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Chiefin_Seedsman
Chiefin_Seedsmanstarted grow question a year ago
When do I go from plain water to adding nutrients?
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question a year ago
If you medium is really soil it should not need anything for the first 2-3 weeks, some soils are amended with nutrients and won't need anything till 1 month later. Peat pellets have small amount of nutrients for baby plants. What chow_13 said is also very true, dry amendments take time to break down and become available to plants and synthetic nutrients are instantly available. Over feeding is a real problem and using less is far better then using more. I would give it a week and see how its looking before thinking about feeding it. this is all based on it is grown in soil vs soilless or a potting mix. FYI: We will not be notified of any reply or tag [@] in the questions part of the website, if you need to reach out with other information use your DM "direct mailbox" in the bottom right hand corner of the page. it looks like a little paper airplane icon. Good Luck!
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GrowingTranny
GrowingTrannyanswered grow question a year ago
high, it all depends on what kind of soil you are using. When you are using a light-mix soil then start to feed after 2 weeks. When you are using a regular soil around 4 weeks. I will give you an indication about how much you need to feed. You can start with pH 6.5 water first 2-4 weeks. After those weeks you can start with EC 0.8 with basic grow nutrients that contain a lot of N. Now you can up the EC with 0.1 every week. You keep giving grow nutrients till pre flower (around 2 weeks after flipping to 12/12 light schedule). From when you see the first white pistils you stop giving the grow nutrients and you start to feed bloom nutrients. When you've reached EC 1.6 you keep giving this EC till flushing 2 weeks before harvest. When you are adding boosters like PK boosters during flowering you just add less basic bloom nutrients. You do not want to give too much and stronger then EC 1.6 this will cause nutrient lockouts and nutrient burns. Enjoy your grow!
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question a year ago
What Chow_13 said....
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Chow_13
Chow_13answered grow question a year ago
I will usually start around week 2 and only give 1/4 dose. It depends on the nutrients your using and what you plan on growing in( soil, coco ). Some nutrients need to break down a bit before they are available to the plant. If its synthetic bottled nutrients then be cautious on how much you add, To much food is usually harder to fix then not enough food. Happy Growing
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