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Originally Posted by T3h C0rps3
Also, if someone can get back to me about the nutes.... are the absolutely necessary to grow with.. or just better and gives a bigger yield?
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Sorry, I did not see your question.. There are tons of people more knowledgeable then me, but in my humble opinion the nutes are very much needed.
See, it really depends on the growing medium you use... You are using soil, right?
So, if you had foxfarm's ocean forest soil (great!), then you would not need nutes for almost 4 weeks or so!
However, if using a completely nuetral soil with 0 nutes already in it, then nutes will be needed when the seedling is like 2-4" tall or so.
It also is personal preference!
Oh, and the strain of marijuana is most important... Sativas hate heavy nute doeses for the most part, while some Indicas swallow them up!
However, as a general rule of thumb, I would say to keep it nute free at least until the seedling is 2" tall or so and then to use a watered down PPM of about 200 (depending on waters starting ppm) until the seedling is 4" tall and then to raise it to 400PPM.
When the plant is about 5-6" tall, you are usually safe to raise it to 800PPM.
When entering flowering, a 1000PPM is usually good, and 1200 -1400 for full-on flowering is ok, but remember to flush with plain water about a week before harvesting!
*** Again, this is very general and subjective.. so remember to find out info on your strain.
*** Remeber to start very low!!! with nutes and wrok up!
*** And pay attention to the plant! They will tell you wjat they need!
*** The biggest 2 mistakes a n00b such as myself can make is 1) over nute 2) overwater.
Remember what they pros taught me on this site: KISS (keep it simple stupid)
Good luck