When to add nutes? Help a new grower!

[whitlow]

So being new to wall of this there are so many things to learn! I have a AC Nfinity 2x4tent kit and my soil is Fox Farm Ocean Forest with 25% perlite added. I have the Fox Farm Trio and understand when I do as only use 25-50% of what they tell you. But when do I start? It shows to add at the seedling stage and go from there? But I've read to wait until week 2 and also later so please guide me with y'all's experience! I want to try and get the best plants for my first grow so help me out!
Thanks

 

[whitlow]

Here they are at day 10

 

[Weedoguido]

Fox farm should have a feeding schedule you can use on there website. And I would suggest closer to 25% strength at first till the girls get a little more established. Feed them more only if they tell you they need it. Careful not to over do it cause overfeeding and over watering can be an easy thing to do when your new to the game. And because your in FFOF you may not need to feed at all for a few weeks.

 

[whitlow]

Fox farm should have a feeding schedule you can use on there website. And I would suggest closer to 25% strength at first till the girls get a little more established. Feed them more only if they tell you they need it. Careful not to over do it cause overfeeding and over watering can be an easy thing to do when your new to the game. And because your in FFOF you may not need to feed at all for a few weeks.

Thanks that is why I'm here looking for help/advice. They show on their site start at seedlings but I think that's not of using FFOF?? My plants don't look dark green so that made me wonder.

 

[Billy the Mountain]

Your plants look fine
Less is more, particularly in the seedling stage

 

[odessa]

If they are in Ocean Forest you should have 30 days or so before you need to start adding the nutes.

 

[whitlow]

Thanks!
I was not sure FF days use Big Bloom it is low in nutes but had other stuff to help growth. It's a lot to learn and I don't want to stunt them or worse!! That's why I'm here to learn from others and not from my mistakes of possible!

 

[odessa]

Thanks!
I was not sure FF days use Big Bloom it is low in nutes but had other stuff to help growth. It's a lot to learn and I don't want to stunt them or worse!! That's why I'm here to learn from others and not from my mistakes of possible!

With FF, even the soil can "sometimes" burn seedlings though I haven't experienced that. What I do is give them water with 1/2 tsp of epsom and and tbsp of blackstrap unsulphered molasses per gal and PH'd for about 30 days while the plants use the nutes in the soil and then I start adding the trio and solubles at half strength and ph'd alternating every other watering with water/Epsom/molasses.

 

[Wizzlebiz]

You should be adding absolutely nothing for 4-5 weeks. The soil has what the plant needs for that duration. If the plants are stunted or slow growing then it's even longer.

 

[calvin.m16]

Can I ask why you chose Fox Farms Ocean Forest? Grow store employee recommend it?

 

[whitlow]

Can I ask why you chose Fox Farms Ocean Forest? Grow store employee recommend it?

I just did after looking and reading it seemed to be the easiest for a new grower

 

[odessa]

Can I ask why you chose Fox Farms Ocean Forest? Grow store employee recommend it?

I'm not OP, but I'm a new grower so for your curiosity, I'll explain why I chose FFOF. I am in the process of learning about organically amended soils and will do that in the future, but I was anxious to get my medicinal garden started and knew from the research I had so far done that if I was careful with the FFOF and nutes, I could get learning quickly with some success. My girls are in their 3rd week of flower and doing great. My next grow, I will be doing it organically.

 

[whitlow]

I'm not OP, but I'm a new grower so for your curiosity, I'll explain why I chose FFOF. I am in the process of learning about organically amended soils and will do that in the future, but I was anxious to get my medicinal garden started and knew from the research I had so far done that if I was careful with the FFOF and nutes, I could get learning quickly with some success. My girls are in their 3rd week of flower and doing great. My next grow, I will be doing it organically.

Are you using anything with the FFOF? I have the FF Trio and why are you going organic next time?

 

[odessa]

Are you using anything with the FFOF? I have the FF Trio and why are you going organic next time?

I'm using the trio and the 3 soluables (open sesame,beastie bloom, cha-ching). I want to do organic next because when you get soil going with food and good microbes you can pretty much just water and top dress when needed. I don't have hard opinions on which is better, I just want to try organic and synthetic and see what I like best.

 

[whitlow]

I would like to know how this grow does and your next organic grow.

 

[odessa]

I would like to know how this grow does and your next organic grow.

I've been taking pics along the way and will do like an after-the-fact grow journal for both

 

[whitlow]

So here are my ladies 4 days after my last picture. I guess they are doing ok. I think they are in the veg state so I turned the light up to around 600par

 

[whitlow]

So I'm at day 19 and I added nutes yesterday mixed 5 tsp of Fox Farm Big Bloom with 2gal water adjusted ph to 6.5 and watered my 3 plants that were dry. This morning they look like they really wanted it! I hope in the next few days I don't regret it! How long does it take to show bad results from nutes?

 

[whitlow]

Here's pictures this morning and I was thinking about starting LST?

 

[DrDukePHD]

You should be adding absolutely nothing for 4-5 weeks. The soil has what the plant needs for that duration. If the plants are stunted or slow growing then it's even longer.

That makes sense for liquid nutes. Question, I've heard it takes 2 weeks for top dressed dry/organic ammendments to become available to soil, so then should I top-dress at week 3 (day 21) in a 5gal container of Ocean Forest? That way nutes become available right at week 5.