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anyone topdress organic dry nutes indoors and nothing else?

cyat

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Tempted to dry just top dressing organic powdered ferts, like happy frog tomato food for veg and bulb and flower for flower.

Using ocean forest soil.

Has any one done this with the same or similar ingredients?

?... also how does the stack up against bottled nutes.?

I really wanna see some pics of some dank nugs done like this....come on inspire me, or not.

I saw some tomatoes done like this and they were crazy.

I figure the dry fertz will kick in by the time the ffof starts to run low?
 
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schwagg

i just top dressed homemade comfrey meal on some indoor gals. only one way to find out!
 
Never bought a bottled fert! That said, fish hydrolysate is some good stuff.

I say top dress with the dry stuff and throw a thick layer of mulch over it.
 

cyat

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thanks for the input guys, really hoping someone has done this all the way through and can share some pics and experiences.

hey most, I love the fish juice too but I just wanna use the dry ferts, hopefully
 
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CascadeFarmer

I figure the dry fertz will kick in by the time the ffof starts to run low?
Dry fert top dressings kick in within a few days. One run I got way behind on my nutes fast and finished things off only through top dressings and no bottle feedings.

A soil's most active area microbially is nearer the surface and the plant relies a lot on more surface level feeder roots. Top dressings rock.

Also advisable to build a strong nute layer at the bottom of the pot when you build it.

Sorry no pics...long gone.
 

cyat

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thanks cascadefarmer and descivii, would u guys say the quality and yield was as good or better than bottles?

plants are potted so no mixing I can only top dress
 

cyat

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nice work 303! How does the g.o line compare to the foxfarm powders?
I ran the g.o line in coco great quality just not to dense.

oh... that prophet looks niiice!
 
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CascadeFarmer

thanks cascadefarmer and descivii, would u guys say the quality and yield was as good or better than bottles?

plants are potted so no mixing I can only top dress
My experience is bottle fed plants are inferior. If you build your soil properly, which can include top dressings, basically just add water.

As for yield that's a bit tougher and takes some dialing in. IME the less stuff you 'dump' on the soil the better except for stuff like teas. Nutes don't fall from the sky.
 

3rdEye

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My experience is bottle fed plants are inferior. If you build your soil properly, which can include top dressings, basically just add water.

As for yield that's a bit tougher and takes some dialing in. IME the less stuff you 'dump' on the soil the better except for stuff like teas. Nutes don't fall from the sky.

Don't know what you're saying Cascade, but where i'm at it rains nutes all the time. ;)
:laughing:

I've done the last several runs with minimal top dressings and light FPE's with excellent results. The soil hasn't been recycled yet, but my base mix along with a few odds and ends is given me very tasty results. :jump:
 

cyat

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My experience is bottle fed plants are inferior. If you build your soil properly, which can include top dressings, basically just add water.

As for yield that's a bit tougher and takes some dialing in. IME the less stuff you 'dump' on the soil the better except for stuff like teas. Nutes don't fall from the sky.

can u show some pics of these superior plants? please... inspire me.

I already yield less than what most people claim on the net, it would be hard to take a hit in the yield dept.

thanks cascadefarmer
 

daheadies

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I have fed w/ just top dressings of bone meal and bat guano (aside from good soil to begin w/) and it was pretty legit! Not the yield that I get w/ awesome liquid nutes but taste was good! only thing is you gotta make sure you stop feeding awhile before you would stop w/ using liquid nutes, b/c it takes longer to rinse/flush out
 

cyat

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rain nutes..... haha, actually that might be true for some plants outside, doesnt lightning free up alot of atmospheric nitrogen?
off topic put couldnt help it.
 

cyat

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I have fed w/ just top dressings of bone meal and bat guano (aside from good soil to begin w/) and it was pretty legit! Not the yield that I get w/ awesome liquid nutes but taste was good! only thing is you gotta make sure you stop feeding awhile before you would stop w/ using liquid nutes, b/c it takes longer to rinse/flush out

thanks for the honest answer bro.
like I said unless someone convinces me otherwise, I'll pass on this technique, quality has been fairly good for me yield has never been near the 1gram a watt ( and more)people claim to get easily, but I'm still trying
 
rain nutes..... haha, actually that might be true for some plants outside, doesnt lightning free up alot of atmospheric nitrogen?
off topic put couldnt help it.

If this is true my town just got hit with 18000+ lightning strikes tonight and this rain water should be gold.
 

cyat

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If this is true my town just got hit with 18000+ lightning strikes tonight and this rain water should be gold.

Damn thats alot , and alot of counting!
it is true but not sure how it works, more with certain plants, not really the water, but Im not sure, maybe some one knows about it?
 

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