feeding

feeding little elf chillie plants do I feed all the way or only in flower cheers fil7

All the way through, why not?

can I feed tomato food to peppers, cheers fil7

Chilli plants really don't need much for ferts, but yes tomato food will work.

can I feed liquid seaweed in veg then double the seaweed in flower/bloom ( just seaweed nothing else) cheers fil7

liquid seaweed is not enough if your soil runs out of food. are they in pots or the ground ?



soil

they are in pots, trying to find the cheapest food for them, cheers fil7

http://www.amazon.com/Espoma-PT4-4-Pound-Plant-Tone-Organic/dp/B001R4OJRS (epsoma organic plant tone 5-3-3)

thats some cheap powder that will work great , just mix it in the top of your soil real good then water it in. that seaweed is a great addition to the regular diet too, so use that about once or twice every two weeks.



soil

If you use a tom feed, you`ll only need 1/4 -1/2 strength.

can I use tom food all way through as I thought it was only for flower, cheers fil7

the problem with seaweed and other fertilizers from the ocean is that there's a high salt content meaning more need to leech your soil

fil7 said:

can I use tom food all way through as I thought it was only for flower, cheers fil7

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All the way through, chillis dont need veg/bloom specific nutes.

no plant needs veg/bloom specific food. a chili and a pot plant is pretty danm close to the same thing. (they both veg...flower...then die)

your tomato food is just fine. it probably has too much P in it , but it will still work.



soil

Nizza said:

the problem with seaweed and other fertilizers from the ocean is that there's a high salt content meaning more need to leech your soil

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all plant food has a high salt content. as long as it aint overdone the plant will eat them salts before you put more in. (hopefully ) that of course is something that cant be taught as good as it can be learned.




soil

Toms dont need a lot of P, 39ppm is plenty for all stages.

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Toms dont need a lot of P, 39ppm is plenty for all stages.

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well you know how it is..... generally the tomato food is gonna have more P then N or K ..... i dont know why.





soil

im not talking mineral salts, i meant plain old salt. Even coco coir has a high salt content due to the coco being so close to the ocean. You can use these fertilizers but if i were u id leech eevery 4 weeks if using something from the ocean

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im not talking mineral salts, i meant plain old salt. Even coco coir has a high salt content due to the coco being so close to the ocean. You can use these fertilizers but if i were u id leech eevery 4 weeks if using something from the ocean

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salt is salt. yes the kelp "meals" and fresh seaweed has not been processed much so the salt level will be a bit higher then the bottled products like liquid seaweed , which has no more salt then any other plant food , and it will be less because the numbers are so low.
even using fresh seaweed or kelp meals will not have a high enough SI to bother your plants. (of course you can overdo anything almost)

just like coco , the salt in a brick of coco is no more then a small bag of MG potting mix , or fox farm soil. (put a cuup of each in with a cup or two of water , let them sit for a lil bit then check the EC) my personal theory would be the good soil having a higher EC then the coco because there is much more available food/salt in the soil.

im sure youve heard this a million an two times , but a plant will never eat more then it wants or needs. (thats also why there is no such thing as "nute burn") so the extra salts will be stored in the plant cells until it needs them , and if there is still extra salt after that ..... you fed too much and the extra salt is going to lock out the water uptake. (ruining your soil and causeing death)

My general rule (which i should probably go by myself ) is to start with a very little amount of food then work your way up gradually till you see a little bit of curling of the leaves , letting you know they have just enough or a lil too much food and base your diet of that.


nizza, no kid bickering here , but what are you reffering to when you say plain salt ? the way i understand my books is that the ocean salt is the same salt thats in our foods. i may be wrong .....years of baking an xanaxing is slowed me way down.







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