Nutes on a Budget

Riddle how do i go about mixing both the all purpose + blossom booster? 1/4 teaspoon each and work my way up?

im already feeding my clones like 3/4 of a teaspoon/ per gallon of the all purpose.no signs of burn,they are loving it.i started with 1/2 teaspoon and working my way up 1/8 each feeding.

Im 4 days into flowering.soon im going to need to give it the bloom. Can you teach me how to do this properlly? I am super confused on how to go on about switching to bloom. do i stop giving the all purpose when i switch over? can u plz plz show me ur feeding schedule through out your whole grow?

RastaMonsta said:

Riddle how do i go about mixing both the all purpose + blossom booster? 1/4 teaspoon each and work my way up?

im already feeding my clones like 3/4 of a teaspoon/ per gallon of the all purpose.no signs of burn,they are loving it.i started with 1/2 teaspoon and working my way up 1/8 each feeding.

Im 4 days into flowering.soon im going to need to give it the bloom. Can you teach me how to do this properlly? I am super confused on how to go on about switching to bloom. do i stop giving the all purpose when i switch over? can u plz plz show me ur feeding schedule through out your whole grow?

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I do not ever have a schedule, I feed em when they tell me to, I also no longer use the all purpose & bloom,,,,I now use the Jack's Professional Peat Lite Special

you mix the all purpose & bloom in equal amounts, once you flip em since you are up to 3/4 just do 1/2 all purpose and 1/4 bloom for the first 3 weeks of 12/12 then reverse to 1/2 bloom and 1/4 all purpose,,,,week 5 & 6 give em all bloom then switch back to 1/2 bloom and 1/4 all purpose to finish

ok so do i stop increasing the dosage? you said to increase by 1/8 every feeding. i figure in another week i will be at 1 teaspoon/per gallon. is that considered full dosage?
im using small containers so they get water every other day. my shcedule rite now is food,rain,food,rain,etc

can i give them 1/2 tsp all purpose 1/4 tsp bloom and work my way up to 1/2 all purpose 1/2 bloom? then straight up bloom after week 4? week 5-6 start working my way down to 3/4 bloom 1/4 all purpose?7-8 flush?

yes you can and exactly why I do not do a schedule

give em what they want, when they want it

I am currently running a side by side grow with a new nute and it has so far impressed the hell out of me so I figured I'd add some info here

the side by side is here,
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/393940-smoke-n-grow-nutes-versus.html

this new nute is a tea bag that you simply drop in water, it PH's itself (I've tested it and yes it does) positively excellent for new growers!!!

riddle, i seen earlier in your post you mentioned mammoths technique for topping, is there anywhere i can learn more about that?

The SmokeNGrow Nutes are easy to use. I have used them twice now in bagseed soil grows, well on 2nd grow now, and these plants look better than the bags I got the seeds from.

Recently made my first ever purchase of seeds so I can't wait to try growin some good shit!!!!!!

bukeye420 said:

riddle, i seen earlier in your post you mentioned mammoths technique for topping, is there anywhere i can learn more about that?

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top above the 5th node instead of the second (Uncle Bens way)

here is a link to Mammoths thread, he is no longer with us here so no need to post in it


https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/181208-my-stealth-cabinet-grow-journals.html

topping above the 5th node once will yeild up to eight colas, or you keep topping until you get there?

just got done reading the smoke and grow vs jacks thread my plants are about in the same stage as you which nutes do you think i should go with to flower?

I'm a recent convert to Jack's in my hydro. I can attest that it works every bit as well as it has been advertised. I found Jack's before I found this thread, and I used it because it was all I had, so it was pure luck that I stumbled onto it, but it turned out to be a smart move on my part. This stuff is great and this girl LOVE's it, but it's my other "girl's" that are really showing how much they love it! I'm using the General Purpose 20-20-20, and will supplement that with the bloom when that time arrives.

bukeye420 said:

just got done reading the smoke and grow vs jacks thread my plants are about in the same stage as you which nutes do you think i should go with to flower?

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So far I am very impressed with the Smoke N Grow and I do intend to add it to my arsenal of tools but at this stage I would say Jack's cause it is what I know, but you could give the SNG a try alongside me fred could easily give ya a discount if you journal it there are 3 grow journals using SNG at the moment

OxDudette said:

I'm a recent convert to Jack's in my hydro. I can attest that it works every bit as well as it has been advertised. I found Jack's before I found this thread, and I used it because it was all I had, so it was pure luck that I stumbled onto it, but it turned out to be a smart move on my part. This stuff is great and this girl LOVE's it, but it's my other "girl's" that are really showing how much they love it! I'm using the General Purpose 20-20-20, and will supplement that with the bloom when that time arrives.

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Jack's Professional has a hydro formula, I have a local friend that uses it

im three weeks flowering my 3 maple leaf indica's they are on jack's 1/4 tsp per gallon every watering, do you think thats enough nutes or should i give them more. Also is there any additive that you recomend give the girl's?

bukeye420 said:

im three weeks flowering my 3 maple leaf indica's they are on jack's 1/4 tsp per gallon every watering, do you think thats enough nutes or should i give them more. Also is there any additive that you recomend give the girl's?

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I do a teaspoon per gallon during flower and only suppliment if there is a deficiency or problem, but I also flush every time I water

what do you mean flush, only flushing ive heard about is two weeks at the end, and i know your not to hip on that from all the other posts

bukeye420 said:

what do you mean flush, only flushing ive heard about is two weeks at the end, and i know your not to hip on that from all the other posts

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No the flushing at the end thing is crap, I feed to the end and then drown em, the flush everytime I water thing is how my make it rain technique works, I flush the medium with regular ph'd water then add nutes, it is explained in my calling all noob growers thread and then a more detailed explanation is in my balls to the wall thread, but basically I wash out the medium and then re-fill it with fresh nutes. This prevents salt buildups and ph & lockout problems, insures that what the plant needs is always there and done properly creates extreme plant vigor. There a lot of growers here that have adopted my technique. And flushing is pouring 3 times the pot size of water thru the medium, ie; 1 gallon pot would require 3 gallons of water

the drowning thing is explained in the calling all noob growers thread post 407 I think

Just an update on the Jack's general purpose. My plant is now growing like crazy and is a beautiful dark green with absolutely no nute burn whatsoever. Every leaf is perfect now and this thing looks more like a bush than a plant. New sprouts are everywhere and not a single brown or dying leaf anywhere, not even a brown spec except on a few of the leaves that were dying before I added the Jacks. It's so thick it's impossible to even see the trunk any longer from any angle. The roots are also doing the same. They have nearly tripled in length and are now 3 or 4 times bushier than before.

I'm using nothing but general purpose 20-20-20 right now at 1/2 tsp per gallon in a DWC set up with 24/7 CFL lighting. After 1 week, my plant went form sick and runted to a thing of beauty with the only change being the Jack's. It's growing about an inch per day on average now, but getting thicker and bushier than I had expected. I'm reading up on some other options for flower, but since I have the jack's bloom already on hand, I will probably start off with that and see how it turns out. The instructions say to switch to 50% bloom and 50% general purpose about a week into flowering, so I will give that a try and see what happens. So far, I'm sold on the Jacks!

great thread folks, iam am just switching from organic soil grows to hempy grow , quick ? what do you think is better to go with , jacks classic 20,20,20 or jacks orchid fert at 3 1 1 for veg ,then jacks bloom booster for flower . remember talking for hempy grow not soil .

surfhead said:

great thread folks, iam am just switching from organic soil grows to hempy grow , quick ? what do you think is better to go with , jacks classic 20,20,20 or jacks orchid fert at 3 1 1 for veg ,then jacks bloom booster for flower . remember talking for hempy grow not soil .

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IMO either would work, just start at 1/4 strength and work your way up