Nuts and the outdoors

[Kevinpi]

So the tittle speaks for it self, the do's ?? The don'ts ??
I feel like I'm using alot mix to feed when they are in the ground ...

 

[SuperNutz]

Huh?

So the tittle speaks for it self, the do's ?? The don'ts ??
I feel like I'm using alot mix to feed when they are in the ground ...

 

[SuperNutz]

Jokes aside about my name being Nutz.. You using synthetics, organics, liquids or solids?

 

[Kevinpi]

Jokes aside about my name being Nutz.. You using synthetics, organics, liquids or solids?

I'm using organic ... I just know and seen gorilla grows that use just water and have a great outcome ! Should I be supplementing Less often or as If I was doing a indoor pot based grow at a regular schedule? I'm also almost out of my veg stuff and don't really what to buy more lol but they are already 5 foot ! I shouldn't need much more kelp based nutz ... Correct? I was thinking of blasting her with some big bud bloom for flowering or should I be more consistent and continue my regular indoor style feeding
schedule ?

 

[SuperNutz]

Did you mix amendments into the soil before planting? Some are slow release some are immediate. If it's balanced and organic, the only thing you need to add is Epsom salt to the water every week or 2 I'd think then flowering time teas or whatnot. If you're worried about nitrogen though and want to add it cheap without worrying about burning the plants I'd say stick a couple sock fulls of compost in a sock and soak it in a 5 gallon bucket for a couple days with an air stone going and when its frothy then dilute it at about a pint per mostly filled bucket per plant. I mixed some slow and fast release phos in my soil so I'm not worried about it for a couple weeks as far as flowering. If you want an all around fix, could always get compost or mix composted manure that's like a buck a big bag this time of year with rock phosphate or bone meal and potash and topdress/mulch them.

 

[SuperNutz]

Compost tea needs a drizzle of molasses every so often to keep the microbes banging ******** and lots of air

 

[CanadianJim]

You really don't need to worry about the microbes growing outdoors in the ground. They'll be there and thriving whether you help out or not. Unless you have really heavily used soil, like an old old garden or a former tobacco field the nutrients your plant needs are for the most part already there and available. When the plant has the room to really spread her roots out she'll likely find what she needs. All that aside mixing a bag of black earth, big bucket of compost, or a wheelbarrow full of composted manure into your soil when the growing season is over is never a bad idea. Unless you have perennials or bulbs you want to keep. Then you'd just top dress it.

 

[SuperNutz]

The compost tea is food for the plants too, you can use it foliar for nutes and some say pests even. I have 3 tomato plants that were the same size and gave worm casting tea to 2 of them a week ago and they're almost a foot taller then the same exact plant a few feet away I didn't give it to. They were all evenly sized at the time. Good enough evidence for me. Don't take me much effort to let water bubble for 2 days and then add a solo cup per bucket at watering time. I water my 65 gallon smart pots with a full bucket of PH'd water per plant anyways, I can spare a couple mins here and there and if anything it won't hurt. Reminds me to check my soil PH, made my own mix and there's some downer amendments in there like sulfur. That might be why one of my plants is showing a calcium deficiency if it's not just weather trauma. Hmmm... Hope some of my rambling helps lol, I think I helped myself more though by thinking to check the soil PH.

You really don't need to worry about the microbes growing outdoors in the ground. They'll be there and thriving whether you help out or not. Unless you have really heavily used soil, like an old old garden or a former tobacco field the nutrients your plant needs are for the most part already there and available. When the plant has the room to really spread her roots out she'll likely find what she needs. All that aside mixing a bag of black earth, big bucket of compost, or a wheelbarrow full of composted manure into your soil when the growing season is over is never a bad idea. Unless you have perennials or bulbs you want to keep. Then you'd just top dress it.