Nute problem..having trouble measuring how much food (pics)

[Stickynuggs32]

Hello, i'm pretty sure i have a nute problem but all i have is miracle grow all purpose plant food..i have fed them once last week but its not helping..i filled a gallon milk jug half full and put a half teaspoon of miracle grow in it but it doesn't look like it did shit to my plant..people told me to do 1/2 or 1/4 strength but i must be doing something wrong please help. I hear to much on how miracle gro burns plants easy so i really dont wanna do that. my plant is in a 1 gollon pot and its 8 inches tall..sitting in miracle gro all organic choice soil with three 26 watt grow lights



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[SweetestCheeba]

dude u have a really bad mixture of NPK N-nitrogen P-potash K-phosphorus.Typically herb needs a even dosage of all of them. Like a 20-20-20 or 10-10-10 mixture. ur burning your plant. i would say the best thing to do is go ahead and switch to regular water and try to flush that shit out. jus let the water sit in a container for about a day or two to allow the chlorine to dilute. the best food to use is MG tomato food or MG nursery all purpose plant food. and how often were u feeding it

 

[Xcon]

You need lime in your soil, or some cal-mag additive. I've had better luck with the lime

You're ph is probably off as a result, but I could be wrong. If it is your ph, then feeding your plant more won't have any positive effect as the roots can't absorb the nutrients.

 

[Stickynuggs32]

dude u have a really bad mixture of NPK N-nitrogen P-potash K-phosphorus.Typically herb needs a even dosage of all of them. Like a 20-20-20 or 10-10-10 mixture. ur burning your plant. i would say the best thing to do is go ahead and switch to regular water and try to flush that shit out. jus let the water sit in a container for about a day or two to allow the chlorine to dilute. the best food to use is MG tomato food or MG nursery all purpose plant food. and how often were u feeding it

not very often..i new MG burnt plants soo i tried staying away and yeahh i was lost because people said to use 20-20-20 but said MG all purpose was good but it says 12-4-8 wtf? ...the last time i fed it was the 20th but i did it at half strength so i filled a 1 gallon milk jug half way and put a half Teaspoon of that shit in it and fed my hole plant the half gallon and it did well for 3 days..now its starting to do as you see in the pic

 

[Stickynuggs32]

You need lime in your soil, or some cal-mag additive. I've had better luck with the lime

You're ph is probably off as a result, but I could be wrong. If it is your ph, then feeding your plant more won't have any positive effect as the roots can't absorb the nutrients.

lime? like an actual Lime? haha i am a noob at this no lie about that

 

[Xcon]

lime? like an actual Lime? haha i am a noob at this no lie about that

LOL, nah man... go to the garden section of home depot/lowes and get a 40 lb bag of pulverized dolomite lime for $3.50

Add it to your soil 1 cup per cubic ft or 2 tablespoons per gallon of soil.

This helps keep your ph within accepted range for MJ, and replenishes the calcium and magnesium your plant takes from the soil. It is this process that, unimpeded, will cause the ph of your soil to drift towards acidic as your plants remove alkaline minerals from your soil.

 

[Stickynuggs32]

LOL, nah man... go to the garden section of home depot/lowes and get a 40 lb bag of pulverized dolomite lime for $3.50

Add it to your soil 1 cup per cubic ft or 2 tablespoons per gallon of soil.

This helps keep your ph within accepted range for MJ, and replenishes the calcium and magnesium your plant takes from the soil. It is this process that, unimpeded, will cause the ph of your soil to drift towards acidic as your plants remove alkaline minerals from your soil.

ahhh ok haha..thank a lot

 

[SweetestCheeba]

not very often..i new MG burnt plants soo i tried staying away and yeahh i was lost because people said to use 20-20-20 but said MG all purpose was good but it says 12-4-8 wtf? ...the last time i fed it was the 20th but i did it at half strength so i filled a 1 gallon milk jug half way and put a half Teaspoon of that shit in it and fed my hole plant the half gallon and it did well for 3 days..now its starting to do as you see in the pic

so for now i would jus stick to plain water or find some more balanced plant food

 

[medmanjoe]

another thing is the full stregth nutrients are 1 teaspoon per gallon of water so if you want half strength with a half gallon of water you need to us a quarter teaspoon