Fav Pot Nutes and Feeding Schedule

pneuma9 · 10-28-07, 12:38

Got any? For a soilless with worm castings.

You start off your plants on 1/4 strength? 1/2 strength? What brands do you prefer? Do you feed for 3 waterings then leave a day off? Fox Farm better than General Hydro? Let's hear what you've got to say so I don't waste my money!

suckerfree · 10-28-07, 13:21

You are going to have to find out what your plant likes.. some like to be fert more/less than others.
I am soilless with worm castings.

I use organic liquids to fert. Organic liquids you can accidently go heavy and is harder to burn plants.

Such liquids I use are:

Liquid Seaweed Extract (seedlings/young plants/last few weeks of flowering)
Fish Emulsions (vegging)
Molasses (flowering)
Liquid Concentrate Compost (veg and flower (added every third watering)

I'll usually water, the next water+fert, next water, next water+fert
keep an eye on the leaves, they'll tell you what's up...

pneuma9 · 10-28-07, 18:23

Cool man. I hate to be the noob with 20 questions but... For the sake of the whole...

Can you please recommend specific concentrations or do you just go by what's on the bottle?

For seaweed (for my pot weed

) you mean kelp? Are there others that are similar? I'm sure you don't mean I go get some iniri or whatever from the Japanese store and soak it.

I've seen fish emulsion. I heard it smells.

I've heard about molasses being good. Thanks for specifying the stage. How much do you use? (I'm sure I could google this, and I may but multiple opinions must help) (I also know you said look at the leaves, but this will be the one of the first times I ever see pot leaves in real life.) Eh...

Concentrate compost? :/

I guess this is going to be like shrooms. Just do it and figure it out as I go along.

suckerfree · 10-28-07, 18:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by pneuma9

Can you please recommend specific concentrations or do you just go by what's on the bottle?
For seaweed (for my pot weed

) you mean kelp? Are there others that are similar?
I've seen fish emulsion. I heard it smells.
I've heard about molasses being good. Thanks for specifying the stage. How much do you use? (I'm sure I could google this, and I may but multiple opinions must help)
Concentrate compost? :/

I eye it all.

But by now I know what my plant likes. Each strain is different. Some are going to love heavy fert, others are going to do great without much fert at all. You are going to have to watch your plant to see what it likes. If you really want some kind of measurement, figure about a tablespoon per gallon. The fert liquids we are talking about do not easily burn the plants anyways... so you should be ok.
Fish Emulsion does smell. Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty if you want to be a winner.
You need to google. Google everything you can possibly think of and follow every link. Read, Study, and Practice!

pneuma9 · 10-28-07, 18:51

You're the fuckin man. I need pictures. My mom used to read to me out of a picture dictionary when I was a small kid and images make all the difference. I get complimented on my vocabulary all the time and I directly attribute my facility to those early contributions. These pics make all the difference and I'll be on Google if you need me. high 5

darknezz7 · 10-28-07, 19:52

I believe the liquid compost stuff is where you put compost in a sock and in hot water... As in http://forums.mycotopia.net/grassroo...ydro-soil.html (Organic ~Guano Teas, for hydro and soil)

This is the way I am going to go anyway, I will probably get guano too, along with kelp, superthrive and the molasses for flowering, which for info that look here HIGHGRADE DISCUSSION FORUMS - molasses

I'm going to use my organic tea every 3rd water, adjust to plants of course. I need to start studying all the nutrient deficiencies.

Did ya order your seeds yet?

undone1 · 10-28-07, 22:34

i grow strictly in coco with coco specific nutes. a relatively new line of nutes that i really like is house and garden. their roots excelurator is some "really" good stuff. my hydro store gave me a bunch of free samples and i was hooked.

Dave_the_stoner · 10-28-07, 22:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by undone1

my hydro store gave me a bunch of free samples and i was hooked.

I love it when the hydrostores give free samples, you get to try some interesting shit.

pneuma9 · 10-28-07, 23:13

I've got some seeds going to a nearby locale. Should have some germination next week.

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10-28-07, 12:38	#1 (permalink)
pneuma9 Resident Deviant Join Date: Apr 1971 Posts: 211	Fav Pot Nutes and Feeding Schedule Got any? For a soilless with worm castings. You start off your plants on 1/4 strength? 1/2 strength? What brands do you prefer? Do you feed for 3 waterings then leave a day off? Fox Farm better than General Hydro? Let's hear what you've got to say so I don't waste my money!

10-28-07, 13:21	#2 (permalink)
suckerfree KEY MASTER Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,155	You are going to have to find out what your plant likes.. some like to be fert more/less than others. I am soilless with worm castings. I use organic liquids to fert. Organic liquids you can accidently go heavy and is harder to burn plants. Such liquids I use are: Liquid Seaweed Extract (seedlings/young plants/last few weeks of flowering) Fish Emulsions (vegging) Molasses (flowering) Liquid Concentrate Compost (veg and flower (added every third watering) I'll usually water, the next water+fert, next water, next water+fert keep an eye on the leaves, they'll tell you what's up... __________________

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10-28-07, 18:23	#3 (permalink)
pneuma9 Resident Deviant Join Date: Apr 1971 Posts: 211	Cool man. I hate to be the noob with 20 questions but... For the sake of the whole... Can you please recommend specific concentrations or do you just go by what's on the bottle? For seaweed (for my pot weed ) you mean kelp? Are there others that are similar? I'm sure you don't mean I go get some iniri or whatever from the Japanese store and soak it. I've seen fish emulsion. I heard it smells. I've heard about molasses being good. Thanks for specifying the stage. How much do you use? (I'm sure I could google this, and I may but multiple opinions must help) (I also know you said look at the leaves, but this will be the one of the first times I ever see pot leaves in real life.) Eh... Concentrate compost? :/ I guess this is going to be like shrooms. Just do it and figure it out as I go along.

10-28-07, 18:51	#5 (permalink)
pneuma9 Resident Deviant Join Date: Apr 1971 Posts: 211	You're the fuckin man. I need pictures. My mom used to read to me out of a picture dictionary when I was a small kid and images make all the difference. I get complimented on my vocabulary all the time and I directly attribute my facility to those early contributions. These pics make all the difference and I'll be on Google if you need me. high 5

10-28-07, 19:52	#6 (permalink)
darknezz7 Mycoentrepreneur Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 200	I believe the liquid compost stuff is where you put compost in a sock and in hot water... As in http://forums.mycotopia.net/grassroo...ydro-soil.html (Organic ~Guano Teas, for hydro and soil) This is the way I am going to go anyway, I will probably get guano too, along with kelp, superthrive and the molasses for flowering, which for info that look here HIGHGRADE DISCUSSION FORUMS - molasses I'm going to use my organic tea every 3rd water, adjust to plants of course. I need to start studying all the nutrient deficiencies. Did ya order your seeds yet?

10-28-07, 22:34	#7 (permalink)
undone1 Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 34	i grow strictly in coco with coco specific nutes. a relatively new line of nutes that i really like is house and garden. their roots excelurator is some "really" good stuff. my hydro store gave me a bunch of free samples and i was hooked.

10-28-07, 23:13	#9 (permalink)
pneuma9 Resident Deviant Join Date: Apr 1971 Posts: 211	I've got some seeds going to a nearby locale. Should have some germination next week.