Fox Farm Feeding Schedule

tet1953

tet1953

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I have wondered this also. I think it is because the directions on a given bottle are for that product alone; the feeding schedule takes into account multiple products and an overall plan for the plants, seedling to harvest. I use all six myself, plus Sweet
 
dabbindylan

dabbindylan

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Open sesame is great! Dont use chaching it will leave a weird taste.. big bloom should not be used by beginners if so in LIGHT doses....
 
dabbindylan

dabbindylan

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I see that but the leafs are droping cause moisture stress..when leaves tips point towards lights water again. If there droopy let it dry...idk ur watering schedule just my 2bit bud
 
vs7

vs7

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dabbindylan said:
I see that but the leafs are droping cause moisture stress..when leaves tips point towards lights water again. If there droopy let it dry...idk ur watering schedule just my 2bit bud
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thanks bro this is my first grow the problem that some tome soil wont dry in a week
 
dabbindylan

dabbindylan

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Mix expand perlite or hydraton pebbles at bottom of you pots for more air flow...even some riverrock that washed well would give u some good drainage an airflow...a breathing root is a happy root
 
vs7

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dabbindylan said:
Mix expand perlite or hydraton pebbles at bottom of you pots for more air flow...even some riverrock that washed well would give u some good drainage an airflow...a breathing root is a happy root
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how about smart pots do you recommend
 
vs7

vs7

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dabbindylan said:
Mix expand perlite or hydraton pebbles at bottom of you pots for more air flow...even some riverrock that washed well would give u some good drainage an airflow...a breathing root is a happy root
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the problem i'm afraid to put allot of perlite an the smart pot stuff then when this baby grow it start sucking allot of water then it well get dry more often
 
dabbindylan

dabbindylan

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Only if u plan to finsh the plant in smart pot...id still add perlite or hydraton to ur coco mix or soil...get ur ratio right to how u water! It harder to dry out then drown for noobie imo
 
dabbindylan

dabbindylan

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If ur water needs become to great for a specfic pot i made a 5 gallon bucket with pump n drip line to move next thirsty mothers
 
dabbindylan

dabbindylan

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No but ill be logging my growjournal tonight on this site stay tuned. Gotta go to my facility an take down a flowering room. Have a good morning
 
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StormyHaze

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Whats going on? wanted to ask if you intentionally put TBS instead of tsp for some of them. is that a mistake on your end is it really TBS? because the FF feeding chart states other wise. really good info but i wanna make sure that its what you meant to write or not. Thanks for the 411 btw.
M Blaze said:
I have noticed that a lot of people have questions about the Fox Farms feeding schedules so I thought I would post up this info. All this info is courtesy of the marijuana mastermind that is Lady Zandra at Planet Skunk.

FOX FARMS SCHEDULE

Product list:

Grow Big--$16
Tiger Bloom--$16
Big Bloom --$16
Open Seseme--$23
ChaChing--$23
Beastie Bloom --$23
And the Optional : Bush Doctor Sledgehammer--$26

The last 4 Products are used in small quantities and only at specific times during the grow.

Here's the FoxFarms Feeding Schedule for Soil... Hydro is MUCH more complex, unless you use bubblers then you can follow a Phasic feeding schedule (At end of weekly schedule!)

FOX FARMS FEEDING SCHEDULES


WEEKLY FEEDING- per Gallon

Sprouting and week 1--BigBloom 2TBS
week 2-- 2tsp Grow Big + 2TBS Big Bloom
Week 3--3tsp Grow Big + 2TBS Big Bloom
Week 4--JUST 3 tspGrow Big + 1/4 tsp Open Sesame
Week 5 same as week 4 unless going 12/12--

Week 5- OR--day 1 of 12/12-- 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Open Sesame
Week 6--same as above
Week 7-- 2 Tsp Grow Big + 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/4 tsp Beastie Bloom
Week 8-- 2Tsp Grow Big + 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Beastie Bloom
Week 9-- 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/4 tsp Cha Ching
week 10-- Same as above
Week 11--2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Cha Ching


At beginning of week 11--Check Trichomes-- Flush if ready.. otherwise, continue as with week 11 every week until you flush!


Also recommended--but not a necessity--
Bush Doctor Sledgehammer (prevents lock-out)
use 2 drops per gallon of water between feedings starting in week 4 of 12/12



PHASIC SHEDULE: (per gallon)
(follow this for bubblers, OR you can use these amounts when watering in soil but is not as good as the weekly schedule for soil!)

New Clones, or when seedlings get 3 sets of leaves- 1tsp Grow Big + 2tsp Big Bloom
Week 3 of veg (unless going 12/12) ADD 1tsp Grow big + 2 tsp Big Bloom
4 Days Before going 12/12- Add ¼ tsp Open Sesame
Day 1 of 12/12 Drain Reservoir & refill. Add 2 tsp Tiger Bloom + 1TBS Big Bloom + ½ tsp Open Sesame
Week 3 of 12/12Add ¼ tsp Beastie Bloom
Week 5 of 12/12Drain and refill reservoir Add 2 tsp Grow Big + 1 tsp Tiger bloom + 1 TBS Big Bloom + ¼ tsp Cha ching
3-5 Days Before harvest-- Drain and refill reservoir add 2 drops Sledgehammer


keep the res filled in between feedings with ph adjusted water--



The reason Fox Farms doesn't list nutes for weeks 2 & 4 is that it ASSUMES your res won't go down, so you won't NEED any additional nutes (if your res stays full- great!)..
but if the plants are pretty big, or the room is warm/dry-- they can need refilling up to 3-4x a week!!! The chart doesn't take that into account--
Remember-- feed AT MOST 1x each week-- only water in-between!
Use additional nutes from week one at 1/2 rate until in flower (between recommended feeds) then in flower-- for additional feeds, use the nutes from the 1st week of flower at 1/2 rate in between...again--NEVER feed more than 1x a week!

Bubblers MAY use the weekly Schedules-- BUT ONLY if you use an ec/ppm meter to keep the levels where they should be....
an ec around 1.2-1.5 in veg.. then 1.5 -1.7 in flower until the last 2-3 weeks... then can go as high as 2.0. Watch your plants! they'll tell you if you are over/under feeding!

NOTE FOR PHASIC FEEDINGS
Week ONE is NOT as soon as they are sprouted and have leaves! Week one is after they have 4 sets of true leaves---
Start your new seedlings in JUST Ph adjusted water (can use hydrogard & superthrive)
When they get their 3rd set of leaves--add HALF of the amount called for in phase 1 of your phasic schedule--
When they open another 2 sets of leaves (fully!) then add the other 1/2 to bring it to the amount required for "Phase 1" this will greatly reduce the possibility of nute-burn or over feeding...and allows the babies to adjust to the nutes easier.

Note about flushing
If growing in Soil, you usually Start flushing (running clear water thru the soil to rinse out the unused nutes) 2 weeks prior to harvest. This is necessary to force the plant to use it's stored nutes & proteins, that otherwise result in harsh or grassy product.
But flushing also OFTEN results in losing yield; since you will reduce the available nutrients to the plant during the last 2 weeks of growth when the plants usually put on the most weight.
Simply STOP Nuting at whatever week you are at when time to flush.
IF you use the Emergency flush method, follow the entire schedule until the plants are ready to harvest.


Hope this helps all that use Fox Farms nutes.
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DankDave420

DankDave420

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I have an engineering mindset and want to put in my opinion. I know this is an old thread. I have gone over thier schedules extensively and really know I have it figured out when looking at the old version of the schedule.

The schedule is only any good if you use the whole line up.
If you are just using the trio it will not give you optimal ratios. The other nutes even it out, for example:
Boomerang and Wholly Mackeral are started before Grow Big on the schedule, they both have a decent N ratio. Adding Grow Big as well that early would fry your babies.
But stand alone, Grow Big can start as soon as it is vegging, as soon as it needs N, when the cotyledons start yellowing up.

Also there are points later in the schedule where all three of the Trio are used in conjunction. Just look at the ratio of just the trio. It is not optimal. It is being optimized by the other nutes, and the solubles make a huge impact on those ratios.

When using only the trio, it is better to follow the instructions on the bottle. As far as using Big Bloom continuously, Grow Big in Veg, and Tiger bloom in flower. The actual PPM of the solution needed will vary as I will soon explain.

Every part of the schedule backs this up if you look at it, it is engineered to give the optimal ratios using all of the products, not just the trio.

I can't elaborate on what the PPM comes out compared to the schedule because I only have the Trio. But I only speculate that would fry most of our plants. I can't imagine using all of that in one gallon of water. Also my botany skills are lacking but that PPM is clearly optimized for certain light levels at optimum conditions, 1000 watt light so many feet away on a certain size container on a certain size perfectly filled canopy, I once heard from a self proclaimed expert.
Your plants probably need much less!
Plus your strain, phenotype, health of plant, all vary the optimal amount of required nutrients.

I have no doubt using just the right amount of all thier products in thier test conditions would give you amazing results. But that is just too much for most of us. Especially most of us noobs that seem to be the ones that go straight to the FF.

So there is a very good reason the nute's label varies from the schedule. So you can buy all thier products and have the ratios all calculated up for you, or just buy what you need and follow the simple directions. You don't just keep adding more and more on top of other nutrients without changing the ratios.

So we trio only users have no use for the schedule at all. And in my opinion we have no use for more nutrients than needed until we get the basics nailed down and learn to understand what our plants are telling us. We have to be able to grow a healthy plant first of all and having more fertilizers may make having the perfect ratios a possibility, but it also just unnecessarily complicates things for noobs that need to just make it to harvest without killing thier crop.

Stick with the basics: the Trio, Cal-mag if you use RO, maybe a carb.

Start with a lower than recommended dose of nutes. Learn to read your plants. Learn to WATER PROPERLY! And make sure you PH your water! Master that and then think about micro-managing 20 nutrients for a little bigger yield, 2% more THC, and of course get that dank top shelf flavor.

None of us ever get a perfect harvest on the first couple of grows, expecting to will just be a disappointment. Just make it to harvest without fucking it up too bad, and cure it right, and you will have an enjoyable crop.

Haha, I put alot into this post nobody will probably ever read :)
 
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