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Fox Farm growers!!! Do you use any "boosters" or additives?

Yes4Prop215

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Hey check out these side by side pics from my grow and a friends grow......same exact cut - SFV OG kush, grown in similar but different methods using a Fox Farms/Perlite mix.

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Ok, so far left is my friends. he grows in hydro, feeds 2x a day. his mix is 50/50 so way more perlite than me, no light warrior just FFOF and a bunch of perlite. He feeds using Floranova Micro and Bloom, with one light dose of kool bloom around week five. His was picked 8-9 weeks, and is really nice herb with frost and good swollen calyxes.

Middle is mine, grown in something similar to moonshine mix. FFOF/FFLW/perlite Very little nutes were used, maybe 2-3 feedings of the Fox Farms line including Tiger Bloom, etc. Each feeding was maybe 1/3 strengh tops....picked at nine weeks. incredible flavor and nice swollen calyxes.

Third one was bit of a dissapointment. It was picked early, so maybe thats why it didnt bulk up. Same soil mix as the middle, same nutes, except at around week 5 i tried something new and used a half dose of Dutchmaster Potash. This sent the plants into nute burn central, and i think this drastically reduced the yeild. Good smell, taste, and trichs, but very small calxys, almost look shriveled up.


SO ONTO THE MAIN QUESTION - DO YOU USE ANY ADDITIVES OR BOOSTERS WITH YOUR FOX FARMS OR OTHER SOIL MIXES???

Anything you swear by to increase glands and overal density/size?

I have another crop coming down soon where i boosted it around 8 weeks right before flush with Bloombastic and some Cha-ching at a 1/3 dose....so hopefully those will bulk up real good. that will also be a 9 week pull.

So maybe the far right nug is just smaller because it was pulled to early...or maybe it needed some added ferts. I forgot to add that for the most part, i only water with plain water and a very light nute regimen every 2-3 feedings. OG Kush likes to burn if you ever try to creep above 1/3 dose, at least in my experiance...

Interested to hear what my fellow FF soil growers have to say.....Anything you swear by? Anybody tried GRAVITY in conjunction with FF soil mixes?
 

Phillthy

Seven-Thirty
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my ffof/promix/perlite is ammended with organic ferts when i mix the soil up. i have used boosters before and hands down the best one is canna boost 13/14.
 

headiez247

shut the fuck up Donny
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When i first started I did FFOF + grow big, big bloom, and the 3 supplements- Open Sesame, Beastie Bloomz, and Cha Ching. Was turned on initially by the cool graphics lol but seemed to work well for me. I prob would switch it up if I went back to dirt again but I liked 'em.
 

Yes4Prop215

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Yea im using that lineup right now, been getting good results just alot of burn if the dose gets too high. So on reccomendation from a friend checked out Earthjuice Catalyst which is supposedly non-burning.

My buddy might give me a couple bottles of his lineup to run on a tray since i will have two reservoirs soon to do side by sides...
 

Gooey

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Hey amgio...im using a version of the MSMIx myslef...not flowering yet but i am just going to use some mother earth super tea a few times...just my 2 cents, i like fox farm grown herb, although it is not organic, with that being the case i think you can get better options....anyways nice comparision shots...how was your amigos water plants taste?...peacen puffs
 
Yea im using that lineup right now, been getting good results just alot of burn if the dose gets too high. So on reccomendation from a friend checked out Earthjuice Catalyst which is supposedly non-burning.

that's exactly what I have been using and what I just switched to
 

señorsloth

Senior Member
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i am using happy frog with nothing but maxi bloom at 1/3 the recomended dose, every watering, and a hit of kool bloom 5 days before the flush begins. og is very nute sensitive (as i'm sure you know) and mine seem happy at this dose, i don't use anything fancy, just some of the cheapest nutes you can get, and they work AMAZING! i have never had such a lush canopy indoors for as long as i have had it this time around...eventually i always over or under do something a little.

to be honest i would say that the 3rd bud just needed more time, my og kush will be going for 10 weeks i'm thinking, but 7 is def way too early and that would be why it isn't as plump and sugary as the others...i'm not sure but i think i have heard of people going almost 80 days but that could have been another strain...i'm definitely going to play it by ear if i decide to go any longer than 70 days...
 

Yes4Prop215

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^yea 7-8 weeks is way too early for OG.....the best samples i seen were 10 even 11 weeks....i only chopped two of my lights and already getting good reviews for my 63 day ish crop...but i stil have another few lights of 70+ day shit coming down hopefully its better...
 
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CANNATOPIA

I use Bush Doctor Microbe Brew, Cha-Ching, and Beasty Bloom for additives & Fox Farm Ocean Forest for my medium. Personally, I love the stuff. :) Here is a gal 47 days in flower with using these additives/boosters.
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Iron_Lion

No bottle's, no additives, just fox farm soil with some sweet organic goodness sprinkled on top.

grown next to 600 HPS.
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Yes4Prop215

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damn lion thats a monster! ive also gotten some pretty good results out of FF using very little nutes....maybe 1/6th strengh sometimes...she is plenty packed. still toying around with her though, im gonna try a 50.50 mix with perlite next time to make her more set up for a hydro drip system using lucas formula...just trying to copy my friend who got some huge dank nugs out of that setup....side by side with the FF 25% mixture and see whats good!!
 
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Iron_Lion

18 weeks + 2 days of 12/12?

you've got some patience...

Yep 18 weeks of 12/12, this is the second time in a row I have gotten that pheno.

It kind of sucks, because this plant you really cant tell how long it will go in early flower so I kept it around and it just kept going and going. Luckily it yields well to make up for the long flowering time. I like to do a few long flowering sativa's each year, they are really a quality of bud that is damn near impossible to find unless you grow them yourself.
 

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