NewlyGrowin
Active Member
Hi everyone,
Not really tied to any particular grow I am performing, and also not really having any problems besides a few pests. I REALLY want to get the nutrient angle squared away though and I have some confusion.
So the brand I am using (AN) has a calculator that spells out like "Oh hey you are in week 1, use this much fertilizer in "X" amount of water."
You can specify the amount of water and also which product you are using.
This seems like a very "hydroponic" way of presenting the numbers but I am growing in soil.
So if it says "Week 1" and I choose "4 liters" it tells me I need 16ml for instance. So I mix up a 4 liter bottle of water, add 16ml of each of the 3 part nutrient and I use the entire gallon to water my plant.
This has been working as far as I can tell but it doesn't feel right. So should I be fertilizing more than once per week? If so, how does that work? Do I figure out how much water I am going to add over the course of an entire week and add that 16ml to it? Generally I am hitting them with about 2-3 gallons per week, including run-off. So should I be adding that 16ml to 2-3 gallons and watering with that solution every time?
It seems like this is pretty basic but I am just completely missing something. I have read everything I could find on these forums without a solid answer, my apologies if I am just missing it somewhere.
Thank in advance!
NewGrowingGuy
P.S. GrowPorn:
Not really tied to any particular grow I am performing, and also not really having any problems besides a few pests. I REALLY want to get the nutrient angle squared away though and I have some confusion.
So the brand I am using (AN) has a calculator that spells out like "Oh hey you are in week 1, use this much fertilizer in "X" amount of water."
You can specify the amount of water and also which product you are using.
This seems like a very "hydroponic" way of presenting the numbers but I am growing in soil.
So if it says "Week 1" and I choose "4 liters" it tells me I need 16ml for instance. So I mix up a 4 liter bottle of water, add 16ml of each of the 3 part nutrient and I use the entire gallon to water my plant.
This has been working as far as I can tell but it doesn't feel right. So should I be fertilizing more than once per week? If so, how does that work? Do I figure out how much water I am going to add over the course of an entire week and add that 16ml to it? Generally I am hitting them with about 2-3 gallons per week, including run-off. So should I be adding that 16ml to 2-3 gallons and watering with that solution every time?
It seems like this is pretty basic but I am just completely missing something. I have read everything I could find on these forums without a solid answer, my apologies if I am just missing it somewhere.
Thank in advance!
NewGrowingGuy
P.S. GrowPorn: