ 700 conversion) as opposed to other strains normally eating up to about 1600......less is more with her!!

hatecable
09-01-2008, 08:16 PM
Well thats a handy bit of information. At this point the ppm is at 590 with both the 3 part and 10ml of LK in the 2 gal res. Ive looked all over trying to find which conversion my tester (Hanna Primo TDS tester) is and the best I can find is that it uses the NaCl 500 conversion. So that makes my bloom max ppm at 857 right? Looks like its going to have to live on a half strength solution if its over halfway to max with seedling feed. Thank yo SOO much for bringing this to my attention before I f'd it up. Its so healthy and pretty looking right.:thumbsup: Growing like a ... well.. weed.