My First Grow Need A Lil Help

beanie420

Member
My 2 plants are in the ground out side there 3 months old and are females the top leaves are light green and there kind of droopy and curling the small leaves near the main stem is curling a lil but not all of them I never gave it nute till today when I seen this I gave it a half str miracle grow should this help
 

sparkabowl

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3 months without nutes is a long time in unamended soil. You say females so they are starting to bud? If so, get a good quality flowering fertilizer, low in nitrogen, high in potassium and phosphorous - try to avoid the Miracle Grow stuff.
 
Mg is said to do bad things and yet I see people use it with good grows.Maybe they couldve yeilded more using something else?My point is Ive seen people use just miracle grow if its all they had and grows were succesful.
 

sparkabowl

Active Member
Yes MG will work, and they make a Bloom formula also, but if at all possible, try to stay away from the chemical salt ferts. There are a lot of organic/semi-organic fertilizers that are available out there that will give you a superior harvest, just do some research online, or browse your local hydro store or garden center.

I use a product called Age Old Organics, using the bloom formula currently and in the 6th week of flower, supplemented with some Cal-Mag and molasses.
 

sparkabowl

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The Age Old Bloom was $15, Cal-Mag, $20, but I only had to add it because i got yellowing between leaf veins and never stopped using it because I have heard that a lot of ferts lack the calcium and magnesium MJ likes.
 

beanie420

Member
I made a 2 and a half foot tall grow box for bagseed it has a 150watt cfl and can fit at least 4 plants what kind of nute should I use for that
 

beanie420

Member
When you say 150 watt cfl is that actual watts or equivalent watts?
150 Equivalent I made my box out of cardboard its got foil inside I had two computer fans cause I work a lil on computers hooked them up to a dc 9v adap I ran it all night and even the foil on the top where the light is wasn't even hot I only spent 10$ and that was for the bulb this box is for bagseed and should work fine I would put up pics but I'm on my cell and it won't let me
 

sparkabowl

Active Member
There are so many brands of nutes, it is hard to say what one to use. I would try to stay with something that has a one part grow and one part bloom to keep things simple at first. Looking at some of the nutrient lines, you could wind up with 10 bottles of different things to mix up and feed your plants. One of the cheapest things around that I have heard good things about is Liquinox. They have a grow and bloom formula, and the bottles are like $5 each. The only problems are they aren't organic, and the bloom contains no nitrogen.

Good luck with your grow, just keep in mind that you will want to start flowering early if you only have 2 1/2 feet to work in.
 
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