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There’s plenty of organic alternatives to MG at your local hardware store if you don’t have access to a hydro shop or amazon. Alaskan Fish Fertilizer is a good choice and is cheap.
There’s plenty of organic alternatives to MG at your local hardware store if you don’t have access to a hydro shop or amazon. Alaskan Fish Fertilizer is a good choice and is cheap.
My suggestion to not use Miracle Grow products is because their products contain levels of heavy metals unsuitable for human consumption.
Do you have a reference for that?
But with using miracle grow will I not be able to smoke the buds?
All I see there is something about a pelleted product (for lawns?). Nothing about heavy metals and the fertilizer not being intended for growing ingestible prouce, only ornamental flowers?
Relying upon that as a reference for such sweeping claims seems like a stretch.
There are databases with chemical analysis, showing metal content of fertilizers. The last time I looked, I saw nothing unusual. For example, see:
Frequently the higher-end fertilizers have more. For example, regarding lead content: "Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro contains 2.5 mg per liter, which is 16 times higher than Miracle-Gro."
I spent 90 seconds googling problems with miracle grow.
"Problems" with MiracleGro is vastly different than saying the potting mix is unsafe, not intended to grow ingestable produce due to metals, etc.
I'm not a fan of MG. But, there's no reason to make anything out to be worse than it is. That doesn't help anyone.
My Droopy soil plant has perked up and were i topped it now has 2 steams. But sadly its a male so ill be pulling it out and starting a fresh soil plant with better soil. My hydro plant (same age and strain) seems to be female so im not complety with out a plant. If anyone has sugestions on what to do with the male rather than pulling it up please im down for letting it live.View attachment 894614View attachment 894615View attachment 894616
When I jumped in, the conversation was about mg products, not just potting soil.
Do you have a reference for that?My suggestion to not use Miracle Grow products is because their products contain levels of heavy metals unsuitable for human consumption.
I still would never use it, especially on the foliage but I’m all organic now anyway. ...
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The specific issue I have with any time released fertilizer in the soil is you don’t want anything that will release a load of nitrogen while you’re midway through flowering.
C'mon. This is what you replied to:
You replied with a parade or horribles about lawn products -- when the topic is clearly about growing cannabis.
IMO, this kind of stuff is bullying. I've seen people who can't participate on forums because they're shamed for using Organic Choice -- which is a huge improvement over all the other MG potting mixes. It's just cliquey behavior, repeating the meme. There's so many bad MG grows due to the person choosing the wrong variety of potting mix (and feeding on top f that), that it's turned into it all being bad. Anyone who uses it, is part of the "out group." They always have to justify their use of it.
That leads to the "heavy metals, human consumption" story which nobody challenges. But, you're right there to jump in (and then equivocate about what you were doing.). I think it's bullying.
There's a many non-Scotts products I would never use (but I don't go around saying those who use it can't safely consume there harvest.). And, I've seen plenty of people who would benefit from more N in flower. That's just called personal opinion. One can do that without going "truther" about it.
I have read in several books and online and miracle gro is not a good choice for our projects go to your local grow shop and talk to them I use fox farm and 1/2 what they suggest for the first month to prevent burn. I also use the same meter works well but I have1 just for moisture. Good luck with your growSo far i havent added any nutrients nit since its week in the hydro bucket. But why can your use Miracle-Gro on anything edible or anything being smoked. I looked a bit into it and other than problems with too much nutirents i cant find anyrhing saying its harmful. But I try to open to open the closet multiple times a day to help with fresh air. I kinda just have some fans brining in fresh air from outside into the room the closet is in. Then there is a fan in the closet on tbe door moving air in the grow area. This is my first time growing any type of plant so ill try the lifting method and try to rely less in the meter.