Nutrients The Autoflower Network welcomes Prescription Blend!

[Prescription Blend]

hi and a big welcome from the UK how is your feed for say autopots in coco I'm very curious and will be following with interest

I can definaltly say that it works great in coco. Have not tried the autopots but I have heard good things about them, I don't see any reason that there would be an issue. All our solutions are all filtered to remove particles so that drip/spray lines won't clog this should also make it suitable for use in a system like autopots.

 

[Dichoti]

...we know that growers don't pull punches when it comes to criticism and we can't wait to get into these tests.

With all the info that’s provided, Any sort of “punch” would probably be about packaging, shipping, or something misunderstood.
...Unless the stuff smells worse than Photosynthesis Plus. Then my wife will probably try to punch you.

 

[Dichoti]

Oh, forgot to say, I’m also going to be using your product in autopots with coco.

 

[Jean-O]

Hi ya @Prescription Blend welcome to AFN glad to see a nutrient company specifically for medicinal grows!

 

[Bigg Al]

Thanks for your answers, they are a big help for me!! So according to your feed chart, we should start feeding with week 3 for autos and using OF? Do you make any brew teas?

Thanks again!!

 

[Sour D]

So, Ill be using your product in coco/perlite, drain to waste, autoflowers. Currently using Green Planet Medione lineup and adding 5ml of cal/mag per gallon. Should I stay with that 5ml or at least for testing purposes, see how it does without it?

 

[BII]

"Big Data" looks to be the P-K bloom supplement. Many, perhaps even most, autoflower growers use products with different P-K ratios at different parts of bloom. Can you tell us a little about your views on different formulations bloom boosters used in say early vs. late bloom (such as higher and lower P vs. K ratios in early vs. later bloom); and what's in Big Data?

To get optimal results, will we still be using 3rd party (or your own?) P-K booster(s)?

 

[Prescription Blend]

Thanks for your answers, they are a big help for me!! So according to your feed chart, we should start feeding with week 3 for autos and using OF? Do you make any brew teas?

Thanks again!!

@Bigg Al hard to say, it depends how long you let them deplete the OF. If you start liquid feed right when you start to notice they have used up the resources in the media then you could start at week #2 which is about %50 strength. If you wait a little longer to start liquid feed when the plants look hungry then you can start at week #3 full strength for veg.

So, Ill be using your product in coco/perlite, drain to waste, autoflowers. Currently using Green Planet Medione lineup and adding 5ml of cal/mag per gallon. Should I stay with that 5ml or at least for testing purposes, see how it does without it?

@Sour D I talked a bit about my general perspective on cal/mg is a few posts ago. I would recommend that you try it without extra cal/mg and use it as needed but if you want you could do some with and some without to see what happens. The thing to keep in mind is that most cal/mg products actually deliver a lot of N.

 

[Prescription Blend]

"Big Data" looks to be the P-K bloom supplement. Many, perhaps even most, autoflower growers use products with different P-K ratios at different parts of bloom. Can you tell us a little about your views on different formulations bloom boosters used in say early vs. late bloom (such as higher and lower P vs. K ratios in early vs. later bloom); and what's in Big Data?

To get optimal results, will we still be using 3rd party (or your own?) P-K booster(s)?

Big "Data" is a PK supplement for flower but you can see in our feed chart that we recommend using it in a way that is a little different then most other brands. We recommend increasing the amount used from flower week 1 (4mL/gal) through flower week 3-4 (6mL/gal) and then dropping back in week 5 (5mL/gal) for the rest of the grow.

We balanced our nutrient formulas by using a methodical approach to determine the upper and lower boundaries of the plateau area of the growth response for each nutrient component and to balance these between the pro/antagonistic relationships. (see attached for a basic example of a nutrient response curve, when I refer to these later on I am talking about data that we collected and determined and not a specific diagram)

Big "Data" got its name because we spent A LOT of time and many grow cycles to come to the final result. We followed what the data was telling us but here is my interpretation and rational: at transition the plant is starting to change their signaling and growth structures, by week 4 stretching and flower set have completed and a full transition into flower growth is done. During this time we found that plants responded best when their nutrient concentration for phosphorus and potassium was slowly increased signaling that there are abundant resources for the plant to support the sites that are setting for flower growth. After flower set we found that these higher nutrient concentrations are not needed to sustain rapid growth and the best result was to reduce them both slightly. At the peak addition during week 3-4 of flower we are at the upper end of the optimum area on the growth response curves for these nutrients and then they are backed off to the upper middle area of the optimum concentration range. This is approach gave us the best result for increasing flower set, maintaining optimum growth rate throughout flower and not having excess nutrients going to waste.

We have a single supplement for adding PK during flower because we found that the benefits of having a single component outweighed anything that we achieved from adding multiple items to the system.

I would recommend using the 6 part nutrient system and seeing how it performs in comparison to what your used to but if you want to add other things in or test an addition I would welcome you to try it side by side to compare.

 

[Death The Cultivator]

Big "Data" is a PK supplement for flower but you can see in our feed chart that we recommend using it in a way that is a little different then most other brands. We recommend increasing the amount used from flower week 1 (4mL/gal) through flower week 3-4 (6mL/gal) and then dropping back in week 5 (5mL/gal) for the rest of the grow.

We balanced our nutrient formulas by using a methodical approach to determine the upper and lower boundaries of the plateau area of the growth response for each nutrient component and to balance these between the pro/antagonistic relationships. (see attached for a basic example of a nutrient response curve, when I refer to these later on I am talking about data that we collected and determined and not a specific diagram)

Big "Data" got its name because we spent A LOT of time and many grow cycles to come to the final result. We followed what the data was telling us but here is my interpretation and rational: at transition the plant is starting to change their signaling and growth structures, by week 4 stretching and flower set have completed and a full transition into flower growth is done. During this time we found that plants responded best when their nutrient concentration for phosphorus and potassium was slowly increased signaling that there are abundant resources for the plant to support the sites that are setting for flower growth. After flower set we found that these higher nutrient concentrations are not needed to sustain rapid growth and the best result was to reduce them both slightly. At the peak addition during week 3-4 of flower we are at the upper end of the optimum area on the growth response curves for these nutrients and then they are backed off to the upper middle area of the optimum concentration range. This is approach gave us the best result for increasing flower set, maintaining optimum growth rate throughout flower and not having excess nutrients going to waste.

We have a single supplement for adding PK during flower because we found that the benefits of having a single component outweighed anything that we achieved from adding multiple items to the system.

I would recommend using the 6 part nutrient system and seeing how it performs in comparison to what your used to but if you want to add other things in or test an addition I would welcome you to try it side by side to compare.

Was this to the end of achieving more bio mass and or improvements in terpenes?