High Nitrogen Plant Food Needed, Any Suggestions?

mushu93

Member
Top of the morning to you :peace:

We are in need of a high nitrogen plant food, and are wondering if anyone might have any suggestions. We have saught out help for what is wroing with her and have been told that she needs more N and that we have been giving her nutes a bit too early. So we need to flush and start over. If anyone has any suggestions for the plant food please let us know. Or if you might have any other opinions on what might be bother our plant, that would be helpful too.

IMG00242-20110407-0204.jpg

IMG00253-20110409-0108.jpgThanks a bunch
:peace:
 

NoGutsGrower

Well-Known Member
depending on the soil I dont think you should be feeding it, or just starting to feed it! I would cut out the ferts and give a good watering! where you get about 20-40% of what you put in to run out the bottom (flush it) then wait until next watering and use only water again with about 10% run off. This will flush out some of the ferts you have put in it! Everyone has different opinions of which plant food to buy. I have used fox farm for a while and a buddy has used the roots organic stuff and we were happy with both!
 

sso

Well-Known Member
the simplest would be piss.
:) a bit straight in the container and then normal watering.
(just about fixes everything, straightens out ph and whatnot)

funnily there is no smell, just a whiff perhaps for a moment. (and its rarely needed, maybe 1-2 times during growing, if that.)

hehe, but there are too many sissies in the western world for me to suggest this often, mostly do it as a joke now,
many people do this in other parts of the world, was actually recommended to me by an eastern man and later a native indian, but i allready knew about this.

betcha buy some real expensive commercial product that you´ll need to be careful with.
 

Snow Crash

Well-Known Member
This is funny... Did anyone even bother to look at the pictures?

Your plants are not nitrogen deficient. The lack of aeration material leads to prolonged saturation of the roots without access to air, then rot. You also have a pH thing going on, probably because of the peat in the soil.

Transplant into a good organic planting mix containing perlite and dolomite lime. Research proper watering techniques. Get a pH tester.

If you want some Nitrogen here's what I suggest. Get a 5 gallon bucket and a cheap air pump and air stone from the pet store. Fill the bucket with clean water and put maybe 2-3 cups of Worm Castings in an old T-shirt. Tie up all the ends of the shirt and submerge it in the water with the air stone going to make a tea. Including a tsp of azomite or dolomite lime, maybe 1/2 cup of high pk guano, and you're in business. Let that go for 2 or 3 days before you use it.

So... Transplant. Research. Research. Brew. Test the pH. And water properly. She still has a chance. Nitrogen is most definitely not the answer though.
 

Illumination

New Member
This is funny... Did anyone even bother to look at the pictures?

Your plants are not nitrogen deficient. The lack of aeration material leads to prolonged saturation of the roots without access to air, then rot. You also have a pH thing going on, probably because of the peat in the soil.

Transplant into a good organic planting mix containing perlite and dolomite lime. Research proper watering techniques. Get a pH tester.

If you want some Nitrogen here's what I suggest. Get a 5 gallon bucket and a cheap air pump and air stone from the pet store. Fill the bucket with clean water and put maybe 2-3 cups of Worm Castings in an old T-shirt. Tie up all the ends of the shirt and submerge it in the water with the air stone going to make a tea. Including a tsp of azomite or dolomite lime, maybe 1/2 cup of high pk guano, and you're in business. Let that go for 2 or 3 days before you use it.

So... Transplant. Research. Research. Brew. Test the pH. And water properly. She still has a chance. Nitrogen is most definitely not the answer though.
Answered the question asked....dont wanna try and tell him what to do
 

NoGutsGrower

Well-Known Member
This is funny... Did anyone even bother to look at the pictures?

Your plants are not nitrogen deficient. The lack of aeration material leads to prolonged saturation of the roots without access to air, then rot. You also have a pH thing going on, probably because of the peat in the soil.

Transplant into a good organic planting mix containing perlite and dolomite lime. Research proper watering techniques. Get a pH tester.

If you want some Nitrogen here's what I suggest. Get a 5 gallon bucket and a cheap air pump and air stone from the pet store. Fill the bucket with clean water and put maybe 2-3 cups of Worm Castings in an old T-shirt. Tie up all the ends of the shirt and submerge it in the water with the air stone going to make a tea. Including a tsp of azomite or dolomite lime, maybe 1/2 cup of high pk guano, and you're in business. Let that go for 2 or 3 days before you use it.

So... Transplant. Research. Research. Brew. Test the pH. And water properly. She still has a chance. Nitrogen is most definitely not the answer though.
Im not thinking it is over watering. leaves usually curl up so that the stoma on the bottom of the leaves can let out the moisture before they start drooping, but i also dont think it is low on N. maybe just too much nutes. I would suggest a better soil as well but with how big the plant is I still dont think its over watering. Can you check the roots? is it ready for a larger pot? when you pull it from the pot you can tell if you have been overwatering it, look at the roots, are they nice, white and healthy or are they brown and weak looking? I would still do the flush then transplant into a better soil. once you put it into a better soil you still wont need nutes for a little while. the soil will have plenty. what make you think he has a ph issue snow? from what i can see in the picture, the plant is still really small and I guessing not filling that pot yet, unless the soil he got was just complete junk I'm doubting a ph issue, even if running tap water. If you read my first post, you will see that I also didn't say to add Nitrogen. If he has been feeding it and it is still that small there is no way it used all the N in the soil plus what he was adding! First step for me for just about any problem is usually a good flush to get me back to a good starting point.
 

Snow Crash

Well-Known Member
The splotchiness on the outside edges indicate pH fluctuations. The only reason I bring up the watering aspect is because the media looks like a solid wet mass of mud and peat fiber. Indoors, the lack of any aeration media is really only possible in media like coco or rockwool.
 
Top