Lucas Formula

[screwdababylon!]

Can anyone tell me why is there such a big difference between the lucas formula
and the one the GHE recomends here

http://www.eurohydro.com/pdf/tabs/gb/fs-aero.pdf

there are also a lot of aditives which the lucas didnt mention
hmmmm......

how did my plant grew so well if i used from 10% to 25% of lucas formula dosage
(in everage) not mentioning the problems i had and time it took. but.... it is a fact!

what the fuck am i gonna do with my problems now!!!???
the more i read the more my brain gets fucked up

if any one has any ideas please take a look at my plant it needs some help

P

[dagobaker]

i grow white widow at 50 percent of the normal amount stated on the bottle (using 3 part) at about 6.2 for my hydro and coco/perlite mixes
im experimenting with another fish water grow with no nutes just alittle cal/mag organic and some molasses
and with a 100% nute grow also for comparison
ill be up on the experiments friday night if all goes well
a plant from my current grow using coco/perlite mix at 6.2 using water from my 50% hydro units after changing them

[screwdababylon!]

i see
im gonna do some experiments too with the next grow
please post all u will find out

good luck

[ocitown]

You can feed the lucas formula weekly and water with ph corrected water between feedings or water each time with 1/4 the lucas formula with good results,i do soil and add AN sups. with great results but lucas has stated very clearly when using R/O and his formula nothing is needed when all other environmental conditions are met.

[IMgreen]

I use the lucas formula with floranova bloom for my last 2 grows and LOVE it!

Simplest feeding formula I have yet to try, perfect for newer growers imo

[DarthHerbage]

I'm thinking of going to the Lucas formula for my next grow...or even when I switch to bloom in the next week or two.

My question is: Is he saying to keep the same level of nutes throughout the entire grow? Won't such a high amount of nutes at the earlier stages negatively affect the young'uns?

Or what am I missing?

I thought it was good to vary the amount of nutrients with the stage of the plant.

[anongreen]

Use quarter strength or half strength (depending on how young they are) and work your way up to full strength.

[IMgreen]

yeah, what he said...

you still gotta treat younsters like babies but once they start feeding you give them as much as they can use for the lighting you have.

I have 4 week old plants under a 125 watt CFL at 960ppm and they're loving it

you can have higher ppm under HPS than you can under CFL cuz the plant has more energy to work with under HPS

[screwdababylon!]

PEACE!!!!! any ideas what EC convertion should i use if my TDS monitor dont know shit about convertion?????? take a look at this one here -------http://www.tdsmeter.com/products/dualtdsmeter.html ........ i just dont know what to do theres nothing about convertion on it or in the manual that came with it!!!!!!!!! tnx in advance

[screwdababylon!]

just got a response from their support service - EC conversion of that stuff i asked about is 0.5 - just in case

[IMgreen]

PPM meters are either .5 or .7 and they all calculate PPM based on EC

I am feeding my plants at about 1300 -ish under HPS or .65 EC at .5 conversio

good luck screwdababylon!

[ocitown]

Originally Posted by screwdababylon!

PEACE!!!!! any ideas what EC convertion should i use if my TDS monitor dont know shit about convertion?????? take a look at this one here -------http://www.tdsmeter.com/products/dualtdsmeter.html ........ i just dont know what to do theres nothing about convertion on it or in the manual that came with it!!!!!!!!! tnx in advance

Originally Posted by screwdababylon!

just got a response from their support service - EC conversion of that stuff i asked about is 0.5 - just in case

Originally Posted by IMgreen

PPM meters are either .5 or .7 and they all calculate PPM based on EC

I am feeding my plants at about 1300 -ish under HPS or .65 EC at .5 conversio

good luck screwdababylon!

You got the right conversion for Lucas and IMgreen is right as your PPM should be around 1300 when using HIDs and if you use R/O your plants will see every bit of it too.

[smokey!]

my measuring cup starts at 50 l how do i measure 5 ml?

[screwdababylon!]

lol
get an injector
thets a perfect thing to grab mesure and mix nutes

[screwdababylon!]

yo can u ppl share your lukas feeding shedules PLZ?
i meen the details

like i do for example:

day 0 - 7 - no nutes, only roots boost (250ppm 0.5 EC)
day 7 - day 15 (lucas formula + roots boost 400 ppm)
day 15 - day 40 (lucas formula 600 ppm)
day 40(flowering) - 10 days before harvest
(lucas formula + diamond nectar 1000 ppm)
10 days before harvest (ripen + clean water ppm yet unknown)