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Hello you all
I would like only advanced/expert soil growers to reply me, that's a bit rude and demanding but I expect a clear answer from someone who has a solid background in soil grow.I am also sorry for the possible grammar mistakes-limited vocabulary- syntaxic errors you'll may encounter reading my post, I'm not english native speaking.
I already grew a few times (6) so I have little expericence in growing in soil. What I lack now is a wider and more precise understanding of the best fertilizers schedule, the aim being to get the best yields possible.
You may have seen Heath Robinson's vertical SOG hydro grow, where he got over 2.15 gpw
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeropo...e-vertical.html
In this post he explains how he feeds his plants
-"The old nutrient solution should be drained no matter what system you use and new nutrients should be added. The reason for this is the plants use some of the available nutrients and leave others, over time if you dont replace the nutrients you would have a build up of the salts that the plants arent using. Your Ec meter would tell you that the ppm was correct but the nutrient solution would have high levels of the salts that the plants werent using so in effect you would starve your plants."
-"Im using Vitalink nutrients.
(Fertilizer A+ next two weeks Fertilizer B+then A again 2 weeks later) for Growing purpose
(Fertilizer A+ next two weeks Fertilizer B+then A again 2 weeks later) for Blooming purpose "
-"I have found that the sufficient zone for marijuana is in the range from an Ec of 1.0 to 1.6 I personally run in at an EC of approx 1.2 and never exceed 1.4"
So that seems pretty revelant to me : plants may get used to a kind of nutrient when use for a too long period of time. So it's better to change quite often the ratio NPK. What do you think about it ?
I don't think I'm gonna use Vitalink as the A+B thing is only available for hydro.
So here are my questions
With a light mix soil + 30% worm castings + 10% bat guano + beneficial bacterias + micorrizhas and other fungies
1)Do I need to use grow fertilizers every time I water plants and then blooming fertilizers each watering too ? I read somewhere that one should give them plain water(pH 6) once every 3 watering, the reste being with nutrients. Is it true ? Is this meant to avoid plants from getting used to these fertilizers and assimilate better the latter ?
2)Do I need to use additives(molasses, carbo hydrates etc..) every time I water plants ? if not what frequency ?
3)If I use a PK booster, do I need to use it every time I water the plants or once every 2-3 watering ? If so, what frequency ?
4)Do you know a good nutrient brand that sells 2 whole different fertilizers for the veg cycle and 2 other ones for the flowering cycle (for soil systems) ?
5)One of the best breeder in the world for Heath Robinson, the owner of Positronics-Bernard Bruining- advices to raise the pH from 6.0 to 7.0 - 7.2 (soil systems) during the flowering cycle. Do you think this advice can be applied to most of easy growing indica strains, or is it the result of a particular way of breeding ?
As you can see, my questions mainly deals with nutrient feeding frequency.
I'm waiting for your answers
Thank you very much in advance.
Have fun
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I would like only advanced/expert soil growers to reply me, that's a bit rude and demanding but I expect a clear answer from someone who has a solid background in soil grow.I am also sorry for the possible grammar mistakes-limited vocabulary- syntaxic errors you'll may encounter reading my post, I'm not english native speaking.
I already grew a few times (6) so I have little expericence in growing in soil. What I lack now is a wider and more precise understanding of the best fertilizers schedule, the aim being to get the best yields possible.
You may have seen Heath Robinson's vertical SOG hydro grow, where he got over 2.15 gpw
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeropo...e-vertical.html
In this post he explains how he feeds his plants
-"The old nutrient solution should be drained no matter what system you use and new nutrients should be added. The reason for this is the plants use some of the available nutrients and leave others, over time if you dont replace the nutrients you would have a build up of the salts that the plants arent using. Your Ec meter would tell you that the ppm was correct but the nutrient solution would have high levels of the salts that the plants werent using so in effect you would starve your plants."
-"Im using Vitalink nutrients.
(Fertilizer A+ next two weeks Fertilizer B+then A again 2 weeks later) for Growing purpose
(Fertilizer A+ next two weeks Fertilizer B+then A again 2 weeks later) for Blooming purpose "
-"I have found that the sufficient zone for marijuana is in the range from an Ec of 1.0 to 1.6 I personally run in at an EC of approx 1.2 and never exceed 1.4"
So that seems pretty revelant to me : plants may get used to a kind of nutrient when use for a too long period of time. So it's better to change quite often the ratio NPK. What do you think about it ?
I don't think I'm gonna use Vitalink as the A+B thing is only available for hydro.
So here are my questions
With a light mix soil + 30% worm castings + 10% bat guano + beneficial bacterias + micorrizhas and other fungies
1)Do I need to use grow fertilizers every time I water plants and then blooming fertilizers each watering too ? I read somewhere that one should give them plain water(pH 6) once every 3 watering, the reste being with nutrients. Is it true ? Is this meant to avoid plants from getting used to these fertilizers and assimilate better the latter ?
2)Do I need to use additives(molasses, carbo hydrates etc..) every time I water plants ? if not what frequency ?
3)If I use a PK booster, do I need to use it every time I water the plants or once every 2-3 watering ? If so, what frequency ?
4)Do you know a good nutrient brand that sells 2 whole different fertilizers for the veg cycle and 2 other ones for the flowering cycle (for soil systems) ?
5)One of the best breeder in the world for Heath Robinson, the owner of Positronics-Bernard Bruining- advices to raise the pH from 6.0 to 7.0 - 7.2 (soil systems) during the flowering cycle. Do you think this advice can be applied to most of easy growing indica strains, or is it the result of a particular way of breeding ?
As you can see, my questions mainly deals with nutrient feeding frequency.
I'm waiting for your answers
Thank you very much in advance.
Have fun
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