GreenMitten
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No clue what jacks is but I'm sure I can Google it. Thanks
whats a reliable but simple feeding program ?
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morugawelder
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I found some
Hempire828
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This is it... a simple recipe for success! water TF only...
GreenMitten
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Are these all viable options to do in a hempy? I like the simplicity of it being at the office 60 hours a week.
NugHeuser
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I've never grown hempy but I dont see why not, it's just an organic fert. Just mix with water at the appropriate PPM's and you should be good.
Jack's 321 is a good nutrient line to use if you're running coco I've heard. If I ran coco that's most likely what I'd use.
GreenMitten
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I've not done it either. I'm curious about trying them though. If you don't mind me asking, what do you primarily grow in? I'm loving learning all the different ways you guys and gals all grow. Truly amazing how many ways and techniques there are.
NugHeuser
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I mix up my own organic soil. They call it "super soil" if you look it up.
I started with fox farm ocean forest store bought soil and after each run I would recycle it back into a container, break up the root and all. Add earthworm castings, perlite and (sometimes have, sometimes haven't)sphagnum peat moss. This gives you a nice textured soil again, then I add many different organic amendments like kelp meal, guano, neam seed meal, ect at specific amounts/ratios trying to end up with so many cups amendment per cubic foot of soil(7.5 gal). I use upwards of 10 to 15 amendments. Its then left to sit and "cook" for atleast a month and micro biology in the ammendments break down the overpowering amount of nutes in the soil and somehow deliver them to the plant little by little, they call it "living soil".
I'm still learning but I've been happy with it, you will get the best flavor this way but at the cost of slower growth and some say less yields. Although based off my experience I've got giant colas and small ones from this technique so I dont think it so much effects yield as much as lighting, environment and delivering nutrients when they want it. The goal with this technique also is that you can do plain water only for most if not all of the grow if done right, although I've never been able to get through a run water only, I'm also in smaller pots. When I see any signs of deficiency I start to switch it up to an organic fertilizer like the mega crop that I'm using now.
GreenMitten
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Thanks Nug. the Michigan Made Mix and Pappas Perfect is a complete water only set up that I did my first go. What I didn't know, which you pointed out, was that these mixes do tend to tinker out toward the end. Not knowing much about nutes at the time, I just hammered it with P and K, neglecting N. Locked 7 of my 12 plants out with 4 weeks left to go. I was pissed, but not deterred at all. Was my first try, and man I learned that you don't just dump stuff on there. There is actually an art and style to feeding.
NugHeuser
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Exa
But with the help of the great folks of riu I was able to fix it before it was too late
I'm still trying to get it all right and I make my fair share of mistakes but the key is to pay close attention all the time and keep trying to learn. Always jaut down notes, then if a problem comes up you can sniff out the cause
Exactly. We've all done it, learn as you go. My first grow just a couple years ago I had about 25 one foot tall plants that I was giving 1000 ppms worth of all different types of salted ferts that I expected to grow magic monster buds and everyone of my plants got N tox and burnt to a crisp.
But with the help of the great folks of riu I was able to fix it before it was too late
I'm still trying to get it all right and I make my fair share of mistakes but the key is to pay close attention all the time and keep trying to learn. Always jaut down notes, then if a problem comes up you can sniff out the cause
GreenMitten
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Yeah the nice part is I'm a quick learner. My 2nd grow was a DWC I made myself out of 6 totes 5 gal. I'm still learning to read my plants and train them for the most part. They are really a pretty miraculous plant, once you start studying them and learning them. I've been a life time consumer, but I've never appreciated the art and work that goes into producing really nice bud. Used to think, "Big deal, you plant some seeds and sell me the product when its done". 
Then again.. who didn't have "it all figured out as a teen" ?
Then again.. who didn't have "it all figured out as a teen" ?
Obepawn
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What is HF fruit / veg?
Budzbuddha
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Obepawn
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Oh ok, thanks
How do you feed? What do you use? When do you add it? How often? How much? Do you just water? Do you ever add anything else to the water?
SPLFreak808
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- I don't feed, the microbes do it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/655223.Teaming_with_Microbes
- Dry organic amendments that make up a cannabis friendly ratio
https://www.rollitup.org/f/organics.59/
- Cook the soil 4-6 weeks prior to using.
- I add back the "n-p-k" after every grow so its ready for the next and add back trace/micros every 2-3 grows.
- How much depends on your water source, type of soil & environment, if it matters any you dont need to hit it dead on with a water only grow.
- Yes, water all the way through.
- No, never unless it's RG recharge and/or raw aloe water (not the store crap) during veg and for a good reason.
Serverchris
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Megacrop is not organic, it's a salt based nutrient. Unless there is some other megacrop other than the one Greenleaf makes.
NugHeuser
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Yeah you're right. Not sure how I came up with that. I guess they're gonna need some plain watering before getting chopped
