GH 3 part - Useless' formula

Yes, in fact that is what bushmaster is designed for.


I run bushmaster only (no nutes) for 3 days. Then jump right back into where I should be on the nutrient feed schedule.


MOAB, yes, week 5 on an 8 week strain, week 6 on a 9 week variety.

 

No nutes, ph'd water with bushmaster for 3 days. If you are stopping stretch.

 

Don't need it in week 1.


Use it at 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons. Drop base nutes 50%.

 

It works


Hey folks, just a report that I switched to this schedule and it works great. I was running Botanicare nutes hempy style before, with PPP. Had probs - looked like MG def. and Epsom solved it but.... Now switched to Useless' formula in RDWC - no probs. Ph tracks perfectly at 5.5 - 5.8 so long as I top off with fresh high ph water during the week. I think as plants drink, res drops, ppm rises, ph drops. Top off counters this - keeps ppms down, ph where it should be.


Thanks, Useless, for a kickass easy to follow schedule. Took the fear out of hydro for me.

 

Anywhere I can do some reading to better understand nutes and mixing and understanding what everything means and how it works....in other words "Nutes for Dummies"??????

 

Horticulture classes, learn how differant minerals and such get eaten and dispursed

 

what stage is considered week 1?

 

If you follow this schedule as it is explained in this thread you will have success doing hydro. It doesn't get much easier to follow or understand than this.

 

This is exactly my understanding/practice as well.

 

Do I spray clones and seedlings with plain water until a root system is established or use little nutes like the label says? (GH nutes label)


http://generalhydroponics.com/site/gh/docs/prod_labels/floragro.pdf

 

Hi all,


I'd like to know about using this schedule with 350-380 ppm water. I mixed up some week 2 nutes and found that I needed to dilute the mixture by half to get the proper concentraion. I'd assume that would be the equivalent of feeding the plant "diet" nutes. The plants don't seem unhappy at this point.


Since my water isn't so good, is it acceptable to increase the final value of ppm a little bit in order to compensate? Or am I in bad need of RO water?


I made a mistake when I made up my week 1 nutes, and mixed it at 800 ppm instead of 600, since I couldn't read my writing. Didn't seem to hurt the plants. Does this suggest that a little higher concentration, say about 200 ppm worth, would be acceptable throughout the grow?


Thanks,


OS

 

Hey guys...and ladies. I'm new here but I've been runnin the Useless Formula in e & f ables for about a year. I'll give you my system and problems and hopefully I'll get some feedback. I need a little help dialing this in.


2000 over each 4 x 8


4 x 8 tables


A/c


co2


R/o


8" net pots filled w/ hydroton placed on a 1/2" coco mat


Flooding 4 x for 15 min


growing from clone


Nutes


veg


Useless formula usually mixed for 5 gallons over 3/4 strength


5ml per gallon florablend


5 ml per gallon silica blast


10 ml per gallon Calmg


Bloom


Useless Form mixed 3/4 plus 5


5ml florablend


5 ml silica blast


10 ml calmag


5ml bud candy


hammerhead/moab


Ok so I started using Useless's formula about a year ago. Spoke with a well known grower on another site and he recomended the addatives. Did maybe 5-6 runs with it.. All turned out well except for the last round, I had one freak on me. Anyway I always seem to run into the same problem. I always sem to get wha I think is a cal/mag deficiency. I'm leaning more towards mag. I'm Using calmag because of the r/o but I think I'm locking something out. I notice slow growth, light/ dark leaves, purple stems and underside veins of the leaves. Now I also read that mixing the silica could lock out some nutrients. I flush and mix according to Useless my ph usually stays pretty stable. Right around 6. I just changed my res on my moms and took the calmag out of the equation to see what happens. Anybody with any suggestions?

 

GH 3part is lacking in cal/mag in the beginning only, typically in week 1,2 and sometimes 3 of FLOWERING and USELESS suggests using an additive only for that timeframe


IMO/E......your using waaay to many nuts n bolts to try and juice up your plants........like NIP said, less is more


IMO....you got about 5 things to many goin on

 

What we have here is a clear case of over swaggulation!