New Grower with a important but stupid question (+rep to all and all for one)

OK so my clones (cloned 10/1) that I got on 10/14 are officially doing great. I got a third clone last week (10/21) and that's even taking off. MY question is this...I've had to do a lot of flushing (I received the clones from a hydro grower using hydro nutes..I"m a soil grower). Obviously I fed the girls but they finally got to be the right PH with the last flush. So I know that they're going to be hungry but how much is proper? For example is it when runoff occurs, or (and I may be waaay over thinking this right now due to a good buzz right now) would a "flush" of sorts (I'm not saying the full 1.5X pot size but maybe 3/4 of that).

The girls have been looking good so I don't want to screw anything up by over/under feeding them.

for my clones i always just used ph'd water for a couple weeks maybe some kickstart. it is really easy to over do it and stunt them when they are small. find what they like, water one day and the next check your soil(still wet, damp, dry)and of course how your girls look. never had too much run off when i was feeding my clones(in 4" pots)hope that helps

I would ask what kinda soil your using... i wait a couple weeks b4 adding my nutes to clones...

sorry I should have put that in I'm using roots organics soil along with buddha bloom. HTH and any other questions feel free to fire away but I think what you both are saying is lay off the nutes. plus one to you both.

yeah id say leave them alone for a couple weeks, just water them for now

I agree , No nutients for at least 18 days , Then start at 1/4 or 1/2 strength nutrients and work your way up. I only fertilize every third feeding with soil too. feed, water, water , feed etc. also for soil, i use Technaflora nutrients, they even have a little starter kit with all the nutrients you need for your first grow. It is beginner proof . 40 bucks on eBay with free shipping .

I start 1/2 strength nutes on clones as soon as they are rooted. That has worked well for me. Unless you are foliar feeding they are going to be hungry now.

thanks everyone..will def hold off...also looked online and found a great Roots Organics feed schedule. Sorry to be a bother again but I have a question re: that and what seems like most feed schedules...it says the dose..I get that and I also get how to cut it to 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 etc. BUT do you just feed the same as you would water? For example I give my girls around six cups of water (+/- .7 gallons) so when I feed them I know you have to mix the solutions with PH balanced water, and then of course adjust again. Sorry rambling again....long story short is a gallon per plant in ~ gallon containers too much fert/nutes. Sorry for the long winded question again.

I usually feed/water until there is some run off of the container.

thanks little tommy..much appreciated

How you plan on measuring your nutrients? Conductivity or TDS are good measures. Your clones can easily deal with anything less than 100ppm at any time now. Sometimes tap water has quite a lot of good nutrients in it depending on where you are. You could also give it mineral water which is usually taped directly from an aquifer. Aquifer water has lots of nutrients in it mostly from agriculture and sometimes septic systems. Just remember less than 100ppm can't hurt a weed. The more you water the less oxygen is going to penetrate the roots. Roots don't really need a lot of water saturation to do their job. All the roots need is 100% humidity. This means you should let your pots loose water weight before you water again. For example, My pots are 3.5kg saturated just after watering. And I like them at 2.5kg before I water again. My plants are usually slow growers under CFL with high temps and I can go a week before watering again.

If I've got a tray of cubed clones I'll water them from bottom up until they are nice and soaked then I'll tilt the tray and let the excess run off. I'll water again after they start to dry up about a quarter the way from the top. Fresh water is important to quick root development.

very useful info as far as the weight idea..never actually thought of weighing the girls LOL. As far as TDS meter I would think you would be using that strictly for tap water but I have pretty good tap water here where I live (top 10 in the country) so I'm not in too much of a hurray to go out and buy one.

You can read TDS from your nutrient solutions to determine how concentrated they are...that's why I was suggesting a meter.