Ocean Forest Fox Farms Trio feeding schedule

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notoriouscheech

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About 4 weeks in with some plants feeling like I should be feeding at this point but having no signs of deficiencies or anything negative so far. Some slower growth on some but looking solid so far. Any suggestions on feeding schedules I should go with for FF trio nutes and Ocean Forest soil?

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Jonboy34

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I started feeding my autos at 2 weeks old in ocean forest. Very light feeding though. I use general hydroponics trio. I start with .5 ml cal mag, .5ml grow, 1 ml micro, .5 bloom. Then ramp up slow. In flower I’m running 2ml cal mag, 5ml micro, 7.5ml bloom. These are ml per gallon. I feed Every watering. Hope this helps.
 
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BrewerT

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I highly recommend that when you do start feeding with Fox Farms lineup, start at half the recommended strength. Ocean forest comes with enough nutrients to last most varieties a solid 4-5 weeks before you should start to see signs that it wants food. Always observe the plant and use that as your reference as to when to start feeding.
 
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notoriouscheech

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BrewerT said:
I highly recommend that when you do start feeding with Fox Farms lineup, start at half the recommended strength. Ocean forest comes with enough nutrients to last most varieties a solid 4-5 weeks before you should start to see signs that it wants food. Always observe the plant and use that as your reference as to when to start feeding.
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Thanks for the advice. I have a couple plants in Ocean forest between days 20-32 and have yet to feed on those. All looking really green and beautiful. Was planning to wait till 4-5 which is coming up. Would you start a bit earlier? Have you had good results with that route so far? Definitely will be going way light on the nutes to start of.

Thanks again for the help. Ive got 2 other plants in bottom 75% Ocean Forest top 25% coco/pete and im kind of regretting that mix currently. Not sure if to feed/ph like coco or soil..lol. Have had one person told me treat it as soil. Ive been treating it as coco so far and both plants are VERY light green compared to these.
 
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Boatguy

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notoriouscheech said:
Thanks for the advice. I have a couple plants in Ocean forest between days 20-32 and have yet to feed on those. All looking really green and beautiful. Was planning to wait till 4-5 which is coming up. Would you start a bit earlier? Have you had good results with that route so far? Definitely will be going way light on the nutes to start of.

Thanks again for the help. Ive got 2 other plants in bottom 75% Ocean Forest top 25% coco/pete and im kind of regretting that mix currently. Not sure if to feed/ph like coco or soil..lol. Have had one person told me treat it as soil. Ive been treating it as coco so far and both plants are VERY light green compared to these.
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Definately dont treat like coco. You will drown them. Too much peat in the mix
 
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notoriouscheech

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Boatguy said:
Definately dont treat like coco. You will drown them. Too much peat in the mix
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Its Mother Earth Coco/Peat to be more specific. Its only the top 25% of the pot, maybe 5-6 inches. The rest being Ocean Forest. Would you say to water and feed them as if im using only Ocean Forest?
Appreciate the response!
 
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Boatguy

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notoriouscheech said:
Its Mother Earth Coco/Peat to be more specific. Its only the top 25% of the pot, maybe 5-6 inches. The rest being Ocean Forest. Would you say to water and feed them as if im using only Ocean Forest?
Appreciate the response!
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Yes. Since you probably have less than 10% coco in there overall. It is a soil grow
 
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notoriouscheech

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Boatguy said:
Yes. Since you probably have less than 10% coco in there overall. It is a soil grow
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Id say its definitely closer to 20% but you're right that its not even close to the amount of OF soil in there. Thanks man. Going to change up how I'm Ph'ing and hope to see results soon. One of the ladies is looking a bit stunted and small. The other is doing awfully well in my opinion. Both are a bit light green though.
 
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Boatguy

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notoriouscheech said:
Id say its definitely closer to 20% but you're right that its not even close to the amount of OF soil in there. Thanks man. Going to change up how I'm Ph'ing and hope to see results soon. One of the ladies is looking a bit stunted and small. The other is doing awfully well in my opinion. Both are a bit light green though.
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Overwatering can look like every problem on the chart.
Ph'ing your feeds could help make it easier, as you wouldnt have to even look at ph issues as a potential cause. Less variables, less fuss
 
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notoriouscheech

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Boatguy said:
Overwatering can look like every problem on the chart.
Ph'ing your feeds could help make it easier, as you wouldnt have to even look at ph issues as a potential cause. Less variables, less fuss
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Granted Im new to all of this I want to say I definitely havnt over watered. Kept it REAL light in the beginning. Havnt watered till runoff yet. Usually water every 2-3 days going off of the weight of the pot.
I will start Ph'ing as if it is soil instead of coco! Been in the 5.8-6 range but going to switch up to 6.4-6.8 range now.
 
Rickypsimer

Rickypsimer

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notoriouscheech said:
Thanks for the advice. I have a couple plants in Ocean forest between days 20-32 and have yet to feed on those. All looking really green and beautiful. Was planning to wait till 4-5 which is coming up. Would you start a bit earlier? Have you had good results with that route so far? Definitely will be going way light on the nutes to start of.

Thanks again for the help. Ive got 2 other plants in bottom 75% Ocean Forest top 25% coco/pete and im kind of regretting that mix currently. Not sure if to feed/ph like coco or soil..lol. Have had one person told me treat it as soil. Ive been treating it as coco so far and both plants are VERY light green compared to these.
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Treat as soil!!! Ad myco and topdress worm castings!!
 
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Rickypsimer

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notoriouscheech said:
Granted Im new to all of this I want to say I definitely havnt over watered. Kept it REAL light in the beginning. Havnt watered till runoff yet. Usually water every 2-3 days going off of the weight of the pot.
I will start Ph'ing as if it is soil instead of coco! Been in the 5.8-6 range but going to switch up to 6.4-6.8 range now.
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The pH isn't as important as the living biotics in your soil... hydro and soil operation is completely different microbes feed your plant in soil not those nutes get rid of those nutes everything is already in your ffof soil
 
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