feeding schedule for my aeroponic plants

[chopficaro]

I have decided on a feeding schedule for my aeroponic plants:
http://i.imgur.com/POfLTZp.jpg
I will use grow and bloom mixes and microbes from raw nutrients, as well as some potassium for late flowering. I will add the specified amount of nutrients per gallon every week to the reservoir. I want to do a reservoir change between growth and flowering feeding schedules. One more reservoir change last week, a “flush” with a small amount of potassium to make sure we don’t give up any yield. I would like to hear what you think about my feeding schedule. Ty!

[chopficaro]

I have added phosphorous to the regime:
http://i.imgur.com/EQLOan9.jpg
What do you think? Is there anything i have to remember when doing a reservoir change?

[GpsFrontier]

Hello chopficaro,
Two questions:

1. What is it you are trying to grow?
2. What is it costing to buy all the nutrients and the separate additives?

[chopficaro]

I'm growing strawberries

$14 2oz silica (ph up nutrient)
$13 2oz raw grow
$15 2oz microbes grow
$10 2oz phospherus
$13 2oz raw bloom
$10 2oz potassium
$15 2oz microbes bloom

You can get a deal buying in larger quantities. 2oz makes about 400gal solution. Thanks for all the help gps!

[GpsFrontier]

Hello chopficaro,
OK, I'm a bit confused by some things.

1. On the feed chart it shows week 1-4 twice. What's the deal there?

2. On the feed chart I don't see anywhere where it mentions water volume. It would be impossible to mix them correctly if you don't know how much to use per gallon of water? So I would need to know what increments of water volume their talking about.

3. If Gro and Bloom nutrients are supposed to be stand alone nutrients, I don't understand why you need to add silica, microbes grow, phospherus, potassium, and microbes bloom. I can perhaps understand silica sense it's not a essential nutrient and may not already be in a stand alone formula. But I don't understand why the need for the other additives?

4. According to the feed chart, they show Gro being used weeks 1-4, then they show bloom being used weeks 1-8. I assume these are separate schedules for different types of plants. Week 1-4 being vegetative plants, and weeks 1-8 being bloom plants. But doesn't show how to mix for continuously fruiting/blooming plants like strawberries.

Personally I don't understand their chart, and would have to e-mail them to explain it. I would just ask them how do I mix the gro and bloom to get a full strength nutrient solution for continuously fruiting/blooming plants. As well as explain why the other additives are needed if the gro and bloom mixes are supposed to be stand alone nutrients.

I'm guessing they would say something like for continuously fruiting plants to use the same total amount per gallon of water, but use 50% gro and 50% bloom.

[chopficaro]

oh i didnt know strawberries were like that, im a total newb lol. i guess i have some research to do