Need help with Soil...how to use??
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Flower Pot Men
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well there is as many opinions as there are people growing
..here in The Netherlands I just get pre mixed Organic soil and dont feed anythign for the 1st few weeks ..
I been told that it is the right way (by some dutch growers and They really do know what they doing ) and also that it is wrong . No soild can sustain a plant for a few weeks without feeding ..
Looking at my 1st attempt I am now a believer in the oragnic way ..SPEND some money on soil and stop adding chems...Good soil is the most important ingredient ..after good seed of course
i like to feed as little as possible ..Specially when they are young ..
Anyway ...thats my 2 cent ..and its not binding :O)
Buy good pre mixed if you can ...and be done with it ..
I didnt feed for at least the 1st 2 weeks ..there is enough in the soil to last the small plant ..plus your repotting all the time adding soil...once properly rooted start feeding ..
Good Luck and dont foget the magic ingredient ..Love your plants ..they pay you back in buds
Fuzzotany
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Easiest way to soil grow...
Get your seed germinated (I like to germinate in a damp paper tower in a ziploc bag on my water heater, usually takes 24-48 hours to see the starts of a tap root)
Buy a pot (I like to go by 1 gallon per foot of plant u plan to grow if indoors, a 5gallon+ for outside) some Miracle Grow moisture control soil, some Pearlite, and some bloom formula fish emulsion. Gather some pebbles and clean them off in hot soapy water.
Toss the pebbles into your pot making a thin layer on the bottom. Fill the pot evenly with soil leaving a 1" space at the top. Water the soil thoroughly, if the soil level has fallen below 2" from the top, add a little more and water that too. Toss your germinated seed in a centered hole in your soil about an inch deep and cover it. WAIT for the plant to sprout, don't worry they can grow through soil over 5" before breaking ground. Once you have a seedling about an inch high, toss in a thick layer of pearlite atop the soil and around the plants stem, this keeps your soil pretty free of insects. Watch your plant grow, watering only when the pot feels light - check every day, remember your plant doesn't weight a lot and what you feel in weight is 90% water. As the days get shorter your plant will flower, when you see bud sites growing start adding the fish emulsion to your waterings at its reccomended dose. Continue watering when the pot feels light and you'll end up with some nice buds about 7-9 weeks after you start seeing bud sites.
Get your seed germinated (I like to germinate in a damp paper tower in a ziploc bag on my water heater, usually takes 24-48 hours to see the starts of a tap root)
Buy a pot (I like to go by 1 gallon per foot of plant u plan to grow if indoors, a 5gallon+ for outside) some Miracle Grow moisture control soil, some Pearlite, and some bloom formula fish emulsion. Gather some pebbles and clean them off in hot soapy water.
Toss the pebbles into your pot making a thin layer on the bottom. Fill the pot evenly with soil leaving a 1" space at the top. Water the soil thoroughly, if the soil level has fallen below 2" from the top, add a little more and water that too. Toss your germinated seed in a centered hole in your soil about an inch deep and cover it. WAIT for the plant to sprout, don't worry they can grow through soil over 5" before breaking ground. Once you have a seedling about an inch high, toss in a thick layer of pearlite atop the soil and around the plants stem, this keeps your soil pretty free of insects. Watch your plant grow, watering only when the pot feels light - check every day, remember your plant doesn't weight a lot and what you feel in weight is 90% water. As the days get shorter your plant will flower, when you see bud sites growing start adding the fish emulsion to your waterings at its reccomended dose. Continue watering when the pot feels light and you'll end up with some nice buds about 7-9 weeks after you start seeing bud sites.
GoldenGanja13
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Go to wal mart grab a Jiffy Green house (12) it's only $5 and then grab a few bottles of water. The tap stuff is really bad for babies.
When you get the seeds put them in a glass jar and pour the bottled water in. The seeds will float. In time they will sink. DO NOT go past 24 hrs. What is happening is the water is seaping in and the seeds are be signaled to start growing. Now get your green house set. Bottled water only on peat pellets, no standing water once they are big. put seeds in peat pellets (after 20-24hrs) sideways and 1/8" down or the width of seed x2. Then put dome on top and set them out of direct light on a mild heat source. I use my DVR, but you can use the top of a fridge or P.C.
Give them 5-7 days to pop up. then remove dome and mix FF with 20% perlite and put that in small containers, nothing else. Make sure that when you place new babies in soil that the peat is completely covered. FF Ocean forest has enough organic nutes to feed for 2 months. But you will feed slowly after 20-30 days of above ground.
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GoldenGanja13
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The jiffy dome method beats the paper towel method hands down in my garden! I have tryed them both and what I dis like about the paper towel is that it can go dry on you if not careful (very Bad) and when you move the rootlets into soil you are taking a risk of damaging tap root.
This small dome never goes dry being it creates humidity and the peat stays nice and moist, and warm to boot.
This small dome never goes dry being it creates humidity and the peat stays nice and moist, and warm to boot.
Fuzzotany
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People make the mistake of not putting the paper towel in a ziploc, this doesn't let the moisture evaporate and I usually have tap roots in 24 hours. And unless you leave them in there for 3 days without checking them you wont have any root going into the towel. I'd have to say my 10 cent method is equally as good as your $5 method, plus paper towel works for seeds for soil and hydro, peat falls apart on hydro.