Jacks Nutrients
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I took some pictures with my scope this morning they are 5/10 wks flower. It was very windy the last few days My guess the amber is sand. Sorry some are a bit blurry. I am still trying to figure this out.
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I buy it on Amazon it is about $27 for a 4 pound tub. I have been using the same tub since last Sept.
And that is why I wash my weed
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I use jack's citrus because it contains a lot of SULFUR which enhances THC production.
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I did end up going to Amazon as well. So far it seems to be going well with the jacks. I am a little suprised how basic(as in pH) the solution is once mixed. I feel like I'm having to add darn near 3 ml of pH down to the solution to get it where I want it. just thought it would more acidic and not having to use so much pH down. Whatever it seems to be working.
The main reason I use Jacks is the fact that you don’t have to adjust pH.
I never check ph with Jacks I was told not to
I left the Meter Readers Union a while back. Never to return..lol
Yep, I always just bought the cheap meters. When one got out of calibration, I just threw it away and opened a new one.
Threw the last one away several months ago, and haven’t looked back.
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OK, I started using Jack's Classic this year largely based on @greenmobster440 's recommendation as a simple way to grow in promix, my chosen medium. My history is with guerrilla outdoor grows with live boosted soils, since feeding was scattered at best.
My local growpal uses promix and its easily available. I got promix bx and added perlite. As this is my first start-to-finish indoor grow, I had some early problems getting stuff established. I was using less than 1/4 teaspoon per gallon, and not every watering. After I moved a few plants outside, I really boosted the feeding, 1/4 to 1/2 tsp/gal and everything time I watered. Purple stems disappeared and everything looked far healthier. I started using Jack's Bloom indoors at 1/4 tsp/gal all the time and the flowering girls inside improved.
As a precaution, I've been ph'ing the water indoors to roughly 6.5 from 7.6 where it comes out of a spring. Outdoors is straight garden hose water with Jack's. I add calmag indoors to about every feed indoors at 4ml/gal. Outside gets calmag twice a week. I also use Real Grower's Recharge, a compost tea concentrate, about every ten days. I couldn't be happier at how everything looks now. I made some mistakes and will improve on the next round, but I am happy with Jack's Classic.
My local growpal uses promix and its easily available. I got promix bx and added perlite. As this is my first start-to-finish indoor grow, I had some early problems getting stuff established. I was using less than 1/4 teaspoon per gallon, and not every watering. After I moved a few plants outside, I really boosted the feeding, 1/4 to 1/2 tsp/gal and everything time I watered. Purple stems disappeared and everything looked far healthier. I started using Jack's Bloom indoors at 1/4 tsp/gal all the time and the flowering girls inside improved.
As a precaution, I've been ph'ing the water indoors to roughly 6.5 from 7.6 where it comes out of a spring. Outdoors is straight garden hose water with Jack's. I add calmag indoors to about every feed indoors at 4ml/gal. Outside gets calmag twice a week. I also use Real Grower's Recharge, a compost tea concentrate, about every ten days. I couldn't be happier at how everything looks now. I made some mistakes and will improve on the next round, but I am happy with Jack's Classic.
They look nice
@Oscarzuma nice post on jacks. Amazing how easy it works when you find the right combination.
Why I use Jacks
If I told you it was easy to do I'd be lying. This decision to start using Jack's was a hard fought battle that went on in my mind for weeks. If your familiar with the Megacrop line Jack's is similar and I almost went that route but I was impressed with grows I'd found using Jack's so I locked in on the method and never swayed from it.
Upon returning to growing after many years of idleness I was seeking an easy method to get started back up. I read all I could to get caught up on today's technology gadgets n gizmos. I finally decided to go with a bubbler. Something I was familiar with. That didn't last long. I could not control the res temps so I had to abort.
Then I ran into some articles and threads about the ease of Jacks and peat. It sounded to good to be true. I'm familiar with peat so I read on and soon I had all the products I needed to start. Jacks 202020, jacks 103020, promix and Epsom salts. There are many Jack's products available. I just chose to stick with the Classic line.
The big challenge was I was committing to not using any meters throughout the whole grow. I put all my faith in what I'd read from others and forced myself to follow them with blinders on.
Why would I say blinders? Well, for the mere fact just about every experienced grower out there has something to say about this method. Top responses would be...you need to check ph, ppm, ec, blah blah blah. I get it. That is the standard for growing cannabis. Maybe I'm just a step outside the box. Maybe, I'm just putting faith into the products I'm using and letting them do the job they were made to do.
The mixture of promix hp myco and Jack's products buffers my ph. I use straight tap water and just for giggles I'll let ya know my tap water measures out to about 130ppm at a ph of 7.2.
As I moved along with Jack's I found that Jack's classic does not have calcium support in it. So I had to go on the hunt. I reviewed the MasterBlend schedule and basically just copied it to an extent. The MB formula uses calcium nitrate to supplement calcium and deliver the best N a plant can get....Nitrate. It also delivers a good dose of calcium. I now own a 50lb bag of the stuff..lol. Enough to last me the rest of my life.
The grow I completed with Jack's was one that I expected to have issues with. It was 9 strains with 11 plants. Never have I ever grown that many strains and had no complaints from any strain. They all grew rapidly and flowered up some nice frosty bud.
Jacks does tend to keep plants up near Nitrogen toxicity which freaks folks out a little sometimes. A typical jacks grow is a deep rich green leaf grow. At some angles they can appear to have slight black patches on the leaf. Tips may be a light shade of yellow. I carried hot tips throughout the whole grow but it never developed any further. New growth will appear a lighter shade of green as it emerges but it quickly joins the shade of the others.
If new growth comes out all funky, leaf tips get crispy/dry, or taco type leaf curling under like a hook ya may want to back off a little.
Dancing on the edge of N tox is often frowned upon by most growers but to be honest I've not found any issues with it. I get rapid growth and very good frosty bud production. I couldn't ask for more from such an easy method.
In flower the N is dropped to 10 with the jacks bloom. This small boost of Nitrate N keeps things pretty green and healthy. Most will hold that green color till you flush. Just don't overlook the flush. All of the salts and N need bled out.
My regime with Jack's is simple....
Promix Hp myco..plain outta the bag
Veg.....
1/4tsp per gal Jacks Classic 202020, 1/4tsp Calcium Nitrate, 1/4-1/2tsp Epsom salts.
Flower.....
Jacks Bloom 103020 + same as above.
I do use myco granules with all up potting. That stuff is pretty amazing. I know it's already in the promix but I add a lil for personal preference.
Soils and Jacks. I can't tell you much about this. I've yet to use soils again since returning to growing but I have friends who do with very good success.
New seed just emerging gets Jack's 202020 1/4tsp gal and tap water. Once two weeks old it starts to get the full mixture noted above. Nothing changes or is added or metered. Same does every time. Just mix n water.
If a new person adopts this method I can almost guarantee a successful grow if.... they have the proper environment and lighting.
I suggest jacks to folks but it is often not received well. It seems they must have multiple steps and calculations to achieve a simple cannabis grow. I don't get it but on the other hand I do...get it. I've been there too. Some folks enjoy that side of the game and it works for them. They are just sharing their info and I really appreciate it. I thank them and continue on with Jack's.
For the new guy trying to learn. Jacks in peat is a simple, cheap, straight forward, and easy method. A method simple enough for the new grower to learn the basics as he goes and show some success in the end and give him or her something he can build on in future grows.
If I told you it was easy to do I'd be lying. This decision to start using Jack's was a hard fought battle that went on in my mind for weeks. If your familiar with the Megacrop line Jack's is similar and I almost went that route but I was impressed with grows I'd found using Jack's so I locked in on the method and never swayed from it.
Upon returning to growing after many years of idleness I was seeking an easy method to get started back up. I read all I could to get caught up on today's technology gadgets n gizmos. I finally decided to go with a bubbler. Something I was familiar with. That didn't last long. I could not control the res temps so I had to abort.
Then I ran into some articles and threads about the ease of Jacks and peat. It sounded to good to be true. I'm familiar with peat so I read on and soon I had all the products I needed to start. Jacks 202020, jacks 103020, promix and Epsom salts. There are many Jack's products available. I just chose to stick with the Classic line.
The big challenge was I was committing to not using any meters throughout the whole grow. I put all my faith in what I'd read from others and forced myself to follow them with blinders on.
Why would I say blinders? Well, for the mere fact just about every experienced grower out there has something to say about this method. Top responses would be...you need to check ph, ppm, ec, blah blah blah. I get it. That is the standard for growing cannabis. Maybe I'm just a step outside the box. Maybe, I'm just putting faith into the products I'm using and letting them do the job they were made to do.
The mixture of promix hp myco and Jack's products buffers my ph. I use straight tap water and just for giggles I'll let ya know my tap water measures out to about 130ppm at a ph of 7.2.
As I moved along with Jack's I found that Jack's classic does not have calcium support in it. So I had to go on the hunt. I reviewed the MasterBlend schedule and basically just copied it to an extent. The MB formula uses calcium nitrate to supplement calcium and deliver the best N a plant can get....Nitrate. It also delivers a good dose of calcium. I now own a 50lb bag of the stuff..lol. Enough to last me the rest of my life.
The grow I completed with Jack's was one that I expected to have issues with. It was 9 strains with 11 plants. Never have I ever grown that many strains and had no complaints from any strain. They all grew rapidly and flowered up some nice frosty bud.
Jacks does tend to keep plants up near Nitrogen toxicity which freaks folks out a little sometimes. A typical jacks grow is a deep rich green leaf grow. At some angles they can appear to have slight black patches on the leaf. Tips may be a light shade of yellow. I carried hot tips throughout the whole grow but it never developed any further. New growth will appear a lighter shade of green as it emerges but it quickly joins the shade of the others.
If new growth comes out all funky, leaf tips get crispy/dry, or taco type leaf curling under like a hook ya may want to back off a little.
Dancing on the edge of N tox is often frowned upon by most growers but to be honest I've not found any issues with it. I get rapid growth and very good frosty bud production. I couldn't ask for more from such an easy method.
In flower the N is dropped to 10 with the jacks bloom. This small boost of Nitrate N keeps things pretty green and healthy. Most will hold that green color till you flush. Just don't overlook the flush. All of the salts and N need bled out.
My regime with Jack's is simple....
Promix Hp myco..plain outta the bag
Veg.....
1/4tsp per gal Jacks Classic 202020, 1/4tsp Calcium Nitrate, 1/4-1/2tsp Epsom salts.
Flower.....
Jacks Bloom 103020 + same as above.
I do use myco granules with all up potting. That stuff is pretty amazing. I know it's already in the promix but I add a lil for personal preference.
Soils and Jacks. I can't tell you much about this. I've yet to use soils again since returning to growing but I have friends who do with very good success.
New seed just emerging gets Jack's 202020 1/4tsp gal and tap water. Once two weeks old it starts to get the full mixture noted above. Nothing changes or is added or metered. Same does every time. Just mix n water.
If a new person adopts this method I can almost guarantee a successful grow if.... they have the proper environment and lighting.
I suggest jacks to folks but it is often not received well. It seems they must have multiple steps and calculations to achieve a simple cannabis grow. I don't get it but on the other hand I do...get it. I've been there too. Some folks enjoy that side of the game and it works for them. They are just sharing their info and I really appreciate it. I thank them and continue on with Jack's.
For the new guy trying to learn. Jacks in peat is a simple, cheap, straight forward, and easy method. A method simple enough for the new grower to learn the basics as he goes and show some success in the end and give him or her something he can build on in future grows.
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Yes been using Mykos longer than Jacks
