Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Help Needed

So I'm in week 6 of my second grow but first using Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow and Soil. I was warned of two things:
1) not to use at full strength
2) alternate feedings with water.
I'm in a condo in the greater Toronto area and was told that there's no need to worry about cal/mag.
I'm in pro mix.
The problem is that I'm getting a lot of early fading. I'm also getting dried dead leaves in the middle closer to the base.
I'm running 3 different strains and can't figure out if I have nute toxicity or deficiency. I'm currently using about 70% of recommended strength.
Thanks for your help in advance.

Some need more nitrogen. Use the grow for the first couple weeks of flower on those strains. On some you may have to use half grow, half bloom for up to 25 days, mix them seperately with water before combining them.

Pictures would be great. I use Botanicare as well wi th promix for my medium. I have been using the whole line at full streng th since week 3 the plants cam handle it. Is PBG all you have or do you have the other additives. Liquid Karma is great as well as pure blend tea here is what I have In the line plants are lush and green. But one th ing that I do add that may be different is that I add high nitro bat guano to my soil mix and still can feed at full strength. Make sure you ph your water correctly with this line. Very important

growman3666 said:

Pictures would be great. I use Botanicare as well wi th promix for my medium. I have been using the whole line at full streng th since week 3 the plants cam handle it. Is PBG all you have or do you have the other additives. Liquid Karma is great as well as pure blend tea here is what I have In the line plants are lush and green. But one th ing that I do add that may be different is that I add high nitro bat guano to my soil mix and still can feed at full strength. Make sure you ph your water correctly with this line. Very important

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Here's the three ladies. There some slight hps bleeding in the photos. This is after cleaning them up.
I'm using just the B and G. I want to understand the nutes Before adding anything else. I've wanted to add more things but want a baseline for future grows.
Now, having said that, if you were to add a third element would it be the Karma or Tea?

cookie master said:

Some need more nitrogen. Use the grow for the first couple weeks of flower on those strains. On some you may have to use half grow, half bloom for up to 25 days, mix them seperately with water before combining them.

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I was told to go 2 weeks into flower with just the Grow. I did this but it actually turned out to be slightly less than 14 days. In hindsight I should have gone 3 weeks before switching.
Do you ever use the two combined throughout flower? Do plants ever need that much nitrogen?
Out of curiosity, why mix with water separately? Does one cause the other to precipitate out?

I just took these. Better look.

Chef420 said:

Here's the three ladies. There some slight hps bleeding in the photos. This is after cleaning them up.
I'm using just the B and G. I want to understand the nutes Before adding anything else. I've wanted to add more things but want a baseline for future grows.
Now, having said that, if you were to add a third element would it be the Karma or Tea?

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They look pretty good my man. I have found the Pure Blend Line to be great. As you can see by these plants below th ey are happy as can be.

I would chose th e Liquid Karma over the tea although both are good. The LK is great though I would suggest it as an additive to any nitient line actually. It contains Kelp Seaweed, Seabird Guano, Fish Meal, Potassium Carbonate. Humic Acid and Yucca Extract. All of th ese things are excellent additives and great for boosting microbial activity.

Chef420 said:

I was told to go 2 weeks into flower with just the Grow. I did this but it actually turned out to be slightly less than 14 days. In hindsight I should have gone 3 weeks before switching.
Do you ever use the two combined throughout flower? Do plants ever need that much nitrogen?
Out of curiosity, why mix with water separately? Does one cause the other to precipitate out?

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I never use the two together or even use the grow past one week in flower for one reason. I add high nitro bat guano to my soil mix as well as earthworm castings which give my plants plenty of nitrogen throughout flower. I just make sure I do my final transplant into that premixed soil just before I flip to 12/12 i also do a flush with clearex for my final vegitative watering to rid any excess salt buildup. Th e one product I do not use as much as recomended in the line is th e cal mag Because i also add Pulverized dolomite lime to my mix which gives my plants a good calcium boost. The cal mag really is the only additive in the line that could possibly do harm to my benificial bacterias in my soil. So I try to stay away from it as much as possible. I do highly recomend the additives th ough I have seen nothing but great results from this line. I have tried fox farm, advanced nutrients, and roots organics in th e past amd so far I am liking the botanicare line th e most.

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I just took these. Better look.

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Based on th e second picture it looks like you have a magnesium deficiency. Do you have cal mag?

I also forgot to stress how important it is to ph your mixes between 6.2 and 6.8. Make sure your plant can take in all the nutes your giving her.

And to answer you question about mixing nutes directly. Doing that can cause dissolution of a nutrient to render impossible thus making it useless for the plant.