I was lucky to get hooked up with some free samples of botanicare products. Im about to run out and am not sure what the best ferts are. When I started using the botanicare ferts the plants started growing very fast. But what the hell do I know, Im a rookie. Im definately getting some liquid karma as an addative b/c everyone here speaks highly of it. But what do you guys use for veg and bloom?
trillions of atoms
I keep it simple, start with a soiless medium.....with perlite- then i add 1/3 MORE perlite, then cow manure (black kow, black gold, w/e) then a few cups of blood and bone meal or chicken shit (be careful with this, it will get you soil HOT in PH if your not careful).... and were off!!!!! then a teaspoon per gallon of fish emoulsion and seaweed extract or even just a compost extract tea- the first time ya fert.....being easy on the tea!! then up it to two tablespoons of fish and/or seaweed per gallon the next time. i like to use the fish shit all the way through but its not enough for a COMPLETE balanced diet so i recommend the compost tea which is rich in micronutes alond with the kelp or as said seaweed extract- iv found that a diet of even cow manure extract is sufficent along with the bat chicken or fish shit for outdoor grows TO ACHIEVE BIG BUDS and indoors a tea thats areated overnight and used during the light cycle blow buds up under high intensity grows- add some seaweed or bat-chicken-fish shit and your WELL on your way!!!!!1
ORGANICS FOR ME!
llIndigoll
I use specific teas comprised of: *MetaNaturals Calcium, Nitrogen, and Bloom formulas. *BioBizz Bio-Grow and Alg-A-Mic *Fox Farm Big Bloom *Liquid Karma *Indonesian Bat Guano *Cottonseed, blood, feather, and bone meals
Stratocloner
Down To Earth 100% Natural Potting Soil . Coir fibre based soil mix contains : worm castings and bat guano . 0.41-0.55-0.31 analysis . Derived from : Fish bone meal , alfalfa meal , blood meal , soft rock phosphate , Langhenite , greensand , kelp meal , seabird guano and bat guano . Includes Endomycrrhiza , which I also add when repotting .
Ferts : Down To Earth - Fish & Kelp . 3-1-1 . Maxicrop - Seaweed Extract . Peter's 20-20-20 . Peter's 12-36-14 (african violet food) . Earth Juice Bloom 0-3-1 . Lots of ingredients Earth Juice Catalyst 0.03-0.01-0.10 . Ditto . Down To Earth Micronutrients . All of 'em . Stimulant/VitaminB supplement : Superthrive Rooting hormone : Rootone
When and how much ? That would take some splainin' .
HELL BOY 420
My favorite organic ferts are:Metanaturals,Age Old Organics,Floracius Bloom,Liquid Karma,Indonesian Bat guano,Chicken Poop,Earthworm castings,Soluble Seaweed,Fish Emulsion,Mushroom Compost,Cow Manure,Bone Meal,Blood Meal,Dolomite Lime.
bradley smith
a good compost iz good imo. sum eggshellz, chicken blood, & bone meal. watch very closely @ da compost wit da phtester. 4 a few weekz.every1 goes a lil different wit veg fertz (i use fish emulsifier though), but seemz FOXfarm bigbloom iz a growrz norm 4 flower. indonesian batguano iz very good. as trillions said perlite iz good.
i dunno shit bout botanicare productz, but i've seen it @ my local hydrostore. otha growrs spoke highly of da shit, but nobody said it made em switch. so i dont really know.
good luk.
earth girl
My gromix is made of coir, claypellets, wormcastings, and horticultural charcoal. For sprouting I leave out the castings. I add some fish fert in the water, only tiny amounts, an/or kelp, with a sprinkling of guano, through veg. For flowering, I leave out half the castings and fish ferts, increase the guano to taste. Keep the kelp handy as a first aid tonic and anti-shock specific. This set-up and routine has saved me gallons of water, thanks to the coir's properties, and also because I use the ferts so sparingly that I rarely have the need to flush the medium, even for harvest. eg
trillions of atoms
hey EG- and shes right....if you have the proper soil mix, you use ferts sparingly- and only flush (or water with ONLY water) near harvest. but using that soil mix, a beginner can easily drown the plants by overwatering..... do you use any perlite in that mix?? i was just curious! :P
earth girl
High Trill, Coir is a unique product which holds almost as much air as it does water. The biggest secret about safe watering is to water only when the plant asks for it. You have to listen carefully by lifting the pot and gauging it's state of dryness. Also, careful watering is essential with any medium. If you water from the top, pour slowly. In a tightening spiral starting at the container wall, and stopping an inch or more before you actually get to the plant base, then continuing on by widening the spiral til back at the wall. Repeat slowly until water just begins to drain. Fini. Never overwater again, ever. If your plants are bottom drinkers, simply let them have all they will absorbe, then set them on a drip-dry base. problem solved. eg
Herbsparky
EG would you consider your medium to be 'soiless' then?
