Originally Posted by Arsenal420

After Reading a bunch of post here and on other forums, I decided to pick up the whole BMO line of fert. I just had a bunch questions before I start.
I'm growing Outdoor 2 plants,1 indica and 1 sativa. 7wks old & for the past 3 wks in Danny Danko's Magic Organic Mix
3 parts Canadian sphagnum peat mix, coco coir or pro-mix
1 part large, chunky perlite
1 part worm castings
1/2 cup greensand
1/2 cup dolomite lime
1/3 cup Peruvian seabird guano
1/4 cup Epsom salts
Hand mixed and in 5 Gal buckets with holes
The plants love the new soil but I haven't had funds to buy any extra nuts. for feeding I've just been using tap water by filtering & distilling it and I used super thrive to help with the transplant (not bad) . Both are pretty healthy minus a lil pest problem(thanks neem oil). So here starts the laundry list of questions.

Would the lack of extra feeding from fert. teas make my soil kinda bare since its been 3 weeks of flushing basicly.
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No, not bare, but definately leaning down NPK wise.
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I've been using clean milk jugs to measure and store water on the back pourch. I figure the heat helps purify a lil extra is this ok, and if I premix my BMO and leave them out for a while(3days max) would this be helpful or harmful?
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If you aren't going to bubble them using a little aquarium style air pump, using them within 24 hours would be best.
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Leaving them beyond a day, could reduce their effectiveness, since the micro-beasties in their ferts will reproduce in the fresh water and use up the oxygen fairly quick.
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Along those same lines, how important is it to bubble your teas and do you know of any simple and cheap ways to do so.
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On the other hand, just mixing them up in a clean bucket, then pouring the mixed up fert solution from bucket to bucket a couple times a day, does the same thing - it adds oxygen. So a air pump is not a must have. You can also pour from jug to jug if you have a funnel. Having oxygen in the mixed up fertilitzer tea is important.
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I was looking at your feeding chart and I was wondering, on the weeks that have both GIG and FP do i need to water with "clean" water inbetween the 2 teas. In south east texas I can water 3 times a week with this heat.(right?)
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Actually a good way to do it, is to give each plant a gallon of plain unchlorinated water first. Wait five minutes, then come back and water in your fetilizer tea(s). That helps make sure the nutes stay in the rootzone, and don't just get sucked up immediately into a hungry / dry plant. This helps prevent nute burn and Mary likes a little drink first, then her food.
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Also on the feeding chart for the FH you just say mist once. Simple enough, but I way over think things. I just mist her down on her under neaths of her leaves right?, not use a whole quart each foliar feeding?
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When you foliar feed, you should mist both the tops & especially the bottoms of your leaves. This needs to be done early in the morning or late in the evening, when temps are at their lowest. Just use as much as necessary to wet all the leaves, till some runs off.
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Whats a good ratio for mixing the FH and FP for that xtra N boost you spoke of, and is that good to use through out flowering or just at the later stages?
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Mixing one ounce of FH & 1/2 ounce of FP to a gallon of unchlorinated water works well (that makes an NPK of 3-12-9). That could be used through most of the flowering period. Then slowly reduce the FH mixing strength, after week 4 of flowering, so less N is available and Mary. Doing this you could just skip using the GIG in flower.
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At week 6 of flowering, I like to see her start pulling N from her oldest (lower) fan leaves. That's a good way to ensure, no fert buildup exsist in your plants. This ensures a cleaner, smoother smoke. So, reducing the N as you get closer to the finish, by reducing the FH or GIG mixing strength(which ever one you use for a N source) helps.
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Considering the age of my plants 7 weeks should I hit them with a large dose like the chart says or since my photo period is still 15/9 do I just go easy on it untill I'm closer to 12/12 ?
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Since your soil is probably a little lean right now, I'd go with a 1/2 ounce of GIG and 1/4 ounce of FP, for two feedings. Then resume the schedule, at the last week of veg growth or first week of flowering - depending on how they look. Let the growth rate & leaf color be your guide. Charts are nice, but only a guideline, let what you see, be your guide.
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Darker green leaves mean plenty of N is available and in your plants, lighter colored leaves may indicate you need some more N. Some plants are just a lighter color on their own, some are darker. So, since I don't know which strains you are growing, you'll have to be the judge of what normal color is.
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Last 2 questions I swear. Whats a good molases to use in my final waterings, and whats the latest date I could plant seeds here in the Gulf Coast area.
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I like Brer Rabbit Brand or Grandma's, both available in the ceral isle of most grocery stores, next to the pancake syrup. You could plant as late as July 21st (outdoors), with no problems. Now those girls will be shorter, and will not yield as much, but any Mary is better than no Mary, everyday of the week IMO. You should still get some decent smoke from them.
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Sorry to be such a bother on my very first post but I'm in a bit of a situation. I have to serve a warrant, so to keep the pigs from eating my crops, I must go to the pig pen. My mom is able to do the daily work but I'm trying to teach her everything I know on the fly. I had to try to think of everything that could happen and gave her links to tutorials and all that. I figure I've got the best mom in the world for doing what shes doing for me, I should ask for advice from hands down the best advisor I've ever seen on any forum. Ohso

Hopefully this helps my girls out while im working for the man, & I can come home to the best organics Ive ever had. My own

Originally Posted by spadegolf07

I just got the BMO line at the recommendation of this board. My seedlings are a week old. What is the best way to introduce the GIG and Tonic? 1/4 strength every other watering?

Originally Posted by spadegolf07

Thanks OSG...

I'm using 1 gallon pots because I need to keep the plants small so I'm also not vegging for more than 3 weeks (2-3, whenever they're around 10 inches).

I plan on using the SPT at quarter strength as you recommend with every other watering (2 waterings per week). So as of your directions, don't add any GIG or FP until, what for me, would be flowering?

And do I use SPT until week 7 of flowering or would this be pointless since I'm using such small pots meaning the rootball is already good to go?

Originally Posted by spadegolf07

Ohso thanks again you are helping my grow infinitely. I just have a final question...

You say to give each pot (1 gallon) a quart of water and then another quart of water with fertilizer in it after 5 minutes. This is a half gallon...that's not too much water for the pots? Would you feed every time since your essentially flushing out the pot before you feed anyway or still every other?

Also, how long should I use the plant tonic? Until week 6, mixed in with the GIG and FP or what do you suggest?