When should you start nutrients if you are using Ocean Forest?

Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil... When should I give the plants there first dose of nutrients? 1 month maybe? And then how often after that?

Thanks for the advice.

1 month for FF OF soil and feed nutes every other watering after that(be sure to start out and 1/4 to 1/2 dosage when feeding nutes early on to prevent burning)

yep make sure ya dont over do it because that soil is really good. i used to use it alot before i changed to hydro all together

Does that apply when you transplant them into bigger pots since the new soil will have nutes already?

no not for me it didnt i waited 3-4 weeks before giving nutes but after i worked my way up to full strengh nute i fed it every time with ff nutes never had a burn or siginificant burn

You should check out my latest grow by clicking on my signature link. I am using Ocean Forest with the complete line of FoxFarms nutes. I roughly follow the FoxFarms feeding schedule, with some adjustments and tweaks. I gave my plants ph-balanced RO water with SuperThrive and Hygrozyme for the first 3 weeks from seed. Then I added GrowBig and BigBloom at a 1/2 strength concentration at every watering. I maintained that schedule for 3 more weeks before flushing and leaching my soil, and beginning the flowering phase.

how do you even apply nutes? Do you mix all the nutes your using in a gallon of water and after that how much water do you give your plants? Say after a month they can only be...what?....8 inches tall? I never know how much to water so i just wait till the moisture meter says "dry" then i get it to "moist"

not sure how to feed nutes though.

I apply nutes at every watering which, for me, is once every 4 days. You can feed them at every other watering if you want, but I've always found it more effective to feed at every watering. Just make sure you keep a light concentration. You can always increase the strength if your plants show deficiencies. My plants are in 3gal containers and they get 1gal of nutrient solution every 4 days. Generally speaking, you want to heavily water them, then wait until the soil is almost completely dry before watering again.

^^Same here, light dose every watering^^
I use FFOF as well, with the three trio pack
My plants have shown no deficiency whatsoever, and they seem to love it.
U can check my grow out too if you dont believe us

I believe you Mystery... you're my hero

I beleive you both lol. How big is your plants if your feeding it a gallon of water.

I cant even see that working out. All i can see is my box being flooded with a whole lot of water. Do you litterelly pour in a whole gallon and then forget about it?

I also use FFOF with some extra, hand mixed Perlite.

directions say add like 1 teaspoon per gallon thats what u do i adjust the ph and water i had to water every day to very other day for my veg but only like say 6-8 oz per pot til a lil water comes out the bottom

VaporBros said:

I beleive you both lol. How big is your plants if your feeding it a gallon of water.

I cant even see that working out. All i can see is my box being flooded with a whole lot of water. Do you litterelly pour in a whole gallon and then forget about it?

I also use FFOF with some extra, hand mixed Perlite.

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Well like I said, my containers are 3gal so when the soil is allowed to thoroughly dry out, it retains most of the water I give it. I usually have a few pints of run-off, but I have drains in my floor so it's not an issue for me. I slowly pour the water into the soil so that it can absorb evenly and not just run out the bottom, but yes, I pour on the water until the whole gallon is gone, then I move onto the next plant.

cool. And also, whats it mean when people say "10-5-10" or something like that. I cant remember correct numbers. Sorry!

well i used to water my plants every day and i didnt have them in pots, they were strait into the ground after about 2-4 weeks in small pots... they seemed to like the ground better then the pots(more room for rooting) but i used to give about a half gallon every day to them then every 3 days just reg water just so i dont burn them out... there are plenty of effective methods out there