fox farm, am i doing it right?

[bluntar]

:twocents:

I know you are talking to Rusty but what can it hurt?

I was botherd by my confusion and while staring at my feeding chart I realised it reads like this..

Feed every other watering X Tbl/Tsp per gl.

Simple as that!!

However

Big bloom 4 tbs per gallon of water every other watering
Tiger Bloom 2-3 tbs per gallon of water every other watering

FF feeding chart reads

Tiger Bloom 2 tsp per gal every other watering
Big Bloom 1 Tbl per gal every other watering

But my bottle sais the same as yours so be carful

[gypski]

I'm using FF, and I use Big Bloom 1/2 tblsp per 2 liter/Grow Big 1/2 tsp per 2 liter/grow 1/2 tblsp BB per 2 liter/1/2 tsp Tiger Bloom per 2 liter/flower

Outdoors I do the by the gallon twice a week. Indoors once a week. :twocents:

[bkron420]

ok thanks alot guys, so would you guys say for best results

give my girls fox farm once a week?

[gypski]

ok thanks alot guys, so would you guys say for best results

give my girls fox farm once a week?

That's the place to start IMO. And when I use the two liters, I use a one liter (small Folgers coffee can) to water each plant, every other day with nutes once a week, and once a week until it drains into the pot pan with water. :smokin:

[Rusty Trichome]

Bottle instructions assume it's being used as a stand-alone nutrient. The website assumes you are using the Trio.

The Weekly Feeding Schedule is just that...a weekly feeding schedule.
The numbers on the left represent the week since germination. (the plant's age) Follow along that weeks 'line' and that's what you should be giving that week. Not daily...not every other day, but once a week. If you need to water inbetween, use plain, properly ph'd water. Ingoing water ph in soil or potting soil mix, should be between 6.3 and 6.8'ish. I tend tword the high side, (6.8'ish) because nutrients bring the ph down, and eventually the buffers in the soil will fade, and lower the ph too.

Don't bother with the soluables till you get the hang of feedings and waterings and troubleshooting your plants ailments. It's a bitch to use, and will easily destroy a crop if mis-used.

Mix only as much as you'll need that day. The instructions I gave were to help you avoid mixing too much at a time and letting it spoil. Use leftovers on your houseplants. During the summer I make 3 gallon batches. Right now though, I get by with 2 gallon batches.

I live in the desert and flower in an outdoor shed. Since giving heavy doses stresses my already heat-stressed ladies, I give 1/2 doses, twice a week. Likely you won't need to do this, but I offered it as an option to show the flexibility of Fox Farms. If you have normal operating temps, stick with the website info.

Cannabis prefers a wet-dry cycle. Overwatering will cause major problems like nutrient lockout, root rot, death.

Monthly flush to release salt build-up. I flush on the first feeding day of the month. Easy to remember.

If you only need a quart, no sense in mixing a gallon.

Did I miss anyone...?

[GetThisOrDie]

He speaks the truth about the soluables. I had beastie bloomz recently kill one of my ladies with a very small dose.

[gypski]

He speaks the truth about the soluables. I had beastie bloomz recently kill one of my ladies with a very small dose.

I used all three of the samples FF sent me of the trio outdoors. But, I used 1/4 tsp (tea spoon) not tblsp (tablespoon) per gallon once a week as called for. But since I got only a sample amount, about a tblsp of each, it didn't go very far, and I saw no negative effects. I bought and have a set of measuring spoons for growing only. I think some people get confused by the table/tea spoon stuff and accidentally over nute. And unless I intentionally nute stress mine, I only feed once a week, lowest dose on the label. :twocents:

[GetThisOrDie]

I put a pinch of beastie bloomz... No more than 1/4 teaspoon into 1 gallon of water. One plant liked it one plant died. Two different strains that is.

[Rusty Trichome]

The online instructions, are a weekly feeding schedule. (FEED ONCE A WEEK)

Soluables can be used in MINIMAL ammounts as ammendments, (add to the feedings) but only if you are experienced enough to recognize plant issues as they are developing. (versus after the plant(s) have died) I have found the soluables unnecessary, but I use phosphoric acid (phDown) to lower water ph.

Using Cha Ching, I'd be overdosing my ladies with PO4. It's not that I'm against using the soluables, (I still use it once in a while...I've got half a jar left) It's that I'm not really one to over-complicate my garden. My results are stellar, and I find it difficult to see how or why I'd want to screw-up something that works great. The other two soluables I wouldn't use even if it was given to me. (they're unnecessary)

[WashougalWonder]

All this got me interested in the feeding schedule and I went in and talked with the local store owner. Fox Farms has essentially set this up to use not just this or that of their additives, instead it is a whole system including the potting mix.

I think some people get confused by the table/tea spoon stuff and accidentally over nute.

I agree completely. I have gotten to the point I have many measuring devices for different uses. A 1/2 ml and 10 ml syringe, a 30 ml graduated glass measuring cup, throw away 30 ml cups, and a half liter/quart graduated measuring cup. Some nutes in my garden are measured at 0.3 ml of nute to 500 ml. I really think to work in metric is safer and better and many of the additives are measured in ml/gallon and/or ml/liter.

Much less waste using such an exact measuring system...I spill measuring spoons....klutz. :smokin: