Hey I have an advanced idea about foxfarm nuts. I've used them with great success the last time I made the magic happen and I was hoping to gain more knowledge about how to improve. Last time I followed the chart provided for soil exactly as they intended. I watered with Nuts every other watering and with plane water the other times. I'm interested in increasing my yield this time around since I bought the proper lighting. I've NOT bought their advanced Nuts yet (chaching, open seasome) Here is what I was thinking of doing with my FF trio and hopefully you can give me some input:
Follow the Vegie schedule as planned to see how the plants handle the full strength Nuts. If they don't show signs of too much Nut burn then consider this:
My plants were around 30" tall before I began to go to 12/12 to have a larger living organism to handle the added nutrients
All water is filtered to a starting pH of 6.0 before being used or having nutrients added
Each week I water twice with nuts and twice with plane water
Wk 5: turn from veg to flower via 36 hours of darkness prior to starting my 12/12 period. Start with normal strength: 2tsp tiger bloom (TB) and 1 tbl of Big Bloom
wk 6: Continue the same 2tsp TB, 1tbl BB, water twice with nuts and twice with plane water
wk 7: Continue the same 2tsp TB, 1tbl BB, except instead of twice with nuts and twice with plane water, do three waterings with nuts and 1 watering plane water
wk 8: 2 tsp of TB, 1 tbl of BB except this week I do not water with plane water and only water with nut in the water
wk 9: 2 tsp TB, 1 tbl. Give the plants a P/K break and revert back to the original formula of twice water with nuts and twice water with plane water
wk 10: 3tsp TB, 1 tbl of BB. watering twice with nuts and twice with plane water. They handle the additional P/K because they were given a week break from the previous intense P/K
wk 11:3tsp TB, 1 tbl of BB. watering twice with nuts and twice with plane water
Wk 12: Normal schedule, 2tsp TB, 1 tbl BB, twice a week with nuts and twice a week with plane water
Wk 13+: Flush the plants out with copious amounts of water at ph of 6.0. Leave plants to continue the final stages of flowering with out any nutrients to starve them and force them to produce more resin. Last time I left them 10 days with out any nutrients and they smoked unbelievable. Nothing anyone else has compares to the amazingness. If the plants get really dried out during the 10 days after flushing I've given them small amounts of water but less than half the quantitiy (gallons) they were receiving on a normal basis. Hence, my two girls get 4 gallons a week normally and Post-flushing they receive 1.0-1.5 G at about day 6
Follow the Vegie schedule as planned to see how the plants handle the full strength Nuts. If they don't show signs of too much Nut burn then consider this:
My plants were around 30" tall before I began to go to 12/12 to have a larger living organism to handle the added nutrients
All water is filtered to a starting pH of 6.0 before being used or having nutrients added
Each week I water twice with nuts and twice with plane water
Wk 5: turn from veg to flower via 36 hours of darkness prior to starting my 12/12 period. Start with normal strength: 2tsp tiger bloom (TB) and 1 tbl of Big Bloom
wk 6: Continue the same 2tsp TB, 1tbl BB, water twice with nuts and twice with plane water
wk 7: Continue the same 2tsp TB, 1tbl BB, except instead of twice with nuts and twice with plane water, do three waterings with nuts and 1 watering plane water
wk 8: 2 tsp of TB, 1 tbl of BB except this week I do not water with plane water and only water with nut in the water
wk 9: 2 tsp TB, 1 tbl. Give the plants a P/K break and revert back to the original formula of twice water with nuts and twice water with plane water
wk 10: 3tsp TB, 1 tbl of BB. watering twice with nuts and twice with plane water. They handle the additional P/K because they were given a week break from the previous intense P/K
wk 11:3tsp TB, 1 tbl of BB. watering twice with nuts and twice with plane water
Wk 12: Normal schedule, 2tsp TB, 1 tbl BB, twice a week with nuts and twice a week with plane water
Wk 13+: Flush the plants out with copious amounts of water at ph of 6.0. Leave plants to continue the final stages of flowering with out any nutrients to starve them and force them to produce more resin. Last time I left them 10 days with out any nutrients and they smoked unbelievable. Nothing anyone else has compares to the amazingness. If the plants get really dried out during the 10 days after flushing I've given them small amounts of water but less than half the quantitiy (gallons) they were receiving on a normal basis. Hence, my two girls get 4 gallons a week normally and Post-flushing they receive 1.0-1.5 G at about day 6