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cucumbers shriveling...
I need some help to focus my efforts with respect to cucumbers. I was following the advice of my local weed store but when I realized that the advice was contradicting itself, I realized I needed a different approach.
Step 1: • Superman B1: 1-2-1 • Calcium / Madnesium: 2.3-0-0 Step 2: once the plants are growing well and about to flower, I should do the following: • Gigaboost: 0-3-3 • Optical (Calcium / Magnesium): 2.3-0-0 Result • The plants did indeed flower quite fast, but then from the bottom up everything started to yellow and dry. • I ended up with 1 cucumber for each of my two plants. So at least I am consistent. • When I went back to the store, I was told that I must have surely misunderstood the previous salesperson because “Gigaboost” is the wrong way to grow cucumbers. (I bought what I was given). Current status with new crop: Still at Step 1. The stem is about 12 inches. The link below shows the following pictures: 1. The different nutrients I am using 2. The type of cucumber seed 3. growing medium (mix of rock wool and rocks) What do I do next? thank you very much! |
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Hello Agraco,
First where are you located? Do you have a link to the Superman and Gigaboost? I've got a hunch they are just additives. The Cal mag is defiantly just an additive, and the NPK numbers are extremely low for a balanced fertilizer on the other two as well. For a stand alone balanced fertilizer I would expect to see a NPK ratio of something like 6-12-28. not 1-2-1 or 0-3-3. Trying to get a balanced nutrient solution out of additives is very hard to do, not to mention very expensive. Last edited by GpsFrontier; 04-27-2017 at 03:59 PM. |
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I use a mix of these
Masterblend 4-18-38 YaraLiva Calcinit 15.5-0-0 (Greenhouse Grade) Magnesium Sulfate(epsome salt) we mix it 2 to 2 to 1 in a gallon jug of water to put in my hydro setup. I get it off ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-lbs-Mas...item2a7cef73b2 Works great so far. |
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