BONE meal advice for bigger BUDS️

Camletzzz

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ZzHey fellow green thumbs ..this is my first grow and it's going well...I am using the SCROG method and my closet is a small jungle now. Its been in flower cycle for about 2 months and I was going to add some nutes to swell up the buds even bigger..I know I should stay low on nitrogen and high in potash and phos. The bone meal I got is 1-25-0.. I also have bat guano that I will add also. But I have not used bone meal yet and I wanted to see if anyone has any experience with that and if it's not to late to use some . Please send all advice you can . This is my first grow and I would like as much input and info as possible. Pics below️
 

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Richard Drysift

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Nice plants! First stop thinking you need to provide this for that phase of growth and that for this phase. The idea is to put what is needed in the soil and then just water your plants. Soluble nutrients are handy but once you begin to use them you cannot really go back to adding dry soil amendments. There’s a reason people who grow with them tend to stay water only.
Fish bone meal is a great soil amendment but it’s only part of the story. I add it into my mix at every recycle. Best thing to do is to add it to the soil about a month before there are plants growing in it but a top dressing with a few other inputs is an alternative. You’ll need an active soil mix in order for bone meal or whatever amendments you add in to break down and become available. That means you will need a form of compost (ie worm castings) to provide the soil with active microbes that decompose organic matter for absorption.
Fish bone meal in and of itself will not make your buds bigger; lighting/wattage is what governs the yield. P value of 1-25-0 seems way too high for an organic input. Otherwise I would suggest trying a simple top dressing of fish bone meal, kelp, and ewc although your plants don’t seem to need much. The buds are still developing and plants are quite healthy so why not just keep on doing what you are doing for this run? You can amend and recycle the soil after next harvest properly for the next run and aquire some better amendments in the meantime. For finishing these buds I would brew up a guano tea; my advice.
Here’s a simple recipe:
6-10 pellets of guano (or 1 cup EWC)
1 tsp molasses or pure maple syrup
1-3 gal clean water
(Optional) 1 tblspn liquid fish
(Optional) 3 tsp kelp meal
Bubble for 24-36 hrs and serve
 

Zephyrs

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Nice plants! First stop thinking you need to provide this for that phase of growth and that for this phase. The idea is to put what is needed in the soil and then just water your plants. Soluble nutrients are handy but once you begin to use them you cannot really go back to adding dry soil amendments. There’s a reason people who grow with them tend to stay water only.
Fish bone meal is a great soil amendment but it’s only part of the story. I add it into my mix at every recycle. Best thing to do is to add it to the soil about a month before there are plants growing in it but a top dressing with a few other inputs is an alternative. You’ll need an active soil mix in order for bone meal or whatever amendments you add in to break down and become available. That means you will need a form of compost (ie worm castings) to provide the soil with active microbes that decompose organic matter for absorption.
Fish bone meal in and of itself will not make your buds bigger; lighting/wattage is what governs the yield. P value of 1-25-0 seems way too high for an organic input. Otherwise I would suggest trying a simple top dressing of fish bone meal, kelp, and ewc although your plants don’t seem to need much. The buds are still developing and plants are quite healthy so why not just keep on doing what you are doing for this run? You can amend and recycle the soil after next harvest properly for the next run and aquire some better amendments in the meantime. For finishing these buds I would brew up a guano tea; my advice.
Here’s a simple recipe:
6-10 pellets of guano (or 1 cup EWC)
1 tsp molasses or pure maple syrup
1-3 gal clean water
(Optional) 1 tblspn liquid fish
(Optional) 3 tsp kelp meal
Bubble for 24-36 hrs and serve
Nuff Said :hump:
 

Camletzzz

Member
Nuff Said :hump:
Ok yeah I was reading alot about needing a good shot of organic nutes in flower stage .. especially from all the defoliation I did. But before I read this I went ahead and gave them all a good bit of that bone meal, with some guana on top soil. I hope that will not hurt them..I will flush them out really good from here on out tho. Should I do the recipe you mentioned still? And I was told that they still had possibly more than a month left of growing until there ready for the picking. Thanks for the advice you def sound legit! I want to get your info on many things in the future ..thanks friend!!
 

Richard Drysift

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Don’t flush; just water as normal. Yes you can give a guano tea still if you want but wait a week or so first to allow the top dress to get all watered in there. You’ve got lots of time left for these to mature. Give us an update in a few weeks...
 

Camletzzz

Member
Oksounds good! and I thought flushing was just watering normal. I didn't know there was a diff...I have lots to learn but I've always been a green thumb. Next I want to try the hydro set up. But yes I will keep you updated I just followed you! So I'll def be hitting you up for advice from time to time..or quite often
 
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