Skip nutrients

Lodzik
Lodzikstarted grow question 4mo ago
Is it a good idea to skip all nutrients for one watering and just use water with enzymes? Thanks for the advice! 🍀
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wolfvb
wolfvbanswered grow question 4mo ago
I think is soil is well firtlized already, and usally I feed twice a week or follow the plan of the firtlizer company. but probably not good to feed everyday so give them abreak with just water 💦
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AestheticGenetix
AestheticGenetixanswered grow question 4mo ago
Depends on how your growing. I'm rarely feeding so adding additives is a good thing as long as it's actually beneficial Best of luck dude!
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localenthusiast
localenthusiastanswered grow question 4mo ago
Yes, absolutely. I do this once in two weeks. It has a great effects on the soil also.
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Pete_vs_Nature
Pete_vs_Natureanswered grow question 4mo ago
Honestly, my personal take: This is not a good idea when your nutrient line is stable and plants perform well. For the biology, this will achieve nothing, unless you have certain problems pending already. Add the enzymes last in your nutrient mix and apply fresh. They will get working on the locked out nutrient depots in your soil slowly and prevent salt formation. Unless you apply poison in your nutrient line, go ahead and just add a meaningful dose of enzymes last.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 4mo ago
Personally, I do not fertilize any more frequently than every 10-14 days when growing in soil. Generally, a schedule of plain water/plain water/fertilizer works for me. However, I do start with a home made pre-amended soil mix, the recipe of which has taken years to refine. Never fertilize every time you irrigate when growing in soil, the chances of nutrient salts building up to toxic levels are real.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 4mo ago
soil? definitely. in fact you probably will at most alternate fertilization. some people do it once a week... just depends on the concentration you give. in soilless, it's not ideal but it won't cause a problem overnight. Always fertigate with 10% runoff in a soilless medium. If concerned about netrient concentration dropping, fully saturate but don't get any runoff...
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 4mo ago
For new grower: Sure go right ahead. For anyone seeking more indepth: If the salt capacity of the medium has reached its limit then yes. If the medium has no capacity to store salt cations, then all a "empty" watering will do is starve the plant. If your plant has a robust CEC (storage capacity) then water with enzymes/humic/fulvic, this will assist the plant in cycling the CEC for its nutrional needs, but only if a CEC exists, how often you will get away with doing "just" water it depends on how much CEC the medium can hold. CEC does not contribute to direct EC, when EC is high and continues to rise each watering it can be beneficial to do a wayer only to assist in reducing the EC, but if tje CEC is full, adding enzymes or micro nutes or humic/fulvic will assist in cycling CEC to fill the active water/soil solution with EC. Really depends on what you are trying to achieve. How you approach nutrient delivery. 98% nutrients uptake directly from water/soil solution. 2% hotake directly from soil particles. If the ph range skews from 6.3-6.7, the plant will be unable to use hydrogen and proton pumps to cycle the cec itself. In that case you need to add "something" to the wayer to assist with shaking the cations off the colloids and into the active water solution. If not water will stay empty. Gluck
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RasendeRollo92
RasendeRollo92answered grow question 4mo ago
Hi 🙋‍♂️ Die Dünger für 1-2 gießvorgänge wegzulassen ist keine schlechte Idee, Vorallem wenn du mineralisch düngst… Mineraldünger basieren meistens auf Nährsalzen, welche den PH-Wert des Bodens stark beeinflussen können. Die Idee vielleicht nur bei jedem zweiten gießvorgang zu düngen finde ich also nicht schlecht & mache ich in der Tat auch so… Ich mache es allerdings vom EC- Wert der Pflanzen abhängig — ist der EC hoch genug, gibt es keinen Dünger. Ich hoffe das hilft. Teste es einfach aus & die Erfahrung wird dir schon sagen ob es das richtige war, oder eben nicht :) Happy growing 🤞🏽👊👌
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