Growing with fox farm soil and no nutrients?

bam bam · #1 07-26-2009, 01:54 PM

I have heard for farm is a great soil, and I have a read a few grow journals saying they didnt use nutrients.

Iam doing scrog with CFLs, If I just use fox farm soil with no nutrients or very very little nutrients added will this be ok?

Dirtyboy · #2 07-27-2009, 12:04 AM

with small plants yes. The bigger the plant the more they eat. If the plant uses up all the nutes in the soil then you have to feed/fertilize.

The Warlord · #3 07-27-2009, 10:46 AM

FF only has enough fertilizer in it for about a month or maybe a bit more. It takes longer than that to grow a plant.

DaBeatGoezOn · #4 07-27-2009, 08:49 PM

After about 3-4 weeks, the plant'll eat up most of the nutrients in the soil. I recommend you add mollasses now and then, its very benificial, espicially 4th or 5th week of flowering. It's not nessessary but it will swell up the buds decently, give it a sweeter taste, its not gonna cost you much (mabe $2) , and its all organic! Just a thought

Cheers

bam bam · #5 08-01-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The Warlord

FF only has enough fertilizer in it for about a month or maybe a bit more. It takes longer than that to grow a plant.

Lets say it takes 5 months from seed to harvest.

If you first plant in a very small cup, and as months go by you transplant from a small pot into bigger pots. Each time you transplant into a bigger pot, you would add more new fox farm soil. This way through out your grow your plant has some nutrients to feed on.

strangerdude562 · #6 08-01-2009, 04:05 PM

your going to need nutes... why don't you want to use nutes??

bam bam · #7 08-01-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by strangerdude562

your going to need nutes... why don't you want to use nutes??

Iam scared of nutrient burn, and I figure, if out door plants grow with rain water and sunshine. Maybe indoor plants dont need nutrients, or need very little nutirents.

strangerdude562 · #8 08-01-2009, 04:10 PM

your getting into the wrong hobby then

Zig Zag Zane · #9 08-01-2009, 04:12 PM

Outdoor plants dont need as many nutrients, but indoor its neccessary. Ive barely fed my outdoor girls and im using ffof

bam bam · #10 08-01-2009, 04:22 PM

Some people grow in soil and then transplant into DWC buckets. They remove all the dirt from the roots carefully and then put them into net pots.

If I did a transplant from soil to soil, Iam guessing that if I remove a lot of the old soil off the roots, and then planted into a new pot with fresh fox farm soil, the new fox farm soil will provide nutrients for my plant.