Beginner Question on feeding

[BBPac]

My last auto grow went decent, up until I ended up having a little bit of a nitrogen excess in the beginning of flower. How do I anticipate when amendments should be added to avoid this or similar issues in the future? I don’t want to micromanage the plant but I also don’t want the soil to become depleted by unknown neglect.

With the reading I’ve done I’m going to use mycorrhizae and Real growers recharge this round to keep the soil living. I’m going to be using FFOF mixed with additional perlite in 3 gal fabric pot.
also not sure if there’s anything more difficulties growing a photo plant compared to auto.

 

[simpleleaf]

How do I anticipate when amendments should be added to avoid this or similar issues in the future?

Experience. Keep reading, learning, growing, and learn from your mistakes. I've never grown autos, you probably know this but you can trigger when photos bloom by changing to longer darkness hours. Good luck.

 

[speedwell68]

Autos aren't as hungry as a photoperiod plant. When I grow Autos they go in garden compost and get fed tomato feed once a week.

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

Switch feed to "bloom oriented" the moment you see flowers starting. Taper down the nitrogen and "grow" nutrients a little, but don't cut them out, your plant still needs "grow" into the stretch phase.

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

The way I understand it, mycorrhizae is best used for transplanting and Azos or Recharge are the ones used during veg.