Looking to upgrade my nutrient regime for my indoor setup and was considering Fox Farms. If you use FF, which one are you using?
Grow Big is a 6-4-4, Tiger Bloom is 2-8-4, Big Bloom is 0-.5-.7
Have you needed to supplement with cal- mag?
https://foxfarm.com/product-category/liquid-fertilizers
Thinking of using Happy Frog potting soil in conjunction with their liquid fertilizers
I have heard that tomatoes and cannabis follow a similar fert regime to lower nitrogen once blooming sets in, The FF Grow Big has a heavier load on the nitrogen side (6-4-4) and then the Tiger Bloom moves to a heavier phosphorus load while dropping the nitrogen to half the ratio of the potassium at a 2-8-4 load. Good to know on the cal-mag, we have really hard water in the mountains here.
Do you let your water sit for a day or so to evap the chlorine or straight from the garden hose? I am assuming most here are going to be outdoors plants.
I have never let the chlorine evaporate and havent heard of anyone doing that outside of brewing beer - is this a common practice?
(note to others: if your local jurisdiction uses chloramine instead of chlorine, this won’t work - chloramine doesn’t evaporate)
Maybe not widespread. It was done at the dispensary I worked at years ago as a gardener. They used all organics and the idea was if the chlorine is killing bacteria in the water, it would also kill the microbial life that is beneficial to the root zone in the soil. Maybe that is exaggerated or incorrect.
Possibly, but it’s interesting enough for me to keep in mind going forward. The cannabis community certainly seems to be on the bleeding edge of maximizing growth potential so I try to keep up with what I can for my own gardening purposes.
Thanks for sharing this tidbit of knowledge!
On the opposite end, I was growing Recirculating Deep Water Culture years back and we would add in a chemical that smelled just like a pool to kill all the bacteria in the water, help with root rot, and make it sterile. This was because we didn’t want any microbial life around the root zone and all the nutes were chemical.
Now, I just stick with tomatoes and hot peppers but I learned a lot about indoor garden design.