Quote Originally Posted by ddxsinxcosxdx
I use:

PBPG
PBPB (Soil)
Liquid Karma
and cal-mag

On the back of the PBPG bottle is a feeding chart.... Have you tried using the recommended dosages or just been going off the chart on the link you provided???

The chart on the back of the bottle is just a user guide to give you an idea of how you should feed, light when young and heavier dosages as they grow....

Macro Nutes - These are your N-P-K's.... Your PBPG has an N-P-K ratio of 3-2-4 and PBPB (soil formula) has an N-P-K ratio of 1.5-4-5.... These are great for beginners because they can be used as stand alone ferts for veg and bloom....

Micro Nutes - These are Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc, Manganese etc.... These element are necessary for plant growth but only in trace amounts.... These are also found in your cal-mag and liquid karma.... Over feeding trace elements will have negative affects on your plants....just like when over feeding Macro Nutes....

The trick is to build up their nute tolerance.... And the best way to learn is with a ppm meter.... With a ppm meter and RO or distilled water, you can easily find out how much of a dosage, in ppm, each macro/micro nute formula has....then do the math to figure out how much of what can be given to end at the desired ppm for each particular stage of growth....

This is how you build nute tolerance with ppm's....
Veg ----------
Week 1 - No Nutes, only plain RO or Distilled water....soil should have enough Nutes to get it going before you start supplementing....
Week 2 - 3-400ppm's
Week 3 - 4-500ppm's
Week 4 - 5-600ppm's
Bloom -----------
Week 5 - 6-700ppm's
Week 6 - 7-800ppm's
Week 7 - 8-900ppm's
Week 8 - 9-1000ppm's
Week 9 - 10-1100ppm's
Week 10 - 11-1200ppm's
Week 11 - 12-1300ppm's
Week 12 - 13-1400ppm's or flush this week, depending on strain, trichs and when you feel like harvesting....

Start with once a week feeds.... Once you feel confident, and you plants are large enough, you can try twice a week but make sure to give plain water between feedings....

But you get the picture of what I mean by how to build nute tolerance, right??? You always want to start off light and end strong.... The ppm's would be a mix of your macro and micro nutes.... And vitamins if you decide you want to throw some of those in too.... I would strongly recommend vitamin B-1, Thiamine Mononitrate.... The Thiamine promotes systemic active resistance within the plant which in turn gives you healthy happy plants that are less susceptible to infections or disease....

I'll be glad to walk you through the process of figuring out ppm levels for each of your products and how to combine them if you need assistance in doing so....

Oh and one last thing, I've been using CM and LK for years now and let me tell you that I have not notices a difference in growth between the LK recommended amounts and using less amounts of it but I have noticed reduced growth without it as well.... So what I'm trying to get at is you shouldn't use more than 5ml per gallon of each CM and LK....anymore is just a waste....


Hope this helps....

CGI::::::