A basic nutrient schedule please

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I have two plants right now that are about 2 1/2 weeks old. Im about to transplant them from miracle grow soil to fox farm with some perlite dolamite mixed in. They are vegging under 18–6 light schedule under a 300 W LED 16 inches away.

When should I begin to feed them? And does anyone have a nice schedule for feeding? I'm probably not going to start to flower them until they are at least two months old
 
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Well your probably getting close to feeding them now. Always remember that feed charts on bottles are usually no good. Start at like quarter strength and see how the plants react. When the plants small it doesnt need lots of food, when its big it can handle more. Also if your in an organic potting soil blend you wont need to feed every watering. Wwwfwwfwwwfwwf is a good shedule at first. I run grow food to week three of flower and then switch to bloom. And adding calmag is a good idea. Calcium and magnesium are the most common deficiancies but you have the lime.. Anyway, i like to hit em pretty hard with food between week 4-6.5 of flower. Still not full strength but thats when i peak.

The most important thing to realize before you get good at regulating your girls feed is how the plant reacts to not enough, or too much food. Not enough food and the plant will start turning yellow, too much food and the plant will start clawing and the tips of the leaves can burn. Just remember, love and grower tallent make nice flowers, its not just dumping food in there that give you huge yields. The best plants are happy, happy plants produce the best.
 
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Alienwidow said:
Well your probably getting close to feeding them now. Always remember that feed charts on bottles are usually no good. Start at like quarter strength and see how the plants react. When the plants small it doesnt need lots of food, when its big it can handle more. Also if your in an organic potting soil blend you wont need to feed every watering. Wwwfwwfwwwfwwf is a good shedule at first. I run grow food to week three of flower and then switch to bloom. And adding calmag is a good idea. Calcium and magnesium are the most common deficiancies but you have the lime.. Anyway, i like to hit em pretty hard with food between week 4-6.5 of flower. Still not full strength but thats when i peak.

The most important thing to realize before you get good at regulating your girls feed is how the plant reacts to not enough, or too much food. Not enough food and the plant will start turning yellow, too much food and the plant will start clawing and the tips of the leaves can burn. Just remember, love and grower tallent make nice flowers, its not just dumping food in there that give you huge yields. The best plants are happy, happy plants produce the best.
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What a great response, thank you for the schedule, but I will do as you say and start small and keep a close eye on my girls to see how they react. Any recommendations on a veg and bloom product I could get at a local nursury or specialty store? I live in Austin so there's a lot of outdoor stores.
 
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SRV said:
What a great response, thank you for the schedule, but I will do as you say and start small and keep a close eye on my girls to see how they react. Any recommendations on a veg and bloom product I could get at a local nursury or specialty store? I live in Austin so there's a lot of outdoor stores.
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Well just go down to third coast on 7010 and burnet and grab some two part grow and bloom. Or ask them for a reccomendation. Id stay away from fox farm and advanced nutrients because theyre a huge "collection" of bottles you need. But botanicare makes good stuff if your looking for a specific one i like for simplicity.
 
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Alienwidow said:
Well just go down to third coast on 7010 and burnet and grab some two part grow and bloom. Or ask them for a reccomendation. Id stay away from fox farm and advanced nutrients because theyre a huge "collection" of bottles you need. But botanicare makes good stuff if your looking for a specific one i like for simplicity.
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this guy. Damn even an address to go lol.

Really appreciate the info! I will keep ya posted, gonna stop by there tomorrow
 
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this guy. Damn even an address to go lol.

Really appreciate the info! I will keep ya posted, gonna stop by there tomorrow
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Haha. I know the town pretty good. I used to drink at the hole in the wall which i think is on guatalupe and get my papers from oat willies.
 
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Hey guys UPDATE

just got 2 bags of fox farm ocean Forrest, dolomite some perlite and 2 new square containers

I'm going to transplant tonight, what is a good ratio for mixing up a good soil?

Also my average temp is 82-84 degrees, I know that's on the slightly higher side, but I can't seem to get it much lower than 80-82

It sits at 82 most of the time with a humidity level of 50.

I stopped watering after my post and my plants look ALOT better. Flourishing even. Thanks for the tip, gonna stick with water aprox every 3rd to 4th day


Alrighty, I found a good recipe for mixing my soil. The first transplant went just fine..... But the second one.... Ugh..... The roots had reached the bottom of the pot and even though I had the pot in its side trying to free it easily ... I heard at least one or two small snaps..... It pained me to even hear....

Does anyone know if this is really bad? I know it's not good, and as long as the taproot is preserved I should be ok.... Possibly set back though.

How far set back? A few days? Weeks?
 
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what nutrients did you get bud?
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So I actually did not buy the nutrients yet… After buying all of the mixers for my soil… Performing the transplant… I figured they would need a few days of recovery and just watering anyway… So I'm kind of back to square one, I will probably use one of the recommendations from a previous post, although I'm open for suggestions
 
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SRV said:
Hey guys UPDATE

just got 2 bags of fox farm ocean Forrest, dolomite some perlite and 2 new square containers

I'm going to transplant tonight, what is a good ratio for mixing up a good soil?

Also my average temp is 82-84 degrees, I know that's on the slightly higher side, but I can't seem to get it much lower than 80-82

It sits at 82 most of the time with a humidity level of 50.

I stopped watering after my post and my plants look ALOT better. Flourishing even. Thanks for the tip, gonna stick with water aprox every 3rd to 4th day


Alrighty, I found a good recipe for mixing my soil. The first transplant went just fine..... But the second one.... Ugh..... The roots had reached the bottom of the pot and even though I had the pot in its side trying to free it easily ... I heard at least one or two small snaps..... It pained me to even hear....

Does anyone know if this is really bad? I know it's not good, and as long as the taproot is preserved I should be ok.... Possibly set back though.

How far set back? A few days? Weeks?
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Its not that bad to break roots. They all grow back and dont really harm the plant as long as they arent the main root off the stem. When i transplant out of fabric smart pots, the roots have all grown into the bags. All i hear is tearing roots and the plants do fine.

I mix my ffof to 10-15% pearlite. And just remember that if your running ffof you wont have to feed at every watering, or just feed really low, and not for the first while, then slowly get them used to added food. Too much food will give you the claw and burnt tips. Too little food will give you pale or yellowing leaves. Watch the plant and read its signs while you go.
 
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Its not that bad to break roots. They all grow back and dont really harm the plant as long as they arent the main root off the stem. When i transplant out of fabric smart pots, the roots have all grown into the bags. All i hear is tearing roots and the plants do fine.

I mix my ffof to 10-15% pearlite. And just remember that if your running ffof you wont have to feed at every watering, or just feed really low, and not for the first while, then slowly get them used to added food. Too much food will give you the claw and burnt tips. Too little food will give you pale or yellowing leaves. Watch the plant and read its signs while you go.
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Appreciate the info… I did a little research and you're totally spot on with everything you said my plants are flourishing to say the least, they have obviously entered that full on vegetative state… It literally amazes me every time I check my grow box… I watered them once after the transplant and then I did a watering with my nutrients but only at 50% of the recommended dose… Things seem to be going amazingly... I also picked up some tiger bloom for when it's time to switch to flowering… I really appreciate everyone on this forum… I'd Say on the right path 100%
 
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