1st ebb/flow grow

[tinytoon]

Actually I think that the MH bulbs burn hotter than HPS and they are looking real good so far. When you go 100% they will be happy

[scottcc5s]

Actually I think that the MH bulbs burn hotter than HPS and they are looking real good so far. When you go 100% they will be happy

Thanks and will see how temp increase goes, I will be turning on 400 watt MH this PM when I put them on 18/6 cycle. Up to this point its just been the 600 watt MH on.

[scottcc5s]

Just a quick 3 week update. I have been running 100% nutes since water change on Saturday. Running RO water, Cal Mag, Micro (6-0-0), Grow (2-1-6) and Bloom (0-6-5). I have been following the dosage on the label for all nutes.

Keeping PH in the 5.6 to 5.8 range

As of today, PPM was at 1300 (is that too high??).

Feedback appreciated

[tinytoon]

That would be more like a flowering ppm but your plants look real good!!

[scottcc5s]

That would be more like a flowering ppm but your plants look real good!!

Thanks......What is typical PPM for veg stage?

[tinytoon]

If remembering correctly up to about 900

[scottcc5s]

Thanks......What is typical PPM for veg stage?

Wow, my PPM then is high at 1400 for veg stage but they look OK so I guess I will just leave it alone.

The order I go in is 25 gallons of RO water, add Cal Mag (until 275 to 300 PPM), then add all nutes to what the label recommends and that is what got me to 1400 PPM. Again, I will just leave it alone since plants look OK.

[scottcc5s]

OK, I jumped in the deep end of pool with "Bush Master". Be it smart or dumb here's what I did.

RO water
Cal Mag (added it tell I got up to 300 PPM)
Bush Master (1 ml per gallon @ 25 gallon of RO water in my res)
Lights still 18/6
PH at 5.5 to 5.8

Going to run it 4 or 5 days and then switch it out to normal flower nutes and then go to 12/12. Not sure how to gauge Bush Master results but I am going to focus results on my smallest plant (from 1st pic its the one bottom left). Pics 2 and 3 are of my smallest plant.

Will see how it goes.

[scottcc5s]

I forgot to ask, what is the best watering cycle when you go 12/12 with ebb and flow system?

Right now (18/6) I am flooding them 5 times (15 min) when lights are on. Appreciate any feedback.

[tinytoon]

I do 4 floods, 1 ever 4 hours when light on. Light comes on at 5 and that is flood one, 9 is second and so forth