Post your organic flowering feeding schedule

[myke]

So the trick from what I understand is to feed ahead,knowing when your pot is going to run out is key.

Its a safe bet to add once you see the bottoms yellow out,I like the idea of weekly feeds with the dry.Im learning the gaia stuff is actually pretty strong.

 

[JoeBlow5823]

Or it could be lockout due to an excess of something else, soil pH, toxicity, or even environmental issues. If you're a walking laboratory and can sense a specific deficiency and know how much of that specific element to add to correct the issue, then I'm guessing you're way above my pay grade!

Anyway grow your "organics" the way you like. At least if newbies see this shit-thread they keep the "Marijuana Plant Problems" section of the site busy so that more experienced growers can go there and say "it's not a deficiency bro, you burned the crap outta ur plants!" over, and over, and over again.

Yeah man healthy plants in fresh potting soil that slowly start looking hungry isnt fucking rocet surgery to figure out they need some nutrients. A very mild balanced feeding is not going to hurt plants that are growing in normal potting soil blended specifically for weed.

You probably buy new soil every time. @Northwood and I don't. We reuse it. I listen to his advice.

I do. Soil for a 5x5 and a 5x2.5 tent is still far cheaper than just one ounce of mediocre weed at the store.

 

[myke]

So if I mix up some of my bottle/hydro food, cover it with ewc and stir it up will my yellowing plant be mad at me?

Week 3 she needs help,last weeks top dress dry 284 /ewc hasnt done a thing.

Forgive me,Ill turn the other way when the salts hit.LOL.

 

[myke]

Done!The other plants gave me the evil eye but I pressed on.Quickly removed all evidence of hydro food and left.

 

[Obepawn]

The only cheating I do, if you call it cheating, is Neptune’s harvest fish & kelp. i keep it on standby just in case a deficiency rears it’s ugly head. Not fully cheating but at least it keeps me in the realms of organics if my supersoil starts running on fumes.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

The only cheating I do, if you call it cheating, is Neptune’s harvest fish & kelp. i keep it on standby just in case a deficiency rears it’s ugly head. Not fully cheating but at least it keeps me in the realms of organics if my supersoil starts running on fumes.

I do the same thing. I have Neptune's Harvest, and I occasionally use a little Earth Juice too. I'm still trying to get the timing down on top dressing.

How much of the Neptune's Harvest do you use at a time? I've only used 2 tsp per gal.

 

[Obepawn]

I do the same thing. I have Neptune's Harvest, and I occasionally use a little Earth Juice too. I'm still trying to get the timing down on top dressing.

How much of the Neptune's Harvest do you use at a time? I've only used 2 tsp per gal.

I use half that in a tea I use. Equal parts moringa, alfalfa meal, and kelp meal. A cup full of worm castings is the base.

if you’re not hip to moringa, do some research. I used it the entirety of my grow.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

I know the chemicals are way faster acting, but the salts could also build up in the soil. I use Neptune's Harvest Fish and Seaweed if they need a little extra. I still haven't been able to keep up with top dressing yet. It's definitely a learning process with organics.

What was the problem you were having with top dressing? I've been doing it every 2 weeks and I've seen no problems.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

I do the same thing. I have Neptune's Harvest, and I occasionally use a little Earth Juice too. I'm still trying to get the timing down on top dressing.

How much of the Neptune's Harvest do you use at a time? I've only used 2 tsp per gal.

Did you watch the latest video from bas?

 

[PadawanWarrior]

What was the problem you were having with top dressing? I've been doing it every 2 weeks and I've seen no problems.

No problem. I just don't do it often enough. I'm pretty lazy anymore. All my pots are also different so I just have been trying to read what the plants want and give it to them then. I try to stay ahead of it, but sometimes I go months without top dressing some of them.

I use all kinds of different stuff that I've been experimenting with. I've been messing with bat guano the last couple top dressings. Surprisingly the guano mix didn't get warm at all when I was cooking it for a week like some other stuff. I was surprised it's not hot like the seabird guano.

I've been doing a lot of experimenting lately. I've got a ton of different amendments in my basement. Of course I have a 25# bucket of Craft Blend too, but I've been using less of it since it has a lot of Ca in it, and I think I might be on the high end of Ca in my soil. My water is already slightly hard and has some Ca in it. It's not crazy, but it does leave Ca deposits on faucets and stuff after awhile.

Did you watch the latest video from bas?

No. What video?

 

[Hollatchaboy]

No problem. I just don't do it often enough. I'm pretty lazy anymore. All my pots are also different so I just have been trying to read what the plants want and give it to them then. I try to stay ahead of it, but sometimes I go months without top dressing some of them.

I use all kinds of different stuff that I've been experimenting with. I've been messing with bat guano the last couple top dressings. Surprisingly the guano mix didn't get warm at all when I was cooking it for a week like some other stuff. I was surprised it's not hot like the seabird guano.

I've been doing a lot of experimenting lately. I've got a ton of different amendments in my basement. Of course I have a 25# bucket of Craft Blend too, but I've been using less of it since it has a lot of Ca in it, and I think I might be on the high end of Ca in my soil. My water is already slightly hard and has some Ca in it. It's not crazy, but it does leave Ca deposits on faucets and stuff after awhile.


No. What video?

Cool man. You're getting into guano, I'm looking into knf. Thanks again for turning me on to this. It's been a real learning experience, and there's still a shit ton more to learn. Bas has helped take a lot of the guesswork out of it for me. I'm a junkie now buying all kinds of products just for the ease of use.


He just talks about some more things to use like gnarly barley. Prolly shit you've already used. Lol

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Cool man. You're getting into guano, I'm looking into knf. Thanks again for turning me on to this. It's been a real learning experience, and there's still a shit ton more to learn. Bas has helped take a lot of the guesswork out of it for me. I'm a junkie now buying all kinds of products just for the ease of use.


He just talks about some more things to use like gnarly barley. Prolly shit you've already used. Lol

I've had a bunch of different bat guanos, but haven't really messed with them until recently. I thought they were hotter since I burned a few pistils with a little seabird guano before. Craft Blend has a little barley in it already, but I also have barley from a brew shop that I haven't used in my pots. I think Gro Kashi might be even better than barley if you were to choose one or the other. I use both though, since Craft Blend already has barley and I also use Kashi.

I think the more diversity in the soil, the better.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

I've had a bunch of different bat guanos, but haven't really messed with them until recently. I thought they were hotter since I burned a few pistils with a little seabird guano before. Craft Blend has a little barley in it already, but I also have barley from a brew shop that I haven't used in my pots. I think Gro Kashi might be even better than barley if you were to choose one or the other. I use both though, since Craft Blend already has barley and I also use Kashi.

I think the more diversity in the soil, the better.

Absolutely, and Jeremy pushes that diversity in his videos. As a result I've gotten build a flower, build a bloom, big 6 micros, and I'm looking into the rootwise bio phos. The gnarly barley has hemp seeds also. I've heard hemp seed brought up a few times now, think I'll try the gnarly barley, again just for the ease of it. I got me an earth box now also. I'll be starting that up in about a month or so. I'm gonna have to try guano and see what it does. Hope your grow are going good bro.

 

[Obepawn]

Absolutely, and Jeremy pushes that diversity in his videos. As a result I've gotten build a flower, build a bloom, big 6 micros, and I'm looking into the rootwise bio phos. The gnarly barley has hemp seeds also. I've heard hemp seed brought up a few times now, think I'll try the gnarly barley, again just for the ease of it. I got me an earth box now also. I'll be starting that up in about a month or so. I'm gonna have to try guano and see what it does. Hope your grow are going good bro.

Link please? Would love to check out his videos

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Absolutely, and Jeremy pushes that diversity in his videos. As a result I've gotten build a flower, build a bloom, big 6 micros, and I'm looking into the rootwise bio phos. The gnarly barley has hemp seeds also. I've heard hemp seed brought up a few times now, think I'll try the gnarly barley, again just for the ease of it. I got me an earth box now also. I'll be starting that up in about a month or so. I'm gonna have to try guano and see what it does. Hope your grow are going good bro.

That's what I didn't like about the gnarley barley. I don't want any seeds, especially hemp in my pots.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Link please? Would love to check out his videos

Just look up build a soil on youtube. It's the 10x10 series. It's pretty damn informative.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

That's what I didn't like about the gnarley barley. I don't want any seeds, especially hemp in my pots.

Lol I got Barley straw growing in my pots from the mulch.

 

[Northwood]

Lol I got Barley straw growing in my pots from the mulch.

I'm using timothy hay as mulch so you can imagine the mystery seeds that can sprout from that. Worm castings are a great source of mystery plants that pop up too. I've even had stuff sprout from seeds compressed inside alfalfa pellets. I always let them grow, even the pepper and tomato plants that pop up. I figure it's free diversity for my cover crop, plus it's fun to try and identify the plants when they pop up. As a bonus, during one cycle I managed to train a mystery tomato plant up the side of the tent corner and managed to pull about 3 pounds of tasty ripe tomatoes from it. Lol

As far as my feeding schedule during flower, I fed the GH Flora line with increasing levels of Bloom as flowering progressed until week 7 or so when I stopped using the Grow completely. I used General Hydroponics because in the earlier days of hydro it was the only brand available at my local hydro shop, so I stuck with it over the years. I gave up hydro long ago, so I haven't used a flowering feeding schedule in well over a decade. IMO an "organic flower feeding schedule" is a bit like "clean coal" because it's an oxymoron. We shouldn't be attempting to feed flowers with highly available nutes as if we were doing hydro, but instead feeding the soil life which allows the plant to decide it's own feeding schedule based on its needs during whatever lifecycle it happens to be in. Allowing the plant to do all the lifting takes all the guesswork involved in us trying to anticipate what the plant needs out of the equation. Otherwise, I'd just go back to hydro TBH.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

I'm using timothy hay as mulch so you can imagine the mystery seeds that can sprout from that. Worm castings are a great source of mystery plants that pop up too. I've even had stuff sprout from seeds compressed inside alfalfa pellets. I always let them grow, even the pepper and tomato plants that pop up. I figure it's free diversity for my cover crop, plus it's fun to try and identify the plants when they pop up. As a bonus, during one cycle I managed to train a mystery tomato plant up the side of the tent corner and managed to pull about 3 pounds of tasty ripe tomatoes from it. Lol

As far as my feeding schedule during flower, I fed the GH Flora line with increasing levels of Bloom as flowering progressed until week 7 or so when I stopped using the Grow completely. I used General Hydroponics because in the earlier days of hydro it was the only brand available at my local hydro shop, so I stuck with it over the years. I gave up hydro long ago, so I haven't used a flowering feeding schedule in well over a decade. IMO an "organic flower feeding schedule" is a bit like "clean coal" because it's an oxymoron. We shouldn't be attempting to feed flowers with highly available nutes as if we were doing hydro, but instead feeding the soil life which allows the plant to decide it's own feeding schedule based on its needs during whatever lifecycle it happens to be in. Allowing the plant to do all the lifting takes all the guesswork involved in us trying to anticipate what the plant needs out of the equation. Otherwise, I'd just go back to hydro TBH.

That's the way I look at it basically. Grow the soil, let the soil grow the plant.

 

[Wastei]

For me real if you want to grow real sustainable with organics and "no till" you have to make use of local materials. If you still use industrially processed and shipped materials your still just touching the surface.

I don't think it's possible to grow real sustainable organic without a big outdoor garden and a lot of fermenting wessels.

That's my two cents. I've done the bottled organic stuff but I'm not calling that real organic growing, even though it's classified as such. Cheers!