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Hi and welcome along to the growroom

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[Keeno]

Happy days with working out hhe picture upload. They are looking like healthy Bushy plants so its a good start. They will explode when they start to fill these larger pots.

Do you have a ec pen? If so what is your tap water background ec?

I know you have the full canna range but honestly its not all needed.

What have they been feeding in up to this point?

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Hi there
My ec base is .4. My ec pen folded last grow so I’ve ordered new one. So far I’ve been feeding very light rhizotonic and calmag. I was planning adding coco a and b now with Aptus regulator. I want the roots to grow into new coco asap. Temp and rh is 25c60%rh lights on and 19c70%rh lights out. On 18/6.
Thanks bud

[Keeno]

Hi there
My ec base is .4. My ec pen folded last grow so I’ve ordered new one. So far I’ve been feeding very light rhizotonic and calmag. I was planning adding coco a and b now with Aptus regulator. I want the roots to grow into new coco asap. Temp and rh is 25c60%rh lights on and 19c70%rh lights out. On 18/6.
Thanks bud

Ok cool. They have been in coco all along? In the starter pots?

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Yes in coco from popping. Is your timer seconds r minutes?

[Keeno]

Yes in coco from popping. Is your timer seconds r minutes?

Minutes.

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Ive quoted the questions from the private message and put them here so you can come back to them as part of the diary.

Wat ph are u feeding?

Seedling stage 5.6 - 5.8.
Veg Stage 5.8 5.9 up to 6.0 on occasion, i fond some strains happier at 6.0.
Flower stage 6.0 - 6.3 allowing to drift. PH will rise after day 1 mixing so i set to 6.0 and allow to rise to 6.3 then reset to 6.0 if it gets above 6.3.

Wat ec are u in veg?

Ive not used a ec pen in a long time. I like to work off ml per litre these days. The ec id be at if measured is:

Veg, 0.5 - 1.0. Only normally getting to 1.0 as i move through a longer veg.
Flower, 1.0 - 1.5. Ive not ever had to go above 1.5 and normally 1.4 does the trick.

Obviously this is all strain dependant.

I have a rough guideline for feeding but as above always go by your plants and what they are telling you they need. My rough schedule is:

Veg, 0.5 to 1.0ml per litre Canna Coco A and B depending on age of the plants and what they are needing. This consists of only Canna Coco A and B. No root stim, no silicone. Ive dropped everything except base nutrients in veg except from cal mag if needed and a rooting powder like Dynomyco.

I will load the plants up 2 weeks before flower and 2 weeks after flower with cal mag. To do this i add 0.5ml per litre of cal mag for 2-3 days to my feed. Add this ion top of your ec when doing so. Calmag will seriously up the ec which isnt a true representation of what the plants are getting. So mix your normal feed to the desired ec and i then add the calmag. I will apply a foliar feed of epsom salts while doing this calmag "load up" as this helps the plants absorb the cal mag at root level.

Flower, 1.0 to 1.5ml of Canna Coco A and B. Along with this i use Canna PK 13/14 from day 1 of 12/12. The PK 13/14 i start at 0.25ml per litre on day 1 of 12/12. My reservoir lasts 4-5 days so i use 4-5 days at a time to adjust my feed. I will up the Canna PK 13/14 every 4-5 days when mixing new feed, 0.25ml per litre for the first batch, 0.4ml per litre for the second batch, 0.5ml per litre after this till week 3. After week 3 or day 22 i move to a lower ratio PK product like Rock Resinator or Vitalink Buddy at 0.5ml per litre till week 5. After week 5 i up this lower ratio PK product to 1ml per litre until flush. Obviously using Canna Coco A and B as a base the whole time in above ratios depending on the plants. I do not adjust the PK amounts, i adjust the Base nutrients to accommodate for the plants needs.

Wat nutrients are u using from seed to harvest?

I know you are using the full range but imo its not needed. I use the basic stuff and find it works best. My normal nutrients used are:

Canna Coco A and B.
Dynomyco.
Calmag.
Canna PK 13/14
Rock Resinator or Vitalink Buddy.

Thats all thats needed to grow in my honest opinion. You will have Rhizzo there from canna if you have the full range, this is something id use as well but you will find out that using the system you are it will run out fast and its not cheap. For this reason i done use it.

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Thanks keano