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Pk booster with grow dots?

princessbronco
princessbroncostarted grow question a month ago
Hey guys, can I use a PK booster with grow dots? Plants are looking super healthy, but I want to give them a little bit of a boost. Or I can continue just hitting it with recharge as needed.
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NoVC01
NoVC01answered grow question a month ago
growdiaries.com/diaries/244831-chocolate-kush-bruce-banner-sativa-hybrid-grow-journal-by-novc01 (Day 20 Last three photos) I added 1/64th tsp water soluble P & K to my existing flower side mix last grow. Besides what I said below, it also hastened the grow "PK Boosters are nutrient supplements that encourage plants to hit the flowering stage earlier by producing a chemical change within the plant. They contain both Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) which together will ensure increased flower size, potency and will speed up growth. https://ghedirect.co.uk Let's Talk About PK Boosters)." So adding these to your mix is dicey. A very small amount can push your plants towards toxicity. Stalks and stems start to turn red, some leaves yellow and brown spot. Toxicity, the stalks will redden and begin frothing. Plants can still recover from this stress. From what I researched if your gonna do it, do it at the end of your third week. Don't wait until you're way into flower.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question a month ago
doubt they need it. PK boosters are just marking IMO. good feeds should have it all in one place in one product..
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oldskoolkool
oldskoolkoolanswered grow question a month ago
Iv just vread my comment back and even I find it hard to understand.I wonder why,haha.Cannas Terra Flores,base flower food with their pk booster that are made to be used together give you a P Phosphorus ratio of 11 and K Potassium is 22.Grow dots is 8-10.So a half dose of 9-18 brings your ratios up to what canna recommend but I'd still say use guano and ash as they'll get what they want.
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Dendegrow
Dendegrowanswered grow question a month ago
She looks like she has no shortage of nutrients, instead she looks a little overfed with nitrogen, so I won't recommend giving her more fertilizer
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oldskoolkool
oldskoolkoolanswered grow question a month ago
Slow release fertalizers aren't the best for growing herb as theres very little control at times like now.Yes you could use a booster.You've got to pay attention to the NPK ratios which are the 3 numbers main number you see on all bottles,packs.Base food have a p and k ratio of something like 4-8,they're all different and most of the boosters are 9/18 which brings the ratio of P phosphorus to 13 and K potassium 26.Some boosters are 50/40 but they ruin the taste of the ganja.The growm dots isn 8.10 so you can give them a pk booster as high as 5/16.You could give them half a dose of something like Dubhas Tree 9/18 the same as Cannas.Less is certainly more when it comes to plant nutrition.Better still use organic boosters as you're using recharge.Make suren you stand your water for at least 24 to disolve the chlorine as it kills the microbes in the recharge.Microbes feed the plant organics but mineral food is taken up dirctly.Guano is great for P phosphorus and also improves the taste and ash is great for K potassium but you need the microbes to convert it so stand your water.Its hard to burn your plant with organics as for the most part the microbes give the plant what they ask for.Its not unlike the job our stomache microbes do.The majority of anit biotics are made from spoil microbes.They also keep the bad guys away.Great for sprayin your plant to prevent mildew and mold,not in flower though.So you'd be better off with bat guano and hard wood ash which you can buy from the hydro store if you wish but it is only ash.Get some hard wood and burn it,haha.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question a month ago
Depends entirely on how much p and k you currently provide. More is not always better. There is a happy zone to stay in and going outside of it only has negative effects. This isn't foie gras. If you are giving lots of DLI and a fairly controlled environment, then you can simply rely on the the fact the plant is neither showing P/K tox or deficiency symptoms. that means it's getting enough relative to its growth rate already. Force feeding it doesn't "boost" anything. These look like they are on the high feeding side as opposed to low, so i doubt you need more. You may even have to back off in some portions of your fertilization formula. too much N or something is making the plant a bit too dark/lush.
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GanjaGecko
GanjaGeckoanswered grow question a month ago
Hey grüß dich. Die Ladys sehen leider etwas zu gesund aus. Die Blätter sind etwas zu grün. Ein Zeichen für zu viel Stickstoff. Ich würde erstmal ein bis zwei Wochen nur Wasser mit angepasstem ph-Wert geben. PK-Booster würde ich ab ca Woche 4 der Blüte beben.
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question a month ago
No control with the dots, not saying there bad they've had to much nitrogen but the dots will drop the nitrogen now and pk will be up.. apparently... I'd say wait a week or try a small amount, only 1 way to find out and then also learn something.. no stop hitting it
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question a month ago
Ich würde kein Stickstoff mehr geben davon haben sie genug, aber einen kleinen PK boost kannst du schon geben. Nur nicht übertreiben. Viel erfolg
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question a month ago
Plants are way over fed already..........no need for any more boosters imo. Over feeding will cause big leafy buds, not nice dense buds.
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question a month ago
To me plants look super overfed, not super healthy. By look , you are in week 2-3 of flower, too early for pk boosts by book.
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