switching to Top Dressing in flower from non-organic nutrients, how do i do so?

greasemonkeymann said:

bone meal from pigs is a MUCH better bonemeal.
And that's a good amount of nitrogen too.

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That's what I use. "Porcine blood" as specified on the bag.

greasemonkeymann said:

Grow an aloe plant man, WAY better than the shit that's in the cloning solution..
Also aloe gel is awesome for a natural surfectant
the IBA is basicly synthesized willow bark

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I'll give that a shot, man.

my plant that i topped seems to be more hungry then all of my other plants, even the the same strain (But didnt top). so i think i'm going to top dress, but also continue feeding them 1/2 nutes.

Eric Purr said:

my plant that i topped seems to be more hungry then all of my other plants, even the the same strain (But didnt top). so i think i'm going to top dress, but also continue feeding them 1/2 nutes.

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Topping causes focus of side branching instead of vertical growth, which I think the plant finds easier and does more rapidly.

so it is possible for the plant that i topped to be more hungry then all other plants??

Eric Purr said:

so it is possible for the plant that i topped to be more hungry then all other plants??

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I mean, yeah, kind of, but don't go crazy with the nutes.

And chemicals in chem nutes, if I'm not mistaken, can kill microbes that eat your top dress and shit your plant food in the soil.

so would i do more harm or good giving them chemical nutes while having a top dressing? because i have'nt put it on yet because of the fact ive never grown with top dressing so i don't want to ruin anything since i'm into the second week of flower.

Eric Purr said:

so would i do more harm or good giving them chemical nutes while having a top dressing? because i have'nt put it on yet because of the fact ive never grown with top dressing so i don't want to ruin anything since i'm into the second week of flower.

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I think sticking with top dressing in new, organic soil might do better if you're set on finishing out with organics. But if you're in flower, unless you're early into it, I'd finish it chemically and try again. If you want to nute and top dress organically, try the Nature's Care line I suggested, and use compost teas as needed, but remember you can always increase nutes if it's malnourished, but if you totally burn your plant out, you're screwed. Be easy and patient about nutes/ferts.

Okay thank you for your input! i think I'm going to just stick to with chem nutes and use organic soil next grow! Just all of my Fan leaves' stems are red and they seem weak by the amount they droop. but none of the stem or other colas are red. But on one of my clones has a red stem by the botttom. idk what the hell to do. I tried adding some P but it hasnt seemed to do anything.

Pics

This is the one I topped

That picture is old and it's gotten worse since then.

Eric Purr said:

Okay thank you for your input! i think I'm going to just stick to with chem nutes and use organic soil next grow! Just all of my Fan leaves' stems are red and they seem weak by the amount they droop. but none of the stem or other colas are red. But on one of my clones has a red stem by the botttom. idk what the hell to do. I tried adding some P but it hasnt seemed to do anything.

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That red stem, if it isn't genetics, sounds like some kind of nute deficiency or toxicity I've heard of. Phosphorus deficiency, maybe? You are over-nuting it with nitrogen, though, too, I think.

well i just to bump up my nutes because just a few days ago i had my first and second set of true leaves turned yellow and eventually died off and i had made a post on here about and i was given the advice that i was lacking N so idk what to do hahah

is kelp a good source of P?

maybe i should switch to flowering nutes in stead of continuing to feed them Veg nutes

Eric Purr said:

maybe i should switch to flowering nutes in stead of continuing to feed them Veg nutes

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Definitely. Higher P and K are needed for flowering and N for Veg. The red in this plant (mine) is genetics. If it's like, hot red or deep red, not purple, and it climbs the veins of the leaves, it's Phosphorus.

should i flush them before switching?

It wasn't you who had N toxicity, it was someone else I was thinking of, but yet, they need a different nute arrangement for flower.

Got it!