When to use blood meal?

T813308004

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I have 3 plants growing in Miracle Grow All Purpose Potting Soil with nutes (3 month feed). I have organic blood meal (12-0-0) and I was wondering if I should wait the whole 3 months to start adding the blood meal to the soil? I thought maybe it would be alright to add some to the soil now or before the three months because it is organic and it would add to the nitrogen content (soil doesn't have high percentage of nutes). Any opinions?
 

richjames

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Be damn careful with anything to do with MIRACLE GRO. It's nutrients are 'time released' which means they're released when u water, and the N comes from urea most times which has to be broke down before the plant can use it. Don't be fooled just cuz the soil's low on the nute content, they call it miracle burn for a reason. As for adding the blood meal, I wouldn't give it any till the plant lets u know it needs the N, it'll tell u.
 

SimpleSimon

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Mix in the top soil at the begining of the vegging stage. Then water as normal. In three months you should be well into flowering. In which case the blood meal won't be what you want. Search out NPK those are the three numbers, then search out what nutes your plants want at what stages. You'll figure it out. Blood meal was a great choice BTW good job! Oh and stick with the organics. You won't regret it.
 

SimpleSimon

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Will you be transplantiing your plants? id loose the micacle grow soil in the next transplanting. Its hard to burn with blood meal.
 

T813308004

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I already transplanted to the final containers and I'm using the miracle grow, I have used it before and it wasn't as bad as people think it is. I just used it by itself before and idk if it would help any to add the blood meal with it or no
 

SunnyD

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i hardly use nutes in the veg stage...maybe once or twice....i use my bloodmeal during the 3rd-5th week in flower....depending on strain....indica's I use a little earlier... I also only use when i notice a nitrogen defeciency.
 

T813308004

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I was planning on using bone meal for flowering instead of blood meal, so I was tryin to see if it would be alright to use the blood meal now before I go into flowering. But if not i suppose I'll just get some organic soil next grow and use the blood meal during veg then.
 

max420thc

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ive seen a buddy of mine who started out burn the piss out of his plants with MG...he was adding nutes to the soil on top of the MG...he went to MG organic and done ok..but he has went to mixing his own soil....like i told him to beggin with...i buy regular potting soil..cheap..some moo doo compost....about 25 mix to dirt..then 40 percent perlite......and a couple of nice cups of garden lime....if you want to turbo charge your dirt grow.......PERLITE.....the garden lime will ph ballance everything out...your soil PH will not go over seven..that is about right for soil..and i have a PH run off of 6.8 ..garden lime..or dolomite lime has calcuim magnesium and all kinds of other goodies your plants love...no need to add calcium or bone meal if you are using lime...check out what is in it on the side of the bag...lime is the shit...
 

SimpleSimon

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bone meal is great. But its not water soluble. It needs time in the soil to break down. If you add during flowering. The bone meal will be breaking down about a month after your throw your dirt away. I put ALL my additives in the soil as soon as i can. Both high N guano and high P guano, blood meal, bone meal, greensand, rock phosphate, Epsom salts. They need to be in the soil for the microbs to break it down. Things like blood meal and worm castings are already in a form that the plants can use. But things like bone meal need to break down over time.
 
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