8 site RDWC grow lucas formula grow diary by darknes01

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Mospeada commented6y ago

I started off with the lucas formula. It's only good for late flower. Cut the bloom in half for even amounts. If you look at the ratios this gives your plant a very nice 5 - 5 - 5 for veg then gradually work the Bloom back up so it hits the 5 - 10 - 10 by around week 5 of flower. Seeing as you're growing from clones I'd just cut the bloom back so you have a 5 - 7.5 - 7.5 but not until you've given those plants a flush, Yucca extract is really good for this. We're actually running very similar setups. Actually I take it back...the Lucas formula is garbage for hydro...way too strong. Give your plants a flush then feed 1ml/L Micro, 1.5ml/L Bloom, 2ml/L Calmag. Let your plants bounce back for a week then flip to flower.

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darknes01 commented6y ago

@Mospeada, Thank you, I appreciate it. Is there any other 2 part or 3 part solution that you would prefer over lucas formula? I have been thinking of swapping to the Athena Blended Grow A & B then using the flower A&B with calmag. My 1 big question would be, your input and anyone else that would like to chime in, is, are my plants growth where it should be given that i started them on the 8th of Jan? Since its my 1st grow i have nothing to compare it too so not sure if they are growing as fast as they should be or maybe they are growing fast lol. any and all comments are welcomed. Gotta learn somehow :)

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Mospeada commented6y ago

@darknes01, A really important point is that you're growing from clones so your plants are already mature which means you can flip to flower almost straight away. The few weeks you've given them in veg should be plenty. If you have your net down than that's pretty much time to flip. You'll easily see the most vigorous growth in the first four weeks of flower (really important to stay on top of your canopy as it can get out of hand in a matter of days), by then they should have finished their stretch and will be onto fattening up on the buds. I'm still looking for a good fertiliser myself. I still really like GH Micro and Bloom combo as in equal parts you have an awesome base that's equal in NPK. The main things you need to worry about then is PK levels. For the first two weeks of flower go heavy on P (2 times N) and K (1.5 times N). The P is good for early flower to promote increased bud sites. The next two weeks drop the P back down to 1.5. Last four weeks push the K (2 times N) and keep P at 1.5). In late flower a plants can deplete K down to deficient levels.

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Wicked_Stix commented6y ago

@darknes01, if you are looking for a simple, cheap alternative then maxigro and maxibloom are what you want. They work great as stand alone nutrients.

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Astarte commented6y ago

Those things are exploding with growth huh?

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darknes01 commented6y ago

@Astarte, honestly its my 1st grow so i dont know what to expect and not sure if its growing fast or actually slow. I actually flipped to flowering yesterday. ill post some photos in a few days to update the growth. Do you think this is good growth , slow or fast? thank u

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Astarte commented6y ago

@darknes01, looks great tbh. Im not hydro expert but its looking good.

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