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Cannabis Plant Mineral Nutrients, Additives & Growth Supplements are essential to your marijuana plants development, vigour and vitality, and in this section we will show you which are the best Marijuana Nutrients Additives & Growth Supplements to use in our opinion , and also when to use them in the different stages of growing marijuana.
Above image is of Formulex Growth Nutrient. We strongly recommend Formulex as it is specifically designed for providing nourishment to a Marijuana Seed until it is Germinated and ready to be transffered to a Hydroponic Flood & Drain (Ebb and Flow) System.
Above Picture is of the Essential Canna Vega Grow A & B Nutrients that your Cannabis Seedlings need to thrive on in order to develop and grow into strong plants with bushy leaves during the 18-20 hour a day photo light phase. Also featured in the picture are the Canna Flores flower/ bud boosting Bloom A and B nutrients needed during the 12 hour on/ 12 hour off photo lighing cycle period.
Hydroponic Marijuana Nutrients, Additives & Supplements for Germination
A nutrient/ fertilizer is plant food which cannabis plants need to germinate, develop, grow and bloom (a.k.a. flower of bud).
Marijuana plant nutrients like many other plants need to essentially contain Macronutrients including Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus with smaller amounts of additional nutrients such as Calcium, Magnesium and Sulphur with trace elements also known as micronutients include boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc.
Due to the choice of using a hydroponic system with clay pebbles, the right nutrient based water solution is essential and this changes and varies in pH level and CF levels throughout the germination & propagation stage, transffering/ transplanting your seedlings to your hydroponic flood and drain (ebb and flow) system, the various stages of marijuana growth cycles.
So for optimal quality of balanced nutrient plant food we strongly recommend Formulex, an artificial mineral fertilizer (a.k.a. N-P-K fertilizer or compound fertilizer) solution which contains water, mineral salts and beneficial trace elements, and has been specially formulated specifically for hydroponic system cannabis plant growth, it is used only during the germination process by professional indoor marijuana cultivators as it has everything seedlings and cuttings (clones) need.
During the cultivation of cannabis, you will also
Hydroponic Cannabis Nutrients, Additives & Supplements for Transplanted Seedlings for Grow Light Cycles
Once your Cannabis plants have about 3-4 healthy leaves, they are ready to be transffered/ transplanted into your hydroponics systems, but first, you need to stab a lot of holes in the bottom of your bag of clay pebbles, put a hose pipe in the top, turn it on for at least half an hour but the longer the better, and let it wash all of the dust and debris off the clay pebbles, another way to do this is by emptying the clay pebbles into your bath and use the shower to rinse off the dirt, dust and debris from the pebbles, effectively like a sieve would, again for about half an hour minimum.
If you don't do this, large amounts of sediment will build up in the water tank reservoir of your hydroponic system, which when disturbed during flood and drain (ebb and flow) cycles etc, will alter the pH stability level of water in your systems reservoir tank, which is something you really don't want to happen.
Once the clay pebbles are washed, they are ready to go into the pods of your hydroponic system, but before you put them in, make sure that the gromits (similar to rubber bungs with holes in) are fitted securely into the flooding pipes at the bottom and the overflow pipes at the tops of the pods, if you don't, the clay pebbles will get stuck in the pipes, block up your system and cause all types of functionality problems.
Fill the pods up with the clay pebbles up to the overflow pipes, then you need to attach the fully waterproof submergable pump directly to the flow down pipe inside the reservoir tank so that the pump is under water, once you have done this you can fill your hydroponic systems reservoir tank with water up to the overflow pipe and begin testing the time it takes to flood and drain your system cycles.
A good way to do this is by the simplest method of them all, literally get a stop watch, start it simultaneously with the turning on of your water pump to begin a flooding cycle and put your finger approximately 1 inch below the surface of the clay pebbles, then stop your stop watch once your finger has become wet, this will give you a precise indication of how long it takes to flood you hydroponics system.
Your next step is to programme your digital timer, probably the most difficult piece of equipment to figure out how to use properly, but once it is done, it will runs your system for you when you are not there, so you can be out at work all day and the timer will automatically turn your water pump on and off for you every 3 hours. The good thing about buying an automatic digital timer from 1-Hydroponics is that all equipment is guaranteed, they come with full instructions that are easy to understand, but if you do buy any marijuana grow supplies from them, they have full product knowledge and they are only ever a phone call away if you need assistance in operating your equipment, and they really don't mind if you call them.
Once you have sorted the timer, its time to adjust the CF Level and the pH Level of the reservoir tank, don't forget to adjust the CF level first as it alters the pH level of your reservoir, then use the pH Up and Down to adjust the pH level after you have reached your desired Electrical Conductivity Factor (Total Dissolved Foods). Now unlike before when you was using Formulex Nutrients to adjust the CF levels, you will instead be using a two part, Grow A & B Nutrient Solution, the reason they come in two parts is because they conflict in their concentrated form, but not aggressively like pH Up & Down, just in the sense that because they are so concentrated, your marijuana plants roots won't be able to dissolve the nutrient solution and absorb it, therefore causing what is known as "Nutrient Lock" so make sure they never make contact with each other unless they are diluted, us seperate pipettes, containers & measuring cups as you do with the pH up and down.
Newly Transplanted/ Transffered Marijuana Seedlings in their Early Light Cycle Stage
Now an important point to remember is that for the first few weeks, your plants still require a weak CF level of mineral nutrient plant food water solution in the reservoir, so when you are calculating how much concentrated nutrient you need based on the instructions on the side of the Grow Part A & Part B Nutrient, the instructions are guiding you for the requirements of a full grown plant, and at this early stage, your seedling plant only needs approximately one third to ½ of the recommended dilution ratio. So if the guidelines tell you that a platn requires 4ml to every 1 litre of water and you had a 45 litre reservoir to fill, you would start by halfing the recommended 4ml to 2ml of concentrated nutrient then multiply it by 45, giving you a required 90 milliletres of Grow Part A Nutrient & 90 millilitres of Grow Part B Nutrient to be mixed into the reservoir, but knock about 5ml off each just to be safe, add it to the hydroponic systems reservoir, give it a good stir then take a reading of the cf level on your EC, CF, TDS Meter, then if more is needed, you can always add an extra milliltre of each until you've got a CF reading of 12-14, if you go over this level, pump some of the tanks water out and add more untreated water.
Ideally once you have adjusted the CF level of the tank, you need to adjust the pH level to 6 due to the new requirements of the plants in a clay pebble indoor growing environment, once you have achieved this pH level, you need to flood and drain the system a few times to ensure that the reservoir is mixed thoroughly by switching the manual override button on to flood it and just before it reaches the overflow pipes at the top of your systems pods switch it off again to avoid losing any of the treated water from the reservoir.
Once you have flooded and drained the system a few times you'll need to check and adjust the CF and pH levels of your reservoir, if the pH level is lower than 5.9, its much better to discard the reservoirs tank water and start the whole process again as using pH Up at this early stage in the Marijuana Plants life can cause unrepairable damage to a plants root ball and can ultimately kill your plant.
When you are happy that the hydroponic systems reservoir tank has balanced CF & pH Levels that are adequate for a plants survival and the growing environment will allow the plant to develop and thrive, its time to plant you well rooted plant into the pods with the clay pebbles in.
There are two easy methods to plant a cannabis seedling or cutting (clone), the first is to flood the system and gently push the rock wool cubes down into the clay pebbles without its plastic wrapping, then cover the rockwool cubes with pebbles until they are two pebbles deep, this is to stop algae growing on the rock wools moist surface and attracting germs, bacteria and disease.
The secong method is done by scooping out some of the clay pebbles from the surface, gently placing the rockwool cube amongst the pebbles, then gently covering the top of the rockwool cube, again approximately 2 pebbles deep.
The light above your canopy should start about 3-4 feet higher than the canopy and be brought down towrds the marijuana plants canopy, reducing the distance between the canopy and the HPS (High Pressure Sodium) lights or MH (Metal Halide) lamps by about two to three inches per day to avoid causing the cannabis plants to go into shock. Keep reducing the light gradually until the there is approximately 3ft between the canopy and the lights, and the size of the plants have grown to approximately a foot and a half (18 inches).
The photo period where your grow lights are on until your plant reaches 16-18 inches tall is 18-20 hours a day and you can let your pH level of your tank naturally rise to about 6.5 before using the pH down to reduce it back to between 5.9 and 6.0
If the lights are reduced to a 2-3 foot gap before your cannabis sativa plants have developed and grown to between 16 and 18 inches, then there is a very simple test you can carry out to make sure that the distance between the canopy and the lights doesn't burn and damage your marijuana plants, simply place your hand on top of the canopy with the back of your hand facing towards the light and raise the grow lights up so that there is no intense heat on your hand, the lights will need raising frequently to match the rapidly accelerating growth of your thriving plants though so don't leave checking them for longer than 24 hours, you have been warned.
Hydroponic Ganja Nutrients, Additives & Supplements for Flowering, Blooming, Budding and Harvesting Lighting Cycle Phase
Once your Marijuana Plants have grown 16-18 inches in height you need to change your nutrient solution from Grow A & B, to a Bloom (a.k.a. Flores or Flower) Nutrient and be reducing your grow cycles lighting period to 12 hours on, 12 hours off, which induces a marijuana plants flowering, blooming & budding phase.
By switching to a 12 hour on and off lighting period the plants think that winter is coming and therefore reproduce creating the massive buds you desire so badly.
What you have done so far by starving the plants on a hydroponic systems reservoir tank CF level of 12-14 is make the plants thrive and want more and more food nourishing (a.k.a. macronutrients and micronutrients increase), so when you suddenly switch the lighting cycle from 18-20 hours a day, down to 12 hours per day, they panic and want more food to reproduce and create as bigger buds as they possibly can, therefore you give them what they want and up the nutrient levels of the systems reservoir tank to around 18-20 CF which is almost full strength but not quite, as well as keeping your pH level at around 6.
Its good practice to do a nutrient flush approximately 3-4 weeks into the blooming cycle, a nutrient flush is basically getting rid of all the water in the reservoir by pumping it out just after a flood and drain cycle, then refilling the reservoir tank with water treated to a cf level of 18-20 and a pH level of 6 as you have done before. This helps to clear the system of any unwanted and dead mineral salts that are useless as plant food.
As with anything in nature, you will get big strong marijuana plants that grow faster than the others, and if you base the raising of you light with one strong plants growth, then all the other plants will struggle to keep up, so they elongate (stretch to follow the lights) which is detrimental to the slower developing plants health.
Therefore in situations like this, it hurts to do it, but we strongly advise you cut the top off the faster growing plants down to the level of the rest of the slower maturing plants canopy, or another methods which maybe be better is to clip the centre tip out of the stronger plants to encourage side growth rather than vertical growth, so that you can concentrate on keeping the light as close to the canopy as whole.
At approximately 5 weeks into the blooming, flowering, fruiting, budding cycle, your marijuana plants should be ready for a nutrient additive known as PK13-14 which is a blooming stimulator/ accelerator which boosts the growth of marijuana buds. Write down the exact day that you started the bloom lighting period and exactly 5 weeks into the blooming, flowering, fruiting, budding phase, introduce and administer the PK13-14 for one week only, and use this solution along with your Bloom, Flores or Flower nutrient, add the bloom solution to a cf level of 22-24 you have been using for the past 5 weeks first, then the PK13-14, then adjust the pH level of the tanks reservoir to 6. This is a very exciting time for you, as the day you introduced the pk13-14 into your hydroponic systems reservoir tank, it is an indication that your marijuana plants buds will be ready for harvesting/ cropping in only 3 more weeks!
After a week of feeding your cannabis plants the PK13-14 solution flush your tank, refill it using the Bloom A & B Nutrient and adjust the pH level of the tank to 6.
Now I know this sounds illogical but, when you are only one week away from harvesting your crop, your need to completely flush out the entire reservoir, and refill it with nothing but pH adjusted water (no nutrients, additives etc), just pH Up & Down to a level of pH 6. This helps the plant to flush out all of the nutrients that are stored inside the plant, get rid of any mineral nutrients stuck in the system and the clay pebbles etc, and also makes sure that there is no bitter taste to the great big marijuana buds, just pure, sweet smoke!
Once you have successfully harvested, cropped and removed the weed plants and the majority of the root ball, you need to administer a strong dosage of canna cannazyme which has enzymes that disslove the roots stuck in the clay pebbles. Then you need to add a strong h202 solution to completely disinfect the system so it is ready to be used again on the next cycle.