Mixing organic and mineral fertilizers and feeding

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding mixing organic and mineral fertilizers and feeding.

I am a fairly new grower and have currently only been using the BioTabs lineup pre-amending the soil, adding bacterias, brewing tea etc, but I've only watered with tap water and no other ferts applied.
But recently I've been interested in trying out Advanced Nutrients lineup, and noticed they have both mineral and organic in their products and schedules.

I am growing in soil (Biobizz light-mix + added perlite).

If I use the Sensi or 3-part base ferts and mineral additives they have with Voodoo Juice, Tarantula, Piranha, Bud Candy and other organic ferts from their lineup, won't the mineral salts harm the bacterias in the organic products and make them less effective or just straight kill the bacterias?

And my other question is regarding how to feed and the feeding frequency.
Using only water and having slow-release tabs so far, I've never had to actually feed my plants with liquid solutions.

I remember reading when you feed with mineral ferts, you need to water until there is runoff, does that apply for a mix of mineral + organic ferts?

In the Advanced Nutrients schedule, they have ml/l per week. Does that mean that you feed only once per week, and not with each watering?
If you are doing only water, do you also water until runoff, or just about?

And if it's ok to mix the organic + mineral stuff they have, when you feed the plant, do you recommend first mixing all minerals, watering, then on the next watering, do organics only and so on, or just straight up feeding it all at once?

Thanks

Why would you want to complicate things unnecessarily? Just finish one grow before you start another.
Personally, I like the ease of a water only grow.

Why did you mix more perlite into the lite-mix? Salt-based ferts won't kill your microherd unless you are overfeeding. It's fine to mix organics and salts, it's done in the fields every day. With soil you don't want runoff, but you've added a lot of perlite to your peat soiless-mix, so it's kind of hydroish I guess.

Don't do it!!
Unless you have a limitless budget. Waste o dough( pm me). Money spent in marketing, not R&D. Stay organic and invest in good genetics. I'm guessing you wanna improve your stuff. Start with your stuff. Water only, top dress. If you just gotta spend (again pm me), give it to build a soil. Those other guys ain't about shit. Racists. https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2129683460613/advanced-nutrients-is-racist-ex-employees-sue-cannabis-fertilizer-company
I think I remember some pedo shit too

Don't do it

PJ Diaz said:

Why did you mix more perlite into the lite-mix? Salt-based ferts won't kill your microherd unless you are overfeeding. It's fine to mix organics and salts, it's done in the fields every day. With soil you don't want runoff, but you've added a lot of perlite to your peat soiless-mix, so it's kind of hydroish I guess.

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I was reading the BioTabs FAQ and it mentioned to do 50/50 mix of soil/perlite. I knew that the light mix already had like 10%, so I just added about 10-15% more perlite on top of that.

I am actually quite happy with the past few grows and biotabs, but I've recently started doing autoflowers and I was wondering if the slow-release ferts with more Nitrogen were the best option for such a quick flower, that is why I was looking into AN.

THraCian said:

I was reading the BioTabs FAQ and it mentioned to do 50/50 mix of soil/perlite. I knew that the light mix already had like 10%, so I just added about 10-15% more perlite on top of that.

I am actually quite happy with the past few grows and biotabs, but I've recently started doing autoflowers and I was wondering if the slow-release ferts with more Nitrogen were the best option for such a quick flower, that is why I was looking into AN.

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I've never used them, but BioTabs don't seem like a real good way to go IMO. Just reading their FAQ you mentioned, it doesn't even really make sense, but hey if you're happy with them then what do I know?.

You don't have to add Advanced Nutrients, BioTabs have all the products you need, including their Banana PK booster and Boom Boom spray, they all work well together. And if you have some deficiencies you can add a little bit of Orgatex and Bactrex to revitalize the soil.
I asked Biotabs if i can use BioBloom and TopMax from Biobizz with their tablets, they said it's fine, so maybe stick to organic this run.

If you burn your plants with Advanced Nutrients, you will have to flush the soil and wash down most of the BioTabs as well, and then you messed up the whole process.

Astral22 said:

You don't have to add Advanced Nutrients, BioTabs have all the products you need, including their Banana PK booster and Boom Boom spray, they all work well together. And if you have some deficiencies you can add a little bit of Orgatex and Bactrex to revitalize the soil.
I asked Biotabs if i can use BioBloom and TopMax from Biobizz with their tablets, they said it's fine, so maybe stick to organic this run.

If you burn your plants with Advanced Nutrients, you will have to flush the soil and wash down most of the BioTabs as well, and then you messed up the whole process.

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I was thinking about switching over only to the AN line, but not mixing it with BioTabs.
Was reading this article, not sure if I'm allowed link it - https://2fast4buds.com/news/advanced-nutrients-feeding-chart-for-autoflowers-usage-guide

And when I was reading through the descriptions of the products, they seem pretty impressive.
Generally I am very happy with BioTabs and how easy it is, I am using the starter pack + PK Compost Tea and have been getting decent results, just exploring if there is a better way.

What got me thinking in this article is mixing their organic lineups with mineral fert/additives, and does it really work well.

I am growing very small quantities (2x2 tent, usually either 2 11L pots or 1 16L pot) for personal use, pulling about 120-160 grams and really want to grow the best I can for myself, since I will be buying the smallest bottles available, funds aren't really that much of an issue, it's probably more about shelf life I guess, because I won't use that much of the products.