New To Outdoor Growing...Need Advice Please

Cannabis plants need a variety of nutrients to survive... just as we need nutrition to survive. In order for a plant to be healthy it needs these nutrients. The basic 3 and the numbers you see on fertilizer is Nitrogen-Phosphurous-Potassium. Cannabis likes high nitrogen. Also it needs magnesium, boron, zinc and Molybdenum. Of couse there are many more. You want to make sure your plant gets as much of these nutrients as it needs so it will grow up big and strong. IF you use soil that has alot of these nutrients then you will have a healthy plant. If the soil you doesn't have the nutrients then it will ge unhealthy or die. Think of fertilizing like feeding the plant when it shows signs of being hungry (yellowing leaves (clorosis), Leaf curl, and browning of leaves (necrosis). But if you feed it too much chemicals it will burn it. This will start at the tip of the leaves and it will look like the tips are dying. They turn tan and crispy. If this happens there is no way to reverse it so be extremely careful with strong fertilizer. Always use as directed. Organic fertilizers are often prefered over their chemical brother because they breakdown over time so it won't burn the plant and will feed it slowly over a long time. If you wanna grow schwag don't use fertilizer, If you wanna grow dank, Use organics.:thumbsup:

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=55970

Check this thread out, it has a list of good organics

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Originally Posted by Earthy Dank

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=55970

Check this thread out, it has a list of good organics

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Kick ass thread! I wish you told me this before I went out a bought 2 million pounds of the miracle grow 15-30-15 you suggested. LOL

For real though, what is the best method of feeding then if using an organic? Soil feed? or Foliar Method?

Thanks EarthyDankizzle!

Most is organics are meant for soil use. If its manure use it like you would use mulch. Just sprinkle it on the top of the soil and water it in. If it is something like blood meal or bone meal or some kind of powder then you can mix it with water and make a tea for the soil. Most organic foliar feeds are sold in stores. Personally, When I set up the plot or the hole I gonna grow in. I add about 20gallons of well-composted horse manure, 5 gallons of regular top soil, several cups of blood meal, and several cups of wood ash. This will feed the plant all year. But worms love manure and when they will gather around the roots they leave worm castings,(N= 0.5 P= 0.5 K= 0.3) and they help aereate the soil so the roots get oxygen. They make the ground settle down alot though so I'll add another 5 gallons of manure every month or two. I'll have pictures on my journal soon and you can see how they look here soon.
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=53951

If you're plant is flowering the best organic you could use would be bat guano. Cannabis uses mostly nitrogen in vegetative state (green,no buds).
The when it starts flowering(buds) it uses more Phosphurous and potassium. Miracle-gro 15-30-15 is a good fertilizer for a flowering plant. I would use it once a week as directed then everyday in between rinse out the soil with water. For the last 2 weeks quit feeding it and start giving it only water. This helps get the bad taste of chemicals out of the bud. And for the last few days until harvest don't water at all. This helps the bud dry faster. Chemicals are great though, as soon as the solution hits the roots the plant starts using it. This is good but makes it easy to overfeed and "burn" the plant.

Thanks for the kick ass info Earthy Dank!!!

I just started growing outdoors and was wondering what size pot to use. We got the biggest home depot had and it was only 11 liters. Is that too small?

That sounds pretty small, the one I am using is I think 5 gallons or more which equates to about 20 liters

Earthy Dank, I gotta ask you a question I'm SURE you know the answer to. So as we've been discussing, the outdoor grow hit a few real minor bumps in the road but I've managed to keep it growing nicely. I will post a few pics over the next day or so but I have one MAJOR concern right now.

The plant is about 2 months old now and is a decent size. I am curious about the flowering because I have been reading that the amount of light due to the Summer solstice is greater than 12 hours which is why the plant won't start flowering until the amount of daylight decreases to 12 or closer to that. With that said, am I just going to have a vegetative plant until that happens?

The patio where my plant is located has two walls which keeps the sun from hitting it for an hour or two after sunrise and the same for sunset. Therefore it should only be getting 12 or so hours of sunlight anyway.

What's your take on this?
Thanks!

Yes. it will veg for the rest of the time plus it will double in size when flowering begins. Most likely a 3 foot plant will end up being about 7 feet tall. So if you neeed it shorter you better top it or something.
The darkness is what makes your plants flower not the shaade or hours of direct sunlight. You need 12 hours darkness to flower.