what are good nutrients/fertilizers?
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dopeboi420
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fox farms grow big , big bloom and tiger bloom get it man get high 
socom3riot
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Just curious, for foxfarm and general hydroponics nutes for soil growing. Should you use the exact amount stated on the directions? or should you dilute it a little more than directed?
also , how often should it be watered with nute solution? I've heard every other watering, anyone able to give me a for sure on this?
also , how often should it be watered with nute solution? I've heard every other watering, anyone able to give me a for sure on this?
StonedRock
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thanks i'll try MG indoors
hooked.on.ponics
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More people kill their plants with MG than anything else. I won't touch the stuff.
ebolick
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The funny thing is i started withe MG and never had a problem actually it is the easiest way to grow. I eventually moved on to fox farm. Dont get me wrong i like fox farm but it is a pain in the ass to grow with. i have never lost more plants in my life then when i moved to Fox farm. i think i may go back because it is less headache. But when or if you do fox farm right you will get great results its just becomes more difficut
hooked.on.ponics
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Bud Blood works just as well in soil, no problems there.
Though I have heard of people having trouble with FF before. Of course that's probably true of most brands, someone always has a problem with them. It's the source of the problem that interests me most. Like if it's a problem with the nute recipe itself not being well balanced there's not much the user can do to correct that. If it's just that someone used too much or too little, that's different.
Sometimes it works out weird for people. I've known a couple guys that didn't know how lucky they were to have never had problems with MG. I won't even give it to my vegetables.
Though I have heard of people having trouble with FF before. Of course that's probably true of most brands, someone always has a problem with them. It's the source of the problem that interests me most. Like if it's a problem with the nute recipe itself not being well balanced there's not much the user can do to correct that. If it's just that someone used too much or too little, that's different.
Dark Hobo
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I've been growning hydro for 3 years now using DWC, aero/NFT, and ebb and flow. I started with GH 3-part nuets and even after flushing I got a chemical taste. I switched to House and Garden 2-part, a dutch brand recommended by my hydro store. I used their whole line and was pretty happy except it was kinda expensive and if you don't flush every resi change with hydroclear it develops alot of salts which can clog sprayers. Right now I'm in DWC using Cutting Edge nuets out of northern california, its a 3-part, with 3 additives Uncle Johns, Mag Amped, and Plant Amp, I also use Liquid Karma a growth inhibitor (highly recommended), liquid gold, and MOAB a high potassium flower booster. I flush every week with Hydroclear, the best thing about Cutting Edge it PH balanced, my tap water is 20 PPMs and 5.0 PH. So I just drain, flush for 45-mins, mix my nuets and add. Easy and I don't flush before harvest with straight tap, I use a weaker nuet mix. The buds come out so crystaly with no chemi taste and good yield.
stephen94
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ive just got some 19-6-12 for veg that is little beads that mix w/ the soil, i plan on getting something more fitted for flowering like 7-16-16, the same stuff, beads that mix w/ the soil and nutes release when watered, you think this will be all i need, my soil is peat moss/perlite/qualite potting soil, with lime and bone and blood meal
Mr.Rutherford
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tallicagolf
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Here is the foxfarm feeding schedule from their website. Just follow the schedule starting out with 1/4 strength nutes for seedlings or cuttings.
I have been following this schedule to a tee, and have had great results
http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf
Mr.Rutherford
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thank you, sir.
dirt clean
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uh, I may be way off base but has anyone bothered to learn what mj likes in npk values?
then like use the organic most cleanly made version of this.
Water only grows with bone and blood meal and guanos along with all the other good things like worm castings and kelp. Maybe skip the water onyl grows and just load up on quality organic soil and using the proper NPK ratios for pot use organic ingreds to feed appropriately? Not that hard.
that is what I am trying to do, along with everyone in the organics section.
Good 2 part? Blue moutain organics, grow it green and their flower power. I am also going to add their foliar spray as a bloom additive and of course their root stimulator Super plant tonic. These guys make what a real pro would put in a tea but in a concentrated bottle. You can only really get it on ebay. Unless you go to the ozarks. Good stuff.
then like use the organic most cleanly made version of this.
Water only grows with bone and blood meal and guanos along with all the other good things like worm castings and kelp. Maybe skip the water onyl grows and just load up on quality organic soil and using the proper NPK ratios for pot use organic ingreds to feed appropriately? Not that hard.
that is what I am trying to do, along with everyone in the organics section.
Good 2 part? Blue moutain organics, grow it green and their flower power. I am also going to add their foliar spray as a bloom additive and of course their root stimulator Super plant tonic. These guys make what a real pro would put in a tea but in a concentrated bottle. You can only really get it on ebay. Unless you go to the ozarks. Good stuff.
hooked.on.ponics
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Sure, that's been done a bunch of times. Probably any nute company worth the plastic in their bottles has done that.
All I would say is that if you want to go organics in hydroponic or aeroponic, get the highest quality nutes you can. Especially with aeroponics you have to worry about all the little bits of stuff and microbial populations clogging pumps, sprayers, and so on.
Even simple hydro like DWC can have trouble if the organic sources aren't clean enough.
I know that Iguana Juice works flawlessly in aeroponics if you want to try it. I don't know of anyone else that makes an organic I'd run in aeroponics.
RawFishTankTopHat
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Finally!! I was beginning to wonder if I'd missed something. Everyone keeps saying Miracle Gro, and Jack's are not ideal because their NPK values are not right for cannabis, but I haven't seen anyone say what NPK pot does prefer? That doesn't add up.
hooked.on.ponics
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Nutrients come in a "grow" and "bloom" formula because the nutritional requirements of marijuana changes as it matures. So when you ask "what NPK does pot prefer" the question you have to answer first is "when".
The simple answer of why MG and other non-pot fertilizers don't work well is that they have too much Nitrogen. That's not the whole of it, but that's the easy answer.
Then, just when you think it's too complicated, stop and think about how different strains of MJ have slightly different preferences on feeding.