So I am on a page that asks if I wanna talk raw salt, and no one wants to talk salt???HMMM??
Hey bagabones
I have been using a raw salts pretty well exclusively for the last two years. I got the recipe from some local growers that got the recipe (so I'm told) from an old Dutch guy years ago. You are one of the few guys I have seen on forums that does the same.
I have to read more carefully through the earlier posts and compare to what I am doing.
I use five salts and Chelated micronutrien for veg and four salts and the micronutes for bud in varying amounts (depending on veg or bud)
The recipe requires each ingredient to be dissolved in hot water and added to the res separately. I use 80 gal reservoirs and make batches in full or half strength depending on the stage of growth and adjust PPMs by adding more water to get the strength I want
Here is the recipe for full strength veg and bud (in grams)....lemee know what u think
Calcium Nitrate. 180 g
Potassium Sulphate. 20 g
Potassium Nitrate. 100g
Potassium Phospate. 50 g
Magnesium Sulphate. 170g
Micro Nutes. 20 g
Bud
Cal Nite. 464g
Pot Sulf. 144g
No pot nite. 0
Pot Phos. 124
Mag Sulf. 300g
Micro nutes. 15g
I'd love to talk about salts. I used this stuff a couple times. The first, I added triple the amount that I was supposed to. The results were a disaster. Second time, I used exactly the recommended and the results were absolutely unbelievable. The plants were the healthiest I have ever seen. It's been hiding under my kitchen sink for about 10 years. Peeking this thread sparked the memory and I went and dug it out. Think I'll be using this stuff again!
BM
hello there... sorry I lost my info and was unable to log in as bagabones so I had to make a new account... its been a while since ive looked at this.. it didn't get much traction...
Damen, are you in soil or hydro?
if your in hydro I must assume those measurements are to mix 160 gallons in total???
that flower mix for 80 gallons would be;
240 N
92 P
312 K (much to high)
you did mention a concentrate and so it is possible your cutting the 80 gallons in half which would be closer
assuming your cutting it in half it would yield
120N (high for flower)
46 P (good)
156K (a little high in my opinion)
Ca 146 (very high)
Mg 47 (a little high but in ratio with the K)
S 102 (way to high)
oops..im sorry, I missed that you have K-N (potassium nitrate) in your veg formula available to you... let me chek the math and see if that changes anything
for your veg formula its off
personally I wouldnt use these formulas in my set up... EC level that high cause reduced yields and super stretchy plants
for veg I think youd be better off with something like
80 gallons
Ca N 150gr
K-N 70 gr
mpk 50gr
Mg-S 130 gr
no K-S
which would yield
N111
P36
K132
Mg 40
S 53
Ca 95
all of this is assuming your source water isn't high in any particular element
I think you would find these ratios very close to the general hydroponic 3 part except with more Ca and Mg since there formula is light on Ca and Mg
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