DWC Using Advanced A + B Sensi bloom....

I am using Advanced Sensi bloom A + B and am in the second week of flowering. I have picked up what looks like a mag def, but it's greening back up from some cal-mag. Now here's my question. I am only using the bloom A + B and superthrive. Does anybody know from experience if this is good to use without using the rest of the line. I plan to use Big Bud and Overdrive at the end. If Anyone knows where my ppm should be please let me know. Any Advanced Nutes Advice would be helpful.

Also, any info on Dutch Gold?

You can definitely stick with just the two for the entire flowering. They have a lot of additive products that you can use to tailor your grow as desired, but they make it so they aren't necessarily needed.

I was looking into Overdrive and Big Bud myself, but ended up going Botanicare and General Hydroponics mixed, so never bought them. They definitely looked good, and I definitely will get around to trying them.

You will want to stop using Superthrive sooner or later (probably sooner unless you have a N deficiency). It has a high N content and that is usually not needed in flowering.

I was going to knock off the superthrive once I totally ironed out my cal/mag def. chasing one thing at a time. Does anybody know what ppm I should be at with 188 ppm 8.0ph water, in the third week flower? Anybody with advanced nutes expertise??

Well, it's different for different strains. In my buddy's setup, his vegetative sits at about 1400ppm, then he drops it down to 1200ppm for the first week of flowering. Each week into flowering, he raises it 100ppm, so week 1 is 1200ppm, week 2 is 1300ppm, etc.

So if my tap water is 188 ppm I should add 1012ppm then the following week 1112 ppm and so on and so forth? What about big bud? Should I back off the bloom a+b to half and make up the difference with big bud? I really appreciate your help. The lants look lime green and the lower fans are yellowing. A little soon IMO only going into third week of flower. My ppm with 188 ppm tapp water now are 1039ppm.

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Originally Posted by PlantHeadJ

So if my tap water is 188 ppm I should add 1012ppm then the following week 1112 ppm and so on and so forth? What about big bud? Should I back off the bloom a+b to half and make up the difference with big bud? I really appreciate your help. The lants look lime green and the lower fans are yellowing. A little soon IMO only going into third week of flower. My ppm with 188 ppm tapp water now are 1039ppm.

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Ok. First thing go to the advanced nutrients web site and do their online calculator. Enter your rez size and whether you want American or metric measurements. Select the Sensi product line and medium flowering. It will calculate everything you need. You don't need to add what you don't want. But it will include the values for big bud and overdrive.

Big bud finishes off early in flower so get on it now. If you are going with the Advanced stuff I would add carbo load and B-52. That group of products will do great. There are some better alternatives, but this is good.

Also, don't worry about the ppm. It is VERY misunderstood. Set the meter aside for the next few grows then see if you still feel you need it.

i'm running the same nutes as you late in flowering, going at 1400ppm with Big Bud and so far everythings great.

Really surprised to hear about an Mg def, esp w/ source water that hard- how's yer pH?

Lose the superthrive.

I was also suprised to see the cal mag def too. They bounced right back and havn't added it or had trouble since. I have up'd the nutes each week and the ph is stable @ 5.6. Towards the end of the week it rises slightly but no visible plant problems. The Sweet really made them stand up and salute!! List of nutes currently using:
sensi a + b bloom
sweet
big bud
purple maxx (only on two as a test)

everything is sound thank you all, pics coming soon.

rhiz, you mean for flowering right? I did. Is there anything you see on my list that could be added or lost?