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Using Fox farms trio nutrients

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by EAPaaron19, Jul 1, 2020.

  1. I used fox farm ocean forest soil through veg without adding any nutrients. Now I switched to flower.

    Would you follow the soil feeding schedule exactly as provided by fox farms below? Or would you do something a little different? Some people have said to use half of this dosage? But it seems like this is laid out for a cannabis cycle. Adjustments.JPG
     
  2. Love this line of nutes. I use the recommended dosage. First feeding i cut in half. Nutrient needs vary by strain so cutting it is a safe way to not over fertilize of you have a finicky strain. I feed every other watering as the instructions state.
     
  3. If using fox farms soil I recommend following the schedule but at 1/4 strength. Anytime I get greedy and try to give half strength or more I get nute burn.

    Towards the end of flower, your pH may start to fall. Fix this pH issue with 1 tablespoon of dolomite or ag lime per gallon as a top dress
     
  4. Couldn't I just use pH up liquid?
     
  5. That's what I do.
     
  6. Yes. If you like doing things hard way. I've made the transition like many to organic, water only soils.

    All that said, fox farms grows high quality, but even with regular sprays with neem and spinosad and mosquitoe dunks, there are frequent bug issues and ph issues.
     
  7. I used ffof/castings/perlite and used no nutes during veg, same as you. Started nutes at flip. I started with 1/2 strength big bloom,1/4 strength tiger bloom every other watering gradually increasing. I also used Cha Ching at 1/4 dose, then 1/2 dose once each week in the last 2 weeks before flushing for 2 weeks at the end. Right now I am starting my last week of flush.
     

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  8. better chuck in that n and mag ASAP then
     
  9. At any point do you ever use the recommended dosage on that chart or is it always at half strength?

    Huh?
     
  10. I used ff once and at half strength. End of stretch they we’re deficient in nitrogen(N) & magnesium.
    I say get as close to max as you can if you dont see burn your good. But I only used ff once I use organic now.
    They need a lot of Nitrogen and magnesium especially during the stretch. So I meant you need to add some..

    Got a pic?
     
  11. Yep, I start at 1/4 - 1/2 doses then gradually increase to recommended dosage.
     
  12. Do you guys use "grow big" during the flowering like shown on the schedule?
     
  13. I didn't use grow big at all. I did use a ton of worm castings in my ffof/perlite mix though.
     
  14. I think I just did all at half doses, and only water in between. Untill the stretch was over and I had deficiencies so started upping to max. If I didn’t know the nutes I’m using I would just slowly increase untill I noticed burn or I was at max dose.
    I think I’ve heard that recommended is based of a 1000w light though. So giving half(0.6) when useing a 600w makes sense.
    But I know a plants needs sky rocket during the stretch and into flower. They don’t need much in veg, and you see time and time again a healthy looking plant fall apart in early flower.

    there are loads of people useing fox farms on this forum though so you can find similar Grows.
     

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