when and how much nutrients do I use? I plan on starting some autoflowering ak-48 seeds. Any help on the subject would be appreciated.
welcome to auto flowers ........they take out the light varible but feeding skill will increase each time u plant a strain (count the first as a baseline then improve)
no it is a myth that they only like food at a set time .....they are plants they will drawl food out of the soil like other plants feeding them is just a bonus to the plant (as it does not need to break it down already in a form can use )...with a strong light right balance of feed/water/time u can get great results
i grown now for 3 years here is some of what i know (6/7 gallon planters)
a starting plant plant only needs 1 quart of water .......in the water u mix Rooting feeds at full str ..Grow feed at 50% str
water the outside in .......when it gets 2 nodes increase the water to half gallon and mix in full power rooting grow branching feeds
when it gets to 4/5 nodes u want to be near 3/4 of a gallon
when u see the plant stretch out in preflowering ........keep it at 50/50 mix of grow/bloom rooting should keep going until stretch stops
when the stretch stops and the sites open change to a 25/75 mix on grow and bloom stop rooting and start adding your bloom stackers
then u see the sites stopped u go to a full bloom ...by now u should be at a gallon of a water keep with bloom feed and stackers
u see the leaves geting yellow at the bottom and heading to middle .....reduce your bloom geed increase on your stackers/resin builders ...at mid point to upper lvl yellowing stop all feed just water give 3/5 days then u can flush 24hours of light then 3 days of total darkness cut it