Tiger Bloom?

[ErichtheDread]

Hello everyone, hope all is well with everyone and your plants of course too. Welp, I'm on a limited budget here...long story short- would one be wiser to buy Tiger Bloom or Big Bloom plant food? For flowering stage of course. I'm not sure which NPK value is better for indoor, first time grow? Anyways thanks everybody

 

[Autodoctor]

If I had to choose it would be the big bloom

 

[ErichtheDread]

Thank you. Is there any tricks or anything you've learned to substitute?

 

[Autodoctor]

Honestly I use all three in the set except the other two bottles in the set I do at 1/4 the dose but big bloom I do at half. You may wanna also look at dr earth to top dress as well if only gonna use big bloom. U still want a little nitrogen in their diet or your plants will yellow out. Theirs others that use worm castings and stuff like that. I’m sure they will chime in. Honestly to complicated. I try to get a good organic soil. I use the fox farm trio and I top dress once a month with coop poop

 

[ErichtheDread]

I hear ya. What about molasses?

 

[Autodoctor]

I hear ya. What about molasses?

Nope.

 

[turbobuzz]

I would get both if any way, but if not I would use the big bloom.

 

[MikeTahoe]

I hear ya. What about molasses?

Molasses is for the microbes in the soil not the actual plant afaik

 

[ErichtheDread]

Well i got some Dr. Earths Bud & Bloom 1-2-1, and Succulent plant food 0-1-1. Some SuperThrive too. Will these hurt?

 

[nflguy]

I hear ya. What about molasses?

I always use molasses during flower, a hefty couple tablespoons per gallon of water every fourth day, alternating with nutes...works great IMO

 

[GreatWhiteNorthGrows]

If the sources I have been reading are correct, Molasses gives carbs, calcium, magnesium, iron, sulfur and many other macro nutrients as long as you use a good unsulphured blackstrap molasses. If I'm not mistaken, plants also do take carbs from the soil during flower so it is a great addition, also not bad during veg to be frank. Also should help with breaking down any salt build-ups.

 

[nflguy]

If the sources I have been reading are correct, Molasses gives carbs, calcium, magnesium, iron, sulfur and many other macro nutrients as long as you use a good unsulphured blackstrap molasses. If I'm not mistaken, plants also do take carbs from the soil during flower so it is a great addition, also not bad during veg to be frank. Also should help with breaking down any salt build-ups.

Yep...blackstrap unsulphured, been using it for years

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Hello everyone, hope all is well with everyone and your plants of course too. Welp, I'm on a limited budget here...long story short- would one be wiser to buy Tiger Bloom or Big Bloom plant food? For flowering stage of course. I'm not sure which NPK value is better for indoor, first time grow? Anyways thanks everybody

Are you trying to grow organic? I'm guessing you're in soil.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Yep...blackstrap unsulphured, been using it for years

Why aren't you watching football nflguy, lol? I have been all day.

 

[Dreminen169]

Big bloom alone is not enough to get you through flower unless you have a complete biologically active living soil which is unlikely if your container gardening in smaller pots (less than 30gallon) unless your inoculating every week or 2.

Big Bloom is really meant to be used in addition to Tiger Bloom.

 

[GreatWhiteNorthGrows]

Big bloom alone is not enough to get you through flower unless you have a complete biologically active living soil which is unlikely if your container gardening in smaller pots (less than 30gallon) unless your inoculating every week or 2.

Big Bloom is really meant to be used in addition to Tiger Bloom.

It is a bloom booster where tiger bloom is the bloom base nutrient, a booster alone cannot do the job as Dreminen has pointed here.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

It is a bloom booster where tiger bloom is the bloom base nutrient, a booster alone cannot do the job as Dreminen has pointed here.

Big Bloom is a super mild organic nutrient. But it's the only FF liquid nute I'd buy. It's not really a bloom booster.

 

[GreatWhiteNorthGrows]

Big Bloom is a super mild organic nutrient. But it's the only FF liquid nute I'd buy. It's not really a bloom booster.

Huh, I stand corrected, my apologies! Thank you Padawan!

 

[Dreminen169]

Well i got some Dr. Earths Bud & Bloom 1-2-1, and Succulent plant food 0-1-1. Some SuperThrive too. Will these hurt?

Just get dr earth flower girl 394 & amend once a month with the addition to the molasses & big bloom once a week & you’ll be in great shape

 

[Dreminen169]

Well i got some Dr. Earths Bud & Bloom 1-2-1, and Succulent plant food 0-1-1. Some SuperThrive too. Will these hurt?

Super thrive will also be ok. Just a note don’t go too heavy on the molasses or the microbes & bacteria will go dormant. Smaller amounts are actually more beneficial and will boost the activity as I have discovered first hand in my research and trials with ferments I would recommend no more that 1TBSP/gal of unsulfered blackstrap molasses

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