10-15-10 Schultz Plant Food

[DUKE1985]

Hey guys


Right now my plants are about 3" tall and about 10 days old. Should I be giving them nutrients this early? The bottle's only directions are 3 fl ounces per 100 sq ft yard..

 

[smokemagnet]

I would wait till they started puttin on some leaves before I gave them nutrients.........to be on the safe side at least you wouldnt want to burn em

 

[Janjaweed]

way to early!
you have plenty of time to throw that acidy, heavymetal laden, stuff away and find a nice bottle of botanicare or foxfarm for like 14 dollars.

 

[sfhaze]

It can't hurt at low concentration, use 1/2 to 1/4 what they say to start. You can slowly increase the concentration as the plants grow.

 

[Akornpatch]

Seedlings need no feeding for the first month or so. If you have them in some quality soil it could go 6 weeks before first feeding.

 

[sfhaze]

It depends on the soil, if you are using soil with nutes then adding anything may be too much; but on the other hand if you are using rockwool then the seedlings will die in just a few days on water only. In most cases starting with low concentration that slowly increases will allow you to see how the plants respond and achieve the maximum growth rate.

 

[Akornpatch]

Good point sfhaze! If you're into Hydro.

I'm a soil guy so I guess I always default to soil grows. Plus he's talking about Schultz ferts and a yard, so i'm sure he means soil method.

Another note on Schultz...thier rooting hormone frickin rocks! Thought I'd mention that.