Candy Dawg Auto soil grow, when to feed?

VincenzioVonHook

VincenzioVonHook

Well-Known Member
So. I have a candy dawg auto at day 33. In a pot with 5L peat moss, 5L garden soil from my chicken pen, 5L mushroom compost and 5L perlite. Has 20g dolomite and 5g gypsum thrown in, composted for a month before use. Full mongrel mix. It has only been fed tap water Monday and Friday for the last five weeks.
IMG_20210715_203044.jpg
IMG20210715202535.jpg
It's starting to get a bit light on the new growth, and a bit mottled in appearance.
IMG20210715202600.jpg
Older leaves are fine
IMG20210715211745.jpg

Heading into flower I assume it should be fed from here on. I have three options here at hand. Top dressing organic 4-4-4, some 9-2-13 controlled release prills or a handful of bucks to get Canna Terra Flores/Cannazym (2-2-4-1 together, and cheap through a mates shop).

I was considering just top dressing the organic all round or using the controlled release prills simply because I am a cheapskate, and I'm already feeding another three plants in Coco which is driving me mad every day. I want pure simplicity for this one, plus it would be interesting to see how what I get out of a plant with such a simple feed schedule.

What is your opinion? Should I spend the extra and get some decent feed, or just top dress some 4-4-4 and water as usual? My first time in an organic composted mix, so I'm not too educated on feeding.
 
Last edited:
VincenzioVonHook said:
So. I have a candy dawg auto at day 33. In a pot with 5L peat moss, 5L garden soil from my chicken pen, 5L mushroom compost and 5L perlite. Has 20g dolomite and 5g gypsum thrown in, composted for a month before use. Full mongrel mix. It has only been fed tap water Monday and Friday for the last five weeks.
View attachment 4944109
View attachment 4944110
It's starting to get a bit light on the new growth, and a bit mottled in appearance.
View attachment 4944111
Older leaves are fine
View attachment 4944113

Heading into flower I assume it should be fed from here on. I have three options here at hand. Top dressing organic 4-4-4, some 9-2-13 controlled release prills or a handful of bucks to get Canna Terra Flores/Cannazym (2-2-4-1 together, and cheap through a mates shop).

I was considering just top dressing the organic all round or using the controlled release prills simply because I am a cheapskate, and I'm already feeding another three plants in Coco which is driving me mad every day. I want pure simplicity for this one, plus it would be interesting to see how what I get out of a plant with such a simple feed schedule.

What is your opinion? Should I spend the extra and get some decent feed, or just top dress some 4-4-4 and water as usual? My first time in an organic composted mix, so I'm not too educated on feeding.
Click to expand...
I've got my outdoor in a raised bed with kitchen scrap compost tilled in before planting. The plants usually make it about two months before I need to start supplementing. I just sprinkle some cheap salt nutes on top along with a good amount of Neem Bliss neem meal and Kelp Bliss kelp meal. I also dump any leftover nutrient mix I have from my indoor into the raised bed. That might be a gallon or two per week. The plants do pretty well with that.
 
Ended up getting a bloom mix from an old dude down the road. Has a bloody 100L bucket full of the stuff. Not sure what ratios are, but I'm going to go with it out of pure interest...got 2kg for a few welds on his trailer.

Has Alfalfa, azomite, Neem meal, guano phosphorus, kelp meal, Coco meal, barley and potash. I'll top dress whatever he reckons of this stuff and see how we go. Would be interesting to see how far I can get with tap water and a single top dressing.
I'm liking the simplicity of soil grows. I'll probably stick with it. The Coco plants are bigger for sure, but the feeding is so tedious, and one missed feed and the plants are bone dry.
 
Oh, honey, you should have started veg nutes weeks ago. But it actually looks pretty good provided it hasn't had nutes. It's time for full bloom nutes now. Might have a magnesium deficiency, though
 
jfarrismu said:
Oh, honey, you should have started veg nutes weeks ago. But it actually looks pretty good provided it hasn't had nutes. It's time for full bloom nutes now. Might have a magnesium deficiency, though
Click to expand...
Especially considering the soil had no amendments. It was surplus plant and I didn't expect it to grow well at all with no feeding. What's even crazier is that it was put aside in a cupboard with 60w worth of 4000k household led globes as all my tents were full of plants.

Only went in a tent under the quantum board a few days ago, so they extra light might que more feeding.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top