STOP THE NUTES

[WashougalWonder]

I used to think that distilled was the way to go so I could "control" what my plants were intaking, but after reading what a lot of the "old-timers" were saying I made the switch to tap. Could not be happier. Saves me money and my plants r tons healthier. As far as using only potting mixes as ur nutes I have a question. Do u transplant during flower? If so does the boost in N that ffof provides not slow down the flowering process? I believe that u know ur shit and love reading ur post. I've always had this question tho. Personally I use the ff line of nutes (liquids) but I watch my plants. My last batch did not take to nutes very well so they pretty much only got molasses, but the og cross i'm growing now is a nute whore. I guess if u have strains respond to the way u grow then great. I just think it is really a plant by plant kind of thing. I also think a lot of the problems that we r seeing is a product of laziness. Seems like no one reads anymore.

Last transplant is 1 week into flower.

[weeddaddy50]

WW.....good thread.....I too have been mostly a lurker here for some time now....the quality of the posts has really dropped off. I switched to totally organic growing in early January and have had great success.....the yield is down about 10%, but the quality is greatly improved. Now I am just tweeking my room to see if I can get the yield up with the strains that I am growing. I have tried 3 or 4 soil blends....and here is what I like best at this point.....Royal Gold....basement mix....has everything you need to grow right in the bag....and if you look around....should be be able to purchase for about 11 bucks a bag....when you can not find that.....I use happy frog.....same thing...its a little heaver mix....but still have good dranage.....I then use Sea Kelp liquid, fish emulsion, batt guanno powder, glacier rock dust, and mollasses with ph-ed water....nothing else.......

Keep up the posts.....there are still experienced growers lurking...

[weeddaddy50]

Also......I flower in 1 gallon grow bags for 2 weeks then transplant to 3 gallon grow bags.....mostly I do this because of a space issue....but the last few grows it has worked nicely.

I veg....for 3 to 4 weeks....starting in cups then.....into larger cups....then into to 1 gallon bags.....hope this helps

[EZG]

as a new guy on the block , all i can say is ty to the guys who have spent the time answering my questions , iv learnt in this short time on this site that every grow if different and personal , already iv made big mistakes and have been pointed in the right direction by some of the lads , and will welcome as much feedback good or bad as possible .
on topic , after reading untill my eyes bleed , first thing i noticed from alot of replys was " do not over feed " , it has been said on this site more times then it should have to be , and it is always on my mind not to over feed with neuts ,

[Lawladash]

As a new grower myself, I find the advice and comments from the more experienced growers extremely helpful. I did notice, however, that the posts from a little ways back have more of the "scientific" approaches, rather than the "yo dawg, u b ovr watering." (That was painful just re-enacting that) I wish that I would have joined this site earlier so I could have formed a friendship with the more experienced and weathered warriors out there. That being said, I do find the constant "downtime" on the server's side to be extremely frustrating, especially when I see that a thread that I started to try and get some ideas on how to solve a problem has a new post. Well, now with all that off my chest, I think I'll go and sing to my babies. G'day ladies and gentlemen.