Latewood's Legacy: GH 3-part and CalMag tutorial and discussion

[Hightimes817]

I changed bloom formula to 1 part G, 1/2 part M, 3parts Bloom...Whooooyou should a seen'em jump.


P>S> I got some AN hammerhead 0-9-18 Watch out. :smokin:

[align=center]Latewood, thank you for all the experience and insight! I now know exactly what my little girls need.

For me tho, I have had terrible results with liquid karma. From the terrible brown color of the stuff running down the edge of the bottle and staining everything it touches, to creating terrible bacteria and fungus in my bubbler pots.

After using it for only 2-3 days, the bubbler water was awfully rank smelling and had tons of algae and bacteria forming on the sides of the bucket. Im not sure if i just got an old product or anybody else are having these results, but anyway..

What could you recommend for a supplament top-off instead of LK? I was thinking maybe Earth Juice Catalyst? Its alot cheaper and seem like similiar products, but im not sure whats all in it. What would you recommend to get the same growth power but without having to use Liquid Karma?

Also, how do you intend to use the Hammerhead product from Advanced nutrients? Would that work in place of LK?[/align]

[latewood]

Well. Something else was wrong. I agree that LK is kinda nasty, but that is from the humic acid and such...

advanced Nutrients recommends B-52, Botanicare has Sea Blast. Just make sure that you have a b-vitamin w/sea kelp, similar to LK. LK is a catalyst. so start your search there.

I would have to look up, but isn't floralicious a catalyst by GH???

Earth Juice is gonna be just as nasty as the next one...believe me these particular additive are nasty...Good luck let me know how it goes.

[latewood]

[align=center]Hey Latewood, yeah- something else was definately wrong. My little babies were nice and healthy, above 5-6 nodes and climbing, when it all went downhill. Even with constant water changes, i still got nasty bacteria and awful smells..

One thing I didnt consider was the temperature of the water. If i was hypothetically using just a 5 gallon bucket, that is non recircilating with a simple airstone, is cooling the water absolutely critical? I drilled holes at the top of the bucket for the airlines so it would be air tight, so the only thing I can think of is the temps.

How would people that grow in this way be able to cool their temps? I know a simple solution would be dropping some frozen bottle waters in there, but honestly.. whats the deal? I started to use this method about 2 months ago and have nothing to show for it. The plants drooped until their death

Im prolly the only first time grower that tried hydro first and is considering going to soil!!

p.s. Blueberry x AK-47 .. is uploading attachments the only way to show photos?

I didnt grow it unfortunately
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Without knowing more about your growing conditions, I couldn't tell you. I didn't see this post until today. sorry

You need rez temps 65-70 dgrees. Ice water bottles are OK, but why was rez temps so Hot? I have never used anything or done any more than I showed you here. Peace

[socialistpete]

Took me awhile to read this one!!

Latewood, there was one thing I was confused on. In your first post you stated that you dip a 5 gallon bucket in your 35 gal rez and add nutes. Is the formula given, for each 5 gallons. so if my res was 20 gallons I would add 4 times that amount? Sorry I'm ripped and over analyzing things.:stoned: :stoned:

I'm going to pick up gh nutes and liquid karma tomorrow. My seedlings are ready for there first feeding.

[latewood]

Yes that is what it means. Values were for 5 gallons.
So 40ml=160ml. for 20 gallons.

A note about Calmag+ and hardwater GH MicroH.

If you end up with GH 3-part, part =MicroH, the difference between regular GH Micro, is that Hardwater formula has less Calcium-magnesium in the formula. so don't forget you calmag+...Your plants use alot of these 2 elements.

[LOC NAR on probation]

Glad to here it's working well. Unfortunately latewood is no longer here. He is over at another site now. I can't remember the name , trying to get back there myself. Saw him a month ago and it's is still working. Go by his formula, works great. Sorry to have lost him here!!!!

[xcrispi]

Glad to here it's working well. Unfortunately latewood is no longer here. He is over at another site now. I can't remember the name , trying to get back there myself. Saw him a month ago and it's is still working. Go by his formula, works great. Sorry to have lost him here!!!!

Hey LOC NAR on probation ,
I believe Latewoods at Hygronomics.com I could be mistaken though . This recipe is the shit BTW . I got a 19 oz, plant using it in dwc/drip buckets .
Crispi :jointsmile:

[colour]

LW left?? Know where he went?

Hopefully someone else can answer this, then:
His formula is per 5 gallons. If doing DWC with individual buckets you're not using all 5 gallons...this confused me. I thought he started out saying he does 5 gal. bucket DWC but you can't possibly use all 5..?

[gainesvillegreen]

LW left?? Know where he went?

Hopefully someone else can answer this, then:
His formula is per 5 gallons. If doing DWC with individual buckets you're not using all 5 gallons...this confused me. I thought he started out saying he does 5 gal. bucket DWC but you can't possibly use all 5..?

I think he may have just used the 5 gallons as an example (but I don't know). You're right about not being able to use the whole 5 gallons, 3 is more like it. Just stick with the 8-8-8ml per gallon in veg, and adjust for flower.

[elskeetro]

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I just read back 1 page and got the info i needed. sorry for the redundant post.

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Yeah, i have the same confusion as above.

In the original post he says he has a 35 gallon res, he takes a 5 gallon bucket, dips it into the big res then adds nutes to the 5 gallons...

so 1-1-1 = 8ml-8ml-8ml X 5 gallons = 40ml-40ml-40ml....right?

so does he dump that into his 35 gallon res when he's done mixing?

In veg i have a 13 gallon res with 9 gallons of water...does that mean i should mix:

1-1-1 = 8ml-8ml-8ml X 9 gallons = 72-72-72 ???

I feel as though that may be overkill...

please advise!!!

thanks!
Skeet