Swapping nutes mid-cycle

Jimmy_Nugz

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Hey guys, still a pretty new grower, I only just pulled my first intentional harvest a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, i’m about to run out of nutes and I don’t really think it’s in my best interests to keep rolling with the my green planet line(media one, liquid w-8, and massive). At the time of purchase I thought it was intended for soil but it wasn’t until after I mixed up my first batch of feed that I noticed that the schedule clearly listed it was designed for coco and soilless grows. Anyway, i’m about to run out. I don’t really feel like spending around $300 for nutes designed for a medium I don’t use yet. I’ve been doing the research and i’m very interested in Jack’s 321, but i’m resistant to it once again because it seems to be more geared toward other mediums instead of soil. So my questions are: any tricks to mitigate problems from switching nutes mid-grow? How serious of an issue is it using a coco feed in soil? Anybody using jack’s for soil care to share which formulas you’re using?
 

Moflow

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FWIW I've used Atami awa max 2 part feed designed for the Wilma system in a soil grow and it worked great.
Just get a bottle of tomato food which is very cheap and does the job as well as $300 worth of fancy nutes
 

Logan Burke

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You most certainly do not want to use coco intended fertilizer if you're not in coco! As far as the stress from switching base nutes in the middle of your grow...well, of course it's going to give a certian level of disruption. But with that being said, I don't think it's going to devastate your plants by any means. Personally, I recommend Floranova Grow/Bloom for base nutrients (especially for newer growers) for anyone growing in any form other than a recirculating hydro system. Floranova works great with soil and hydroponics alike, it just isn't the best for recirculating hydroponic systems (which doesn't apply to you of course). It's relatively cheap, very potent and very effective. Plus, it's a simple 1 part formula. Use the grow bottle for veg, or the bloom bottle for flower, easy peasy.
 
Soils are dirt cheap, ha. You can get many with all the food you'd need for a full flower and ditch the huge nutrient bill.
I use 50/50 mix of Fox Farms Ocean Forest (food) and Roots 707 (inert) in a 3g pot which is enough to veg for a couple weeks and a full flower with minimal flushing toward the end because the food has been exhausted. All I add is CalMag because my tap water is basically r.o.
 

Gemtree

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Its not just for coco look up the soil feed chart. My buddys been using it in soil for years
 

drsaltzman

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Floranova. Idiot proof. One bottle. Never use CalMag again. It’s all I use now. Literally.
Your plants will take to it no matter what you were using before.
I use the Bloom through the whole life cycle after the initial soil charge is done.
 
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