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Whats up guys... Just wanted to say I have had a couple of good grows using MG potting mix. Ive even used the MG nutes when I first started trying indoors. Used the veg nutes and flower nutes...worked good. My current grow is even in MG soil and shes looking great so far.
Plus its easy to find in stores. Making me able to spread out my hobbys buying needs even better. :jointsmile:
Well, I was not bashing MG. I was pointing out that the highly commercialized potting soils have uneven mixtures of nutrients and can (and have in my instance) burned the plants.
I use Fox Farm products, which have been consistent ever since I began using it.
You don't have to use my knowledge. I have 15 years of experience and mistakes to base my statements upon.
I also speak only from a medical use standpoint. I do not grow for recreational purposes or for financial gain. If you want to make money selling this stuff you need to do the high end route and go hydro.......but that is totally different than what I am speaking upon. I have no experience in that field.
Quite rude to call me a snob don't you think? I am trying to share 15 years of knowledge. You don't like it, don't make negative comments about me please.
Most of us at CanCom are growing for personal meds. Placing yourself on that pedestal as if you were a lone wolf...is folly. ;)
Rusty,
"Lawn nutes" Well lets approach from this angle. If you just give a certain fertilizer you change the osmolality of the water that is contained in the soil. By giving a fully balanced fertilizer the plant is able to not have lockout and pickup what it needs and wants.
I have used just about every sweet and flowering and veg and whatever nutrients you can buy. I think in hydro that stuff is great if well balanced. The only nutrient I noticed any difference with was pure carbohydrates (sugars) without any NPK. Even then this can mess with the osmolality and the plant gets what is commonly known as lockout. (Actually some of the stuff sold to flush is pure surgars.)
I am not saying don't do anything. What I see across the board here is overuse of nutrients first, and overwatering second. Of course you have to have good soil to start with. I have used MG in the past, I like Fox Farm better. I get moisture retention that works right for me in my environment and pot size and grow room, etc.
The last thing folks do is skimp on lighting. Folks need to chill, especially new growers, and let the plant show them what it needs. Sure sometimes the plants need a nutrient. Experience teaches you what it needs. Again often we lock out stuff by over doing things.
Yep, sounds really unsophisticated to use simple ole 16-16-16. It has taken me lots of years to learn that, but it just flat works the best for me.
And I appreciate your educated approach to questioning my statements, thanks for the respect.
i have to agree with this approach. i grew a plant from bagseed for a month indoors only using the local garden center soil and a couple CFLs, then transplanted to the outdoors. I added a little bit of all purpose fertilizer, sprayed with neem once in a while, and ended up with a 7 foot plant with good buds at the end of the season. (only problem was the seed i used came from jamaican buds, and since I grew it in VT the season was disappointingly short. given another month, the buds would have been massive.)