1-1-1 npk ratio

[Super David]

I've been reading threads in here about having a 1-1-1 fertilizer.  Seems to be something worth trying. But I can't for the life of me find any nutrients in Australia that are 1-1-1.
I've been using dutch master advance for my chilies but I dont feel like they like it. Sometimes I can get them to hold onto flowers, most of the time I can't. Even with a very low ec. Seems like I have to have all the planets align before they'll set.  I think the nitrogen might be too high even on the bloom nutrients.
 
So I did some looking online at my local Nursury/Hardware shop and found a couple of fertilizers that might do the trick.
They are close to 1-1-1 but not exactly and on the Daphine food the calcium is really high. I'm wondering if you guys think either of these would be suited to hydroponic chilies.
 
First one is bamboo food with 1-0.3-1    Sorry if the image is too small

 
next is Harrys Daphine food, which has 4.8-4.7-5.2   and 10 calcium.  Although its not completly even  I guess its better that the potassium is a bit higher than the nitrogen.  I have no idea weather thats way too much calcium for a chili though.

What do you guys think?
 
 

 

[Transient Exuberance]

I'm no expert but as I understand it the ratio of the three numbers is what matters. 10-10-10 mixed at half strength would be the same as 5-5-5. So the second choice mixed weakly would the better of the two. I don't know if the calcium is too much or not.
 
I would think you'd want nitrogen to be lower than the others though. But like I said I'm no expert. I'm sure better answers will be provided by those who know more than I do.

 

[Super David]

I'm no expert but as I understand it the ratio of the three numbers is what matters. 10-10-10 mixed at half strength would be the same as 5-5-5. So the second choice mixed weakly would the better of the two. I don't know if the calcium is too much or not.
 
I would think you'd want nitrogen to be lower than the others though. But like I said I'm no expert. I'm sure better answers will be provided by those who know more than I do.

thanks. yes got that bit with the 1-1-1 or 10-10-10.  The second one is what I'm leaning towards but I just dont know about that calcium.

 

[Gotrox]

Get a 3 part and mix it yourself.

 

[Sarge]

The bad thing about being down here in Australia is we can't find everything and what we do have is expensive.
 
Quick google search I found this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Technaflora-ROOT-66-1-1-1-250-ml-8-fl-oz-bottle-Hydroponic-Soil-Grow-Bloom-/161109859846?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item2582e55e06
 
It suggests Standard international post is only $25. It doesn't seem bad at all considering if the bottle was available of the shelf here, it would probably cost you $40 odd.
 
Is this for a hydro/dwc setup or a coco? I might have to harvest some pix and information from you!

 

[Super David]

The bad thing about being down here in Australia is we can't find everything and what we do have is expensive.
 
Quick google search I found this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Technaflora-ROOT-66-1-1-1-250-ml-8-fl-oz-bottle-Hydroponic-Soil-Grow-Bloom-/161109859846?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item2582e55e06
 
It suggests Standard international post is only $25. It doesn't seem bad at all considering if the bottle was available of the shelf here, it would probably cost you $40 odd.
 
Is this for a hydro/dwc setup or a coco? I might have to harvest some pix and information from you!
 

My indoor is DWC and my outdoor is NFT.
Being as impatient and cheap as I am...I wont be able to get myself to buy that stuff.  will end up being near $50 for 250ml.  Good spot though! that didn't even come up on my search on ebay.
 
 
So if I was to buy these three part nutrients,
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GENERAL-HYDROPONICS-FLORA-SERIES-946ML-1-Quart-3-PART-NUTRIENT-PACK-/251293219633?pt=AU_Seed_Starting_Hydroponics&hash=item3a823e3b31&_uhb=1
Would I be right in thinking I'd only need to add equal parts of the Flora Micro and Flora Bloom to get equal parts?

 

[Sarge]

My indoor is DWC and my outdoor is NFT.
Being as impatient and cheap as I am...I wont be able to get myself to buy that stuff.  will end up being near $50 for 250ml.  Good spot though! that didn't even come up on my search on ebay.
 
 
So if I was to buy these three part nutrients,
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GENERAL-HYDROPONICS-FLORA-SERIES-946ML-1-Quart-3-PART-NUTRIENT-PACK-/251293219633?pt=AU_Seed_Starting_Hydroponics&hash=item3a823e3b31&_uhb=1
Would I be right in thinking I'd only need to add equal parts of the Flora Micro and Flora Bloom to get equal parts?

 
Sure would, there is no N in the bloom. All you need is the Micro and the two together in equal parts will be 5 5 6
 
I'm trying to find this stuff in a local shop, I don't want to buy that product off eBay since you get an extra bottle of stuff we don't need.

 

[Super David]

 
Sure would, there is no N in the bloom. All you need is the Micro and the two together in equal parts will be 5 5 6
 
I'm trying to find this stuff in a local shop, I don't want to buy that product off eBay since you get an extra bottle of stuff we don't need.

If I was to get that I'd probably use the other one for my pumpkins or something.  I've got alot of hydro vegies going so I'd probably use it one way or another. I dont think pumpkins care...they just eat anything.
Just looking for something more balanced for the chilies...since they seem so sensitive.

 

[Super David]

So I went to the shop and asked about that Daphine food, and it isn't for sale in Western Australia because we have laws here about the levels of phosphorus, because of the algal blooms in the swan river.  Which only seems to effect hobby growers because the commercial growers are not restricted and they are the ones pumping all the phosphorus into the river.
SO anyway, that might be why I'm having such a hard time finding a balanced nutrient! Guess I'll have to go to a hydroponic shop and see what I can find.

 

[Andy21]

Hey David I'm not sure where you live about in perth, but there's a really good hydro shop in Malaga.... The guy who owns it is really helpful, he's got the biggest Dorset naga chilli plant I've ever seen set up under LED's hydro set up inside his shop... I haven't been for about 2 months but he said he was feeding it chilli focus (maybe because I was buying chilli focus haha) but anyway if you're in the area definitely worth stopping in, he was really helpful, ps. Have you tried chilli focus? My plants really seem to like it

 

[Super David]

Hey David I'm not sure where you live about in perth, but there's a really good hydro shop in Malaga.... The guy who owns it is really helpful, he's got the biggest Dorset naga chilli plant I've ever seen set up under LED's hydro set up inside his shop... I haven't been for about 2 months but he said he was feeding it chilli focus (maybe because I was buying chilli focus haha) but anyway if you're in the area definitely worth stopping in, he was really helpful, ps. Have you tried chilli focus? My plants really seem to like it

I did try chili focus after one of my water changes, didnt do much for me, still dropped flowers. I went back to dutch master after that, and then it set pods.  So maybe it was the chili focus.  I just dont know anymore. I've tried so many combinations to find what works and just when I thought it had it figured out, I'm dropping flowers. The Burmese Naga I've got growing now is on a low ec of 1 on dutch master bloom, and I'm dropping flowers.  But the plant is very young and I know chilies like to drop their first flowers. I've had another 5 flowers open today...maybe they'll hang on.
Just need to find a winning combination that I can go to every time.
I might stop in at that shop and see what he's got