Soil & Nute questions

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crpowell67

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I plan I using BlackGold soil as pictured below. wondering for a first time grower would you recommend liquid or dry nutrients or both

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Bignutes

Bignutes

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Liquid or water soluble as you can correct sooner than dry nutes, especially for a new grower
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Hollatchaboy said:
It's a decent starter soil. You're gonna need to start feeding after about a month or so.
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Before that most likely.

Clones I just got and transplanted 23 days ago. The 15's are my original no-till soil pots and the 1/2 gal are new with FFHF. The Frog has been lacking for a bit already. Everything was fed last night, and I did some LST on the 15's. Yes I need to feed my soil more, lol.

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speedwell68

speedwell68

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I use a regular potting mix and a Liquid Seaweed Tomato feed, called Tomorite. I let them have 4 weeks with plain water and then give them Tomorite at half strength to the end. During flower every other feed gets a tablespoon of Epsom Salt per imperial gallon of water.
 
Moflow

Moflow

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speedwell68 said:
I use a regular potting mix and a Liquid Seaweed Tomato feed, called Tomorite. I let them have 4 weeks with plain water and then give them Tomorite at half strength to the end. During flower every other feed gets a tablespoon of Epsom Salt per imperial gallon of water.
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When you say half strength what EC or ppm is that?
 
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Markshomegrown

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calvin.m16 said:
Recommending a new grower to use Maxibloom is like recommending a new base jumper just wing it. How much PH UP you use when you mix that stuff?
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I have never used ph up or down in soil, you could use 1tbsp of potasion of sophates mixed in 30ltrs pot of soil npk 0.0.48
Keeps the ph in range and the plants love it.

Could add 3tbsp of chicken manure and 2tbsp of fish blood and bone.

One of the most important things is to add sand and perlite, you don't want the soil holding too much water for too long, causes the leaves drop after watering and it stunts the growth
2ltrs of sand and 2ltrs of perlite, mixed in 30ltrs of good quality compost should be fine.
Final pot(flower mix)
 
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Markshomegrown

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I would start the plants in a cutting and soil compost, add 10% sand or perlite
Young plants don't really need extra food, should be enough in the compost, as the roots fill the pot pot up.
 
Moflow

Moflow

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speedwell68 said:
No idea. The bottle says a capful per Imperial Gallon. That works out at 4.5ml per litre, so half of that.
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I just checked.
My tap water is 0.3 ec. I added ~ 2.2ml Tomatorite to 1 litre of water.
It reads 1.0 ec.
Minus 0.3 ec = 0.7 ec
 
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Markshomegrown

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Moflow said:
I just checked.
My tap water is 0.3 ec. I added ~ 2.2ml Tomatorite to 1 litre of water.
It reads 1.0 ec.
Minus 0.3 ec = 0.7 ec
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what stage are your plants in?
An EC of 1.0 is great in flower but it's too high for a young seedling potted up in fresh compost.
 
Moflow

Moflow

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speedwell68 said:
Is that good or bad?
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As long as your plants look good it doesn't matter :D
Everyone's grow conditions are different.
I use roughly the same amount as you, maybe up to 1.3 ec mid flowering.
Ive read Roots Boost granules also has slow release NPK but I can't find where I read that at the moment lol
 
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