New grower, new grow, looking to improve my knowledge and make friends here.

[radagast]

Hello everyone, i made a length introduction about myself, but here i'll show my latest project, which is the one me and my wife are invested.
Germinated in 22/12/2022 and they are growing quite happy, despite being on the 65-quantum board lm301h LED light only for a week of that time.
Feel free to interact and give whatever knowledge you might have. I'm always open to learning. Here's my grow

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[GreenGalaxyFarm]

so they are 4 weeks now, what soil have you been using exactly and what are you feeding

 

[radagast]

so they are 4 weeks now, what soil have you been using exactly and what are you feeding

Right now I'm running a mix of Carolina Soil with vermicast or worm humus. I won't be able to afford any expensive alternative, so as of now i'm not feeding them anything but water and will eventually use a 4-14-8 NPK.

 

[GreenGalaxyFarm]

Right now I'm running a mix of Carolina Soil with vermicast or worm humus. I won't be able to afford any expensive alternative, so as of now i'm not feeding them anything but water and will eventually use a 4-14-8 NPK.

strong rooting ratio, you would do well to add some potassium sulphate/sulfate of potash to that mix its very cheap, is it a dry soil amendment?

 

[radagast]

strong rooting ratio, you would do well to add some potassium sulphate/sulfate of potash to that mix its very cheap, is it a dry soil amendment?

Thanks for the recommendation. I don't know what you mean by "dry soil amendment", but my soil mixture is: sphagnum peat, expanded vermiculite, dolomitic limestone, agricultural gypsum and some traces of NPK.

 

[GreenGalaxyFarm]

4-14-8 NPK, the feed you will be using is it a powder?

 

[radagast]

4-14-8 NPK, the feed you will be using is it a powder?

It's small stones. I'll be diluting then in water and then watering the plants, according to my mom that's a nice way to use it. She's also told me a nice idea is to put a little bit of the minerals on the border of the pot and when i water it, it will slowly release its nutrients. Do you have any insight?

 

[GreenGalaxyFarm]

It's small stones.

ok granules then they should work as slow release
havn't used them though, as someone told me slow release nutes arnt good for cannabis and ive found other products that suit my style along the way. they should work fine
if you have cornstarch on hand you can use it to give some nitrogen to your plant for the vegetation stage they are in will add some growth rate and color the them

 

[Dr.Dave]

Thanks for the recommendation. I don't know what you mean by "dry soil amendment", but my soil mixture is: sphagnum peat, expanded vermiculite, dolomitic limestone, agricultural gypsum and some traces of NPK.

The growing medium you're using is exactly what I used 2 years ago. I fed my plants with GH's 3 part Flora series, changing the recipe depending on the plant's stage of growth. I started to use bacterial, protozoan and fungal ammendments in subsequent grows that helped to increase my yields to the point now, where I'm growing strictly organically.

When I was in Peat, I had to mix my nute recipe, pH the water and analyze the runoff to ensure the plant was in range. Today, all I do is water and occasionally top-dress in some fish bone meal, castings or dry plant food in advance of the anticipated needs of the plant.

What are you feeding and how often do you feed?

 

[GreenGalaxyFarm]

What are you feeding and how often do you feed?

OP isnt feeding yet, and doesn't want to spend much yet for the duration of the veg phase. is why i recommended cornstarch for some nitrogen

 

[2Bad]

@Dr.Dave
I'm in promix(aka peat) and I don't ph my water or check runoff

 

[GNick55]

plants look great and don’t need anything other than what your doing now..
mmmm.. a balanced nutrition would be better for a simple grow, like
gaia green 4-4-4.. all the way to the finish..
you don’t need to ph or anything with that style of grow..