Just got Nutes,how often should apply them!

StuntmanMike86

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I just bought Nutes today (Miracle Grow all Purpose Plant Food) The nute anaylize is 12-4-8.I have been grow this strain for about 1 1/2 months now and it still it veg.I looks healthy for the most part but lower leaves are short of yellowing!I was wonderin how often i should add nutes to my water(How many days out of the week ).This is my first "baby" ever and its going fairly well thanks to this site. Any help would help greatly thanks:blsmoke:
 

We TaRdED

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so if it says on once every two weeks go by that??
i hope you dont have high expectations my friend. M Grow is like bad mmmmmmk? if that is your last and only option then just feed them with 1/4 rec strength every other watering....... just be careful with the stuff, its like your plants playing with fire, they might get burnt. thats the best way i can put it. i heard that flushing makes things worse and actually burns your plants. idk, good luck with your mary jane, you might have better luck then the rest of us.... i heard good things about their potting soil though.:peace::peace::peace::mrgreen::peace::peace::peace:
 

titleistbudz

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i hope you dont have high expectations my friend. M Grow is like bad mmmmmmk? if that is your last and only option then just feed them with 1/4 rec strength every other watering....... just be careful with the stuff, its like your plants playing with fire, they might get burnt. thats the best way i can put it. i heard that flushing makes things worse and actually burns your plants. idk, good luck with your mary jane, you might have better luck then the rest of us.... i heard good things about their potting soil though.:peace::peace::peace::mrgreen::peace::peace::peace:
Hey bro, you don't really know what your talking about (you admitted it) so don't confuse the guy. Simply bump the thread next time (not trying to be a dick).

Miracle Grow is a big market brand for a reason. It works.

That being said, it works for MOST plants. Marijuana isn't MOST plants. If you are in a month and a half in, you can most likely use full strength.

Just read the bottle, I'm not familiar with the directions but it should give you a heave feed, light feed, and regular feed. Mix accordingly, it's probably better to be on the shorter end of the spectrum. I would recommend looking online (eBay is a good place) for nutrients. General Hydroponics is the cheapest and probably the easiest to use. However, there are lots of pot specific nutrient cocktails!!! Just look around! :)
 

jay cas

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Hey bro, you don't really know what your talking about (you admitted it) so don't confuse the guy. Simply bump the thread next time (not trying to be a dick).

Miracle Grow is a big market brand for a reason. It works.

not triing to take sides here but its common knowledge mirical grow is not that great for weed. that being said, M.G. can help a little but is real easy to over fert. people i know as well as my self have used it at one point and it actually did more harm than good. spend the extra 50-100$$ if possible and get a good nute pack. from personal experience its worth it, il even go as far to say id rather not use anything than use mirical grow for my grows.
 

jay cas

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so if it says on once every two weeks go by that??
we tarded gave decent advice. :confused:who knows what titletbudz deal is:confused:. M.G. suks no offense but if your gunghoe about using it, dilluting to 1/4 strength and feeding once a week or evry other watering will give you optimum results. look into fox farm nute packs im in love w/all fox farm products
 

StuntmanMike86

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damn that sucks!!I wisd i was told that before i bought it lol.See i dont have a lot of money to spend on nutes.whats a good nute and it is cheap???any sugesstion for veg. and flow. would be awsome guys!! thanks for the advice so far
 

We TaRdED

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damn that sucks!!I wisd i was told that before i bought it lol.See i dont have a lot of money to spend on nutes.whats a good nute and it is cheap???any suggestion for veg. and flow. would be awsome guys!! thanks for the advice so far
General Hydroponics(GH) flora series. its cheap and has everything for veg to flower. its also nice and concentrated so you dont have to use as much volume. i havent used this myself but thats what i am going to get, i did some research because im also broke, and ive heard good results with this...... just get it and dont look back till you have more money than you can look into organic nutes, or more expensive ferts like AN(advanced nutrients). just my humble opinion on your question. some ppl might suggest other nutes, and thats fine, do some research yourself and compare. i wouldnt steer you wrong my friend!:peace::peace::mrgreen::peace::peace:
 

We TaRdED

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Hey bro, you don't really know what your talking about (you admitted it) so don't confuse the guy. Simply bump the thread next time (not trying to be a dick).

Miracle Grow is a big market brand for a reason. It works.
no offense taken my friend. i am no expert, but i have done some reading on here and just relaying what other fellow RIUers have posted. the reason i suggested 1/4 strength every other watering is because i dont know the persons set up. maybe the plants could take more but i was just being conservative and trying not to burn the noobs plants. alot of ppl say stay away from MG at all costs and others have decent results i guess(not too many MG journals though). most noobs dont use co2 and have 1kw lights. alot of time they grow with cfl's in wardrobes or w/e (these are just my observations my friend and im simply just stating them). i wasnt trying to confuse the guy, i was trying to be as helpful as i could. but yes i guess i could have just bumped the thread and let someone else add their 2 cents. just sharing my humble observations :peace::peace::peace::mrgreen::peace::peace::peace:
 

sleepytown

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I bought quarts of Fox Farm Grow Big and Tiger bloom for $7 each at Smith & Hawken, which is a store where they sell overpriced gardening knick-knacks. If you can find one of these stores, they sell them cheaper than even anyone on the net. Big Bloom cost me a little more (~$14) at the hydro store. I think they work pretty well.

I have no experience with MiracleGro ferts, but I really see no reason why they wouldn't give you pretty good results. Just feed it at a reasonable strength, and slowly raise the dosage. The point of fertilizing is to make available to the plants the nutrients that they need, not to feed them big meals to try to get them to "bulk up". Keep that in mind, and you will do fine.

S-Town
 

We TaRdED

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I have no experience with MiracleGro ferts, but I really see no reason why they wouldn't give you pretty good results. Just feed it at a reasonable strength, and slowly raise the dosage. The point of fertilizing is to make available to the plants the nutrients that they need, not to feed them big meals to try to get them to "bulk up". Keep that in mind, and you will do fine.

S-Town
yes, i agree with that too. except i did use MG once and i burnt my plants, but that was my first grow and i didnt know what i was doing anyways. thats good advice sleepy!:peace::peace::peace::mrgreen::peace::peace::peace: +1 for you my friend! :)
 

xCrazyFoox

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I just bought Nutes today (Miracle Grow all Purpose Plant Food) The nute anaylize is 12-4-8.I have been grow this strain for about 1 1/2 months now and it still it veg.I looks healthy for the most part but lower leaves are short of yellowing!I was wonderin how often i should add nutes to my water(How many days out of the week ).This is my first "baby" ever and its going fairly well thanks to this site. Any help would help greatly thanks:blsmoke:
Hey StuntmanMike86 this happens to be pretty funny because my plants are pretty much exactly as old as yours maybe off by a week or two at the most. Well im currently growing outdoors and I just started using neuts and I got same kind (Miracle Grow all Purpose Plant Food) and my plants are digging it they've grown over 3inches in the last 4 days. I water my plants about every other day and and I use the Miracle Grow every other time in between, only starting off with 1/4 of the recommended amount so my plants dont get a full dose of neuts too quick and this has seemed to work great results for me. Also I don't plan on using this for to long im sure I will upgrade to something better and more suited in the next few following weeks but for now since the wallet is a little low this is working fine for me, so I wouldn't be to discouraged.

(Also just want to say my plants look nice and healthy, this is also my first time grow :mrgreen: )
best of luck, xCrazyFoox. :blsmoke:
 

northeastern lights

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Fox Farm nutes arent that expensive, 13.95 per quart, maybe 30 bucks for big bloom and grow big with shipping. check out this place Grow Big Liquid Plant Food and like i said go to fox farms web site for a feeding scheduele. i usually give them 1 tsp per gallon of grow big the first week then 2 tsp the second week w/ 2 tbsp of big bloom, and after that 3 tsp grow big and 2 tbsp of big bloom, hope that helps
 

StuntmanMike86

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Hey StuntmanMike86 this happens to be pretty funny because my plants are pretty much exactly as old as yours maybe off by a week or two at the most. Well im currently growing outdoors and I just started using neuts and I got same kind (Miracle Grow all Purpose Plant Food) and my plants are digging it they've grown over 3inches in the last 4 days. I water my plants about every other day and and I use the Miracle Grow every other time in between, only starting off with 1/4 of the recommended amount so my plants dont get a full dose of neuts too quick and this has seemed to work great results for me. Also I don't plan on using this for to long im sure I will upgrade to something better and more suited in the next few following weeks but for now since the wallet is a little low this is working fine for me, so I wouldn't be to discouraged.

(Also just want to say my plants look nice and healthy, this is also my first time grow :mrgreen: )
best of luck, xCrazyFoox. :blsmoke:
Thanks dude for the info i was startin to regret putit my Miracel Grow in my plant lol!! ur info was great!!!All of u guys info helped me out tremendously thanks too everyone
 

We TaRdED

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ur plant died when u put M.G. on it too??damn.Mines actually doin great rite now onit besides the nitrogen overdose u just helped me with about a hour ago jaycas lol thanks for ur help
naw, mine didnt die. i harvested a little smoke. just know the signs of over ferting/toxic salt buildup and take let off when you see that.... also ph your water, that will help your plant absorb all the nutes.... good luck
 
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