Fox Farm Nutes

[Rusty Trichome]

C'mon, one of the most widely used nutes and lots of growers on here use it. Any help? Please?

Sorry. Been a tad busy...

looked at every FF bottles and evry one of them has it. Now do the plants convert all that stuff so ultimately we are safe? Im no botanist or horticulture expert so any info would be helpful.

We aren't drinking the stuff straight, there are no studies that I know of regarding the inhalation of the incinerated compound, and I haven't grown an extra testicle, nor found any unusual growths on my old ones. (yet)

Please correct me if I'm wrong but this is how I interpreted the use of FF trio + open sesame...

2 weeks after sprout...use Grow Big
First signs of bud, stop Grow Big and switch to Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom
2 weeks into flowering, add open sesame
Stop open sesame 12-14 days before chop
Stop TB and BB 7 days before chop so that plants can be flushed.

Sound about right? Any help is greatly appreciated.:hippy:

A lot depends on your soil. Ferted soils (Miracle grow, for instance) you'll need to adjust your nutes taking those nutes into consideration.

For regular soils though, take a look at the Fox Farms nutrient schedule in my signature. It's a good starting point.

I use Big Bloom and Grow Big till the switch to 12/12. Half-strength on the Big Bloom, though. I transplant the day of the switch, but I use an organic soil nearly as hot as MG, and this adjustment in transplant schedule works fine for me. (regular soil, you can wait up to two weeks into 12/12 to transplant)

Tiger Bloom and Big Bloom (again...Big Bloom at half indicated strength) through to harvest.

IMHO Open Sesame is unnecessary, as they start flowering soon enough anyways...so I've never used it. Have used Cha Ching, with mixed/limited results. I'll keep using it, but once it's gone I won't replace it. Never used Sledgehammer. (flushing with properly ph'd water does this just fine)

FF is notorious for salt build-up, so I give monthly flushes with properly ph'd water. (at least the same volume of water, as the pot) After the flushes...I add a dose of Humic Acid, (Soil Syrup) and fresh nutes.

Also, I feed twice weekly, at half-strength. Same weekly totals, but easier on the ladies. :jointsmile:

Rusty Trichome Reviewed by Rusty Trichome on 03-27-2009. Fox Farm Nutes I have a few questions about the FF nutes. I have seen things on TV about how EDTA(the Disodium ethylenediamine tetra acetate rings a bell) has been proven to cause cancer. I looked at every FF bottles and evry one of them has it. Now do the plants convert all that stuff so ultimately we are safe? Im no botanist or horticulture expert so any info would be helpful. Please correct me if I'm wrong but this is how I interpreted the use of FF trio + open sesame... 2 weeks after sprout...use Rating: 5