Fertilizing Tips: Fertilizing Tips
- The elements Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium are considered the important nutrients for strong growth. Calcium can be used to control the pH.
- Adding ample Nitrogen ensures fast lush growth, enabling a Cannabis plant to outgrow almost any other plant.
- Cannabis' need for phosphorus is the greatest during the seedling and flowering stages of it's life cycle.
- Potassium is associated with strong sturdy stems and plants with a high resistance to diseases and pests.
- Calcium is not added to the soil as a nutrient, but rather to balance the pH of the soil.
- To grow to a large size, marijuana requires a steady supply of nutrients, which should be added to the water on a regular basis.
- The amount of nutrients to add to the water depends on the size of the plant, the size of the pot, and the general condition of the soil.
- Always add water when you add any nutrients or fertilizer to the soil. It is recommended that you dissolve the fertilizer in the water before watering the plant.
- Adding more nutrients than a plant requires will toxify the soil thereby harming plant growth and development.
- Foliar feeding, or spraying the leaves with a fertilizer solution, is an ideal way of fertilizing large plants with nutrient deficiencies.
- Nutrient deficiencies can best be detected by a change in the condition and colour of the leaves.
- Soilless mixtures are a good alternative to using large amounts of soil, the main advantage being that the nutrient balance is easy to control.
- The pH is the measure of how alkaline or acidic the soil is and it's balance is determined by the amount of nutrients present in the soil.
- Although marijuana will grow in soils with a pH between five and nine, it thrives in soils with a neutral pH of around seven.
- Soils with a high content of organic matter are often quite acidic with a fairly low pH. Calcium can be used to balance the pH.
- Most nutrients are soluble in soils with a pH balance of between six and seven and a half.
- Continued use of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium will lower the pH of the soil. This can be rectified by adding some Calcium.
- To save overfertilized plants, the soil can be leached by removing the top few centimeters and overwatering with lukewarm water.
- Although healthy, strong growing plants love a steady supply of nutrients, you should never fertilize them every day.
- A plant growing in a poor soil, low in nutrients will develop better than a plant growing in overfertilized soil.
- Although Carbon Dioxide cannot be classified as a true nutrient, it can been used to increase growth during the vegetative stage.
- To balance the pH of an acidic soil, crush some egg-shells and soak them in water. Then strain out the shells and pour the water over your plants.
- A soil rich in Nitrogen will increase internodal growth in the stems of developing young marijuana plants.
- Urine is an excellent source of Nitrogen for marijuana plants, but as it is too concentrated to apply directly, it should always be diluted with water.
- Unless the soil is poor in nutrients, a young seedling growing in a large pot doesn't require any fertilizing for the first few weeks of it's life.
- Although Cannabis does not grow well in a soil with a low nutrient content, this is preferable to a soil that has been toxified by over-fertilization.
- The influence of the soil, and in particular the nutrient content of the soil, to the potency of the plant is something which cannot be overlooked.
- Nitrogen can be positively correlated with higher potency and increased growth, and it is the most influential nutrient available to the grower.
- Organic fertilizers are less concentrated than chemical mixes, and as the nutrients are released more slowly, there is less chance of toxifying the soil.
- A typical program of fertilization may be to fertilize after the fifth week of growth, and then every two weeks thereafter until flowering.
- It is always better to fertilize your plants more often with a more diluted solution, than to give them concentrated doses at longer intervals.
- Always make sure that the fertilizer is completely dissolved in the water before you apply it to your plants.
- It takes less Nitrogen than other nutrients to toxify the soil, and hence there is less margin for error when using it as a fertilizer.
