Help with foxfarm nutes

So im about to start using FoxFarm nutes and have a few questions. For starters the feeding schedule on there website indicates using 2tsp/gal (of big grow) and I was wondering if this should be diluted. A lot of information i have found says that all nutrients should be diluted to 1/4 the recommended strength. Is this the case for foxfarm or can i follow there schedule/amouts closly.
Also can i feed every watering or should i alternate with just water.

Clones, growing in 3 gallon pots with FoxFarm Ocean Forest soil.
 

stonedar

Member
Big Bloom won't burn your plants, you can use it at full strength. The feeding schedule says feed every other watering.
 
I plan on using the full foxfarm regiment including bloom, open seaseme, beastie and chaching. I will not be using the tiger bloom and will substitute Ionic Green Fuse bloom stimulator. Stonedar you said that Grow Big wont burn them but will the others if used at full strength, there feeding schedule reqiures using multiple combinations of the nutes.
 

timeout

Well-Known Member
I'm three weeks into flower, third grow. I'm using the full line at 1/4 the recommended dose (in 2/3 FFOF, 1/6 some sort of organic, 1/6 old soil from males from the last grow, plus 1/3 perlite: thinking I'd cool off the FFOF). I just started using 1/2 tsp blackstrap molasses as well. I may up the dose of the ferts later, but now my three females are very happy. I over fertilized my first two grows.

I've learned to let the plants do the work of growing. The nutes are merely a bit of a nudge. Kind of a hard lesson after spending $120 or so and wanting them to go faster, faster, because I'm out, out. But there you go.
 

PeachOibleBoiblePeach#1

Well-Known Member
If your using FF ocean forest,,,Us No nutes...for the first 4 weeks,,5th week on the chart. not bottle, use a 1/4 of what they say,,,,Treat them with love and respect in the future and they will treat you right.
 

amv

Active Member
i used fox farms on all my soil grows and i always started off with 1/4 strength during veg and worked up to full strength if plant could handle it .then when i went into flower id start off with 1/2 strength and took it to full. All plants react a little different to the nutes some can take heavier doses where others cant just play it safe and start off slow and see what happens
 
Top