Foxfarm Nutrient Question, 1st grow

This is my first grow and and I'm on week into flowering. Thanks to all the help and knowledge I've been getting here things are looking great. I've been using foxfarm nutes, and foxfarm ocean forest soil. I was told that cha ching which is a soluable nute that is used at the end of flowering really doesn't do anything. Does anyone have any input on this? As always any feedback is appreciated.

im really not sure i can answer your question. i use the fox farm line up as shown in the soil feed schedule growing in shunshine mix. i cant really say it helps or not becaue i havnt grown these strains without it. im happy with my results though if that tells you anything.

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf

smoke and coke said:

im really not sure i can answer your question. i use the fox farm line up as shown in the soil feed schedule growing in shunshine mix. i cant really say it helps or not becaue i havnt grown these strains without it. im happy with my results though if that tells you anything.

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf

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Ok thanks 4 the advice. Next week will be 7.... Can't wait 2 hit them with the beasty bloomz

mcpskills2000 said:

Ok thanks 4 the advice. Next week will be 7.... Can't wait 2 hit them with the beasty bloomz

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The one thing I've found with the Fox Farm nutes is that I've had to cut waaaaay back on the amounts as to avoid the burn... like 1/4 of the package directions. This is under lights in 1 gallon pots. Just something to keep an eye open for.

H.

Harlequin said:

The one thing I've found with the Fox Farm nutes is that I've had to cut waaaaay back on the amounts as to avoid the burn... like 1/4 of the package directions. This is under lights in 1 gallon pots. Just something to keep an eye open for.

H.

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i agree. i was using half strength of the liquids and doing fine. then started with the solubles at half strength and got burnt leaf tips.
so i use the solubles at 1/4 strength. and sometimes i delute the mix even more when feeding by adding plain water with it. depends on what the plant needs at the time.

Ok thanks 4 the advice. Next week will be 7.... Can't wait 2 hit them with the beasty bloomz

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Be very careful when measuring the dose for the beastyz, it is an extremely powerful mixture.

I also use fox farms, but I bought the liquid concentrates as opposed to the water soluble. They are easier to mix and measuring is much more precise, I would recommend these over the water soluble.

JJD said:

Be very careful when measuring the dose for the beastyz, it is an extremely powerful mixture.

I also use fox farms, but I bought the liquid concentrates as opposed to the water soluble. They are easier to mix and measuring is much more precise, I would recommend these over the water soluble.

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i use the liquids and the solubles together. look at the feeding chart.

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf

When I 1st started I burned a leaf or two. So I did cut back. My G13's were the only ones that got nute burn. The others were fine. I seemed like the leaves would turn a really dark green and the plants would perk up as soon as I fed them. Since then I've turned it down a notch and all is well. As for the feeding chart I'm 2 days in to week two. So next week it's back to the grow big and I'll get to add some Beastie Bloom for the 1st time. I'm excited to see what happens. On my 2nd grow I'm thinking about going hydro. I do the watering myself. Which has gone from a 10 min. in and out job with the babies.... to about a 45 min job each day with the girls. Don't get me wrong I'm lovin every minute of it. It's actually kind of relaxing. I'll post some pics tonight. I'm just able to see the what appears to be the beginning of buds in some spots.

i put my plants from indoor 400w to outside so they could get the fixing they need well they boosted so i put some foxfarm open sesame ill be posting pics soon i jus gotta wait till i bring back indoor i have 10 of them ...a couple shwed signs of nute burn but barely i whould have posted pics sooner but i cant take pictures unless it is night and that juss whouldnt be to good of pictures but i cant wait to post them i got some pictures of when they were young on here..but it will be soon

Here's a picture of my girls....

If you don't go by ppm... then I would suggest using OG Raskals sched- super simple: 1 capful of Big Bloom and 1 1/2 Capful of Tiger Bloom per 1 gallon of water. Adjust as needed, I found I use a bit more Big Bloom- just pick up a gallon of Ozarka Spring water add the capfuls and use that for every watering until gallon is done. Just make sure you at your ideal PH once done mixing...which is why I use Ozarka

i use the full line of fox farm in sunshine mix and you guys are right at full strength you will get some burn when the plants are small, however i have found that once the plants are a bit bigger you can do full strength as long as you water enough to get a fair amount of run off, im in the first week of flower with some blue cheese and sour diesel and im using full strength nutes and not getting ang burn, i use the grow big hydroponic because it is buffered to 6 so i dont have to worry about messing with ph which is nice

I am using the FF nutes and the liquids work fine. I started the grow at 1/4 strength in week 1, and was at full strength by week three. They are not as hot as some of the other liquids that are out there on the market. The solulables are a different animal. They are all three VERY hot. I use 1/4 to half strength only.

I spoke with the people at Fox Farms about the sols and they told me that if there is one that you can leave out, it is the Beastie Bloom. It is only used for 2 weeks and the Open Sesame and Cha-Ching will cover any gain you might get from BB. Just passing the info along. The last three weeks of the bud cycle is the one of most critical as that is when the flowers swell and put on the weight. Cha-Ching does a good job of providing the nutes that the plant needs for that. YMMV.

klmmicro said:

I spoke with the people at Fox Farms about the sols and they told me that if there is one that you can leave out, it is the Beastie Bloom. It is only used for 2 weeks and the Open Sesame and Cha-Ching will cover any gain you might get from BB. Just passing the info along. The last three weeks of the bud cycle is the one of most critical as that is when the flowers swell and put on the weight. Cha-Ching does a good job of providing the nutes that the plant needs for that. YMMV.

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Thanks that's the answer I was looking for. I start the Beasty Blooms this weekend. 2 weeks into flowering and everyday I can see noticable change daily.

Are you guys adding the solubles with every other watering like the schedule says, or just doing 1/4's with every watering? I'm just getting to the point where I need to be adding the solubles but mixing different batches with and without seems like a real hassle.

Also, I'm using the pH drops to indicate pH level in a small vile after making my mix. Does the color of the added solubles make this test any less accurate? I noticed the water had a pinkish hue after adding the Open Sesame and am worried this tint might screw with the pH test.

-Thanks!

im also thinkin about foxfarm, so what nuts should i get from there? im growing in soil also, i just dont wanna order a bunch of shit i dont need

Skryptz said:

im also thinkin about foxfarm, so what nuts should i get from there? im growing in soil also, i just dont wanna order a bunch of shit i dont need

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This is the feeding schedule with the Nutes you'll want to use. You'll have to adjust it based on your own time line but those are the mixes you want to use.

http://foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf

ight i have this chart also cuz i was thinkin bout gettn em just makin sure i need all of them..good lookin out...

okay well im fixin on gettn some nuts. but limited on money, im pretty sure im at the start of the budding stage, if i buy only the tiger bloom an big bloom think thats all ill need for my first grow considering i have no clue how old they are? lil white hairs shootin out a lil pod is considered flowering if im not wrong, but thats common sense right? just tryin to get some nice buds my first time out, also i turn my light off, i look at my plants there bright bright green the tops leaves are hella lime green, also the leaves have a clear crust formin over them, im takin it thats the trics?

FiredUp said:

Are you guys adding the solubles with every other watering like the schedule says, or just doing 1/4's with every watering? I'm just getting to the point where I need to be adding the solubles but mixing different batches with and without seems like a real hassle.

Also, I'm using the pH drops to indicate pH level in a small vile after making my mix. Does the color of the added solubles make this test any less accurate? I noticed the water had a pinkish hue after adding the Open Sesame and am worried this tint might screw with the pH test.

-Thanks!

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Bumping up the first part of the question- I'm curious about this too.

As to the second, the nutes don't make the pH test any less accurate, there's not enough of a tint to change the color in the vial from, say, green to yellow.