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Shall I I switch from 18/6 to 12/12 nutrition help please

Smokeyboar
Smokeyboarstarted grow question 4 years ago
Shall I switch the light now to 12/12 and how do I use these other nutes I have been using the and and b
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 4 years ago
if you wanted to change your nutes a bit, you'll want to raise P a tad.. but keep the others roughly in line with what they were. if oyu use the labels and create a spreadsheet like the picture in my diaries, you can easily do this without fear. otherwise, blindly raise the one with your main P source and increase it slightly... very slightly, lol, if doing this blindly without aid of math and forethought. the initial switch is a transition.. the hormonal balance changes.. so over the next 3-4 weeks it's switching from vegetative growth to bloom growth.. you don't want your "bloom formula" in use 100% before that completes.. some sort of transition over that time to a higher P is likely a good idea -- but still unproven as of yet from what i know, anecdotal evidence aside for a good reason. as long as the plant doesn't show deficiencies and things are avaialble for it to use, it's likely close to optimal. you start doing this and see more issues in canopy over time, recognize it is likely due to this behviour. this can likely work,b ut will require a tone of trial and error and observations/notes to help guid over a long period of time that is just too difficult to encompass fully without the aid of notes and data. like trying to guess someone's batting average after watchin 1000 PA... just not going to be accurate about it.
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 4 years ago
You could do. I would be tempted to top the taller ones, give them a week or two and then flip. Don't underestimate how much they'll stretch once you switch the lights. 👍🌱Coco should have a schedule on the Internet advising when to use their additives.
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smoke24
smoke24answered grow question 4 years ago
When you flip to flower is totally up to you and the size of your grow space. Defoliate and do any training before you flip you don't want any stress going into flower. You can count on the plants stretching up to 50% once you go to 12/12. As for the nutes…...I've never been much for stacks of bottles, really you only need a veg nute and a flower nute. There is a guy on youtube by the name of Bill Ward, and he only uses general hydroponics maxibloom powder for the ENTIRE grow, and he pulls some serious yields from his autoflowers.
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