TopherJames
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I've read that FoxFarm is one of the best, but again, I'm new so I don't want to believe everything I read online.
Some General Advice Needed
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Bernie420
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I like to recommend the RAW brand bloom microbes and use it in veg and bloom not much of a difference between the two and no need to buy two products..and use just a little bit like 1/4tsp per gal once a week till the end of week 7 flower.
You just need to know that you have some microbes in there working for you and you dont need to use al lot and waste it.
Couch_Lock
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I also mix Happy Frog + Ocean Harvest soils, adding some extra perlite and worm castings, use fabric pots for better aeration. But on your FIRST indoor grow its smart to remember LESS IS MORE. Most newbies overwater and overfeed. In FF soils add NOTHING but pH'd water the first 3 weeks, then use HALF the recommended dosage till MID flower. Then u can use the rec dose if u want.
*follow this advice, u will thank me later
*follow this advice, u will thank me later
TopherJames
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I'm glad to hear that soil is forgiving. I'll make the proper moves in the future.
TopherJames
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Awesome! I will look into purchasing the product. I appreciate the information!
Bernie420
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fox farm sucks its basically wood mulch
ph pro mix or something like that is better. or mix the two together.
fox farm sucks
TopherJames
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Thank you! That makes a lot of sense actually. I'll make sure that I use a better process with my future plants. I'll make the proper changes to maximize the quality of the plant!
Sfrigon 1
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Sooo u don't like fox farm? Hahaha
Couch_Lock
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High Times recommends FF soils still......I used Black Gold soil on my outdoor grows, nothin but FF inside.
You could plant in another soil and compare for yourself.
Bernie420
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High times is smoking too much of their own shit.
Couch_Lock
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Got 12.5 dry zips my first indoor run......Why would I change? 2nd indoor run a bit more. I don't grow to sell, just head stash.
I think the thread starter should experiment, compare a few soils himself.
Bernie420
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kewl but none of that happened because you used ffof sucky suck suck soil though. everything else you did had that impact on your yeilds
etruthfx
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It's not crazy I don't know what you mean. For clones they get half strength, 200 ppm calmag for clones, 400 for adults
BlueLab PPM pen is the best on the market.
TevinJonson
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Ive used fox farms its realy not the best for soil plus miracle grow is hot as is so you probably only want to feed it occasionally and just use ph water
etruthfx
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Fox farm is okay it's not the best.
Ionic nutrient line is the champagne of nutrients. The entire feeding schedule from veg to bloom can be found here.
All you really need is Ionic Grow, Ionic Bloom, Ionic Pk boost, CalMag, Amino Acids, and Fossil Fuels for the entire grow cycle. Nitrozyme and bloom stimulator help too. And Silicate if you need stress buffering.
While we're on the topic of nutrients we may as well discuss mite prevention. There are many ways to go but Lost Coast plant therapy is the number 1 I have on my shelf.
Don't use miracle grow unless you are growing outside
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Bernie420
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Its too much cal mag at those numbers
You stated 800 ppms for adults so your saying that for a flowering plant your going to give half of your ppms in the form of cal mag? Sounds crazy to me.
etruthfx
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Bro I literally posted the feeding chart that's what I go by. For adult plants yes thats 800 ppm of Ionic grow, 400 ppm calmag for a total of 1200 ppm total. For freshly transplanted clones use half or quarter strength that's what I said I can't make it any more simpler than that. Look at the feeding chart.
You really can't give them too much calmag, and I didn't mention flowering ppms whatsoever.
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a mongo frog
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You are just joking around right? No one uses that many bottles anymore.
etruthfx
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If you say so I'm not sure how much experience you have in an industrial operation.
a mongo frog
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There was a time in my life i welded for United, if thats what you mean?