Nutrient feeding and frequency

1hit

Member
I have read a lot about how much and what type of nutrients to use at different stages of marijuana growing, so you would think I had my head wrapped around feeding my plants. My plants are currently in the seedling stage and I am feeding with vigoro 10:10:10 nutrients. I have a tds meter and feed at 100 ppm. I will slowly increase this towards the vegetative stage and switch to a higher nitrogen nutrient. The one thing that confuses me is the frequency of feeding. I can't seem to find much of any info on how often to feed. I have my seedlings in 1 inch rock wool at the moment and they are about to move into 4x4 rock wool cubes. They are 7-10 days old and are on their 2nd to 3rd set of leaves. I have been watering once a day and feeding every other watering. I have been considering changing the frequency of feeding nutrients to every watering. Would this give my plants the same amount of nutrients as feeding 200 ppm every other watering? I am also worried about nutrients building up in the soil. Would feeding every other watering prevent nutrient build up? This is my first grow so I want to be slightly conservative on feeding, but still want my plants to get the nutrients they need.
 

cocakola

Active Member
Most ppl only feed their seedlngs water untill she is a few weeks to a month old. But if its working for you continue. Im no soil grower but most of what I read is every other water with nutes. An in veg you want the first number(N) to be higher than the last 2 (p & k) , and vice versa in flower. Good Luck..
 

1hit

Member
Thanks cocakola. I guess I just needed a little reassurance that I was doing it correctly. They seem to be doing great with the 100 ppm feedings. I am getting good growth and there are no signs that I can see of nutrient deficiency or nutrient burn. I will probably stick with nutrients every other watering and slowly increase the ppm unless I start to see signs of burn.
 
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