Nute Help?

I planted my germinated seeds the 8th of may & they are all looking really nice & showing both two true sets of fan leaves So i'm thinking about starting them tomorrow at 18/6 & giving em some nutes to start em off. I haven't given the plants any nutes yet to start at all so I was thinking it would be a good time to start. PLEASE tell me if I'm wrong giving them nutes now. Any way, I have been using Dr. Earth's Organic Medicine gardens organic Potting soil mix with worm castings, bat guano, & seaweed extract & It is amazing stuff! couldn't get my hands on any FFOF locally so I settled with the next best thing. but anyway I bought the Organic 5 (5-7-3) Tomato,Vegetable, & Herb fertilizer that I want to start on my plants tomorrow for the veg phase with do you guys think I should do this? I need all the help I can get so I'd appreciate anything you guys have for me. Thanks RollItUP! Cheeers!

that's like 9 days ago, i don't think they are ready for nutes yet. i wait till they have fully grown 3-4 sets of new leaves before i feed them nutes. you could give them a real light 100-150ppm solution but not of the nutrients you have. something like clonex solution or thrive alive which are 1-1-1 i think. not worth the risk. just feed them water till they have 3 sets of fully developed new leaves. then you start them on some light veg nutes. like 250-300ppm. i never used seaweed extract or bat guano so i'm not sure if they have nutrient value. if they do then you need to figure that in as well.

Trich Fiend said:

that's like 9 days ago, i don't think they are ready for nutes yet. i wait till they have fully grown 3-4 sets of new leaves before i feed them nutes. you could give them a real light 100-150ppm solution but not of the nutrients you have. something like clonex solution or thrive alive which are 1-1-1 i think. not worth the risk. just feed them water till they have 3 sets of fully developed new leaves. then you start them on some light veg nutes. like 250-300ppm. i never used seaweed extract or bat guano so i'm not sure if they have nutrient value. if they do then you need to figure that in as well.

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Okay yeah I just found out I should wait a little longer by reading online but where can I buy these type of nutes? I'ts hard around where I live but there are some shops around but they dont have much liquis ferts or anything Ive been seeing online.

most any hydro store will carry a basic 1-1-1 nute. that's what you want to start feeding them lightly for now. like i said though, i don't know about seaweed and the other stuff in the soil. it may have nutes already so you wouldn't want to add anything.

I doubt this will help but I wonder if reading the online write up of the soil will let us know if I can add nutes. This is the stuff I got though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dr-Earth-Organic-Home-Grown-Premium-POTting-SOIL-Black-Label-/251008833381?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D200618672510%26ps%3D54

Dr. Earth Organic Home Grown Premium POTting SOIL is a 100% natural and organic hand crafted blend enriched with bat guano, worm castings, kelp meal, MicroActive concentrated seaweed extract, Aloe Vera and Yucca extract. Also contains ProMoisture Hydrate which keeps micro-organisms moist, protected, and alive, even when exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures. ONLY Dr. Earth soils have ProMoisture Hydrate. Dr. Earth's Organic Home Grown Premium POTting SOIL is ideal for organic medicine gardens. People and pet safe. Bag Size: 1.5 Cubic Feet (42.5 Liters/38.5 Dry Quarts).

Wow, that's some pricey earth you got there, $27.95 + $29.99 for s&h. I guess because it's made for "medicine gardens" they can get away with charging so high. Although, I do like how they put in Yucca extract, which you don't see that very often. It's acts as wetting agent (think all natural soap) making it easier for water and nutrients to soak into the potting mix.

If your medium was insert and without any nutrients, then I'd say go ahead and feed, but since it has all the guano and castings, you should easily be able to get 3-4 weeks of growth from it. I wouldn't worry about PPM numbers or pH, just stick with organics since your already off to a great start. Your 5-7-3 fertilizer, assuming it's organic (and hopefully slow release), should be fine. The tip about feeding it water with a tiny bit of rooting hormones was a good one.