Watering
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Diabolical666
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No lol. Water enough to dry out in 2-3 days. Keep on the dry side so you dont have gnats. Feeding is done once a week in soil. Follow your feeding schedule
Budddha
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That will depend on what you will be feeding your plant. If you're using strong nutrients you may only need to feed once a week. If you're using organic or less concentrated nutrients in super soil then you might want to feed every watering.
It will also depend on what's in your medium. We don't know if your using soil or water for your medium.
It will also depend on what's in your medium. We don't know if your using soil or water for your medium.
bwailer
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Thanks guys. I am using Roots Organics Formula 707 and the Fox Farms Dirty Dozen starter kit. The plants are looking like it is time to water, it has been about 55 hours so two and a half days. I have been following the feeding schedule from Fox Farms but using 1/4th of the strength because I hear it is better to start slow then ramp it up. I was not sure if if I put Nutrients in the water every time because I did not see it on the pamphlet they gave me.
Diabolical666
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The fox farms feeding schedule says 2x a week. Imo, thats for growing outdoors and more frequent waterings. So 1 time is what I do with ff. I use ff in my indoor and grow organic outdoor. I would let the soil feed till you see signs its not feeding anymore...then start you fox farms. I use the ff soil, I let it feed for 6wks, then I start wk 4 on the schedule as they go into flower. Nutrients are not cheap, so saving them for flower is ideal if you have soil that will feed thru veg. Watering schedule of every 2-3 days helps you incorporate the feeding schedule easier. Water, water , feed. Water water feeeeed
Diabolical666
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You will also need to get a cal mag supplement like cali magik etc. Ff lacks that
bwailer
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Thank you I will look into that. I am not sure about it but I have heard I will need it a time or two. So thank you.
Diabolical666
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You will need it everytime you feed
Diabolical666
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Got a pic of whole plant?
Diabolical666
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Nice, they look healthy...i wouldnt feed till they look hungry..maybe a cpl wks down the road yet
bwailer
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Thank you I am very happy with how things are going. It has been good so far. If it stays smooth I will be one lucky guy.
Morriston55
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Good start for sure
THE KONASSURE
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I like to feed a plant 1 to 4 times a week
most of the time it`s best to but you can get away with food then water food then water
or if I`m watering more than 3 times a week for some reason except for if the pot is too small for the plant then I`ll be more likely to give just water as nutes get expensive, lol
most of the time it`s best to but you can get away with food then water food then water
or if I`m watering more than 3 times a week for some reason except for if the pot is too small for the plant then I`ll be more likely to give just water as nutes get expensive, lol
bwailer
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Thanks I am excited. I have a grow journal on here too so i will be keeping that updated with pictures and everything that I am doing with the plants.
bwailer
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When you say water, nutes, water, water. Do you mean water mixed with the nutrients and then just simple water with no nutrients mixed in?
Diabolical666
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Start your own thread is what ya do
THE KONASSURE
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Yeah I say I water with a feed and then water with just water
well actually its rare I use "just water" now days as normally my water is butted ph`d and has bennies and such added to it
but yeah if you are lazy or can`t afford the time or money to mix up a feed every time you can feed once then give water the 2nd time
but I would try a feed a min of once per week, like I said 3 times a week seems to be kinda peak for feeding but most growers aren't even watering that much
best yields and nicest herbs I`ve had were from dwc or flood and drain type grows
ok soil can give some nice tasty weed but from experience I get more yield and frostier weed from hydro as the plants are being watered constantly with ph`d, ppm`d feed, even running coco if you water more and feed more you get more, soil your kinda restricted as to how much you can water before you just have mud and you`ll get nute burn from over feeding easier
But if you ph, ppm good water in coco atleast you can keep it pretty dam wet just pests and sometimes root rot can become more of a potential issue
but I`ve ran a 1L pot of coco in flood and drain and yeidled more and better herb than a mate using 15L pots that was watering once to 3 times a week
So now days seen as I can`t run a hydro at my current place I use larger sacks than I normally would, I`m using say 40 to 80L pots for plants I would normally use 20 to30L pots for
means you can water once to 3 times a week and still get something a bit like when you use a small pot in a flood and drain or like when you use a dwc still not as good but the guy that gets easy access to the plants is kinda lazy
always seems to fuck up with noticing when they need watering too
and he`s always sleeping when he could be driving me to the plants so that they can grow better
drive me in the car I brought him, that I insured and taxed and tested for him for over a year too
oh well at least he can pay his fooking electric bill now days without much help, lol sorry you reminded me of my own problems lol
anyone with a green house or somewhere I can put a green house in London holla me ? so I don`t have to worry so much about my lazy waterboy friend, lol