Soil & Nute questions

[Budzbuddha]

Not sure why all the drama about this nute … maybe bag needs crayon drawings.

GH MAXIBLOOM will run a plant regardless of grow style from start to finish. Tap water source / minor ph down tweak and done.
Municipal water carries the cal mag - sometimes I add Armor SI on occasion .

Seedling cups at 450/500 ppm ( zero issue ) full root plug …… even in a coco/perlite micro hemp solo start. Not sure why all the drama about this line. Hands down superior to flora or similar. Formulation changed from what I noticed and powder is now much finer and a breeze to mix into solution.

Even the Maxigrow is another excellent VEG nute and used it to correct some of the layered dry fert mixes I used to run.
Also used it for simple water clone starts.



Maxigrow - water clone
200-300 ppm

 

[xtsho]

KISS....keep it stupid simple

GH MaxiBloom, cheap easy to mix and well proven

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Careful there. Using something simple like MaxiBloom will get you called an old fart behind in the times from those that think you need a dozen different products. That's despite the fact that those dozen different products have them running around in circles from one issue to the next like a dog chasing its tail.

Some act like some of these nutrient companies invented some special form of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, etc... They don't understand that the plant doesn't give a damn. It all comes from the same factories. Plants don't care if it's a dozen bottles for $299 or a bag of MaxiBloom for $25.

 

[speedwell68]

Careful there. Using something simple like MaxiBloom will get you called an old fart behind in the times from those that think you need a dozen different products. That's despite the fact that those dozen different products have them running around in circles from one issue to the next like a dog chasing its tail.

Some act like some of these nutrient companies invented some special form of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, etc... They don't understand that the plant doesn't give a damn. It all comes from the same factories. Plants don't care if it's a dozen bottles for $299 or a bag of MaxiBloom for $25.

Not used Maxibloom, but it looks like a good product. I was using Oldtimers trio and it was lurching between Cal deficiency and Nitrogen toxicity. Started using generic Tomato feed, all of my problems went away.

I had some dick on Reddit the other day trying to convince me that Advanced Nutrients had a specially formulated Nitrogen specifically for Cannabis. Are people really that stupid?

 

[xtsho]

Not used Maxibloom, but it looks like a good product. I was using Oldtimers trio and it was lurching between Cal deficiency and Nitrogen toxicity. Started using generic Tomato feed, all of my problems went away.

I had some dick on Reddit the other day trying to convince me that Advanced Nutrients had a specially formulated Nitrogen specifically for Cannabis. Are people really that stupid?

Yes

 

[HydoDan]

Not used Maxibloom, but it looks like a good product. I was using Oldtimers trio and it was lurching between Cal deficiency and Nitrogen toxicity. Started using generic Tomato feed, all of my problems went away.

I had some dick on Reddit the other day trying to convince me that Advanced Nutrients had a specially formulated Nitrogen specifically for Cannabis. Are people really that stupid?

What, you've never heard of Super Nitrogen?

 

[xtsho]

What, you've never heard of Super Nitrogen?

There is a Super Nitrogen.

46–0–0
Guaranteed Analysis Total Nitrogen (N)……………...…………….....................46%
Derived from: Urea and Dicyandiamide *45.5% urea nitrogen stabilized with 0.85 % (8500 ppm) dicyandiamide and 0.06% (600ppm) N- (n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide.


GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Nitrogen (N) 28.00%
8.40% Urea Nitrogen
19.60% Other Water Soluble Nitrogen*

* 70% Control Release Nitrogen

Derived from Urea and Triazone Polymethylene Ureas

 

[xtsho]

There's also

Super Triple Phosphate 0-45-0

None of it is anything special and is available for anyone to purchase. I wouldn't use super nitrogen or super phosphate on cannabis.

 

[PJ Diaz]

I'm using it right now to start seedlings and clones...Works fine...Only thing I added was a few pounds of EWC.

I just started using it as well, also added EWC, but included rice hulls as well. I used a 2:1:1 (FFHF:EWC:Rice Hulls) ratio. I did a couple of plants without the rice hulls, and the mix felt too compact. The addition of the rice hulls seems like a great improvement.

 

[Markshomegrown]

Not sure why all the drama about this nute … maybe bag needs crayon drawings.

GH MAXIBLOOM will run a plant regardless of grow style from start to finish. Tap water source / minor ph down tweak and done.
Municipal water carries the cal mag - sometimes I add Armor SI on occasion .

Seedling cups at 450/500 ppm ( zero issue ) full root plug …… even in a coco/perlite micro hemp solo start. Not sure why all the drama about this line. Hands down superior to flora or similar. Formulation changed from what I noticed and powder is now much finer and a breeze to mix into solution.

Even the Maxigrow is another excellent VEG nute and used it to correct some of the layered dry fert mixes I used to run.
Also used it for simple water clone starts.

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Maxigrow - water clone
200-300 ppm

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Seedling or young plants in veg will do great in cheap compost from your local garden centre with 10% sharp sand under a few led bulbs.
I could buy the compost(£5) and cheap lights bulbs(£12, bulb holders £10) to veg 6 plants in 2.5ltr pots(£6) wire, plug, and some timber(£15)
In total less than £50 for the pots, compost and lights, fixings, etc (veg room )

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I just started using it as well, also added EWC, but included rice hulls as well. I used a 2:1:1 (FFHF:EWC:Rice Hulls) ratio. I did a couple of plants without the rice hulls, and the mix felt too compact. The addition of the rice hulls seems like a great improvement.

Rice hulls are great. Just be aware they break down pretty quick. They'll last a cycle or so though. I've mixed some in and I use it as a mulch. But I also mixed in pumice which doesn't really break down. I'm doing no-till though, so I'm not remixing after each round.

 

[PJ Diaz]

Rice hulls are great. Just be aware they break down pretty quick. They'll last a cycle or so though. I've mixed some in and I use it as a mulch. But I also mixed in pumice which doesn't really break down. I'm doing no-till though, so I'm not remixing after each round.

I'm shifting over to a soil mix base as a trial for a cycle or two, but not ready for no-till quite yet, although it is intriguing. My worm bin is finally in full production mode, so figure I should use it. We have chickens so we always have rice hulls around anyway, and it's real cheap too at $10 for a 50lb bag, non-gmo.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I'm shifting over to a soil mix base as a trial for a cycle or two, but not ready for no-till quite yet, although it is intriguing. My worm bin is finally in full production mode, so figure I should use it. We have chickens so we always have rice hulls around anyway, and it's real cheap too at $10 for a 50lb bag, non-gmo.

Ya, I'm still learning no-till and all the dry amendments. My original FFOF from 3 1/2 years ago is the base. Just added a bunch of stuff to it.

 

[calvin.m16]

Has anyone used fox farm Happy Frog I found this at a near by supplier to me

Yeah my last bag had fish hooks and huge metal rust chunks in it. Good stuff. Really "clean" as some like to say.