FFOF and Nutrients
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moondance
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HI how are you today? I would say if they look like they need to be fed then maybe but your only 4 days in with new soil and the FFOF does have some hotness to it I have herd as well, so you shouldn't need any yet I would think. I grow in ProMix hp, but someone who does grow in the FFOF should be along shortly to help you out and let you know for sure. MD
MichiganMedGrower
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They will likely be fine with just water for a couple weeks or more. I get 2 to 3 weeks out of my 1 gallon then transplant up to 3 and water only for weeks again.
moondance
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Thank you. MD
purplehays1
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a 3 week old plant in 1 gal of OF should have plenty of food for at least a few weeks to a month maybe more.
purplehays1
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now that i think of it ive had a mom in a little over a gallon of OF for like 3 months and its just now looking hungry, but its kept quite small and doesnt get much light
MichiganMedGrower
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This is a huge factor that I don't think is talked about enough. So many factors play into when and how much nutrients are needed. And every grow is different. A CFL grow compared to a multi lamp HID grow for example. Temp. Humidity. Strain. Medium. It just goes on and on.
Is the mom in a low light environment?
I get about 4 weeks after transplant before I see any need for nutes under t5's. But in the flower room if they go in a week after transplant they may need food before 2 weeks in there. And there are 2 600w HPS in there. And it is a few degrees hotter usually so they transpire more anyway.
I'm real high. Sorry for the babble.
Bareback
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I use ffof and happy frog, for my seedlings I take the peat pellet that I started in and up pot to one gal ( happy frog and ffof at 1:1/2 ratio ) because ffhf has a lot of peat, then 3/4 weeks up pot to five gal of ffof because it has a lot of kelp. I do this because someone recemended it to. And it worked great for me, they probably knew what they were talking about I'm just repeating it. Anyway that's what I do and it works for me.
So I've been useing this method for three years, and I think at this point you don't need liquid nutes ,but you might want to scratch in a little dolemite lime. You could try it on one to see if it likes it . Ohh and when you do start to feed with liquid nutes go easy at first 1/4 strength and slow ramp up, if your real aggressive with the nutes to early it will not help in long run. With the ffof you might never need full strength , its already loaded with goodies. Good luck happy growing bla bla bla lol. I love ffof btw.
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So I've been useing this method for three years, and I think at this point you don't need liquid nutes ,but you might want to scratch in a little dolemite lime. You could try it on one to see if it likes it . Ohh and when you do start to feed with liquid nutes go easy at first 1/4 strength and slow ramp up, if your real aggressive with the nutes to early it will not help in long run. With the ffof you might never need full strength , its already loaded with goodies. Good luck happy growing bla bla bla lol. I love ffof btw.
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staygreener
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They're going to need calmag and calmag alone in the near future (if anything). Once that current nitrogen rich regiment runs out, you're going to have to feed quite strongly (40-50%?). Biggest problem with FFOF is that at a certain point your soil loses a ton of nutrients... it falls off a cliff. Catches people off guard.
Bareback
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That's so true it happened to me
purplehays1
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only need cal/mg if ur using RO water, most tap water has plenty for soil grows.