Soil Nutrients/Fertz
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Stiickygreen
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If it's your first rodeo..i would nix adding any ferts into the planting mix and would fertilize as needed via top dress/etc. Once something is in there...you have no real control.
Lots of veg time, big pots/room for roots to spread, and ample sunshine will usually make big plants. I use guanos//langbenite/worm teas/bennies with good results. Good luck.
Lots of veg time, big pots/room for roots to spread, and ample sunshine will usually make big plants. I use guanos//langbenite/worm teas/bennies with good results. Good luck.
Stiickygreen
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How much soil you need often dictates what is used...especially in a non-commercial/personal grow.What can be easily sourced locally also dictates what is used for many folks. If you aren't going too big...I always feel that folks should truly step back and remember what it is they are growing. I might toss a bunch of random manures/etc in with some tomatoes and see where those go. With cannabis i think it worthy to not cut corners...but that's just me. Again...once you drop that manure in there you are on the ride fully and are completely at the mercy of what it will do to your plant.
What are your goals with these grows? Just see what happens? A year of personal stash? Cash cropping? Again...where you wanna go dictates what you prolly should do, IMO.
I've always had decent results with Foxfarm Ocean forest. Mix in 1/3 to 1/2 perlite if you will be in a non-guerilla grow situation and can water a bit more frequently. I've also mixed OF with coco and perlite and that works fairly well too. What I would avoid is any soil that will "feed for 3..or 6...or 9 months"/etc. Some of the box store baggged soils are also crap. Very heavy stuff...often with urea or some other cheap fert mixed in. For me...all of that just means a failed grow after an expense of about 1/2 of what you would have spent on something that has a bit more quality within that could possibly give you good results. Nothing is perfect...but some stuff is deadly to weed.
What are your goals with these grows? Just see what happens? A year of personal stash? Cash cropping? Again...where you wanna go dictates what you prolly should do, IMO.
I've always had decent results with Foxfarm Ocean forest. Mix in 1/3 to 1/2 perlite if you will be in a non-guerilla grow situation and can water a bit more frequently. I've also mixed OF with coco and perlite and that works fairly well too. What I would avoid is any soil that will "feed for 3..or 6...or 9 months"/etc. Some of the box store baggged soils are also crap. Very heavy stuff...often with urea or some other cheap fert mixed in. For me...all of that just means a failed grow after an expense of about 1/2 of what you would have spent on something that has a bit more quality within that could possibly give you good results. Nothing is perfect...but some stuff is deadly to weed.
Rivendell
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https://www.rollitup.org/t/ganga-girls-northern-grow.963369/
Manure and a organic fertilizer like Espoma Tones or Jobes Organic lines etc is a solid place to start, read through some of the thread above for a good example of it at work. The manure arives on page 5.
Manure and a organic fertilizer like Espoma Tones or Jobes Organic lines etc is a solid place to start, read through some of the thread above for a good example of it at work. The manure arives on page 5.
I’m looking to grow Barney’s Orange Sherbert and Zskittlz for personal use. I would love a pound per plant with healthy dense colas. I’m interested in adding a little organic manure to the soil. I don’t see how this would be a bad thing. If we’re taking man made fertilizer I totally catch your drift.
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Stiickygreen
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It's your grow. Add away.
Coloradoclear
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Are you growing indoor or outdoor?
Coloradoclear
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I would never bring manure into an indoor grow . . . That's like inviting the Borg for Thanksgiving!