Btw, @beez0404, I put the post in Emilya's thread, but I stumbled by accident on a great tool for targeted watering yesterday that is so obvious I was kicking myself for not thinking of it before now.
Right? And so obvious I should have tripped over it!!!! I mean it's really just for seedling stage, right? But still, I've been using bottle caps, misters, an ounce in a small Dixie cup, ANYTHING to try and get that perfect cylinder of water exactly and only where I want it. Nothing ever does it like I want. Is it pickaunish and of minimal importance? Probably, lmao. The difference in real life between this and a bottle cap is probably negligible. But it sure makes me FEEL better.
1/2 cup of compost should doit.
Ooooohhhhh Boy! It's going to be smelling fresh at Beez place soon! GF be stanking good.
I'm mixing up everything but the GeoFlora nutes which I will add 2-3 days prior to planting in it. So I'm thinking/hoping it will be okay.
Ah...yeah that's what I do. I thought you meant you were adding the Geo to the mix two weeks ahead.
I’ve got a question about 3 of my girls that I’m using @GeoFlora Nutrients on. I’ve got 3 Skywalker Kush clones that are in a pot just slightly smaller than a one gallon pot. I used 1/2 of what a half gallon asks for when top dressing. They look fairly dark to me like possibly to much Nitrogen.. I was wondering because they are due for their day 14 top dress today if I should plain RO water them a couple more times before up potting then top dress when I up pot?
So 1 Tbsp is what you used?
I think they look fine. Great looking tone to my eyes. If you're in soil, then the microbes are breaking down the nutrients and the plant will take only what it needs.
I say go for it and feed the soil.
If in soil, you don't need to worry about PPM. I use tap for mine. It's off a filtered garden hose. Mainly to reduce chlorine residual.
Fox Farm Ocean Forest , also using Dynomyco and Earth Alive soil activator
Just slightly less but when I up pot to the 1 gallon I’ll be bumping it up to 2 tbsp
That makes perfect sense! Thank you for your input! I’ll get them up potted and dressed!
Good point @BakedARea. When I ran Geo last time I mitigated that a little bit by feeding them every 12 or 13 days instead of 14. It seemed to work out very well, I never had the slightest deficiency on any plant that got fed in that manner. One might think it is overdoing it, but considering your point, which basically illustrates that it takes some time for each feeding to "kick in" as the microbes get up to speed, I found that wasn't the case.
Right, and there nothing "magic" about 14 days, or two human weeks. The plants and microbes have their own time line. We typically eat three meals a day because that burns most of the calories we use in that period. But, if you're a body builder you are probably eating six smaller meals a day since that's what your system needs in frequency and quantity to perform at its best.
That's about as well as that can be expressed, @Azimuth!!!!
Talking all kinds of sexy talk to me!
I love and use all of those... except the FF soil. Nothing wrong with it. Just use other stuff. The whole combo you're using is phenomenal! I was getting deficiencies because I was totally underwatering my plants. Bad mistake(s)!
Absolutely 100% agreed Azi! Excellent perspective I need to remember more often. I started giving some plants a little extra the last few topdressings along with more water. What a difference!
