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Natrona
Natronastarted grow question 2 years ago
Planted sprouted autoflower bean in Fox Ocean mixed with indoor organic soil and added DR Earth herb and veg fertilizer to the mix. Is this considered living soil and enough nutrients to grow to harvest without additional fertilizing? If I need to fertilize, how much do I use?
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
I wouldn't say this is a living soil... but it's an amended soil at the least... and I'm hoping you'll do all right with it. The soil you've chosen has an NPK of 4-1-1 while the nutrients you've chosen have an NPK, I believe, of 3-2-2. This is going to be pretty "hot" for an autoflower at the beginning of its life ... they generally don't like nor need ANY nutes at all for the first couple of weeks which is why, when I grow in soil, I always use ProMixHP which has no nutes whatsoever in it - only wonderful mycorrhizae to provide a good boost for the roots. With this, I get to decide what nutes, when and how much to give my plants... I control their "diet." If you think, which is sounds like you do, that you can put together some soil and some nutrients and put your seed in the pot, give it a little water now and again and have a good grow all the way to harvest, you may well be disappointed. Cannabis needs specific nutes at specific times - and autoflowers are the pickiest and most demanding of cannabis to grow. I guess I'm failing to understand why it is you chose a vegetable and herb fertilizer as opposed to a cannabis fertlizer... but if the seeds are now in the soil, that's basically a fait a'compli as autoflowers do not tolerate transplanting well and it isn't adviseable to do so, especially if it's just a small seed with a tap root - the danger lies in tearing/breaking that tap root which would kill the plant. When your plant moves from the veg stage to the pre-flower and flower stage, you will have to reduce the nitrogen they are being given and add bloom nutes which are higher in potassium and phosphorus... and MAYBE, by the time they are in flower, the soil will be depleted of the nutrients and the fertlizer has been used up... if so, then you will have a shot at giving it some good bloom nutes at that point. But how you tell whether or not the nutes are used up or the soil depleted is not something I know. I wish you well... You had messaged me about soil grows - you should go read a couple of diaries to see what growers need to do, the problems they encounter and the difficulties you may face. Good luck! At least you'll learn a lot about growing cannabis!
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
FFOF at 50/50 mix of potting soil would be ok for the auto seedling. Adding in dr.earth might have made it to hot and the auto could start flower very early. FFOF is a hot soil to begin with does not need amending till later in its life. There is no setup where you don't fertilize an indoor plant that works well IMO, the medium in which is grows is just to small for the size of the plant and how aggressive they feed. You can get away with not doing it or using much less but the plant will not grow to its true potential and whats the point of cultivating indoors if your not using all the tools in the box, its to costly to not do this. waste of electricity and your time. I would federalize evey month with dr.earth after the first 4 weeks with FFOF, it is a dry amendment so you need to mix it into the top soil and then water in. Less is more with Autos. Feed at 1/2 the recommended dose for the pot size "look on the bag for instructions" and give a bit extra after stretch. I'd also PH adjust your water. down to aorund 6.4 and use extra microbes if you got em. Best Of Luck!
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GrowingTranny
GrowingTrannyanswered grow question 2 years ago
High, in order to let your soil live and work together with the roots it needs to be in perfect balance. It is actually like a food chain with small bacteria growing in exact the same speed as a larger bacteria can consume it. The poop from the larger bacteria work as a fertilizer. Then fungi work together with the roots and bring this fertilizer to the roots in exchange for sugar. I did many organic grows and I find it a lot harder to manage and control the grow compare to bottled nutrients. But I always kept a organic nutrient line like BioBizz on the side to be able to feed if necessary. So yeah the soil might be living but it is hard to say if it is in balance and provides enough and the right nutrients. My first guess is not. So I would keep BioBizz grow and bloom basic nutrients on the side to help when the plant is asking for some more.
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