cardgenius
Active Member
Exactly. I do use bottled EWC Tea a couple times throughout the grow but that’s too boost the microbes so other than that it’s just tap water with a pinch of Epsom.
I like the EWC from Vermisterra, been using it for a few years now. They also make the bottled EWC tea I buy. Plants love the tea but damn does it stink.
LilT211
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Each have their own benefits. It’s about what works for you. And jobes works for my dumb ass.
LilT211
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The plant is pretty much on autopilot. Feed the microbes, got it. I can tolerate the smell if it’s top shelf flowers at the end. Interested to see the difference between organic and bottled nutes.
myke
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It can be a challenge ,big pots with good soil will help 10 fold.I notice most if not all good growers here up pot just before flower.So veg in 2 gallon then into 10+ pots.Im doing that now and it sure helps.
youraveragehorticulturist
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This is a good point for new guy to see. With gyro methods and bottles you can grow big plants in small pots. In organic soil you need big roots, lots of soil and big lots.
And jumping to a new big ass pot with fresh, loaded up soil shortly before flowering is a good way to keep your plants fed for weeks without doing anything.
And jumping to a new big ass pot with fresh, loaded up soil shortly before flowering is a good way to keep your plants fed for weeks without doing anything.
Vbz.420
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Simple question.. By 50/50 veg and bloom you mean 2 tbsp each of both per gallon of medium?
cardgenius
Active Member
No, it’s still 2tbsp per gallon I just spit it between the two amendments. So for my 7g pots, I do 14tbsp total but 7tbsp will be veg and 7tbsp will be bloom.
TugthePup
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Do you feed every watering? Or like once a week?
cardgenius
Active Member
Once a month. Its different with dry amendments as they take some time to break down and become usable for the plant. A proper top dressing of amendments will last around 4 weeks.
Wattzzup
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Like he said every watering is a feeding basically. The food is constantly being broken down and made available to the plant as needed.
LilT211
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That was the hardest part for me to realize. It’s hard when you’re used to pouring ml upon ml waiting for your plants to grow. With this method you do all the hard work upfront and sit back and enjoy the ride.
TrippleDip
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Any real difference from GG? I just wonder if the jobes will give me some weird defficiency later because it has less ingredients - one ingredient really.. chicken (blood/bone/feather+k2so4), while GG has over a dozen sources.
Also is jobes a faster release than GG? It seems like it given the label information..
FYI gaia green is actually cheaper here (in the 50lb bags vs the jobes 17.5lb bags)
Wattzzup
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I’m in the states GG is unavailable here.
BucketGrower
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If you have superb soil on hand and nothing else, you could actually use that soil as a top dress.
TrippleDip
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I guess what I meant was, can you run straight through with jobes and only jobes without worrying about deficiencies?
Also, what's your feed schedule/amount like? At mixing then twice through the grow?
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Picked up a bag of jobes 444 for garden plants and am considering using it for bud too. I am currently using only GG, 3tbsp per gal of soil at planting and 1tbsp per gallon of soil as a top dress twice during the grow. Are jobes and gg effectively interchangeable used like this (amounts and timing)?
myke
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I assume their similar,the GG is a much better price @$1 a pound.