my deficiency project

[ShOrTbUs]

i'm starting a little side project. i'm sure all of you are well aware that there are several deficiency picture guides out there. but for the most part they all seem as though they were created some long time ago. even if this is not the case all of the ones i have found use very blurry/poor quality pictures. so i've decided to do an updated deficiency picture guide.

i do not feel that the written content on the current popular guides is outdated. just the pictures themselves. i feel as though newbies will benefit much more from some high resolution pictures to go along with really good descriptions & fixes

so here's the plan. root some cuttings and place them in stand alone dwc & purposely starve them of 1 of the micro/macro nutrients needed for proper plant growth. take some really good pictures & document their progression from early to late stages.

i will also be including nute burn, heat stress, high ph, low ph, and anything else that warrants awareness.


i want this project to be as controlled as possible. therefore, i was wondering if there are any nutrient companies that offer every macro/micro nutrients in singular form?

 

[7greeneyes]

don't know about any nute company's but sounds like a fun and worthwhile project :aok:

much luck shortbus

 

[Hushpuppy]

I definitely think you have a really worthwile project there. You should(if you can afford it) do it with several different strains for comparrison. It would make a great sticky when done

 

[ShOrTbUs]

I definitely think you have a really worthwile project there. You should(if you can afford it) do it with several different strains for comparrison. It would make a great sticky when done

I'm loving the input. I can do sativa dominant strain, indicate dominant, & a hybrid. I wish I lived in a state where it was safe to compare indoor vs outdoor as well.

Still working on how I can get nutes in singular form, its proving to be more of a challenge then expected

 

[DrFever]

as for nutrients in singular form why not health food store ???? pills crush them up and dissolve

 

[ShOrTbUs]

as for nutrients in singular form why not health food store ???? pills crush them up and dissolve

Now that's an idea. Time to do some research as whether or not this is a viable option. Thanks for the input Dr.

 

[DrFever]

i think it would work pretty good being plants and humans are not that far off alike i mean i am 100 percent positive you can get every nutrient in pure form that a plant needs and even a few more like vitamin B1 to strengten the imune system on humans does the same thing to plants

 

[jmansweed]

Sounds like a cool project ShortBus.:watchplant: Throughout my experiments I've always needed specific (non-blended) nutrients as well. I always used SafeGro products. They make a line of organic, chelated nutrients thats very effective.

hXXp://safergro.com/products/biomin.htm

Looking forward to your progress! :bongin:

 

[Hushpuppy]

You will definitely have to go with organic style growing as opposed to chemical nutrients because I doubt any of the nutrient companies will have nute regamins broken down into small enough groups to do what you want to do.

I could be wrong but I don't think the Rx style chemicals from the health food store would work as they are formulated for human consumption and digestion. They wouldn't be chelated for plant absorption, and I don't think they would be suitable for a microbe herd to utilize either. However, I would think You should be able to get most of the basic compounds for plants from some of the organic growing shops for setting up organic soil grows. Getting the micro nutrient compounds and elements may be a bit more challenging though.

 

[ShOrTbUs]

i think i'm going to go with organic soil. the only reason i wanted to go hydro is because i feel like deficiency & toxicity effects set in faster with hydro.