Impulse nute purchases, now what?

slow_grow

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Ok guys, so I got all excited about my first grow and ended up getting too many nutes. I'll be growing a few different auto strains under LED.

The Soil:
Fox Farms Ocean Forest

Pots:
3G Smart Pots

Nutes:
Fox Farms Glow Big (6-4-4)
Fox Farms Big Bloom (0-0.5-0.7)
Fox Farms Tiger Bloom (2-8-4)
Advance Nutrients Organic Mother Earth Blended Super Tea (3-2-5)
Advance Nutrients Organic Ancient Earth (0-0-1)

I never intended on using all of these together, my hope was to experiment and find a nice balance. I tell myself "simplicity for me!" but then find myself surrounded with products wondering now WTF do I do :o) Just too excited I guess.

I knew the FF and AN stuff was considered overpriced but I didn't know then that a lot of folks just frown on both of these company's products all together. I don't really have a lot of time to craft my own nutes and I'm certainly willing to pay extra for simplicity sake but now I honestly feel a bit overwhelmed especially after hearing the FF nutrient grow schedule is way too generalized.

Given the above, what would you guys say would be a good rotation for autos that advertise a range from 65 to 80 day seed to harvest timeframe? My original plan was to do nothing the first 2 weeks and then follow FF schedule but now that is kind of out of the window.

Thanks in advance!
 

Indacouch

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I used the ff big three when I first started growing and did awesome ....if your new I'd start there at light doses and work your way up to what the girls like .....your not worried about being completely organic or nothing with the ff trio but I've had awesome results with them when I was learning
 

slow_grow

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I used the ff big three when I first started growing and did awesome ....if your new I'd start there at light doses and work your way up to what the girls like .....your not worried about being completely organic or nothing with the ff trio but I've had awesome results with them when I was learning
Awesome, thanks a ton for the advice!
 

Indacouch

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No problem everyone has different opinions on nutes and what's good and bad ......but starting out with grow big be careful start very light with that one .....and big bloom which I believe is the only organic one in these three still start a little lighter than recommended for general feeds .....then tiger bloom but that's for later on once again I would start lighter than recommended ....remember under nite is way easier to fix than over IMO .....good luck happy growing
 

$bkbbudz$

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FFOF is a hot soil and needs no additional feeding for several weeks. An auto will be 1/3 through it's cycle before nutes are needed. I have always used FF products and have had great results using both liquid and soluble trios. IMHO, the FF schedule is not to be followed to the letter. I actually really screwed up my last grow with it. I wanted to try the entire line of FF products so I got the dirty dozen and followed the schedule pretty closely...burned the shit out of my gurlz I usually wait until at least 3 weeks after transplant to add nutes. Then I start at 1/4 strength dosage and increase by 1/4 strength at the next feeding on a water, water, feed schedule. But I have never really gone to full strength for long. My plants usually are close finishing out by the time I would be at full strength very long. Also, the FF soils are pretty high in N especially fresh out of the bag so, IMHO you should consider using the less is more theory on the Big Bloom and Grow Big. Also you will want to go ahead and get some CalMag...you will likely need it.
 
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