gnm420
New Member
Well it has been over 10 years since I was growing. And I got all my info from various books and of course the legendary overgrow site as well as hands on. So back in the day I use chemical nutes. I know the importance of organics now but just reading up here I see a lot of opposition to things that were considered "the way to do things" back 10 years ago. Maybe someone can give me a breakdown on why these things are not used anymore.
1st off what I use with my babies.
Sprouting: water and hydrogen peroxide. From experience I get more healthy seedlings especially from old seed. But I read something here on someone joking about using it.
Seedlings: I use Hydrogen Peroxide, H2O2 again. The extra O so they don't get waterlogged. It was a great tip back in the day and again from experience it worked like a charm. Also helped my soil stay mold/fungus free.
Using superthrive for micro nutes and vities. I read now people are calling this snake oil. Is there another additive that is better? Honestly I saw a difference when using it. But that was before I went organic. If there is a better way I am into it. But I am also into super easy as I lead a very busy/ full life and I don't want to be messing with a bunch of stuff. I make my own compost and always used/made a no fuss compost tea with my veggie garden to feed with 0 deficiencies or problems. I know our favorite plant can get a little more hungry then other plants. And I have started digging but with organics it is very overwhelming because there are so many choices. Too many.
I picked up a few things to experiment with. Dr. Earths 7-4-3 Thies has feather, bone, kelp and stuff. I add it to water to make a tea. Age old Organics liquid 12-6-6 (this has some micro nutes). and Bat Guono. I forget the ratios of this one... something like 10-5-3. These are my veg nutes. And I add a combo to water to make a tea of sorts. So far so good. I am gust working on how much to give them and I am dialing it in. I started weak and I am still noticing that they are a little more hugry. So I am going to feed them a little more often until I get it dead on. To that I added the ST tho... so should I not do that next time? is it truly a waist? And I forgot I use to use Epsom salts too. Is this still relevant or not?
1st off what I use with my babies.
Sprouting: water and hydrogen peroxide. From experience I get more healthy seedlings especially from old seed. But I read something here on someone joking about using it.
Seedlings: I use Hydrogen Peroxide, H2O2 again. The extra O so they don't get waterlogged. It was a great tip back in the day and again from experience it worked like a charm. Also helped my soil stay mold/fungus free.
Using superthrive for micro nutes and vities. I read now people are calling this snake oil. Is there another additive that is better? Honestly I saw a difference when using it. But that was before I went organic. If there is a better way I am into it. But I am also into super easy as I lead a very busy/ full life and I don't want to be messing with a bunch of stuff. I make my own compost and always used/made a no fuss compost tea with my veggie garden to feed with 0 deficiencies or problems. I know our favorite plant can get a little more hungry then other plants. And I have started digging but with organics it is very overwhelming because there are so many choices. Too many.
I picked up a few things to experiment with. Dr. Earths 7-4-3 Thies has feather, bone, kelp and stuff. I add it to water to make a tea. Age old Organics liquid 12-6-6 (this has some micro nutes). and Bat Guono. I forget the ratios of this one... something like 10-5-3. These are my veg nutes. And I add a combo to water to make a tea of sorts. So far so good. I am gust working on how much to give them and I am dialing it in. I started weak and I am still noticing that they are a little more hugry. So I am going to feed them a little more often until I get it dead on. To that I added the ST tho... so should I not do that next time? is it truly a waist? And I forgot I use to use Epsom salts too. Is this still relevant or not?