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brn14me
01-27-2009, 01:40 PM
Which strains grow well together (hydro)? :confused:
I have a 12 bucket ebb&grow system and need to know which strains grow similar together as far as sharing a resivoir (ph,ec,tds)? I don't want to over or under feed anyone. Basically.....How do I keep these 12 buckets filled without hurting anyones needs?? So here are the strains I have to work with still in breeder packs...
ghsc fem:
5x Alaskan Ice
4x White Rhino
2x White Widow
2x Great White Shark
2x Lemon Skunk
2x Trainwreck
2x Cheese

dutchpassion:
1x Original Blueberry fem

g13 labs fem:
1x White Widow
1x Purple Lady
1x Pure Power
5x Power Skunk

So anyone that knows information about growing multiple strains hydroponically with the same resivior?? Again I need advice from a experienced grower with knowledge in growing a variety of strains with like diet.
Thank you for your help in advance.....:)

RockWoolFarmer
01-27-2009, 02:12 PM
Your going to have a very hard time getting an accurate answer on this question due to different pheno types of each strain..beside the obvious of using seeds from similar breeding stock I'm not sure it's possible to give an accurate answer..

I've been running multi strain grows for the past couple years, and just running a medium strength feed of a complete salt based nute seems to be fine,I have come to the realization that with multiple cuts I am never going to have the maximum yields that I could have by just running one strain though..there always seems to be an oddball in the bunch,like the UKcheese and JackHerer cuts I have I found to both be very light feeders,so I am going to run those cuts together on my next grow..and the very short squat indicas seem to like the high feed rates

Trial and error

I know this doesn't help answer your question any,but just my 2cents with the experience I have running multiple strains

Hashimoto has grown the most beautiful plants I have ever seen anyone grow when working with a broad variety of genetics,I'm sure he can offer much more valuable info then all my blah,blah,blah

Happy Growing,RockWoolFarmer

hashimoto
01-27-2009, 03:01 PM
Hi brn14me, like the rockwoolfarmer said, to be safe you should keep your feeding levels from medium to low. You will be underfeeding a few, but you won't be overfeeding. I know the yield loss, but because I grow for medical use I'd rather have smaller but cleaner herb. Today I took some photos of some plants I'll post up later and even the same strain, Peacemaker's sister seedling phenotypes showed differences in the amount of yellowing of fan leaves during flush, tells me even the same strain's different phenos have varying nutrients needs. I'll soon concentrate on a few strains only, see how big I can get them.
The only strains you listed that I've grown are Lemon Skunk, a light feeder, leaf curl bigtime if you don't lightly feed. Great White Shark, eats alot, one of the first to show the yellow fan leaves when flush begins, I'm growing GreenHouse Seeds GWS, MR Nice Seedbank Shark Shock and another GWS cut from a local and they all like a bit more food.
Thanks for the props rockwoolfarmer, you grow em nicely yourself, I'm working on improving my yields, working well when you concentrate on just a few.