Nutrient for the noob.

[SirPotHead]

I can have no pictures but I can put a quick picture in your head. My garden starts with a 6 by 4 plastic box type thing. Inside this box I filled the lower half with organic rocks, and ontop of this, with Fox Farm Happy Frog, type soil. I have about 15 plants in rows of 3 in this box. A nice LED Light a foot above the tallest plant, that covers everything from the box, to the clones on the side of the box..
Now that we're past the image, lets get to the nut. For clones I normally just use Clonx gel, and their cloning mixing solution, that lets them root faster and what not. I also have Jacks all purpose for veg and bloom booster 10-30-20. These are the only nut's I use. Is there any other types of nutrient that I should own for the average growing cycle, more like, something simple That I could easily measure and add to my plants every so often to keep them perfectly healthy.

 

[b4ds33d]

lol, organic rocks? all rocks are organic. btw, you are limiting your oxygen capacity/drainage of your soil "box" by not filling it with soil. dump the rocks.

 

[muleface]

I can have no pictures but I can put a quick picture in your head. My garden starts with a 6 by 4 plastic box type thing. Inside this box I filled the lower half with organic rocks, and ontop of this, with Fox Farm Happy Frog, type soil. I have about 15 plants in rows of 3 in this box. A nice LED Light a foot above the tallest plant, that covers everything from the box, to the clones on the side of the box..
Now that we're past the image, lets get to the nut. For clones I normally just use Clonx gel, and their cloning mixing solution, that lets them root faster and what not. I also have Jacks all purpose for veg and bloom booster 10-30-20. These are the only nut's I use. Is there any other types of nutrient that I should own for the average growing cycle, more like, something simple That I could easily measure and add to my plants every so often to keep them perfectly healthy.

I'm a noob, but I use MaxSea. I have heard good things about it, and its not crazy expensive and it lasts for a long time. If you are serious grower looking for even the most incremental increase in harvest , Im sure there are better products, but the reality is any respectable nutrient will do just fine.

here is what I do:
http://www.wikihow.com/Feed-Plants-in-a-Hydroponics-System-Using-Maxsea

https://smile.amazon.com/MaxSea-3-20-20-Soluble-Seaweed-Fertilizer/dp/B004XVQJYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1475632024&sr=1-1&keywords=maxsea+3-20-20
https://smile.amazon.com/Maxsea-16-16-16-Soluble-Seaweed-Fertilizer/dp/B008RNTZ9O/ref=sr_1_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1475631996&sr=1-1&keywords=maxsea+16-16-16

 

[iHearAll]

compost tea. get an air pump and a pail. use a liter or two of compost depending on age and needs. place compost in panty hose. tie to pail handle and steep in 5ish gallons of water. submerge the air stones by tying them to a stick or something that will weigh them down. vermicastings work too but have less nutrients than compost. do or dont add microorganisms and molasses, (i would cuz sky is blue). should you choose to ever start using molasses in teas buy your molasses from a livestock feed supply or ebay or anywhere that you can get a gallon for 20$ or less. usually local is like 8-12$ a gallon of livestock molasses. dont use the deer baiting molasses though.

 

[iHearAll]

or if you're REALLY BORED you can make a vortex brewer and watch the venturi effect!

 

[Macmac124]

By far the easiest nutrients I gotta say is biothrive by gh no ph at all

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

lol, organic rocks? all rocks are organic. btw, you are limiting your oxygen capacity/drainage of your soil "box" by not filling it with soil. dump the rocks.

i agree
rocks do not make your soil drain better. water does not like to flow from media of one size to media of another, so where your soil touches the rocks, the soil doesn't want to give up its water. youd be better off putting something like landscape cloth over the drain holes and just filling your tub with soil. not to mention that your roots would just have that much more room.