White Owl said:First off, let me say that I am a first-time medicinal grower and I'm just trying to get a grasp on all of the techniques. I'm hearing raving reviews on Fox Farms products. However, I'm also reading online sources that say that the plants do not need as much nutrients as the FF products put out. From what I'm reading, Miracle Grow seems to have exactly what the plants need without the risk of burning them with too much NPK. Heck, MG even has a Better Bloom equivalent! I'm just confused as to what the big difference is in the two from an experienced grower's point of view: Which line of products puts out the best buds? I'm not going for profit here...I just want to smoke the best medical weed I can grow without tasting that harsh, fertilizer flavor.
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Also, I was analyzing the feeding schedule suggested by FF, and it sure seems like I'm gonna be feeding my plants WAY too much! I mean, I did the math and everything...we're talking close to 50-60P in the 7th week? That just seems like a lot to me. From what other internet sources tell me, the plants should only need about 20-35P during that time (which MG provides).
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Is there any real guideline to go by when it come to nutes?
White Owl said:Now, just to clarify...I think I'm confused on what exactly the stages are. Is it:
1. Seedling/Cloning
2. Vegging
3. Flowering ("Blooming")
4. Harvesting/Drying ("Curing")
wargasm123 said:Is it ok to transplant plants that are in time release mg soil to FF/equiv?
Mine are in 6"pots now and I was planning on moving them to 12" real soon.
dirtyolsouth said:1. The term "Seedling" refers to a plant grown from seed. Sex of the plant is unknown in the seedling stage. A clone is an exact genetic copy of a host (mother) plant. Any mj plant with a growing tip (branch with leaves) can be cloned. Once a seedling is big enough to grow branches a clone can be taken from it. Clones need to be rooted so that it develops roots for survival and growth. Rooting a clone takes from 7-14 days typically. Once rooted a clone can be used for sexing or simply to create an exact duplicate of the plant it was taken from for future use. Once a suitable mother plant has been chosen clones can be taken from her for years without genetic drift.
Clones are awesome and make the mj grower's job MUCH easier! It gives you the ability to choose from an available mother plant (or many mothers) to develop your next harvest from and you no longer have to do the slow process of growing from seed and waiting to determine the sex of you plant as it will be an identical genetic copy of your female mother plant. You can keep your mother plant and developing clones vegging under long light conditions to keep it from flowering.... and you can keep this strain around as long as you have room for it.
2. "Vegging" refers to the plant's vegetative growth stage when it is kept under long daylight conditions 16/8, 18/6, 24/0, etc...and during this growth develops the roots and foliage of the plant.
3. "Flowering" or "Budding" refers to the plant's reproduction stage and is triggered indoors by giving the plant's 12 hours of UNinterupted darkness. After about a week to 10 days of 12/12 daylight/darkness marijuana plants in the vegetative stage begin flowering, also knows as budding.
4. "Harvesting" refers to doing just that! Cutting down the fully mature mj plants and trimming away the leaves and stems followed by drying the flowers or buds for consumption. "Curing" involves completing the drying process and storing the buds for a period to draw the last of the moisture out of the stems and this helps the fresh buds develop their flavor and taste and lose that 'green grass' taste. If you search "Curing" on the forums you'll find some good learning threads...
I hope this helps... It's a decent starting point but you can learn much more about each of these in many threads and FAQS if you do a little searching...
Peace!
White Owl said:So I've made my decision...FFOF soil all the way. My plants DO NOT like MG soil! However, I'm at the cloning stage now, and I have another question....
When putting baby clones in dit, is it ok top use FFOF soil or should I use a milder orgaqnic soil? I've heard that FF soil is too rich for baby clones.
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