dwc420letsgo
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Huh, are u referring to 420 garden, cause i reread the post and he talks about ffof, but i don't see him talking about the ff nutes?
Prob after rechrge
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Ydoineedtoregister
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If you were to do the water only with top dress every 3 weeks or so, what base soil would start with? would you either buy in a pre made bag or mix your own? I have like 7 or so items in my Amazon cart for this purpose.
Think I have
Worm castings
Bat guano
Seabird guano
Kelp
Bone meal
Blood meal
White azomite
Think I have
Worm castings
Bat guano
Seabird guano
Kelp
Bone meal
Blood meal
White azomite
Hollatchaboy
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dwc420letsgo
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U can use those and mix with hp promix, and some compost. I build my soil using the build a soil recipe. I did the #1. Doesn’t have to be the exact recipe but use what u already have available
How to Make Soil from Scratch with 3 Proven Soil Building Recipes - Complete Instructions
Downloadable PDF Guide. Have you ever wondered how soil companies find the perfect recipe? Learn the secret to building your perfect organic soil.
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dwc420letsgo
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Yeah but why would op refer to himself in 3rd person (he)?
I believe he was referencing 420 garden’s comment.
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Hollatchaboy
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It was ops first post though.....
420 Garden
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Nope would not of been referencing my post. I mentioned nothing about cal- mag. I run a 5 x 5. Know nothing about vivosun leds. And don’t use 3 gallon bags and I belive 1.3 gallons of water in a 3 gallon pot every 3 days is a little excessive. Maybe in a 5 gallon pot. Unless it's a monster.
420 Garden
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This is for the OP. I strongly recommend that you do a search here in RIU. The topic to put into the search is. Hey Dummy grow a plant. The author is @Budzbuddha. This guy is a wealth of knowledge and very open to helping others. He has helped me immensely. I started out with using bottles (synthetic) feed. All the measuring feeds, checking ph of what is going in, checking what the levels are in run off. Dealing with lock outs. Ph up, ph down. I am not going to try to tell you what is the best method to grow by, that you have to determine what is best for you.
With that said, if you (and I'm sure you will) have questions. Please understand, when you ask him for help, you need to give him all the information you possibly can. Lighting, feed, medium your using, lighting schedule, pot size, age of plant if your actively growing. Anything you can think of will help. If you follow his methods you will have success. But just for starters, do the search I told you about, and read that thread. I have been a member here for a few years and trust me, this cat knows growing. Many will on this site will tell you the same thing. I truly hope this helps you out. GL
With that said, if you (and I'm sure you will) have questions. Please understand, when you ask him for help, you need to give him all the information you possibly can. Lighting, feed, medium your using, lighting schedule, pot size, age of plant if your actively growing. Anything you can think of will help. If you follow his methods you will have success. But just for starters, do the search I told you about, and read that thread. I have been a member here for a few years and trust me, this cat knows growing. Many will on this site will tell you the same thing. I truly hope this helps you out. GL
dwc420letsgo
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no, i said the OP made a comment later on asking about your comment regarding leaving the pot in the runoff... anyways it doesn't matter lol.. good luck OP
Ydoineedtoregister
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Thank you. Will do.
420 Garden
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Helped me tremendously.
Ydoineedtoregister
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Yes I was asking how do you not have a problem bc you wrote you were using ffof. I assumed you were using ff trio nutes as well which is why I asked how do you not have issue leaving pot in run off since the bottom no doubt has salt build up. But if you don't use ff trio then nvrmnd.
Hope this clears up whatever you guys were talking about..
420 Garden
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Yep for me, organic works well and not a ton of work.
Ydoineedtoregister
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U can use those and mix with hp promix, and some compost. I build my soil using the build a soil recipe. I did the #1. Doesn’t have to be the exact recipe but use what u already have available
How to Make Soil from Scratch with 3 Proven Soil Building Recipes - Complete Instructions
Downloadable PDF Guide. Have you ever wondered how soil companies find the perfect recipe? Learn the secret to building your perfect organic soil.
I get confused about compost... is this an absolute necessity? Is there a substitute for compost? I am already in deep and the less things I get into the better....
420 Garden
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Like I said read his thread and it will make it easy to determine what method will work for you.
dwc420letsgo
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Yes, compost is like the basis if the soil life. That will be full of broken down organic matter full of beneficial bacteria and fungi and other goodies. You only need about 20% of compost of total mix. Probably a cheaper idea sourcing locally
420 Garden
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After about 12 runs of ffof I am going to switch over to pro mix. Give it one shot and determine if that is a better alternative.
dwc420letsgo
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i built my soil with promix and it’s really good. Im on like my 7th cycle. Not really no till since I reammend sometimes but its good for creating living soil from scratch ~30% compost, 70% promix, then mix in the following
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420 Garden
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That is a valuable place to start. Not really sure but looking to run a 321 during seed/veg then finish up with Jack's bloom. In switching to pro mix I'm looking for better drainage to cycle feed only.