how to use miricle grow

here`s a little info i have collected on how to use mg the right way. i see to many noobies having trouble with it. hopefully this will help. i have a bunch more on different nutes i will be posting.


FOR MIRACLE GROW NUTES :

If you really MUST use Miracle Grow Nutes or Soil cuz there isn't anything else available (cost can't be a reason, MG is about the same price as some organics !)

THEN USE THIS GUIDE PLEASE!!!

(enough for 2-3 plants .. just use more jugs for more plants!)
Get regular miracle grow (Not tomato or Rose food or azalea formula!)
AND Blossom Booster (or Schultz Professional Bloom food)
get 2- 1 gallon jugs of spring water from the store (about $1 each)
and an empty jug. Mark them (A) (B) & (C) --- (B) is the empty jug!

in the 1st jug (A) mix the MG at 1/4 the recomended rate for indoor plants.

In the 2nd jug (C), mix at 1/2 stregnth for indoor plants.

pour 1/2 of both into the empty jug (B)

Now-- when your plants get their 3rd set of leaves, feed once every 10 days. Start with (A) for the 1st 2 feed... then (B).. and end-up with (C) the week before you go 12/12.

FLUSH YOUR PLANTS WITH 5 GALLONS OF CLEAR WATER BEFOR GOING 12/12!

MG builds up-- and will lock-up as you add the stronger bloom nutes!
as the final part of the flush-- pour in a couple pints of your new bloom nutes (see below)


Do the same with your bloom nutes, Mix ahead in larger amounts... BUT--mix Jug (A) at 1/2 rate, Jug (C) at full stregnth-- and (B) the 2 mixed.

Start with (A) the 1st day of 12/12, then again in 10 days,
then switch to (B). Do not switch to (C) until the week before you flush for harvest!
when the trichomes just start turning cloudy, give em their last dose. In 10 days, check the trichs again.. if not all cloudy, you can feed again-- But go back to (B)

MAKE SURE TO FLUSH WELL AND WAIT THE FULL 2 WEEKS TO HARVEST!

You need to flush all the Nitrogen and magnesium out of the plants-- so Flush them well, put back in the bloom room the full 2 weeks till harvest, water as needed .. but absolutely no nutes or foliar sprays!

IF you foliar fed during the grow-- be sure to use a sprayer of water to gently shower it off the plants! (also gets rid of dead bugs & dust stuck to the buds!)

USING MG SOIL IS NEVER RECOMENDED!!
it has TIME RELEASED nutes-- so flushing is impossible... and you do not know how much nutes are being released or used by the plants.
If yYou Used MG soil, do NOT nute at all during veg... and use only additional P-K and suppliments without "N" during bloom...
And pre-harvest flushing can NOT be done on the normal 2 week schedule because of the time released nutes-- you must emergency flush when the trichs are how ya want em...



Cut the plant off at soil level. Place plant in a bucket with enough PLAIN tapwater to cover the base, but not touch lower limbs or vegetation....

Add a bubbler to the bucket to help "fool" the plant into thinking it is still alive (this only works up to 4 days before they wilt!)
Tthe plant will now use the nutrients stored in it's system . Leave under the lights at least 2 days-- up to 4 (3 is the usual amount)
IF you are one who puts their plants in the dark the last 3 days, give em at least 24 hours under lights before ya do... the photosynthesis will help the plant flush out unused nitrogen.


When using MG Fertilizer (as well as Schultz or Peter's ) Watch for:
Clawing
brown dry spots
crinckling leaves
pale new growth
Yellowing

if these happen, flush the plant, and wait 2-3 days before feeding again.
If Using MG soil and this happens, your best route is to re-plant in a bigger planter with different soil... DO NOT try to remove the existing soil from the roots of the plant!!!!

Good luck--
MG may not be the best-- but it CAN work!

HOPE THIS HELPS CLEAR UP THE "HOW DO I USE THIS" QUESTIONS!!!

Source: Lady Zandra

I used MG Top Soil mixed with regular soil to begin my plants they grew into monsters very quickly nice post rep +

most people just seem to over nute when using this stuff. if used properly it does work.

I'm using MG Organic Choice - I don't think this has time released nutes?

i dont use the stuff myself so i couldn`t say. just because the bag dosn`t say it does be carefull though.

Isn't this stuff true of almost all o-t-c/generic ferts? I'm using MG MoistureControl soil w/time release on my current grow. It is a little hot for some strains and there's a tiny learning curve re: proper watering but, other than that, I love it. Stick the clones in, do your light thing and water as needed. Plants grow great. Do graduated transplanting, only going a size bigger at a time, so you don't get too much nute going later in grow. Maybe flush just before going 12/12 and add flowering nutes/molasses. If I hadn't had so many plants to tend to, this would have been quite an easy grow due to that soil. Still added 1/4 tsp epsom salts to most veg waterings.

I think Im gonna stick with my bat shit.

The Warlord said:

I think Im gonna stick with my bat shit.

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ill second that. 2 months from seed to harvest???
seems a waste of time to me. it takes 2 months just to correctly flower a plant so i dont see how it worked.
ant using cfl`s wont require as much nutes because of the lacking lumens

believe me. using the better correct canna nutes will wake your grows up. we dont grow tomatoes here so why use tomatoe nutes. we are much closer to growing hops for beer.

maybe try looking up mg or scotts(same company) and the epa and add law suites to the search. it may change your mind about using mg or shultz ( scotts)

employees droping dead at work.from it..not in my buds

Fish guts work for me!!!!!! (alaska fish fertilizer) it's 5-1-1 and has done wonders for my babies!

bonz said:

ill second that. 2 months from seed to harvest???
seems a waste of time to me. it takes 2 months just to correctly flower a plant so i dont see how it worked.
ant using cfl`s wont require as much nutes because of the lacking lumens

believe me. using the better correct canna nutes will wake your grows up. we dont grow tomatoes here so why use tomatoe nutes. we are much closer to growing hops for beer.

maybe try looking up mg or scotts(same company) and the epa and add law suites to the search. it may change your mind about using mg or shultz ( scotts)

employees droping dead at work.from it..not in my buds

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miracle grow feed added to regular top soil or potting soil works exellent just be carefull with the dosage as its high in N.
i use it everytime with exellent results.

LUDA.

I was following the SeeMoreBuds guide which instructs the reader to use the MG soil with time-release nutes. When I visited my local hydroponics store, the dude told me NEVER to use MG soil.

So far, the bagseed I planted is going ok; I just put them into 12/12 six days ago. The plants have grown in spite of my n00bishness!

Next time, when I get good seeds, I'll use NON-MG soil and some of the organic nutes I saw at the hydro store. I like the idea of being able to control the nutes manually.

TheInnocent said:

I was following the SeeMoreBuds guide which instructs the reader to use the MG soil with time-release nutes. When I visited my local hydroponics store, the dude told me NEVER to use MG soil.

So far, the bagseed I planted is going ok; I just put them into 12/12 six days ago. The plants have grown in spite of my n00bishness!

Next time, when I get good seeds, I'll use NON-MG soil and some of the organic nutes I saw at the hydro store. I like the idea of being able to control the nutes manually.

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never use MG soil use regular non nuted top soil or potting soil with a neutrall ph (7.0) then feed the plants with MG after 2-3 weeks(after sprouting) at a 1/4 dosage and slowly build it up throughout vegging and never go full strength with MG as its high in N.P.K.

LUDA.

people are talking about mg of late, so ill but this old subscription up to the top.
peace n

I'm glad you did, I've been thinking about using reg mg (using organic mg now) but I wasn't sure it could even be flushed properly to keep the buds from having that chemical taste, so up to date I've just avoided it. Thanks for that... I'm sure my babies will appreciate the extra nutes...