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cgnosis · 03-28-2007, 03:57 PM

How do you fertilize? Do you fertilize every day? With full dose of nutes? If so how often do you flush?

I've started this thread so we can talk about fertilizing schedules.

Please descrive your fertilizing experience.

Burt · 03-28-2007, 05:04 PM

i'm in your boat too bro-it it helps-i feed everyday with a full solution-been doing it for 3 weeks straight and the gals love it!
No burn at all yet-seems the medium is really inert by itself and can hold nutes-i'm mostly organic using grow big/bloom foxfarm, seaweed, and bat guanos and molasses-with just a hint of cal-mag
i'm puzzled by the ridiculous growth rates and haven't seen the need for a straight water flush yet-i might do a plain watering this weekend but i feel it largely depends on which stage of the flowering cycle your on-i'm full steam ahead at 4 weeks so i know my girls can take a full on feeding no sweat-NL's and Bubblebum

Ono Nadagin · 03-28-2007, 06:29 PM

Are you strickly talking about a bllom fert regime?

I feed everything differently based on how much nute they can handle whether or not I am vegging or flowering them... is it a mother or a clone... so many variables my freind.

Drip to drain.. Ebb and flow... soil. You gottta give us more info on your set up and what your trying to accomplish

cgnosis · 03-28-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ono Nadagin

Are you strickly talking about a bllom fert regime?

I feed everything differently based on how much nute they can handle whether or not I am vegging or flowering them... is it a mother or a clone... so many variables my freind.

Drip to drain.. Ebb and flow... soil. You gottta give us more info on your set up and what your trying to accomplish

I'm thinking of handwatering in the flowering phase, but feel free to talk about what you've learned on whatever system.

Ono Nadagin · 03-28-2007, 07:30 PM

I would highly suggest not handwatering during flowering, you will suffer from the pots drying otu to fast at some point and this will make hotspots int he coco where the EC climbs ... go with drip to drain if you can .. set it up on a timer to feed 2-4 times during lights on... let it drip long enough to get about 5-10% of what you have dripped into the media to drain out

Burt · 03-28-2007, 08:03 PM

handwatering is all i do and have had -O- adverse effects and I don't go to runoff-the coco holds so much moisture that I'm afraid even to attempt-till runoff
it's not needed imo-then again i don't have them in an ebb and flo-just one gallon nursery pots
i water once a day btw and it's just about right imo-temps have been in the 80's too here in the south last week or so
Peas...

cgnosis · 03-28-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Burt

handwatering is all i do and have had -O- adverse effects and I don't go to runoff-the coco holds so much moisture that I'm afraid even to attempt-till runoff
it's not needed imo-then again i don't have them in an ebb and flo-just one gallon nursery pots
i water once a day btw and it's just about right imo-temps have been in the 80's too here in the south last week or so
Peas...

In my last and first coco run i feed everyday with full dose of nutes and i haven't got any leaves points burned at all. I didn't have a runoff too.
But i'm concerned about chemicals in the bud as my last run i flushed for 16 days and my buds where still with some sort of chemicals in it. I'm starting to think that there must be some chemicals that can't be flushed.. That is why i started this thread, i want to know more experiences so i/we can compare.

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Originally Posted by Ono Nadagin

set it up on a timer to feed 2-4 times during lights on... let it drip long enough to get about 5-10% of what you have dripped into the media to drain out

But how do you fertilize your solution feed?

03-28-2007, 10:27 PM

in veg 1/2 - 1 tsp CNS17 and 1 tsp hygrozyme to 1 gallon of ph'd water, hand watered to waste everyday. Flower I was using GH florabloom but I don't like it, so I'm using the CNS 17 veg nutes and supplemented with 1 tsp blackstrap molasses everyday.

03-29-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by oldpeculiar

I was using GH florabloom but I don't like it,

What was the reason op that you didnt like the florabloom?

cgnosis · 03-29-2007, 12:19 PM

I want to give them half nutes. What do you think it's best? Full-dose every other watering or half-dose every watering?

03-28-2007, 03:57 PM	#1
cgnosis New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 16	Fertilizing schedule How do you fertilize? Do you fertilize every day? With full dose of nutes? If so how often do you flush? I've started this thread so we can talk about fertilizing schedules. Please descrive your fertilizing experience.
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03-28-2007, 06:29 PM	#3
Ono Nadagin Murphy's InLaw Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In over my head Posts: 583	Are you strickly talking about a bllom fert regime? I feed everything differently based on how much nute they can handle whether or not I am vegging or flowering them... is it a mother or a clone... so many variables my freind. Drip to drain.. Ebb and flow... soil. You gottta give us more info on your set up and what your trying to accomplish __________________ Grow Grow Grow your dope, gently by a stream.... merrily merrily merrily merrily, your results will make you beam! Roll Roll Roll it up, twist it at the end, light it up and take a puff...then pass it to a friend! Online Unit Conversion Tool......Sunrise Sunset Calculator
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03-28-2007, 07:30 PM	#5
Ono Nadagin Murphy's InLaw Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In over my head Posts: 583	I would highly suggest not handwatering during flowering, you will suffer from the pots drying otu to fast at some point and this will make hotspots int he coco where the EC climbs ... go with drip to drain if you can .. set it up on a timer to feed 2-4 times during lights on... let it drip long enough to get about 5-10% of what you have dripped into the media to drain out __________________ Grow Grow Grow your dope, gently by a stream.... merrily merrily merrily merrily, your results will make you beam! Roll Roll Roll it up, twist it at the end, light it up and take a puff...then pass it to a friend! Online Unit Conversion Tool......Sunrise Sunset Calculator
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03-28-2007, 05:04 PM	#2
Burt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,175	i'm in your boat too bro-it it helps-i feed everyday with a full solution-been doing it for 3 weeks straight and the gals love it! No burn at all yet-seems the medium is really inert by itself and can hold nutes-i'm mostly organic using grow big/bloom foxfarm, seaweed, and bat guanos and molasses-with just a hint of cal-mag i'm puzzled by the ridiculous growth rates and haven't seen the need for a straight water flush yet-i might do a plain watering this weekend but i feel it largely depends on which stage of the flowering cycle your on-i'm full steam ahead at 4 weeks so i know my girls can take a full on feeding no sweat-NL's and Bubblebum
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03-28-2007, 08:03 PM	#6
Burt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,175	handwatering is all i do and have had -O- adverse effects and I don't go to runoff-the coco holds so much moisture that I'm afraid even to attempt-till runoff it's not needed imo-then again i don't have them in an ebb and flo-just one gallon nursery pots i water once a day btw and it's just about right imo-temps have been in the 80's too here in the south last week or so Peas...
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03-28-2007, 10:27 PM	#8
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	in veg 1/2 - 1 tsp CNS17 and 1 tsp hygrozyme to 1 gallon of ph'd water, hand watered to waste everyday. Flower I was using GH florabloom but I don't like it, so I'm using the CNS 17 veg nutes and supplemented with 1 tsp blackstrap molasses everyday.
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03-29-2007, 12:19 PM	#10
cgnosis New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 16	I want to give them half nutes. What do you think it's best? Full-dose every other watering or half-dose every watering?
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