Nutes questions!

[txbudenthusiast]

I have been looking for a PPM level guide from the seedling to flowering stage but I can't seem to find one. I have read that ppm levels should start from 50-150 and increase by 100 every week. I have also read that PPM levels should start at 400-500. Finished my first grow and PPM levels were a question and an issue in the beginning. I bought a stealth box and used the nutes included with the box. I believe it was called "Moon dust". I kind of learned on the fly and through research on the forum became more knowledgeable. I definately would have killed her if it would not have been for some of the vets on the forum giving me some of their insight. By week 3 I was using the GH nutes and followed the GH nutes feeding schedule. Things worked out okay but wonder what better results I might see if I take a more strategic approachfrom the beginning. I wanted to add florablend and flora nectar the next time. These were not on the nute recipe GH provides online. Any insight or knowledge given would be greatly appreciated. Here are the questions I am trying to find answers for.
1. Where should my PPM level be when I start adding nutes?
2. How much should it increase per week?
3. Does anyone have a good GH nutrient recipe they currently use that includes florablend or floranectar?
4. I used florashield as a rinser (1 hr once a week in between nute changes). Has anyone used florashield with nutes? I know it says it is okay to do so but wanted to see if anyone has had experience using it like that. I checked out the recipe on the progressive growth website. Has anyone used that one?

[SpaceNeedle]

Well, I use GH 3 part.
In the cloning stage, I use nothing, just pure clean water - no nutes.

then once rooted they go on a ebb and flow tray with 3-400ppm for the first 10 days or so. From there on they go to 600-700ppm in the veg room untill they go into flowering.
At the start in flowering 700-1000 ppm (maybe a week or two)
then I gradually raise it up to 1400 ppm MAX
10 days before chopping them they live on pure clean water.

sn

[Veedubin]

I use GH 3 part as well and I pretty much follow the feeding schedule. Once you see them get a nice healthy root system and they are about 6in high, I just bump up the nutes to full strength. Until then, they get half strength and when they are seedlings they get almost a quarter of that. What I use now for seedlings is clonex, its a clone and seedling nute that is really weak but it is designed for little plants and it wont burn them out. if you ever see the new foliage turning a color like yellow or getting hard and crispy, then you know they are too much. Dilute it with a little water and in a day or two they should be fine. Its all about knowing your strain and how your certain nutes work. I would stick with the 3 part for now and just get that under control. If you are having issues with the regular, why would you want to make it harder? I would just try out the 3 part for at least one more grow and then try some other stuff.

[tinytoon]

check out Latewood's Legacy sticky at top of Hydro section ....... it works!