Fox Farm feeding schedule-Autoflower

Vincent Van grow

Vincent Van grow

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So an update is necessary I feel... they started to preflower on Wednesday or Thursday. At week 4.5. I gave them a very small dose of open sesame that day, mixed with the grow big, big bloom and tiger bloom, a long with a tsp of cal mag.

Fast forward to today, they got a small dose of beastie bloom - less than 1/2 of 1 quarter tsp. They're starting to funk up my tent so I think I'm doing it right now. I wont need to water again until maybe Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how much water they take in. I added a pic or two...

I know it's small but that is definitely a tendril coming out of there.
 

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UptownGirl202

UptownGirl202

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Budzbuddha said:
I use FFOF and dropped the Nute line for megacrop but this will work for autos.

FFOF is already highly ammended right from bag and needs nothing. ( for autos )
Since auto veg stage is short ( up to week 5 before preflower ) .... the soil alone will feed it .
Ph water to 6.5 and water only as needed. The soil will run long into the autos lifespan and no multi bottle shit is needed.

Forget the feeding schedule put out by fox farm , it is too much on top of an already hot soil.

If using FFOF ( ocean forest)
TRY THIS :

1 week(seedling) – Ph adjusted water

2 week(start of vegetative) – Ph adjusted water

3 week(vegetative) – Ph adjusted water

4 week(pre-flowering) – 1/2 veg nutes ( grow big )

5 week(first flowers) – 1/4 bloom nutes ( tiger bloom )

6 week(flowering) – 1/2 bloom nutes. ( tiger bloom )

7 week(flowering) – 1/2 bloom nutes. ( tiger bloom )

8 week(flowering) – 1/2 bloom Nutes / then ph water on next watering ( nute wind down )

9 week(flowering & harvest) – Ph adjusted water till harvest

If auto buds needs week 10 or slightly longer .... continue same as week 9.

Plant will pull from itself and medium residual .... ( leaf fade )
( cleaner end product ).

No flushing or other bullshit necessary.

Note : Instead of using Fox Farm Nutes ..... you can SIMPLY add “ more “ FFOF to topsoil
and just water in for a recharge.

It is really that simple.
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Thank you for posting one if not the SIMPLEST FF trio schedule's I have ever seen! If im incorporating CalMag into the above schedule, what week should I start and how much??
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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You can add to water or feed as you feel is “ necessary “ .... I use plain tap and my municipality water source has enough calcium ( deposits ) and mag. But your choice may differ.

When I needed I started at 1 tsp per gallon.
 
UptownGirl202

UptownGirl202

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Budzbuddha said:
You can add to water or feed as you feel is “ necessary “ .... I use plain tap and my municipality water source has enough calcium ( deposits ) and mag. But your choice may differ.

When I needed I started at 1 tsp per gallon.
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Okay great. Thanks again for taking the time to reply back. I just posted a thread. Would love it if you could take a look at my girls and give me your input whenever you get the chance.
 
UptownGirl202

UptownGirl202

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Budzbuddha said:
Stop flushing ( you are just stripping the medium ). Now the plant has to “ recover “ from the heavy watering.

Ride it out for preflower. Some start early some start late. If it has not at least thrown pistils by week 6 ..... then treat it like a regular photo strain and flip it.

Some “ autos “ may act as a photo strain and need to be FORCED to flower.
And at times can veg it out a little bit more. The ruderalis portion that makes the plant self flower sometimes is not moving it forward.
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Quick question (Hope you don't mind)
I just wanted a bit of clarification, In reguards to the measurements. When you say 1 4th or 1 half is this in TSP TBS Millimeters??
 
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Budzbuddha

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i was speaking more of strength .... 1/4 or 1/2 strength in feed.
Then monitor to judge where to go from there. I eventually cut the trio and run WATER ONLY feeds in FFOF and top dress to recharge instead of witches brew of bottles.
 
UptownGirl202

UptownGirl202

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Budzbuddha said:
i was speaking more of strength .... 1/4 or 1/2 strength in feed.
Then monitor to judge where to go from there. I eventually cut the trio and run WATER ONLY feeds in FFOF and top dress to recharge instead of witches brew of bottles.
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Lol Honestly because of you....im SERIOUSLY thinking of doing this very thing!! How often should i recharge??
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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UptownGirl202 said:
Lol Honestly because of you....im SERIOUSLY thinking of doing this very thing!! How often should i recharge??
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FFOF is pretty charged as is .... I personally let my autos stay in the medium from the start ....
After some acclimation it will feed enough for about 6 weeks ( by that time transition should be starting / preflower ) .... around the 2nd week of flower , I just top dress and water in.

I found that a simple complete medium like FFOF fits perfectly for typical auto grows since most finish within 90 days.
 
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UptownGirl202

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Okay Thank you so much for the insight. Im going to recharge them around the time you suggested. I really value your opinion as one can tell you clearly know what your talking about.
As ALWAYS thank you so very much for taking the time out to respond. I feel like I can relax a bit and start enjoying my grow a little more.
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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UptownGirl202 said:
Okay Thank you so much for the insight. Im going to recharge them around the time you suggested. I really value your opinion as one can tell you clearly know what your talking about.
As ALWAYS thank you so very much for taking the time out to respond. I feel like I can relax a bit and start enjoying my grow a little more.
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You will find “ your own stride “ in growing.

There is a mantra in growing .....
“ KISS METHOD - Keep it Simple Stupid “
We all had to get in the trenches and try to figure things out .... my suggestions are just to get you going and you will see there are a million ways to grow. Once you got a few grows under your belt , you can try different combinations of feed and water / medium / etc. I’m a soil guy mostly but occasionally have run autos in Hempy buckets and octopot but always like simple soil fed grows.

BTW .... look into Hempy buckets for autos .... they grow quite nice . And you can get some pretty big girls using this method.

Keep us posted on your progress. :weed:
 
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UptownGirl202

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Never heard of them before so i will definitely check them out. Will keep updating my pics everyweek. Definitely going to keep it simple for the next few grows. Plenty of time to experiment later.
 
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Rayi

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I grow in Fox Farm and do a few autos outdoors. I toss in a hand full of 10-10-10 at four weeks and mix it in then water. Nothing other than pH water
 
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Growerbhoy

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PVS said:
a few of us asked this in another thread and got no answer so i'll make a specific thread.

presently growing lowryder #1 in FF-OF soil and using FF-GB. left it nut-free for the first 2 weeks and now feeding half serving 1 time per week. i'm expecting it to flower very soon so i need to know what to do. im concerned that these strains might not benefit from the one-size-fits-all FF schedule. for instance some say to avoid tiger bloom. also in the regular schedule has you skip a feeding on the 4th week. well what does that translate to? does it even matter?

now please before anyone tells me (us) about the schedule at their website, keep in mind that this is an autoflowing strain. there is no vegetative state and only a 2 month life cycle. we're not interested in guesses. however if you are experienced in getting the most out of your autoflowering plants and use FF nutrients, please oh please share your wisdom.
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psillymushrooms420

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I’ve been growing autos for quite some time now and I always use fox farm happy frog soil and fox farm trio nutrients (big bloom, grow big, and tiger bloom ) if you look at the big bloom for general feeding it calls for 4 tablespoons not teaspoons per gallon . I use 3 tablespoons per gallon throughout the whole grow cycle until the end when the ladies just get water . I Germinate my seeds and after they are an inch + long I plant them right below the soil In 7gal smart pots . I start off with just watered soil. By the time I need to water again the sprouts are 2-3 inches long I do big bloom At 2 tablespoons per gallon of water . Next water I do 3 tablespoons of big bloom (stays at 3 for the rest of the grow ) and add 1 teaspoon of grow big . Next BB-3tbsp, gb- 2tsp per gallon until flowering starts . I start to cut back on GB to 1.5tsp per gallon as well as adding 1.5tsp of tiger bloom while still using 3tbsp of BB. Next feed I do BB-3tbsp, gb- 1tsp, tb- 1.5tsp. I do this for the next 2-3 feedings depending on what the ladies look like they need (if they start to yellow they want more nitrogen(grow big) , by this time there’s an abundance of pistils(white hairs) and the actual buds are starting to form . I do bb-3tbsp and 2-tsp tb until it’s ready for just water and then harvest . I’m by no means a master , but this is what has worked for me every time and I always get GREAT end product.

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claymonster

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Budzbuddha said:
I use FFOF and dropped the Nute line for megacrop but this will work for autos.

FFOF is already highly ammended right from bag and needs nothing. ( for autos )
Since auto veg stage is short ( up to week 5 before preflower ) .... the soil alone will feed it .
Ph water to 6.5 and water only as needed. The soil will run long into the autos lifespan and no multi bottle shit is needed.

Forget the feeding schedule put out by fox farm , it is too much on top of an already hot soil.

If using FFOF ( ocean forest)
TRY THIS :

1 week(seedling) – Ph adjusted water

2 week(start of vegetative) – Ph adjusted water

3 week(vegetative) – Ph adjusted water

4 week(pre-flowering) – 1/2 veg nutes ( grow big )

5 week(first flowers) – 1/4 bloom nutes ( tiger bloom )

6 week(flowering) – 1/2 bloom nutes. ( tiger bloom )

7 week(flowering) – 1/2 bloom nutes. ( tiger bloom )

8 week(flowering) – 1/2 bloom Nutes / then ph water on next watering ( nute wind down )

9 week(flowering & harvest) – Ph adjusted water till harvest

If auto buds needs week 10 or slightly longer .... continue same as week 9.

Plant will pull from itself and medium residual .... ( leaf fade )
( cleaner end product ).

No flushing or other bullshit necessary.

Note : Instead of using Fox Farm Nutes ..... you can SIMPLY add “ more “ FFOF to topsoil
and just water in for a recharge.

It is really that simple.
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Thanks for the info Budz. Do you use nutes for all feedings or just once per week, using ph adjusted H2O for second weekly feeding?
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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claymonster said:
Thanks for the info Budz. Do you use nutes for all feedings or just once per week, using ph adjusted H2O for second weekly feeding?
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As far as using FFOF ( soil ) plants will readily feed from it once it becomes acclimated to it. I always let the soil medium do most of the work in feeding , so can see if plant is lacking , part of the reason by NOT “ adding “ any other nutes to it. If soil is working , why unbalance it with excess ?

Especially with autos ... since they only need about 10 weeks or so. As far as Megacrop, i tend to use it sporadically when running photos , not so much with autos since the soil is doing just fine. Only “ addition “ i add to grow is EWC to soil and kelp in my watering. I shoot for ph 6.5-6.7 to allow for minor ph swing as soil clocks in at 6.3 and runs a bit better with ph bump.

Photos i will use Megacrop as a recharge after say week 6 of growth to push veg before flip , then again after stretch, then as a drench every 2 weeks til late flower then just ph water during last 10 days.
Plant still has residual nutes in itself and medium to ride to cleaner finish. And i am not hyper loading it at end.

Or you can just add scoop or two of FFOF to recharge the medium in a similar fashion. EB Stone Recipe 420 is another fine mix to use ( think ffof lite. )
 
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