Fox Farm and Cal-Mag

CannaGrow1k · Dec 18, 2016

I am new to growing and I'm planning to use fox farm trio pack and cal-mag. I'm wondering how to mix it all together, how to water with it, and what measurements I should use of each? I'm growing in soil indoors, and I'm planning on moving my sprout to Fox Farm ocean Forrest soil soon.

vostok · Dec 18, 2016

as you are in soil(FFOF ???) I'd leave out the calmag until much later like halfway thru flower

as in most cases (Mg) def. is an old plant issue, unless you feed her RO water

with all the good shit stripped out ?

most members here would be germing in FFOF

of which I always advise to dilute with 20-30% perlite

good luck

ps to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/12-week-grow-sceneario-by-jorge-cervantas.30164/

Bareback · Dec 18, 2016

I agree with @vostok , but I do it a little different.
I use ffof ,ffhf, perilite in equal amounts then add ewc, and d- lime at about 10% and mycos,other amendments like oyster shell meal bat and sea bird shit . I'm always tweeting the recipes depending on what's on my shelf and what I can spend. I have great results and very little feeding of the trio ( which I bout the dirty dozen ) so I like the dry trios for flower.
Hth

vostok · Dec 18, 2016

I see FFOF as a 'hot' soil with ample amendments already added

often doing 2nd and third grows easily with little amending

tho I like ur idea of adding M_Fungi

of which I make my own under my lemon tree ..lol

cheers

MichiganMedGrower · Dec 18, 2016

vostok said:
I see FFOF as a 'hot' soil with ample amendments already added

often doing 2nd and third grows easily with little amending

tho I like ur idea of adding M_Fungi

of which I make my own under my lemon tree ..lol

cheers

How do you do that. I use ocean forest?. I transplant up every 2 to 3 weeks in veg to avoid deficiencies and keep plants vigorous.

Then the final pot (3 gallon) needs fertilizer added by week 3 or sooner depending how long the plant was in it still in veg.

I use pure blend pro grow to fertilize.

Then I throw the root ball and used soil in the woods.

vostok · Dec 18, 2016

Dude, over potting up ..so much !

I potup just 2 times from my 4 inch germers

to a 3 usgal then perhaps a 5 or 7 usgal if required ..lol

imo: cut back ur fertilizer and foilar feed 2-3 times per week

build up ur store of FFOF in the woods, mix well on every visit

and simply give urself a test trial

good luck

to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/foilar-tools-and-application.32101/

MichiganMedGrower · Dec 18, 2016

vostok said:
Dude, over potting up ..so much !

I potup just 2 times from my 4 inch germers

to a 3 usgal then perhaps a 5 or 7 usgal if required ..lol

imo: cut back ur fertilizer and foilar feed 2-3 times per week

build up ur store of FFOF in the woods, mix well on every visit

and simply give urself a test trial

good luck

to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/foilar-tools-and-application.32101/

Bit too organic for my 2 spare bedroom perpetual grow but thank you. I am happy to see your blog. I will check it out.

And I guess the answer to my question is organic fertilizer. Very cool method.

I will disagree on up potting. It's 16 oz party cups to #1 nursery pot to #3. And into flower. The final pot is 10" and really is only 2.4 gallons of soil.

I have fully developed root balls all the way through the little pot. I just harvested an almost 7 oz plant in one.

Works pretty well for our needs.

Here is my flower room. We harvest about a plant per week from seed or a clone to keep a plant running within our plant allowance.

mostly diesel/ Thai strains and crosses.

CannaGrow1k · Dec 18, 2016

I just went and bought a bag of ffof, how long do you think I should wait to move into a bigger pot? My plant is just in this started pot for now.

MichiganMedGrower · Dec 18, 2016

CannaGrow1k said:
I just went and bought a bag of ffof, how long do you think I should wait to move into a bigger pot? My plant is just in this started pot for now.

Little seedling pots are good for about a week at most.

I like to start seeds in a bit deeper cup. I heard early on that the taproot should have about 5 inches minimum before it bottoms out. Seems to work well. I wait 2 weeks to 2.5 and the seedling lifts right out by the stem with the whole cup of soil intact.

Chunky Stool · Dec 18, 2016

I run FFOF straight out of the bag for young plants. They love it!
Only on the final repotting do I switch to gritty kitty.

MichiganMedGrower · Dec 18, 2016

Chunky Stool said:
I run FFOF straight out of the bag for young plants. They love it!
Only on the final repotting do I switch to gritty kitty.

Why do you switch? I love it for flowering. I do get better results with less salt buildup and less nutes with some large perlite mixed in.

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