feeding question

[PurplePixieManda]

I've browed the FAQ, and the board and can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for. Sooo...

I have a sprout. It is a pretty one, about 2 inches, and it just grew a pair of healthy first leaves. My method seems to be working. What I am wondering is if I need to feed it anything, and if not now, when. :dance:

PurplePixieManda Reviewed by PurplePixieManda on 06-10-2006. feeding question I've browed the FAQ, and the board and can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for. Sooo... I have a sprout. It is a pretty one, about 2 inches, and it just grew a pair of healthy first leaves. My method seems to be working. What I am wondering is if I need to feed it anything, and if not now, when. :dance: Rating: 5

[orangeman]

No. You dont need to feed it now.

[busteruk7]

i agree
no feeding untill 3 weeks old atleast
cheers all

[Tom Swierzbinski]

Start feeding it at 3 weeks (unless you repot it, in which case leave it for another 2 weeks... that way, the plant will have used up nearly all of the nutes in the soil). Remember to start feeding it at quarter strength, then slowly build it up. Watch the plant to see if it likes it or not aswell. Some strains dont like being fed nutes, as I found out with the WR. Ill update me growlog sometime soon, shes stretching like a whore on crack and she didnt like the spunk I fed her...

[PurplePixieManda]

Well, the two little leaves it sprouted are reaching for the sky! The bit of water I spritz it with and the soil and the light I have on it seem to be working well! Problem is, I haven't been keeping an exact record of how old it is...I have had it for three weeks at least...from sprout to two fast growing leaves...perhaps I should try putting a tad bit of some food into the water? I have miracle grow....and other types of foods that dissolve in water. What do you use?

[GaGrown]

OMG! Pixie,
You could burn them up with that 20-20-20.Hope you have'nt!

Ga Grown

[Jdog7000]

Don't feed until you see the third set of jagged leaves.

[PurplePixieManda]

well it's not burning. But I have a feeling it is stretching like hell. Probably because I've been real shitty with the light timing. There's like an inch of stem between each set of leaves. what the hell?

[PurplePixieManda]

GaGrown -

you seem like you know a ton about this stuff. would you mind iming or emailing me so i can ask questions? :rasta:

[SmokeyD.Bear]

Stretching is usually caused by insufficient lighting. What kind of lights are you using? CFL? how many? what wattage? distance from plants?