Fox Farms confusion?
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obijohn
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I've never really paid a lot of attention to their schedules. At first you'll only be using Grow Big and the occasional Big Bloom. If you're using FF Ocean Forest, you really don't need to use much of anything first month or 2. I've always use 1/2 (or less) of the recommended dosage, any more tends to burn my plants, at least with Ocean Forest as the soil. My routine tends to be feed every other watering, so in my case I water, usually takes 2-3 days before the soil dries out, so I feed, few days later water, rinse and repeat. Same when flowering starts, but sub Tiger Bloom for Grow Big. Caveat to the above, I do grow outdoors.
Experiment a bit and see what works best for you. If you take anything away from this, always start with low nute dosage, read your plants, and increase slowly if the plants looks like they need more.
Experiment a bit and see what works best for you. If you take anything away from this, always start with low nute dosage, read your plants, and increase slowly if the plants looks like they need more.
ALPHA.GanjaGuy
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This is their schedule for soil.
I would suggest starting at half strength until you see how your plants handle it.
Budzbuddha
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Fox Farm schedule is WAY more than necessary and you will never use ppm or ec numbers listed - they are too extreme for common home grows.
It also tricks you into believing that you must use even more bottles and supplements just to grow a plant.
Consider your nutes as the TRIO line. It is basically a 2 part veg and bloom with an organic myco feed.
Gro big - Veg
Tiger Bloom - Bloom
“ Big Bloom “ - ( name is not what it does )
It is mild tea like feed for the myco life in medium.
EVEN with a Fox Farm soil base - THAT has nutes in it already and can feed a plant for weeks
ALONE without additional nutes. On just water.
It also tricks you into believing that you must use even more bottles and supplements just to grow a plant.
Consider your nutes as the TRIO line. It is basically a 2 part veg and bloom with an organic myco feed.
Gro big - Veg
Tiger Bloom - Bloom
“ Big Bloom “ - ( name is not what it does )
It is mild tea like feed for the myco life in medium.
EVEN with a Fox Farm soil base - THAT has nutes in it already and can feed a plant for weeks
ALONE without additional nutes. On just water.
I've been doing it at half strength when needed, not necessarily twice a week, I just have seen some big variations for soil from them.
Budzbuddha
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Be aware that that nute line salts up fast - less is more as it is highly concentrated .
Phytoplankton
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I 2nd the salt-up comment. Plan on doing a media flush (3x the volume of the pot with water only), right about when you flip (photos) or when they show pre-flowers (auto).
waterproof808
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It’s amazing the nutrient line most beginners commonly use is one that has 13 different bottles.
Phytoplankton
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Most people only use the trio, plus calmag. IMHO, most of the other stuff is snake oil. Growers are like fisherman and hunters, they'll buy anything if it promises better yield, more terpenes, more fish, bigger deer, etc...
turbobuzz
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I blew off the trio, and just started mixing the organic fox farm fruit and flower into the soil along with some worm castings, then top dress once or twice, and that’s it. Way cheaper, easier, and effective. My last plant was beautiful, and I yielded 7 dry ounces of very good OG kush.
TCH
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Is that alocasia a Polly? I have a couple corms from one in water and perlite.
I've done a couple flushes as I've gone with my last two runs, just noticed that there seem to be several charts that they've put out with different amounts.
Just 3 here.
farmingfisherman
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That is a comfy room!
turbobuzz
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Thanks, we added it on, and that’s where we live. The old living room is a waste except that’s where I located my tent
