Fast Buds fastbuds mega grow journal- the G14 episode

[pop22]

She's a real beauty!

 

[stepside]

Nice, another BOM nom, you deserve it man that thing is beastly now... Wait for a little more swelling and a cup it is!!

 

[redrobbo]

if your using 100-150 ppms of cal/mag, that's not enough N to have much if any effect, your talking2 ppm.

Isnt 2% of 1000 ppm equal to 20ppm?
I was only going by what the plants looked like and my own experience using cal/mag with N in it.

 

[pop22]

1000 ppm of cal/mag?? isn't 250-300 ppm toxic to plants? did I miss something?

I add cal/mag to my water by measuring its ppm, i detest measuring in teaspoons etc. I add 100-150 ppm of cal/mag and test the levels for accuracy before I add nutrients ( when I use them ).

Isnt 2% of 1000 ppm equal to 20ppm?
I was only going by what the plants looked like and my own experience using cal/mag with N in it.

 

[redrobbo]

1000 ppm of cal/mag?? isn't 250-300 ppm toxic to plants? did I miss something?

I add cal/mag to my water by measuring its ppm, i detest measuring in teaspoons etc. I add 100-150 ppm of cal/mag and test the levels for accuracy before I add nutrients ( when I use them ).

I add my cal/mag the same way as you and have given plants 300ppm of cal/mag.They need it under leds and using coco medium.No plant deaths yet.

 

[woody]

she's a pretty one, looking real chunky.

thanks for looking in dude

Beautiful looking plant, bro, well done!

cheers mate she had a hard start in life but pulled through

She's a real beauty!

thank you pops fastbuds have their genetics nailed down

Nice, another BOM nom, you deserve it man that thing is beastly now... Wait for a little more swelling and a cup it is!!

just being nommed is a compliment enough, but someday ihope to have a little trophy up there below my lego head

 

[woody]

@pop22 and @redrobbo i only know roughly how much ppm im aiming to feed. I just thought the total ppm of the feed was all that mattered. But im a dumb ass lol.
Heres how i do it. My base water is 150ppm.
I add 1ml per litre of plant magic magne cal+ and the ppm rises to 370ppm so the calmag is 220ppm?
Then i add 2ml each of canna a and b and the ppm is then 850ppm. So the a and b are adding another 480 ppm.
Should i now be thinking about how much ppm of each macro and micro element i have per feed. Sounds complicated lol

 

[hecno]

This is a very nice looking plant .

 

[pop22]

Its just my way, thats all. I feel if i measure in ppms, I know my formula is exactly the same every time, thus eliminating the solution as a source of trouble. Your way is fine, its just not my way. I do feel that the cal/mag should be measured separately.

@pop22 and @redrobbo i only know roughly how much ppm im aiming to feed. I just thought the total ppm of the feed was all that mattered. But im a dumb ass lol.
Heres how i do it. My base water is 150ppm.
I add 1ml per litre of plant magic magne cal+ and the ppm rises to 370ppm so the calmag is 220ppm?
Then i add 2ml each of canna a and b and the ppm is then 850ppm. So the a and b are adding another 480 ppm.
Should i now be thinking about how much ppm of each macro and micro element i have per feed. Sounds complicated lol

 

[woody]

@hecno thanks very much brother i appreciate it.
@pop22 thanks for explaining it all for me. Im always open to ideas and love learning about growing. I remember reading somewhere that a plant can never get too much calcium. Im sure thats not true though. So the only thing holding me back from higher feeds of it was fear of burning with high ppm