SOIL MITES? Neem oil? Too bushy ?

[Travismilne89]

I find that I need to start feeding between six and eight weeks, dependent upon how heavy a feeder the strain is

Whereas you're just starting to feed them I would feed a plant that size around 450 or 500 ppm and within a few weeks I would be up around 650 PPM. I'd probably feed them and then the next time give them just straight 6.5 pH'ed water or some cycle like this till I saw what they needed, hope this helps

So in other words wayyyyy less then even the regular feeding schedule on the back of the fox farm bottles? Yesterday I fed the first time at 1/2 general feed. I think it puts my ppm sky high because of all the other additions to my RO water. So are you recommending that my nutrients be 450-500 in addition to all the other additions(PH up , calcium and salt) ? Or 450-500 Total PPM ?

I should add that my Tap is already 517 PPM right out of the faucet and the RO comes out at 17 PPM. Meaning I have nothing in my RO. haha

 

[Beachwalker]

So in other words wayyyyy less then even the regular feeding schedule on the back of the fox farm bottles? Yesterday I fed the first time at 1/2 general feed. I think it puts my ppm sky high because of all the other additions to my RO water. So are you recommending that my nutrients be 450-500 in addition to all the other additions(PH up , calcium and salt) ? Or 450-500 Total PPM ?

I should add that my Tap is already 517 PPM right out of the faucet and the RO comes out at 17 PPM. Meaning I have nothing in my RO. haha

Yes way less, start at maybe half of the recommended amount or less, I seldom feed above 800 - 850 PPM to even the biggest blooming plants

Your plants look great btw, good job!

 

[Travismilne89]

Wow! Yours look good! haha. Okay so just to make sure and clarify . I should probably add my nutrients to my water before anything else so I know how many ppm of only nutrients are in my water and not exceed 850 or so. Then after I have about 500ppm of just nutrients in my water then I add my salt , ph up and calcium? If So then im going to try this out . Really something I needed to understand in bettter depth .

How much longer would you veg my plants before you turn flower? I just want to get this grow overwith at this point and move to the next but if they need another week or two then so be it.

 

[Travismilne89]

9 days into flower

 

[CF89]

10 days into flower for me