FF Sledgehammer

Hey guys. About to start my first grow. And I just got all my nutes. Bought the Dirty Dozen from Fox Farm and I planned on following their feeding schedule for soil.
My question is this. The schedule tells me to flush every 3/4 weeks with sledgehammer. But it doesn't specify what to do about other nutes. So for week 4, for example. It tells me to to provide x amount of nutes that week, but also tells me to flush. Should I do the first feeding with the nutes, and the second feeding that week with just sledgehammer?

New to this so take it easy on me.

In my humble opinion you can return 9 of that dozen.

All you really need is big bloom, grow big and tiger bloom.

If you use only those 3 you can ignore the flush on the schedule and just follow the top 3 nute schedule.

DONT USE THE FULL RECOMMENDED DOSES ON THE SCHEDULE.

Fox farms is a very hot nutrient line. If you use the full doses they suggest you will harm your plants.

Begin at 25% of the doses and slowly increase from there.

Out of the top 3 I mentioned the rest is a bunch of stuff that will most likely hurt your plants more than help them tbh.

Are you growing in soil? If so which one?

I'm growing in Happy Frog. In 5 gallon fabric pots.
Unfortunately I bought it as a kit so I can't return the extra bottles. Maybe I'll use the extra 9 bottles on half my plants and compare the end results.
Do plants need several flushes in a week or does one watering of plain water do the trick?

MrDabfire said:

I'm growing in Happy Frog. In 5 gallon fabric pots.
Unfortunately I bought it as a kit so I can't return the extra bottles. Maybe I'll use the extra 9 bottles on half my plants and compare the end results.
Do plants need several flushes in a week or does one watering of plain water do the trick?

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Happy frog will have enough of everything for your plant for the 1st 4-5 weeks. I also suggest skipping the 1st 4 weeks or so on that schedule.

Adding nutrients to already nutrient rich soil is also gonna mess your plants up.

In between every single feeding you should be giving only water.

One with feed then next only water. Rinse and repeat.

I dont use any of the other stuff except cha ching at the very end. They want you to do a flush because you will have tons of salt build ups from all those products. Its a bit much for a new grower tbh. Good luck man. Your taking a huge bite for your 1st go around.

Wizzlebiz said:

Happy frog will have enough of everything for your plant for the 1st 4-5 weeks. I also suggest skipping the 1st 4 weeks or so on that schedule.

Adding nutrients to already nutrient rich soil is also gonna mess your plants up.

In between every single feeding you should be giving only water.

One with feed then next only water. Rinse and repeat.

I dont use any of the other stuff except cha ching at the very end. They want you to do a flush because you will have tons of salt build ups from all those products. Its a bit much for a new grower tbh. Good luck man. Your taking a huge bite for your 1st go around.

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Roger that. I will just stick with the big 3 then. I was under the assumption that Happy Frog wasnt as nutrient rich as OF is. Which is why I was drawn to it.
Now if you're feeding 2 times a week. And giving fresh water in-between. So you're watering roughly 4 times a week, is that right?

MrDabfire said:

Roger that. I will just stick with the big 3 then. I was under the assumption that Happy Frog wasnt as nutrient rich as OF is. Which is why I was drawn to it.
Now if you're feeding 2 times a week. And giving fresh water in-between. So you're watering roughly 4 times a week, is that right?

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Your correct it does have less than ffof. However it does have nutrients in it. The rest of that stuff in the ff dirty dozen is seriously just uneeded boosters. Even if your soil had zero nutrients you could easily give your plant what it needs with the top 3.

On the watering. 4xs per week is probably excess especially at 1st. You will have to learn to guage when its time to water / feed.

If you water too frequently you will cause root rot which can kill your plants.

I suggest getting a cheap $10 moisture meter to guage when your plant needs to be watered. These meters absolutely suck at pH. However its very easy to guage when to water with them.

Awesome thank you!

Lots of good info in this thread. MrDabfire hit the jackpot today.