Since Im on a very tight budget can I only use compost instead of many bottled nutrients?
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Lordhooha
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Don’t need many of anything. Simply compost tea will do just fine.
Readytoparty
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You can use, used coffee, blended up banana peels and bone meal (you can make your own or you can use fish bone and blend them into smaller pieces). All below amounts (left side) are per gallon of medium. If you offset the seaweed and just use more banana, you should be able to grow for free.
Substrate for vegging
Top dress for vegging (added monthly)
Substrate mix for flowering
Top dress flower (applied once at the start of flowering only)
I hope that helps.
Substrate for vegging
| Amendments | N | P | K |
| Coffee (68g) | 1.43 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Bonemeal (3.5g) | 0.16 | 0.57 | 0 |
| Banana (34.4g) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.8 |
| Seaweed (1 TBSP = 7.3g) | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.22 |
| Total NPK | 1.78 | 0.83 | 1.21 |
Top dress for vegging (added monthly)
| Amendments | N | P | K |
| Coffee (52g) | 1.09 | 0.16 | 0.16 |
| Bonemeal (1.4g) | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0 |
| Banana (28g)* | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.64 |
| Total NPK | 1.18 | 0.42 | 0.8 |
Substrate mix for flowering
| Amendments | N | P | K |
| Bonemeal (20g) | 0.9 | 3.26 | 0 |
| Banana (85g) | 0.26 | 0.26 | 1.96 |
| Seaweed (2TBSP = 14.6g) | 0.3 | 0.04 | 0.44 |
| Total NPK | 1.43 | 3.56 | 2.4 |
Top dress flower (applied once at the start of flowering only)
| Amenments | N | P | K |
| Banana (52.5g)* | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1.22 |
| Bonemeal (10.8g) | 0.43 | 1.76 | 0.02 |
| Coffee (5.2g) | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Total NPK | 0.6 | 1.82 | 1.24 |
I hope that helps.
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NorthernHuntingMom
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I screen saved that. Thank you so much
Readytoparty
Member
The above is only a guide, improve your recipe with use. Seems to work OK for tomatoes, but needs tweeking.