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@DeadwebsiteBoringcommunity, so I only have two plants on the Advanced Nutrients Trio. They also showed signs of Calcoum Deficiency but the added CalMag has stopped the spread thus far. I think I finally got my ratios down. My other two plants (one being the most effected) are on FloraFlex which is a synthetic salt based nutrients. I ended up changing CalMag brands and talked to a guy at a local hydro shop. This CalMag seems to be doing better. I tried cutting it out on the two with AN but they started showing a deficiency so they definitely need it even not being in coco

@Cali_Grown_420, The Trio Formula from Advanced nutrients has ph balancing agents in it... You could most likely cut out the cal-mag.. But don't take my word for it. Trust your gut... I ended up buying some Pro-cal from Green Planet Nutrients just in case, I get something like this. I am experiencing more problem in the micros towards the middle so I am by no means an "expert" on this topic.. But the idea of adding cal-mag is absolutely tied into Coco growing and doesn't really lend itself that well to Hydroponics.. I mean honestly I lean towards the cleanest, lightest possible flowers I can get... So I'd rather be a bit light on the nutrients then go overboard. And by light I mean smooth not weight wise ha ha.

@DeadwebsiteBoringcommunity, only reason I still use a small CalMag in my water is only for FloraFlex and I bring my PPMs up to 100-150 then add my nutrients. I don’t want to use my tap water because it really not good at all. And this is only because it’s direct instruction from FloraFlex

@Buddha2, Thank you

@Canna96, thanks!

@Fast_Buds, happy to be growing some of your guys genetics. Seen nothing but good things grown with your genetics. Do you guys have any PPM or EC recommendations for these girls? I’m going to be running Advanced Nutrients starting at 1/4 strength. But I’m also using FloraFlex on two of the plants. Manufacturer recommends an EC of 1.6 or about 800ppm on .5 conversion scale. Wondering if that would be okay or if I should tone it down a notch? Do you know of any growers who have used your genetics with FloraFlex?

@Wicked_Stix, ah okay that makes sense. I’m going to be using two types of nutrients. Advanced Nutrients MGB (hobbyist additives) and FloraFlex. I was planning on doing the whole grow with AN but when I realized how much more expensive it was gonna be I decided I was going to try out FloraFlex as well as it was more affordable. Going to do 2 plants with each. But my plan is to just use FloraFlex after this. Ive seen many grows with people using it and seems pretty good and they all love it. And it’s super affordable in comparison. I’m on day 9 right now, so now that you’ve mentioned this I’ll probably start them all on nutes now. I don’t know how I feel about this little one though I’m just gunna treat her as being a week behind the others.

@Cali_Grown_420, the cotyledons won't feed them for 3 weeks in hydro. If you are using a high quality soil then it can feed your plants for a few weeks. Not in hydro though. Not sure which nutrients you are using but most nutrients don't work as advertised as far as holding a steady pH. If you want a trouble free grow then I would get some maxigro and maxibloom. They hold pH steady and they are a great stand alone nutrient. They have everything the plant needs. That is what I use. I also use RO water and the plants usually want a little calmag around week 3. Fastbuds recommends 1/3 dose on day 5 in hydro, but 1/4 dose on day 3 has always worked well for me.

@Wicked_Stix, my understanding is the plants don’t need much nutrients this early as they get majority of their nutrients from their two cotyledons leaves? But it’s recommended to use a little CalMag if using RO water and the type of nutrients I’m using. As the nutrients needs some kind of buffering agent to stabilize pH levels.