peters professional water soluble 20-20-20

[homegrown998]

my plant is about 19 days old, i know your supposed to wait 20-30 days to feed when you plant in pro-mix. but how do you know when its time? i want to start feeding before the plant starts to show that its hungry so it dont get stress out. this is my one and only plant... anybody ever use "peters" http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...160&lpage=none im trying to find a grow journal of somebody who has had luck with this.

[jcj77d]

in most of the grow bibles & guides, it says to use peters 20-20-20, so id assume its a good fert to use. i use miralce gro 20-20-20 for veg, w/ no probs. if your plant is a nice dark green, then its fine. usually feeding starts @ around wk 2-3. if u feel u must feed it, start w/ 1/4 strength nutes (peters), w/ a ph of 6.5-6.8, & u shouldnt need to feed again untill another wk or so +/- a few. hope this helps

[homegrown998]

ya that did help, thanks. would that ph be the runoff, or the ph of the nurient solution? i just use one gallon jugs of distilled water do i soak the whole pot like i normally would when watering? or is it better to measure out how mutch to give it in a two gallon pot? like maybe just 32 oz a week since the plants roots has not grown very deep yet?

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by homegrown998

ya that did help, thanks. would that ph be the runoff, or the ph of the nurient solution? i just use one gallon jugs of distilled water do i soak the whole pot like i normally would when watering? or is it better to measure out how mutch to give it in a two gallon pot? like maybe just 32 oz a week since the plants roots has not grown very deep yet?

u should be checking both, runoff ph & nute mix ph. set your nute mix ph to 6.8 & then water it till about 1/3rd runs out the bottom & test that waters ph. if the runoff ph is off then on your next watering adjust the ph of the nute mix. eg: runoff is low like 6.2, then nute mix ph up to 7.0. if runoff is high like 7.2, then nute mix ph down to 6.5. this is just an example, youll have to play around w/ the ph if its off, to get correct runoff. u dont want to overwater the plant, id just mix up a gal & water til u get 1/3rd back out, & let the soil dry out b4 next watering, & dont feed again till about a wk or so. if u need more help click the link on my sig "so you want to grow......", there are others there that are able to help too, as ill be gone for today.

[homegrown998]

thanks, will do but pro-mix holds water pretty good it almost takes a week for the pot too fully dry out, so should i just feed every other week

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by homegrown998

thanks, will do but pro-mix holds water pretty good it almost takes a week for the pot too fully dry out, so should i just feed every other week

only if needed, but most likley yes. but still use 1/4 strength nutes for 2nd feeding, then nrxt feeding up it to 1/2

[homegrown998]

thanks, just tired of starting over im ready to smoke my own.

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by homegrown998

thanks, just tired of starting over im ready to smoke my own.

no prob. http://forum.grasscity.com/absolute-...ered-here.html