ya tha time release is a whole other story and wll fuck ur crop up, ive never used the grow and bloom i dont like it cause of the chelating agents in it, most noobs as u call em dont even know to look and see what they r feeding their plants, i mean they r only soo many nutrient sources out there but its what the company uses to chelate the nurtients that makes the difference between a good fertilizer and a bad one, in my opinion anyway
if u cant build a fence around consider using a couple raised planters with wie mesh on ground to protect the roots, its not so much the plant the animals will go but the roots because they will dig to try to find where the fish smell is coming from, trust me thorn bushes will not stop cats and if ur growing in a populated area u need to worry most about the common house cat cause if they smell tha fish and can dig at ur roots ur not gonna have a fun season, jus put the wire mesh on the ground, it wont look like a fence since its laying on ground and it should supply u with enough protection against those pesky critters, there is also a product from a company called growers secret, its growers secret 5-2-1 fish fert it come with molasses and is scented with lavender to discourge animals from diggin at roots, u might wanna try that instead of a regular smell fish fert
Sorry for thread jacking, but can you just let your tap water sit out for a day or two, or would bottled water be better? I dont mind buying gallons of water if I have to. Btw, I'm using eb stone organic soil, eb stone organic planting mix, castings, and perlite. And going with epsoma plant tone for veggie and tomato tone fo flowering.(it was recommended to me). Dont want to mess things up with bad water. Thanks.
Im going with Jacks classic 20-20-20 on my synthetic plants myself. Worked well last year. Gonna try shultz cactus plus 2-7-7 this year when they flower though. Btw, I grew a monster that pulled 12 ozs of some killer using miracle grow potting mix. Its actually ok outdoors. Just plant and leave it alone. Give it a tad bit of bloom nutes about week 4 of flowering and you'll be suprised. Dont knock it till you try it. lol. If you like to feed your plants all the time, and cant leave them alone to save your life, DONT USE MG. The soil that is. Nutes are ok too(outdoors). Just dont feed often, and feed at 1/4 strength when you do. Just my 2 cents.
Did you have critter problems using it? I looked at it myself.I used that in my first grow. If you can get over the smell through veg you will be fine.
depends on where u live, check out ur citys water report and see if it has chlorine or chlorimines, if its jus chlorine ya u can let it sit for 24hrs to remove chlorine then bubble it for 20min (adds oxygen) but if u have chlorimine then u will need a r/o filter, if u cant afford a r/o filter jus go to winco or walmart and get water from their filtered water machine, those machines are basically big r/o filters, im currerntly buying my water from winco cause im waiting for my replacement filters for my r/o filter to come in mail, if ur plannin on using epsoma salt check out subcools super soil mix, u make that soil mix and u wont need to buy any bottled nutrients, jus filter water and a few compost teas and u will grow sum 2 to 5lbs trees!!! if u use his soil mix u cant add synthetics like fox farm tiger bloom tho cause they will kill ur microlife and set u back instead of helpin the plant the best bottled nutrient for this style of growing is fox farm big bloom, also consider getting a TDS meter if ur plannin on lettin ur water sit, city water has alota dissolved minerals in it, so if ur TDS read over 90ppm u really got watch how much nutrients like calicum and magnesium u add cause it could end up harming ur plants, i would reconmend buyin filtered water every two weeks and givin the plants a flush to get rid of the salts from the city water
I was in my yard and I did have problems with my dogs (which I dealt with easily by not letting them near my grow area but cats were always in there milling around. Then never dug anything up that I could see but I could see them flailing around in there like a pig in mud. They also left their shit everywhere.
Which nuts yielded the best results, the MG Organics?
i think u kinda misunderstood me, i have had to use MG organic potting soil before but the side by side trial im refering to wasnt with the MG organic soil, it was MG regular soil and nutes that my buddy was using vs my hot organic soil mix,
ya bass is fine, ive always used bass or trout, and ya if u gota compost pile try moving the compost to a different spot and dig and plant where the compost pile was (i got that tip from the rev) the roots 707 is a great potting mix, i would add sum all purpose to ur soil mix, either happy frog or dr.earth all purpose, they are both great, also id add sum dolomite lime to balance ph of soil (if u need to), if its in ur budget add sum worm castings (or compost) another big thing to add ina organic mix is greensand, usually around a tablespoon per gallon of soil, greensand is a great source of potassium and other trace elements, ul wanna get sum type of bloom fertilizer, i like using fox farm big bloom if i dont have time to make a tea and i like happy frogs bulb food 3-8-8 u add it as a top dressing during flower, if u wanna get a liquid bloom fert besides big bloom id go with either roots organic budda bloom or age old organics bloom also make sure u are using filtered water, depending on how big ur holes are is how much all purpose to add to ur mix, start light and if they seem to need more add sum as a top dressing