questions about plant food and water.

[nakadish]

at wal-mart i found these miracle grow plant food sticks. i can post the ingriedients if you guys want me to. just wanted to know if anyone has ever tried em out and if they have a good track record. they are inexpensive and a lot cleaner than fertilizers and chemicle based compounds. post experiences and comments.

nakadish Reviewed by nakadish on 04-25-2006. questions about plant food and water. at wal-mart i found these miracle grow plant food sticks. i can post the ingriedients if you guys want me to. just wanted to know if anyone has ever tried em out and if they have a good track record. they are inexpensive and a lot cleaner than fertilizers and chemicle based compounds. post experiences and comments. Rating: 5

[nakadish]

as far as water goes...my only concern is draining the pots... my pots have holes at the bottom for the water to go thru...but i dont have anything to catch the water in...any suggestions?

[Kush Over]

I'm not entirely sure on those grow sticks -- if they're what I think they are, slow release stakes, then don't use them. You're better off with powdered water soluble Miracle-Gro if that's the case.

I bought like.. five freaking pounds of three different Miracle-Gro fertilizer products [ 30-10-10; 15-30-15; 10-52-10 ] and a ten pound bag of Ironite [ for trace elements ] for under fifty bucks. Enough nutrients to last two years. They've done good so far.

About the Ironite. It's great, turned plants of mine that suffered micro nutrient deficiency around quick, cannabis and otherwise. The problem is, though.. it has lead, arsenic, and cadmium in their raw mineral states that aren't readily available to the plant, but will be present in the soil at low levels. Studies have been made and concluded that the product is safe as long as it's not directly consumed. I've done dozens of litmus paper tests on .5 liters of pH balanced R/O water and 3/8th teaspoons of Ironite -- results came back with a rise in the water hardness to just below 300 PPM and a lowering in the pH by about ~.5 which can probably be attributed to the only NPK value Ironite has, 1% of urea nitrogen. Other than that it's hard to deny the fact it's got nearly every necessary micro nutrient save boron and copper, but those are covered with any cheap MG fertilizers, like those I mentioned.

Miracle-Gro and Ironite are great, but not the best. It's easy to burn a plant with Miracle-Gro if you're not careful, but Miracle-Gro can also be used to grow some hellacious buds if you're willing to experiment with it and some basic micro nutrients for fillers.

Although I can get it over with now and just suggest you go and buy something like GH Flora 3-Part, or some AN product, maybe Fox Farms.

You're going to probably read that more than once. LoL

[nakadish]

thanks for the advise...what kind of plant food do you suggest for midgrade bud and prefebally something i can get at a local store also how much food do you mix with your soil? i was gunna do like 20% food 80% soil and as the plant got older add more in it slowly. today...6 of my seeds were germed enuff to plant so...i put them in a small crate w/ 6 diferent sections with about 2 in. of soil in each section and put the seeds taproot down about a half inch in i also gave each section 4 drops of water. let me know what you think. BTW, i am growing bag midgrade seeds this is my first time growing in a new enviornment. my first grow room was destroyed by hurricane katrina. but this is not my first time growing. just asking for tips and advise cuz knowledge is power.

[buthead]

i seen a post at og,were the grower was using miracle grow pref. soil,after 4weekshe used miracle grow sticks,though i dont recommend it.theres alot of ways to feed plants,fish emulsion,chemicals,all organics,if all organic grow and using tap water,let it sit for 24 hrs,to gt rid of chlorine,that kill the good stuff in ur soil,somties its better to use brand names peeps recommend,lik schultz,fish emusion,jacks classic,at home depoe. check out wat this grower did http://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?t=65

[nakadish]

thx for the tips...if i use distilled water to water my plants will they get all the nutrients out of the water that it needs? should i use spring water? im sure both of those are better than tap.

[asintx]

kitty litter trays make good drainage receptacles. And they are cheep.