[folkmaster]

Mdanzig(or any other auto experts),

Curious as to the best time to give them their first feeding(soil) ? 17 days..etc? Do you suggest using a veg formula on the first feeding ? Or would you go straight to bloom ? Do I feed lightly?..or perhaps you don't feed at all....first attempt at auto's want to do it right..and yes I have used search and just haven't had much luck...thanks for any advice..Peace

Update: Nevermind, found the Joint Doctor's advice on Nutes at another site..Still feel free to comment..

"JD on nutes:

I get alot of requests for more info on nutrient needs for Lowryder. This is a hard question to answer as it depends how much money you want to shell out for nutrient products.

I get Advanced Nutrient products (many say the best) at a discount and I have adapted their formula for my own use. Advanced Nutrients provides a complete program for an 8-week grow and has a guide for different growing mediums.

For the first two weeks, I use what they recommend for seedlings.

Then I use the Micro 2+ Light Feeding program for the rest of their life cycle. I usually skip week 3 and 5 to bring it down to a 6 week program which I begin as soon as LRs are sexed.

I know it sounds complicated. Obviously all this is not needed.

As a rule of thumb, treat Lowryders like seedlings for the first 2-3 weeks, then switch them onto a light bloom program. So, you feed them a seedling/transplanting formula the first 2 weeks, then switch to a bloom fertilizer with something like a 5-10-5 or 1-2-1 ratio of N-P-K.

Give them a feeding of bloom fertilizer every week on weeks 3,4,5,6. Just pH-balanced water on week 7. Flushing solution on week 8.

...or for organic freaks, just plant into organic soil mix with bat guano mixed in... and put away the calculator."

[Lume]

Feed them(the bigger sprouts will love it more)7-10 days in.Any AF type....canna tera vega is written for AF varieties,I use it,u will find keeping them fed wetted in well after 10 days will give fuller results,the 1st few weeks cruicial to have ur top half of pot medium loose like cococoir,use small plastic humidomes and wet 2nd days until the leaves touch the sides then 7-10 days went by ,take dome away and feed in well...If u start like 4-5 sprouts in 1 pot ,like me,then the feeding will stretch up most males earlier well to pull, and leave the girls to root in.

[folkmaster]

Thanks Lume, appreciate the input....