Nutrient Line-up Help Please..

[MCOner]

Hey All!

I am running the botainicare soil lineup: pure blend pro grow, bloom, liquid karma, aqua shield, cal mag plus, sweet, and silica blast. I have been following their feeding schedule, but I wanted to add a flower booster and finisher so I picked up Bushmaster and Gravity today.
I also have B-1 from home depot, super thrive (only for seedlings), fish emulsion, seabird guano, and mix 5ml/gal of h2o2 in my water. I use mad farmer ph up/down. New soil mix is 1.5parts Fox farms ocean forest soil, 1part light warrior, 1 part pearlite and vermiculite. I put hydroton on top of my soil to weigh it down and I also have some sweet dolamite lime and epsom salts.

- I mix my Botanicare nutes based on the soil chart I have from them (week by week chart).
- I currently only use the fish emulsion if I see a N def
- B-1 anytime I use nutes in both and veg and flower
- Bushmaster as directed when the cycle changes to flowering
- Gravity as directed 3 weeks before harvest.
- I run a soil/water PH of 6.0 for seeds and 6.3 for veg and flower.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve this line-up, revisions, cut back here, step this up there type information I am all ears! My yields have been great, but am looking to dial my nutes in (just added bush master and gravity to push my flowering into over drive).

I am going to get a new PH pen that does TDS too, because when I add gravity I cannot calculate 300ppm of my botanicare line-up and worry that just adding 1/4 of the recommended dose of everything is just guessing.. So I add Gravity by itself like the label says you can do.

Ok, so my questions, any feedback on the line up? Anyone have experience with Bushmaster, Gravity, or Botanicare and care to offer advice? See anything wrong with my process? Additions? Can I take advantage of my other items more?
Let me know! This is my third medical grow and my medicine could definitely benefit from the feedback!!! I am planning on getting some sand to use on top of my soil instead of hydroton.. In my last crop I mixed up subcool's organic mix and didn't have to add any nutes until flowering, but next time I plan on using my new mix and adding their nutes week by week for veg too... Thoughts on this? For or against? Also, when I transplant seedlings or vegetative plants into Fox Farms ocean forest, the plants don't seem to need any nutes for awhile.. So I use plain R/O water with 5ml/gal of H2o2 and 5ml/gal liquid karma, or should I still blast them with something? Maybe just the Silica and sweet?

Thank you all in advance!
Jah bless :rastasmoke:

MCOner Reviewed by MCOner on 11-06-2009. Nutrient Line-up Help Please.. Hey All! I am running the botainicare soil lineup: pure blend pro grow, bloom, liquid karma, aqua shield, cal mag plus, sweet, and silica blast. I have been following their feeding schedule, but I wanted to add a flower booster and finisher so I picked up Bushmaster and Gravity today. I also have B-1 from home depot, super thrive (only for seedlings), fish emulsion, seabird guano, and mix 5ml/gal of h2o2 in my water. I use mad farmer ph up/down. New soil mix is 1.5parts Fox farms ocean Rating: 5

[the image reaper]

just a tip: don't overlove your plants ... you got enough stuff there to open a chemistry lab ... relax, let the plants grow naturally ... 'more' is usually not 'better' ... it sounds like you've done your homework, and have the basics down, but resist the urge to 'improve' your plants ... imitate nature ... P.S., don't use reverse-osmosis water without replenishing 10ml of Cal-Mag+ per gallon ... happy gardening :smokin:

[MCOner]

Thanks for bringing me back to earth Reaper.
I haven't burned my plants (fingers crossed), and give them plenty of water in between, just dialing everything in for when I do feed. And yeah, I do feel like a chemist half the time! ha! :rastasmoke:

just a tip: don't overlove your plants ... you got enough stuff there to open a chemistry lab ... relax, let the plants grow naturally ... 'more' is usually not 'better' ... it sounds like you've done your homework, and have the basics down, but resist the urge to 'improve' your plants ... imitate nature ... P.S., don't use reverse-osmosis water without replenishing 10ml of Cal-Mag+ per gallon ... happy gardening :smokin:

[Blaze21]

As image reaper stated, more is not always better. The line up you are running is very similar to what I do and I imagine it should be working quite well. The only think I would recommend is maybe using Nitrex to correct/boost your N levels. Some sort of carb load at the end might not be a bad idea either. Also, adding some aerated compost tea will boost your uptake considerably and can allow you to reduce the amount of fertilizer that you are using.