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@NorthEastGrower91, you found the right place!
Not sure if I can be of help to you as we are doing a few things the same and a few things differently. I can really only speak of my experience and hope I can add to your learning too. We are both using organic soil and the
Roots Organics products butthe differences, well they might make a difference. I am growing indoors and also using a different line of
Roots Organics products. It took me a while to learn and figure out my own plan. I just knew I wanted to go organic and as simple as possible, I spent a lot of money on things I didn't really need or would be harmful to my organic grow. After some trial and error and lots of reading at this forum, I eventually settled on the
Roots Organics Terp Tea system. I did not go all in at first for budget reasons and just got the grow and bloom formula. I have recently completed the 4 formula package and got the Bloom Booster and the Microbe Charge. I can say I am very happy with the
Roots Organics products and my plants seem to love them.
When using a "hot" soil, you really don't need to supplement anything except maybe cal/mag if you are using distilled or RO water. However, the nutrients in the soil will not last forever, I would say the 3 weeks in the 3 gal pots have maxed out your available nutrients and you need to start supplementing with the
Roots Organics products right away. It sounds like what supplements you have been giving is not enough. What does it say on the package directions? My Terp Tea says 1 tsp to 1 tbsp per gal of water mixed and fed that way or 1 tsp per gallon of potting soil as a top dress before watering. I talked to a guy at the company and he advised mixing the nutrients directly with the water and then immediately feeding at the rate of 2 tsp per gallon of water, once a week. My plants are in week 2 of flower and they are taking about a gal of water each when watered.
Also, I would not worry too much about PH and your water. Somehow the soil takes care of the PH for you and I have learned it's good to have a meter and check things but don't get too hung up on it. Our water PH is 8.0 or so and I have not had any ph related lockouts. The main problem I had with our water is the high ppm from our well, which sits at about 685 ppm. My plants were dying with this water until i switched to distilled water. I distill water in a distiller and the ppm is zero coming out but the PH is still the same. For some reason, I thought it would change but it did not.
Personally, I would be cautious of using anything straight like bat guano unless you know what you are doing. Get the whole lineup of products from
Roots ORganics as they are developed to work in tandem with each other.
Hope this helps Bro.
If you want to learn more about things I have done and the bumps along the way, you can check out a thread in progress from my first grow-
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