No ppm meter. How to stay in range?
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chemphlegm
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hurry up, switch away from fox farms. have you noticed that every second garden issue in this forum begins with "I'm using FF"?
dont panic, grow organic, keep your meters on the shelf.....
or if you must, cut those nutes in half to begin with.
dont panic, grow organic, keep your meters on the shelf.....
or if you must, cut those nutes in half to begin with.
a senile fungus
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Isn't ffof the one that doesn't need nutes for about a month? I don't use it, not sure.
Serrated_
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When using Fox Farms and it says 2 teaspoon per gallon use half of a tsp. Ff is amazing stuff but start at 1/4 strength and see how it reacts. I have burnt the fuck out of plants at even 1/2 strenght.
OldMedUser
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Shouldn't need any nutes for quite a while using FF soil. At full strength that stuff is notorious for burning plants all by itself.
Those Heavy16 nutes are a newer company that has just copied basic hydro nute formulas like GH and you shouldn't use any until you start getting a little yellowing on the lower leaves. I only bother reading ppm when doing DWC. With soilless/soil growing I start with 1/4 strength and work up as the plants get bigger when they start needing nutes. I use pH Perfect nutes so never worry about pH. Something that's engineered to grow pot plants but can be used on tomatoes, not engineered to grow tomatoes and can be used on pot.
Those Heavy16 nutes are a newer company that has just copied basic hydro nute formulas like GH and you shouldn't use any until you start getting a little yellowing on the lower leaves. I only bother reading ppm when doing DWC. With soilless/soil growing I start with 1/4 strength and work up as the plants get bigger when they start needing nutes. I use pH Perfect nutes so never worry about pH. Something that's engineered to grow pot plants but can be used on tomatoes, not engineered to grow tomatoes and can be used on pot.
Bbcchance
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I use the same, I'm running my party cup competitor with Advance pH perfect and no meters at all, old hempy style (air stone and pearlite on bottom, Coco on top)and have had no issues yet, no pH checks, no TDS meter, and no flushingShouldn't need any nutes for quite a while using FF soil. At full strength that stuff is notorious for burning plants all by itself.
Those Heavy16 nutes are a newer company that has just copied basic hydro nute formulas like GH and you shouldn't use any until you start getting a little yellowing on the lower leaves. I only bother reading ppm when doing DWC. With soilless/soil growing I start with 1/4 strength and work up as the plants get bigger when they start needing nutes. I use pH Perfect nutes so never worry about pH. Something that's engineered to grow pot plants but can be used on tomatoes, not engineered to grow tomatoes and can be used on pot.
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CaliSmokes
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Fox farms ocean forest if some of the best soil available wth are you talking about? I haven't seen any threads saying that lol. Talking non-sense. Op you won't need nutrients for 3-4 with fox farms soil as it already comes filled with great stuff. Simply by doing a bit of research you can see the success you will have with fox farms.
chemphlegm
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sorry you missed the newbie threads, most days there you'll see some new grower killing an abused marijuana plant trying to survive in any foxfarm product. I didnt invent the problem, dont shoot the messenger. go there and help them please.
while you ponder try this, just a couple issues listed here lol
Fox Farms killing your garden too?
http://bfy.tw/9DLZ
while you ponder try this, just a couple issues listed here lol
Fox Farms killing your garden too?
http://bfy.tw/9DLZ
Bbcchance
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I see those all the time too, but I find most of the time it's not the soil but the grower, you go out and buy all those fancy bottles and get anxious to use them, then they over water, see some yellow and go sweet! Time to feed! Then it's all help! My plant is sick and I don't know what happened! I think it's this ffof! Lol, I've seen a ton of journals using Fox farms and doing quite well with it, might even give it a shot someday, if I ever get over my Coco love
but I wouldn't feed ferts for a good bit in it, maybe even start off in light warrior
chemphlegm
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I see those all the time too, but I find most of the time it's not the soil but the grower, you go out and buy all those fancy bottles and get anxious to use them, then they over water, see some yellow and go sweet! Time to feed! Then it's all help! My plant is sick and I don't know what happened! I think it's this ffof! Lol, I've seen a ton of journals using Fox farms and doing quite well with it, might even give it a shot someday, if I ever get over my Coco love
agreed. its just with my morning perusals ffof is at the root of so many issues here. whatever that means, user error, hot product, .....its fucking many growers here often even. most of us can read, we see the bags, know whats in them, yet, posters still killing plants with it. do they read the forums too? do they not see the same remedy you and others speak of? what gives?
newbies should avoid foxfarms? foxfarms is not for the illiterate? i dunno.
I used it for a minute, with little /no issue, but wont again.
Would never have in the first place after reading a weeks' posts here lol.
peace
rickyrozayyy
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Just make sure whatever you feed out of is clean... peroxide works well.. that should keep your pH in check.
