Fertilizer?

I have heard good and bad comments about Schultz. If you want to save money and buy something that works A1, I would use Alaskan Fish Fertilizer. I have used it for vegging. Alaskan has a new, well new to me, a new more bloom 4 budding. I have never tried it. I take special care of my buds, so I spend the little extra on fox farm, open sesame, beastie blooms, and Cha ching
 
Yamamama74 said:
@Emilya , all I could find is SCHULTZ 10-15-10. What are your thoughts?
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Sorry I missed this earlier.... You have the weak all purpose, and while it will be ok in early to mid veg, your plants are going to need a lot more than this. There are several versions of Schultz and at the minimum you will soon need their bloom formula to mix in along with the all purpose. I agree with the other comments... get some Megacrop, single bag recipe. It is great stuff and results in grows very similar to organic gardening. It is easy to use, and it is cheap.
 
Chago0122 said:
I have heard good and bad comments about Schultz. If you want to save money and buy something that works A1, I would use Alaskan Fish Fertilizer. I have used it for vegging. Alaskan has a new, well new to me, a new more bloom 4 budding. I have never tried it. I take special care of my buds, so I spend the little extra on fox farm, open sesame, beastie blooms, and Cha ching
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I have bought fox farm 3 part and Cal Mag but have no idea what to feed 1st or ???
 
Yamamama74 said:
I have bought fox farm 3 part and Cal Mag but have no idea what to feed 1st or ???
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Definitely download the Fox Farm soil feeding chart. Each week of the grow there is a slightly different mix. Trust the chart and don't listen to anyone telling you to dilute the feed from what they recommend. Save the calmag for when you have either a calcium or a magnesium problem... it is good to have on hand just in case.
 
The main thing is probably to not get confused by the name "Big Bloom." It's not the bloom/flowering component - that is Tiger Bloom. Big bloom is OMRI-certified, pretty weak on N-P-K, and can be used throughout the plants' lives. In other words, don't save it for the flowering phase.

The problem with manufacturers' nutrient schedules is that they seem to assume the soil/medium will be completely non-nutritive from day one. That blanket statement includes Fox Farm and, ironically, they also sell a soil product called Ocean Forest that is generally considered to be "pretty hot," lol. Just another reason why nutrient recipes/schedules should be taken as general advisories. Spend at least as much time "reading" your plants as you do reading such things, and you will be fine.

I don't have time to skim through them for useful content, but I did grab a short list of threads here on the forum about Fox Farm products. Hopefully, you will find some (useful) information within one or more of them. Again, I didn't check them for content, so please do not get mad if they're not all helpful.

Foxfarm trio of nutrients - Do you use it in flower? If so what PPM's?

I'm using the Foxfarm trio (Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bloom) and love it for vegging and the beginning of flowering. But as the plants get say 4-5 weeks into flowering I begin to have what I believe to be a deficiency. Looking at the Foxfarm soil feeding schedule in week 4 of flowering...
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anybody use the full fox farm nutrient lineup or know about it?

i used only grow big and tiger bloom, along with a bunch of soil organics and molasses for my first grow. for my next grow i am highly considering using the whole 9 product lineup of fox farm and using their feeding schedule to its fullest. big bloom, grow big, tiger bloom open sesame...
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Problems with Foxfarm products being too hot - Way too hot

recently purchased the soil trio pack from fox farm...tiger bloom ..grow big...etc.... followed the schedule exactly and in a week the nute burn was so bad all lower sunleaves died and curled up...totally wrecked my entire crop....nice stuff.... I did a google search and this is not a isolated...
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Fox Farms Soil: Ocean Forest or Happy Frog

hey everyone, i'm still learning about soil and reading the bags really didnt help me out. if anyone out there has an opinion on why one of these would be better than the other, i'd really love to hear about it. i'm confident that both are fine, im just really curious as to the differences...
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One grow down, second in progress - Fox Farm Ocean Forest pros - Your thoughts please

I've tried to absorb as much perspective from as many folks on 420 as I possibly could since joining early this year, and I credit many here for helping me through my first grow. I'm sufficiently high on my own supply (which is a tremendously liberating experience, I must say.) In both seed...
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A top nutrient study - Which is the best? Produces most?

Found this and thought it might be helpful. ******WARNING LONG READ BUT MUCH TO LEARN!********** FINDING MY NUTE PROGRAM : The following is a comprehensive, independent comparison of 8 various nutrient applications and my experiences with them. As I make a living growing medicinal...
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Using Fox Farm's Ocean Forest Soil

hey guys so i have 4 PPP clones ready to be transplanted from my aero-cloner to new homes in soil. I just went to the store and picked up a 12qt bag of fox farm ocean forest soil. Now i have always used store bought (home depot) potting soil that have time released nutrients in them. now that i...
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Which soil to get from Bunnings or Masters?

Hey guys, As you would all know I'm new to growing and I just received my seeds in the mail yesterday. Now the fun part starts. I've got a question for my Aussie growers out there. Without making it to complicated is there a soil that you can suggest which can be purchased from Bunnings or...
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How do I mix up my nutrient solution?

These are the exact steps I take to properly preparing a nute solution: Note: My res is 25 gallons, so you will have to adjust all volumes for your res size. I would suggest getting a container that would be able to hold the same amount of water as your res. That way you can prepare your...
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Soil for auto flowers?

What's the best soil to use for auto flowers? Im leaning towards ProMix HP 2.2.... Any other suggestions? What type of nutrients or anything for that matter that you put with them?
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First grow - Problem with one plant

Strain - Indica, bubblegum # of Plants - 1 Grow Type - Soil Grow Stage - Vegetative Bucket Size - 10 gallon Lights - (1) Mars hydro 192 reflector Nutrients - Fox Farms soil trio Medium - Ocean Forrest PPM - unknown PH - 6.5 RH - 28% Room Temperature -74-84F Solution Temperature -70...
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Looking to switch nutes: recommendations?

Hi guys.. new grower here... just switched first run to flower, and also successfully cut and planted clones for next run. I'm looking to switch nuitrience line, did my first on fox farm trio... but one bottle is no longer avail in canada due to bat guano. So I'm looking to switch to another...
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Tiny Fabric Pot Mini Grow In Space Bucket

Been a while since I've posted anything here. I'm currently doing a grow with a tiny Fabric Pot that I made by hand with some landscape fabric. This is a bag seed I got bored and planted. Nothing special. Pot size is very small, about 3 cups of peat bases soil that I added about 50% perlite...
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Soil Mix

Interested in a soil ratio mix for auto flower , feminized White Widow . Any suggestions?
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What is wrong with my plants?! I'm losing the battle!

I've tried asking this one before and no one replied... Fist the question I need answered the most, I'll be checking this every few minutes hoping that one answer will tell me what to do. All the transplanting info I find is for clones. What is best to feed a freshly transplanted early flowering...
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Do I need to transplant because of incorrect soil?

Hi everyone, Please read fully if you are interested. I am a first time grower in Au and currently I have seedlings of Durban Poison and Blue Dream. I did the usual, i germinated in paper towels and after three days transferred to soil. This was on October 30th. The soil i used was 1/3 Peat...
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4 Ladies In A 100 Gallon Fabric Bed, Organic Super Soil, 4x4 Tent, 1000W HID

Hiya 420 magazine, it's been awhile! I took some time off from growing during my pregnancy but baby boy is almost 3 months old now so I am feeling ready to start again! However, I will be using an organic soil approach this round because I am trying to avoid chemicals while nursing. Also, I...
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Help! What is the problem with my plants?

Hey everyone!!! I am a first time grower and I was quite happy with how my plants have been doing so far up until a few weeks ago. They're nice and strong, only found 1 male out of 8 plants, i think that the females are about to flower and the weather has been great this summer (an alien...
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So Frustrated I Might Quit Growing

Hello 420magazine! Everyone on here is great and I know this for a fact but do you ever get completely fed up with your own failure? I have.... 1000 watt switchable light in a COOL TUBE 4x8x7 tent with a 3000 BTU air conditioner 2 400 and something inline fans creating that negative...
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Euphoria Unchained

Read em' n' weep boys, read em' n' weep... 1 - Blue Cindy by G13 Labs 1 - Serious 6 by Serious Seeds 1 - Kali Mist by Serious Seeds 1 - Laughing Buddha by Barneys 1 - Utopia Haze by Barneys 1 - Arjun's Haze # 3 by Greenhouse Seeds This will be a soil grow using Vermifire...
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New grower trying to decide on a medium, please share your wisdom

Im not sure why after watching a bunch of videos and spending of few weeks on here Im having such a hard time decided on a medium to go with. I have never done any indoor growing before but im looking forward to the journey. Im doing to be doing 2-4 plants in 5gal pots in a 4x4 tent. I will be...
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Ok guys sorry I’ve been absent, plants are good despite my being clueless. I have bought Fox Farm Gringo Rasta 3 part, it has Super Sonic plant tonic and two others. I also broke my hand and am casted with pins from elbow down. I REALLY need some help, a sorta step by step for dummies
 
As suggested, follow the Fox Farms feeding chart. The order typical will go:

Big Bloom - constantly used, organic material (guano, etc.). Not extremely strong but very good for the plants especially when used with FFOF or their other lines of soil. This is the "safest" of all FF nutes in my opinion in terms of not really burning plants if over-done. I'm sure if you dumped a bottle into your pot it would be bad but relatively safe.

Grow Big - High Nitrogen, HOT if you over do it. Follow the schedule and it's fine but don't add extra thinking it'll help your plants, you'll burn them and will not have a good time.

Tiger Bloom - Used in flower, also can be hot if over-done.

Keep in mind the above suggestions are based on using only these nutrients in proper pH water, in FFOF soil, without adding anything extra and following their feeding schedule. If you are adding anything else then I can't promise that advice is helpful. I find that using FFOF soil with those nutrients I have no major issues other than a slight CalMag deficiency. I recently foliar sprayed with epsom salt and plants look amazing, CalMag is on the way so we will see how that works.
 

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